The UFC returns to Brazil for the 2nd time this year, and once again Vitor Belfort is in the main event. Belfort will fight Strikeforce champion Luke Rockhold in a five round middleweight bout tonight on FX. The main card airs live at 9 PM ET/6 PM PT, but before that we have a full slate of preliminary card action to get to. Perhaps the biggest and most important fight on the prelims is a battle ...

Back when he was fighting anyone and everyone from welterweight to light heavyweight, competing in shows sub-titled the “Throwdown at the T-Bar,” “The Myth in Maplewood,” and sometimes just “Brutal,” Nik Lentz wasn’t exactly putting all his eggs in one basket when it came to a professional fighting career. In fact, the former University of Minnesota wrestler wasn’t putting any of his eggs in that...

An undisclosed injury has forced TUF 5 finalist Manny Gamburyan to once again withdraw from a scheduled bout, this time against Hacran Dias at UFC on FX 8.

Upstart featherweight Nik Lentz will fight the streaking Brazilian as a late-replacement. Promotion officials announced the switch on Monday.

UFC on FX 8 takes place May 18, 2013 at the Arena Jaragua in Jaragua do Sul, Brazil. Former Strikef...

The ol' injury bug has bitten UFC Featherweight Manny Gamburyan once again, forcing him to pull out of his UFC on FX 8: Belfort vs. Rockhold bout with Hacran Dias. Nik Lentz will step in to face Dias. UFC officials announced the news yesterday.

This is the second time this year that the 31-year-old Gamburyan has been forced to pull out of a scheduled UFC bout. He was forced to withdraw from a fi...

Nik Lentz will put his undefeated (2-0) Featherweight record inside the Octagon on the line when he collides with red-hot 145-pound standout Hacran Dias at UFC on FX 8, which takes place at Arena Jaragua in Jaragua do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil, on May 18, 2013.

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) made the announcement earlier this evening, alerting mixed martial arts (MMA) fans that "The Carn...

That’s right boys and girls it’s time for another Japanese edition of the Downes Side! It may not be as adorable as Hello Kitty, but I’d like to think it has just as many merchandising possibilities. The UFC merchandise table (and I suppose the fighters) sets up shop in Japan for UFC on FUEL TV 8 live from the Saitama Super Arena in Tokyo. No stranger to the venue, Wanderleia Silva returns to Jap...

Two serious mixed martial arts (MMA) veterans will test their mettle this Saturday night (March 2, 2013) as former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) 155-pound title challenger Diego Sanchez takes on former Pride FC Lightweight champion Takanori Gomi on the UFC on Fuel TV 8 main card in Saitama, Japan.

Sanchez had a failed experiment moving back up to the Welterweight division, absorbing a pai...

When The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 1 Middleweight winner, Diego Sanchez, steps into the Octagon at UFC on FUEL TV 8 this weekend (Sat., March 2, 2013) in Saitama, Japan, a mixed martial arts (MMA) dream 11 years in the making will finally be realized.

Indeed, the 28-fight veteran admitted that competing in "The Land of the Rising Sun" has always been on his professional bucket list since his career...

The first UFC show of 2013 is in Brazil, and shockingly this UFC on FX 7 preliminary card is filled with Brazilians. There are 7 fights ranging from bantamweight all the way up to light-heavyweight. You can catch 6 of these fights on FUEL TV starting at 6 PM ET/3 PM PT. Francisco Trinaldo and C.J. Keith will be the sole Facebook fight at 5:30 PM ET/2:30 PM PT.

Now that you're all caught up, her...

Staff fight analyst Dallas Winston breaks down the pertinent match-up specs for the main and preliminary card offerings on this Saturday's UFC on FX 7 show from Sao Paulo, Brazil, which is captained by Vitor Belfort vs. Michael Bisping.

The UFC returns to Sao Paulo, Brazil, this Saturday for UFC on FX 7: Belfort vs. Bisping. The card's namesake is a middleweight bout that pits Vitor Belfort vs. ...

It's mixed martial arts (MMA) anarchy in BRA this weekend (Sat., Jan. 19, 2013).

Eager to finally get a crack at the 185-pound title after more than six years in Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), England's Michael Bisping will head into hostile territory this Saturday night at the Ibirapuera Arena in Sao Paulo, Brazil, to punch Vitor Belfort in the face repeatedly in the UFC on FX 7 main eve...

The UFC returns to Sao Paulo, Brazil, this Saturday for UFC on FX 7: Belfort vs. Bisping. The card's namesake is a middleweight bout that pits Vitor Belfort vs. Michael Bisping, and is one of four matches slated for the FX main card. A six-fight preliminary card on Fuel TV will ease us into the night's fist-fighting festivities, with a single match beforehand on Facebook.

This is the full lineup...

Brazilian Belfort, British Bisping, brilliant brawl ... in Brazil?

The latter, Michael Bisping, is eager to finally earn a Middleweight title shot and the former, Vitor Belfort, is itching to shut him up in the UFC on FX 7 main event this weekend (Sat., Jan. 19, 2013) at the Ibirapuera Arena in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

The mixed martial arts (MMA) event will mark first show for Ultimate Fighting Cham...

Adam Kayoom surprised a few people on his ONE FC debut when he survived a torrid first round to dominate Gregor Gracie in front of a passionate crowd in his hometown of Kuala Lumpur. Having been born a stone's throw away from Stadium Negara where that bout took place the victory was particularly sweet for the Malaysian who is now the most recognizable mixed martial artist in the country.

It was ...

2012 was perhaps the most exciting year in the history of Asian MMA, and certainly the biggest since the ZUFFA buyout of PRIDE. The UFC signed up more Asian fighters than ever before, putting on shows in Macau and Tokyo while Singapore-based promotion ONE FC continued to expand with events in four different countries across the continent.

The year ended with a twist as DREAM was resurrected by...

Go Diego, go!

Turns out Diego Sanchez wasn't kidding when he recently teased a return to lightweight at next year's UFC on FUEL TV 8 event, where he'll meet Takanori Gomi on the main card of the promotion's return to the "Land of the Rising Sun" on March 3, 2013 from the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

It's officially official!

Sanchez (23-5) has struggled to find his identity after win...

("Yeah, I have a question for the group: Is anybody *not* getting too old for this shit?")

A pair of former PRIDE champions will be anchoring the UFC's return to Japan. As confirmed by the promotion yesterday, UFC on FUEL 8 is slated for Sunday, March 3rd, at the Saitama Super Arena, with Wanderlei Silva vs. Brian Stann booked for the main event. Both men are coming off of decision losses, wit...

Dallas Winston takes an exhausting look at each of the 13 match ups that make up this Saturday's UFC 154 fight card from Canada, which is headlined by welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre against interim champ Carlos Condit.

Georges St. Pierre, the unparalleled welterweight champion and pride of Canada, makes his return against Carlos Condit on his home turf -- Montreal, Quebec -- at UFC 154...

Georges St. Pierre, the unparalleled welterweight champion and pride of Canada, makes his return against Carlos Condit on his home turf -- Montreal, Quebec -- at UFC 154 this Saturday. The full event is stacked with a rollicking 13 fights spread out over the featured pay-per-view (10:00 p.m. ET) and two quartettes of preliminary match ups split between the FX channel (8:00 p.m. ET) and Facebook (...

There's plenty to be talking about this week ahead of the return of Georges St. Pierre against public enemy number one, Carlos Condit, so I'll get all of my UFC Macao post event analysis out of the way in one article so that we can get on to being excited.Make sure to check out my enormous Killing the King piece on Georges St. Pierre ahead of that fight.

UFC Macao - or UFC on Fuel 6 - was all...