After a night of UFC fights, two questions enter every fan’s mind: when is the next event and who won the bonuses? A third through the year with 11 Octagon evenings under our belts, here’s a look back at the award winning battles of 2013. 1. UFC on FX: Belfort vs. BispingThe New Year started off south of the Equator in Sao Paulo, Brazil with a north of the shoulders head kick Knockout of the Nigh...

As we all know by now, the UFC has been firing people left and right lately. The influx of Strikeforce fighters has left the roster pretty bloated, and Dana White has made it clear that they're looking to slim down the number of fighters they have and save some money while they're doing it. Starting with UFC 157 a couple of months ago, I decided to start writing regular pieces examining who might...

Back in February, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) unloaded more than a dozen mixed martial arts (MMA) fighters from its roster, including former welterweight number one contender Jon Fitch, light heavyweight Vladimir Matyushenko and lightweight Jacob Volkmann, among others.

And that was just the beginning.

UFC President Dana White said his bloated roster had about 100 fighters too many and...

(Good enough to beat up a former title contender. Not quite good enough to remain employed six months later. / Photo via Getty Images)

After losing two Diego Brandao by first-round arm-triangle choke at UFC on FUEL 9 last month, UFC featherweight Pablo Garza has been released by the UFC. Garza confirmed the bad news yesterday, saying that he will focus on coaching and competing in jiu-jitsu fo...