For a night that ended on something of a low point, it certainly started on the right note. Featherweights Steven Siler (22–10) and Kurt Holobaugh (9–2) fought a spirited three rounds. The fight involved a lot of decent, if a bit wild, exchanges on the feet and a lot of good grappling scrambles.

Holobaugh probably took a slight edge on the feet, if for nothing else than landing the more damag...

Complete results recaps from April 27's UFC 159. Jon Jones defeated Chael Sonnen via first round TKO, and picked up a nasty toe injury for his trouble.

For a night that ended on something of a low point, it certainly started on the right note. Featherweights Steven Siler (22–10) and Kurt Holobaugh (9–2) fought a spirited three rounds. The fight involved a lot of decent, if a bit wild, exchanges...

To read part 1 of the latest BE roundtable, click here.

Mookie Alexander: Here's another interesting talking point - Mike Goldberg on multiple occasions mentioned that 2013 would essentially be the first of "many superfights". First off, Aldo vs. Pettis isn't a superfight in the context of its original meaning. But returning to what I was saying earlier, does this mean that the UFC is lookin...

This is a list of the fighters currently signed to contract in the UFC's featherweight division. All fighters have been organized by their number of appearances in the UFC. Fighters with the same number of appearances are organized by number of wins, fighters with the same record are organized alphabetically. Each fight record has four categories: wins, losses, draws, and no-contests (NC). A...

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...

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...

Over the next few days, Bloody Elbow is going to ask for your opinion on some of the best things that have happened in the MMA world in 2012. There will be a total of eight different categories you'll be asked to vote on. For simplicity's sake we're going to stick with high-level and relevant MMA stuff in these posts. I'm sure there was a crazy three-toed ne...

The polls have closed over at the official website for Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and the results are in. Which pairs of mixed martial arts (MMA) fighters stepped up in 2012 and gave combat sports fans the 10 best fights of the year?

Says UFC.com:

10. 125 lbs.: Louis Gaudinot vs. John Lineker (UFC on FOX 3)9. 205 lbs.: James Te Huna vs. Joey Beltran (UFC on FUEL TV 4)8. 185 lbs.: Ande...

The unofficial UFC awards season is almost over, so enough yapping, you know what you’re here for – the best fights of 2012.10 - Louis Gaudinot Wsub2 John Lineker – UFC on FOX 3The green hair of Louis Gaudinot was flying everywhere on May 5th, and with good reason, as the former Ultimate Fighter competitor had just planted his feet and engaged in a series of furious standup exchanges with Brazili...

Over the next few days, Bloody Elbow is going to ask for your opinion on some of the best things that have happened in the MMA world in 2012. There will be a total of eight different categories you'll be asked to vote on. For simplicity's sake we're going to stick with high-level and relevant MMA stuff in these posts. I'm sure there was a crazy three-toed neck crank in M-1...

A subdural hematoma that jeopardized Eddie Yagin's MMA career may be healing faster than expected. Yagin recently said a change in scenery has relieved him of the injury's debilitating symptoms.

MMAjunkie.com Radio kicks off at noon ET with many guests, including Glover Teixeira, Ian McCall, Mo Lawal, Renato Sobral, Francisco Rivera, Fabricio Werdum, Eddie Yagin, Reuben Duran, Conor McGregor, Ryan Roddy and more.

Ten-year MMA veteran Mark Hominick (20-12 MMA, 3-4 UFC) has competed for the last time.

The 30-year-old Canadian and Shawn Tompkins protege announced on Tuesday's new edition of FUEL TV's "UFC Tonight" that he's hanging up the gloves in favor of chasing other options.

"I truly got to live my passion and follow my dreams by competing in mixed martial arts, especially under the Zuffa banner, but...

UFC on FOX 5 has seen the main card stay 100% healthy, but the preliminary card has been ravaged with injuries. Two fights were cancelled, including the heavyweight "prelim headliner" showdown between Brendan Schaub and Lavar Johnson.

Before you watch tonight's action, here's a brief rundown of the 7 scheduled bouts. Six will air on FX starting at 5 PM ET/2 PM PT, while Scott Jorgensen against J...

SEATTLE – On three weeks' notice, Nam Phan bit off more than he could chew, and Dennis Siver capitalized.

Three rounds of dominant kickboxing and wrestling put a unanimous decision in the German's corner with scores of 30-24, 30-25 and 30-26.

The featherweight bout was part of the preliminary card of Saturday's UFC on FOX 5 event at Seattle's KeyArena. It aired on FX following an additional pre...

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For a number of reasons having to do with the sport's culture, rule set and diversity of techniques, MMA simply is not as dangerous a sport as, say, boxing or American football in terms of brain trauma. That said, it is still quite dangeous and fighteres face a myriad of potential dangers in training and in competition.

Featherweight Eddie Yagin was just ordered to take si...

Last week, we brought you the troubling news that UFC featherweight Eddie Yagin had suffered a head injury duding training and was rushed to the ER. His manager offered updates and said that Eddie would be okay, but didn't go into the extent of the injury. According to an interview Yagin did with Loretta Hunt of Sports Illustrated, it was a subdural hematoma:

"The headaches I was feeling were ac...

Ultimate Fighting Championship(UFC) featherweight Eddie Yagin will be taking some much-needed time off from MMA following a career threatening head injury.

"The Filipino Phenom" talked to Sports Illustrated about the subdural hematoma which forced him out of his planned UFC on Fox 5 bout against Dennis Siver and reveals it could have been much, much worse

"The headaches I was feeling were actua...

UFC featherweight Eddie Yagin is expected to make a full recovery after a recent head injury scare.According to Yagin's manager Jason House, Yagin was released from a local San Diego hospital last week after he was admitted due to a series of headaches which left him feeling very ill."The injury was not the result of a certain strike or exchange," House said last week. "[He] came home, had a ...

Antonio Carvalho opened up the FX broadcast of UFC 154 with a split decision win over Rodrigo Damm. The win brought Carvalho's UFC record up to 2-1 (15-5). Damm's now 1-1 in the UFC with a career record of 10-6.

The fight was close but far from action packed. Both Carvalho and Damm were mostly happy hitting single shots at a time and rarely landed any combinations. Probably the most effective st...