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  • Bloody Elbow

    Kid Nate dons his patented dressing gown to tell you exactly how good or bad the previous nights fights have been.

    In which I offer my post-fight review and analysis of Manny Pacquiao vs Juan Manuel Marquez 4 and UFC on Fox 5: Henderson vs. Diaz from top to bottom.

    If you like this sort of thing, subscribe to MMA Nation on YouTubeand get all of my videos as soon as they're uploaded.

    Quick resu...

  • Bloody Elbow

    The final Facebook-streamed bout at UFC 159 comes in the featherweight division, as Leonard Garcia (15-10-1 MMA, 2-6 UFC) and Cody McKenzie (13-3 MMA, 2-3 UFC) fight in a must-win matchup. As you can see, neither one of them has a very good UFC record and are already fortunate to still be here.

    These two were set to meet at UFC 155, but McKenzie was injured and replaced by Max Holloway. You can ...

  • UFC.com

    An injury has forced TUF 7 winner Amir Sadollah out of his UFC 160 bout with Stephen Thompson. In his place steps Strikeforce vet Nah-Shon Burrell, who made a successful Octagon debut at UFC157, outpointing Yuri Villefort in an exciting, back-and-forth brawl.Bowles to Return vs. Roop at UFC 160Updated March 28Former WEC bantamweight champ Brian Bowles will make his long-awaited return to the Octa...

  • Yahoo Cagewriter

    Sunday will mark the end of the first quarter. It's been a busy three months in MMA, so it's a good time to look back at the past three months and see who rose above the rest.

    Biggest upset: Did you expect to see Robbie Lawler walk away with the win over Josh Koscheck at UFC 157? What about Antonio Rogerio Nogueira beating former UFC light heavyweight champ Rashad Evans? But there's no question ...

  • UFC.com

    Former WEC bantamweight champ Brian Bowles will make his long-awaited return to the Octagon at UFC 160 in Las Vegas. Welcoming Bowles back will be fellow WEC alum George Roop,  who most recently outpointed Reuben Duran at UFC 158.Bermudez, Holloway Set to Lock Horns at UFC 160updated March 27Two rising featherweight prospects collide at UFC 160 on May 25th, as Dennis Bermudez goes against Max Hol...

  • MMA Mania

    (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA): The North American Fighting Championship (NAFC) today announced the main event for its next electrifying fight event, "Battleground," which takes place Friday, March 29, 2013 inside the newly remodeled Potawatomi Bingo Casino-Expo Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

    Originally, the main event was to feature Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) veteran Marcus LeVesseur, w...

  • UFC.com

    The fans wanted it, and now they’ll get it, as resurgent heavyweight contender Mark Hunt will follow up his knockout of Stefan Struve earlier this month with a UFC 160 bout against former heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos in Las Vegas on May 25th. The spot alongside dos Santos opened up when the Brazilian’s original foe, Alistair Overeem was forced out due to injury, and with fans clamoring ...

  • UFC.com

    The long-anticipated showdown between former heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos and Dutch-Blackzilian Alistair Overeem will again have to wait, as Overeem has sustained an injury and will not be able to fight at UFC 160. An announcement is expected soon as to whether the bout will be rescheduled or a new opponent found for dos Santos. Pyle vs. Nelson, TUF Winner vs. TUF Winner and Moreupdated...

  • Bloody Elbow

    Another lightweight fight is set for the UFC's annual Memorial Day weekend PPV. Undefeated Russian talent Khabib Nurmagomedov will fight Abel Trujillo on the preliminary card of UFC 160 in Las Vegas. The UFC's official Twitter account broke the news:

    Also at lightweight at UFC 160: @abeltrujillo1 will follow up his impressive UFC debut vs. undefeated contender @khabib13 Nurmagomedov

    — UFC (@uf...

  • MMA Torch

    By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

    The UFC added two exciting lightweight fights to the UFC 160 card late on Wednesday night, announcing that T.J. Grant will take on Gray Maynard, and Abel Trujillo will meet Khabib Nurmagomedov.

