It has been a while since Top MMA News visited the Middleweights and a lot has changed.  Jason MacDonald, Vaughn Anderson, and Jesse Bongfeldt all have not fought over the past twelve months and their retirements or inactivity have left the door open for newcomers. While things have changed, a lot has remained the same. [...]Post from: Canada's #1 MMA news source @ topmmanews.comCanadian Middlewe...

The last time Rafael Natal put on gloves and fought in his native Brazil, he lost for the first time in his pro MMA career to Eduardo Telles in July of 2008. It may have been the best thing that ever happened to him.Nearly five years later, the 30-year-old Natal returns to his home country not as a prospect with potential, but as a UFC fighter on the verge of entering the top ten at 185 pounds sh...

After a formal letter of complaint from Mike O’Neill, the Calgary Combative Sports Commission has ruled that the results of the March 15, 2013 fight between Owen Carr and Mike O’Neill would be changed to a No Contest. Following the Aggression Fighting Championship 15 fight at the Telus Center, O’Neill and corner Jesse Bongfeldt appealed [...]Post from: Canada's #1 MMA news source @ topmmanews.com...

UFC on FOX 6 is filled with plenty of quality fights, and the preliminary card is no exception. There are 7 fights instead of 8 following Michael Kuiper's fights with Buddy Roberts and Josh Janousek being scratched after injuries to Roberts and Janousek. You have the debut of Clay Guida at 145, rising Canadian lightweight T.J. Grant fights Matt Wiman, and 42-year-old Vladimir Matyushenko fights R...

Resident fist-fight analyst Dallas Winston goes in depth on all 11 match ups for this Saturday's UFC on Fox 6 event, which is headlined by flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson in his first title defense against John Dodson.

Zuffa ventures to the Windy City on Saturday, January 26th for UFC on Fox 6. The event is loaded with 11 fights overall: the 4-fight main card on Fox is headlined by newly ...

Zuffa ventures to the Windy City on Saturday, January 26th for UFC on Fox 6. The event is loaded with 11 fights overall: the 4-fight main card on Fox is headlined by newly minted flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson defending the strap against John Dodson atop to a trio of scintillating match ups, and the FX preliminary lineup features 6 scraps while a lone pairing on Facebook will ignite the ac...

As soon as he said that he wasn’t too happy with his three second knockout of Lautaro Tucas in May of 2006, you could put Chris Clements in the ‘fighters are just like everybody else, but not really’ category. Because really, who wouldn’t be ecstatic over winning a fight in three seconds?“At first I was mad because it was my first fight at 170, and I went through hell to make weight,” he laughs, ...

Chris Clements took a long road to get to the UFC.

After competing and training for over 10 years and nearly retiring during a particularly rough stretch, "The Menace" finally caught fire with a nice streak of knockouts to earn an invite to the world's largest promotion.

Now that he's here, he's making sure to soak it all in.

The Canadian knockout artist trains out of Team Tompkins, but you wo...

Two men guaranteed to push the pace and put on an exciting bout will get things started this Saturday night (July 21, 2012) as welterweights Chris Clements and Matt Riddle will compete on the UFC 149 main card in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Clements is a veteran of the sport with some major knockout power and as an Ontario native, he'll be getting some major support from his fellow countrymen. "Th...

The middleweight division is wide open right now. There's champion Anderson Silva, then there's a laundry list of possible challengers. Two of those men will face off in the main event of UFC on Fuel 4, and the winner might just get that elusive title shot. Mark Munoz (12-2, 7-2 UFC) meets Chris Weidman (8-0, 4-0 UFC)

Munoz is ranked at number three at middleweight in the USA Today/BE Consensu...

The main event of tonight's UFC on Fuel TV 4 show pits 2-time Division 1 All-American wrestlers and elite middleweight contenders Mark Munoz vs. Chris Weidman. The main card, featuring 6 fights in all, starts on Fuel TV at 8:00 p.m. ET after the 5-piece lineup that will stream on the UFC's Facebook page beforehand. Mark Munoz (12-2), aka "The Filipino Wrecking Machine," was a NCAA Division 1 nati...

Two of the best middleweights in the world will battle tonight (July 11, 1012) for a potential opportunity to face Anderson Silva next as wrestlers Mark Munoz and Chris Wiedman duke it out in the main event of UFC on FUEL TV 4 in San Jose, California.

Munoz has been on an absolute tear ever since dropping down to 185 pounds, showcasing his tremendous ground and pound on multiple occasions. He's...

Patience is a virtue. It’s not one possessed by UFC middleweight contender Chris Weidman though. Not now. Not ever. Not even as a kid.“I always got caught in tag because I always got really close to whoever was “it” and was just trying to mess with them,” he laughs. “I took risks to make it fun, but I was always getting caught first.” No one’s really come close to catching him since, especially n...

Mid-week MMA comes in the form of UFC on Fuel TV 4 this Wednesday (July 11) from the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California. The headliner pits a pair of top-ten middleweights in the Mark Munoz vs. Chris Weidman bout and 5 matches will stream live and free on the UFC's Facebook page before the 6-fight Fuel TV main card begins at 8:00 p.m. ET.

UFC on Fuel TV 4 (Facebook Prelims)

Alex Caceres vs. Da...

This Friday, June 8th, marks the UFC's 3rd iteration on the FX channel, as UFC on FX 3: Johnson vs. McCall takes place from the Bank Atlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida. The card is trisected with a pair of matches streaming on Facebook (analyzed below) to lead off the evening, a half-dozen preliminary fights on Fuel TV at 6:00 p.m. ET and then the main offering on the FX channel at 9:00 p.m. ET....

Sandwiched in between the UFC 146: Dos Santos vs. Mir main card and the Facebook stream, the FX channel will air 4 preliminary card fights at 8:00 p.m. ET. The live pay-per-view features the heavyweight championship bout between Junior dos Santos and Frank Mir along with 4 other heavyweight bouts, and the lineup for the FX preliminary card is as follows:

Diego Brandao vs. Darren ElkinsEdson Barb...

A trio of new bouts was reported today for the UFC's July 11th event in San Jose, California, which will serve at UFC on Fuel TV 4. In light heavyweight action, New Jersey-based grappling standout, Tom DeBlass, will face Canada's Nick Penner as reported by TheScore.com, while Renzo Gracie protege, Rafael Natal, tweeted that he will face Andrew Craig in a middleweight bout, and talented Brazilian,...

It's friggin' on now, Maniacs.

After a year of vitriol that would make Tito Ortiz and Frank Shamrock proud, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Light Heavyweight champion Jon Jones and former division kingpin Rashad Evans will finally get a chance to settle things in the Octagon, headlining UFC 145 at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Ga., this Saturday night (April 21, 2012).

The first major UFC ...

UFC 143: Diaz vs. Condit takes place this Saturday night (February 4) from the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada. The interim welterweight championship is up for grabs in the main event between Nick Diaz and Carlos Condit and heavyweight Fabricio Werdum returns to the Octagon against Roy Nelson in the co-main.

The pay-per-view event consists of five match ups in all and will be supplemented by a...

In the first bout on the main card, you have the best prospect in the 185 pound division facing off with a submission master and stalwart of the top 10. Can the up-and-comer pass this huge test, or will his ascension be slowed by a top-level gatekeeper? Chris Weidman (7-0, 3-0 UFC) meets Demian Maia (16-3, 9-3 UFC)

Weidman recently entered the middleweight USA Today/BE Consensus Rankings, and...