Two light-heavyweights coming off of knockout losses look to return to the win column in Chicago, as Ryan Bader (14-3 MMA, 7-3 UFC) faces the veteran Vladimir Matyushenko (29-6 MMA, 7-4 UFC). Via ESPN:

A light heavyweight bout between Ryan Bader and Vladimir Matyushenko has been targeted for next month's UFC on Fox event in Chicago.

Sources have confirmed to ESPN.com that the bout has been targ...

We've seen a spate of successful leg attack submissions in MMA in the last couple of years. In addition to Japanese leg lock king Masakazu Imanari, UFC fighters like Ed Herman and Rousimar Palhares as well as Bellator's Marcin Held have been tapping fools with the kind of lower body attacks long believed to be wildly impractical in MMA.

Grappling guru Ryan Hall made much of his reputation in the...

If there is a constant in MMA, it's that the techniques popularized and used to win are in constant evolution. While many high-level grapplers have said much of sport jiu-jitsu is useless for MMA, a curious adaptation could be happening.

The 50/50 position, a leg entanglement popularized and used in more recent years in sport jiu-jitsu, has been on display in two key MMA bouts. The first was bet...

Luta Livre is a no-gi submission grappling art that was once best known for its storied rivalry with Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu reps in the Vale Tudo and "style vs. style" era. The term used to conjure up images and stories about Luta Livre's do-or-die clash with BJJ fighters at the 1991 Desafio event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to determine which fighting style was superior. The BJJ candidates defeated ...