As has often been the case since I started writing Fightweets last summer, a reader came along with the perfect question at the perfect time.

I was actually reflecting on the UFC career of Cheick Kongo, who parted ways with the Zuffa this week, when Fightweeter @crazedfishUK chimed in with the following question: Did the decision to release Kongo surprise anybody given the shallow nature of the ...

The UFC’s heavyweight division looked a lot different back in July of 2006, when Cheick Kongo made his debut in the organization with a first round stoppage of Gilbert Aldana.Tim Sylvia was the champion, defending the title on that same UFC 61 card against Andrei Arlovski. Frank Mir was trying to come back from a near career-ending motorcycle accident and having a rough go of it, and as far as ot...

Ryan Bader has his college degree, a BS in Justice & Social Inquiry with a minor in Business from Arizona State University. But when it comes to fighting and the School of Hard Knocks, his degree took a little longer, and was probably a bit more painful. These days though, after an undergraduate program that saw him face off against four former or future UFC champions (Jon Jones, Tito Ortiz, Ramp...

UFC on FX 7 goes down this Saturday in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and features a 4-fight main card on the FX channel that starts at 9:00 p.m. ET. The lone heavyweight tilt of the show consists of hometown Brazilian Gabriel Gonzaga colliding with a rejuvenated Ben Rothwell, while the main attraction is a middleweight affair between Vitor Belfort and Michael Bisping.

Gabriel "Napao" (directly translating ...