    Grant steps into the biggest fight of his MMA career against former title contender Maynard. The 28-year-ol...

  • MMAFighting.com

    Two lightweight matches have been added to UFC 160, with former top contender Gray Maynard (11-1-1, 1 no contest) facing T.J. Grant (15-5) and Khabib Nurmagomedov (19-0) taking on Abel Trujillo (10-4).

    UFC 160 takes place on May 25, as the company's annual Memorial Day weekend show at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The UFC announced Maynard vs. Grant on Wednesday night and sources cl...

  • UFC.com

    Two exciting lightweight bouts have been added to the UFC 160 fight card scheduled for May 25 in Las Vegas.Top-ten ranked lightweight contenders T.J. Grant and Gray "The Bully" Maynard will go to war in a fight that could shape the future of the lightweight title picture. Plus, Abel "Killa" Trujillo, coming off of an impressive UFC debut victory over Marcus LeVesseur, will face undefeated contend...

  • UFC.com

    As far as training camps go, Michael Chiesa’s prep work for his Saturday bout with Antono Kuivanen has been a lot more “normal” than the last two. The last time the Ultimate Fighter 15 winner got ready for a fight, against Marcus LeVesseur at UFC on FOX 5 in Seattle, he got hit with an illness on the week of the fight. The time before that, well that was even crazier.“I was a week out of the hous...

  • MMA Mania

    Sixteen fights, four X-chromosomes and a whole lotta' mixed martial arts (MMA) mean.

    In what is sure to be a landmark fight for the organization, the ladies are finally getting their turn in Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) as 135-pound female champion Ronda Rousey takes on United States Marine Corps (USMC) veteran Liz Carmouche in the UFC 157 main event, which takes place at the Honda Cente...

  • Bloody Elbow

    This is a list of all recent roster transactions in the UFC. All fighters are listed alphabetically. Only reliably sourced transactions are listed, although fighters will be listed as cut if their profiles are removed from UFC.com's active rosters. All roster transactions will be listed for a minimum of 30 days.

    "TOTT" stands for "Tale of the Tape", designating the nationality used for each figh...

  • Bloody Elbow

    A comprehensive list of all UFC roster moves, releases, signings, and fight announcements from flyweight all the way up to heavyweight. Check back here for regular updates.

    Ed. Note: This list was produced and will be manually maintained by Bloody Elbow community member Zane Simon. He is the same creator of the Wikipedia version. Please be aware that this is an introductory post and NOT th...

  • Bloody Elbow

    Ed. Note: This list was produced and will be manually maintained by Bloody Elbow community member Zane Simon. He is the same creator of the Wikipedia version. Please be aware that this is an introductory post and NOT the final product. Consider this a "beta" version of the UFC roster table. Comments, feedback, and questions for Zane are more than welcome, and you can reach him at zanesimon at gma...

  • MMA Mania

    Looks like Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) President Dana White wasn't buying what Pedro Nobre was selling.

    "The Rock" has been rolled right out of the promotion following his controversial no contest against Yuri Alcantara at last weekend's UFC on FX 7 event in Sao Paulo, Brazil, despite Nobre's "sad" assertion that he was a victim of circumstance.

    And some pretty shitty officiating.

    Joi...

  • MMA Mania

    With the signing of several Strikeforce fighters to the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) roster over the past week, the organization was forced to clear some roster space for the new signees.

    That space came at the expense of nine UFC veterans who, according to a report from MMA Opinion, have been let go from the world's largest mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion.

    Chad Griggs (light heavywe...

  • Cage Potato

    (Griggs might not have had the best ground game in the biz, but he made up for it in pure funkatude.) 

    It must be spring, Potato Nation, because in order to make room for their new batch of Strikeforce fighters, the UFC has been doing a little cleaning out of their roster as of late. In total, 9 fighters have been axed as of this morning, including everyone's favorite muttonchops aficionado, C...

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