WINNIPEG – The rubber match between UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos and ex-titleholder Cain Velasquez  is expected to take place in October in Houston, likely at UFC 166.

During a pre-UFC 161 media scrum, UFC president Dana White had some big news. First he stated that Jon Jones will be defending his UFC light heavyweight title against Alexander Gustafsson in the main event of UFC 165 in Toronto. Then he stated that the heavyweight title will be up for grabs in October in Houston. Joe Ferraro tweeted what White had to say:

Dana stated Cowboy stadium is not in the...

Junior dos Santos will constantly remind you that however horrible your life is going, it would be exponentially worse if he slammed his right fist inside your mandible. JDS represents a time in early civilization in which facial reconstructive surgery consisted of a dude violently hammer-fisting one's face until the bones rearranged into the desired position. In the industry, we call that...

UFC 161 is this Saturday in Winnipeg. Before you tune in, see what questions will be answered by these fights.

Does Dan Henderson have another great fight in him? Think back of some of the greatest MMA bouts you've seen. There's a pretty good chance at least one of Henderson's bouts is somewhere on your list. On Saturday, he's facing Rashad Evans, and he has the chance to give another memorable ...

Josh Thomson has never been one to shy away from expressing his opinion on socially divisive views. The thing is, as both a public figure and professional athlete, as well as an employee of a tremendously image-conscious brand, that directness can only stretch so far.

Like Nate Diaz and Matt Mitrione before him, Thomson said something he probably shouldn't have on social media. After posing a qu...

Sunday, Sunday, Sunday!

With a real Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) pay-per-view (PPV) event in the near future, featuring a blockbuster Middleweight main event between 185-pound champion Anderson Silva and No. 1 division contender Chris Weidman, combined with an insane "Fight Week" of activities on Fourth of July weekend, it's high time to separate yourselves from the competition, Maniacs....

As the weather heats up and the summer schedule plows forward, it's that time again to grab a seat and debate the latest comings and goings in the MMA world.

For that I'm happy to be joined by my West Coast amigo, Dave Doyle, for this latest edition of the MMA Roundtable. We'll talk the UFC heavyweight title, reflect on the merits of BJJ pay-per-views and peruse through Bellator's recent signing...

It looks like UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre will be making his next title defense in October against Johny Hendricks. So that means it's likely not going to happen in Canada. That comes straight from the mouth of Dana White (via twitter), who gave Joe Ferraro the news on UFC Central:

Dana White just told us that he expects @georgesstpierre to fight @johnyhendricks in October

— UF...

In late 2011, the website Fightnomics published an article which examined finishing rates in the UFC. At the time, fight finishes had decreased from 76 percent in 2005 to 51 percent in 2010, the last completed full year of the study. One of the conclusions made from the analysis was that submission defense was improving across the sport, which led to fewer submissions. So it came as a breath of f...

Another event, another new market for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) as this Saturday (June 15, 2013) night the Octagon touches down for the first time in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada for UFC 161: "Evans vs. Henderson".

It will be the second time this year and the thirteenth time overall that the UFC travels to "The Great White North," except this time around it will be in a city the org...

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Over the weekend, UFC heavyweight Mark Hunt revealed that he was in the hospital to have surgery on his left leg, to address an infected hematoma stemming from his fight against Junior Dos Santos. "Right leg is fractured big toe lol and left left is infected bruise lol I’m a walking infection," Hunt tweeted, laughing out loud twice to signify how badly inju...

Collectors, rejoice! MMA action-figure maker, Round 5, is bringing some exclusive goodies to the upcoming UFC Fan Expo!

At this year's UFC Fan Expo 2013 in Las Vegas, which is happening to coincide with the weekend of UFC 162, Round 5 is offering not one, but five exclusive limited-edition action figures at their booth. First on the line-up is their retro-style Tito Ortiz figure, which represent...

Following his submission victory over the legendary Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira at UFC on Fuel 10, UFC heavyweight Fabricio Werdum announced some pretty ambitious plans for himself.

"For those who don't know, I'm a commentator for the UFC in Spanish because I can speak in Spanish ... after living for many years in Spain," Werdum said through a translator at the post-fight press conference. "I came...

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Heavyweight Mark Hunt is a self-described "walking infection" following his knockout loss to Junior dos Santos at UFC 160, and is in need of multiple surgeries to fix the lingering issues.

On top of the gruesome broken toe Hunt suffered in the first round of his slugfest with "Cigano," the 39-year-old has been dealing with an infected hematoma in his left leg...

In the main event of UFC on Fuel 10, Fabricio Werdum staked his claim on a UFC heavyweight title shot with a big win over opposing TUF Brazil 2 coach Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira. In a rematch of their 2006, Werdum got a win back by submitting the legend in the second round with an armbar. Nogueira never actually tapped, but he did verbally submit. He was taken to the hospital afterwards but there wa...

These Fuel cards are usually the toughest ones to deal with when it comes to writing these things. Sure, it's sometimes easy to map out a course for the one or two winners that are contenders in a division. But when you have six main card fights at UFC on Fuel 10 and three of them were basically squash matches between Brazilians and lower-tier opponents, what do you do then? Could anyone in ...

Following his second-round verbal submission victory over Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira in the UFC on FUEL TV 10: "Nogueira vs. Werdum 2" main event, Fabricio Werdum is now in prime pouncing position in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) heavyweight division.

Werdum avenged a 2006 loss to "Minatauro" with an armbar of his fellow Brazilian legend and has now won three-straight fights against opp...

While it may mean sitting on the sidelines for several months, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) heavyweight contender Fabricio Werdum is down to wait for a title shot if necessary.

"Vai Cavalo" established his place as one of the top contenders in his weight class with a second-round submission of Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira in the UFC on FUEL TV 10 main event, and while his string of three-str...

It was a night of lasts on the UFC on Fuel 10. It is very possibly the last Ultimate Fighter Brazil, or at least the last one on the all-powerful Globo television network. By all reports this season of TUF in Brazil was a disaster. The fights were poor and the show focused on practical jokes instead of fighting, some in Brazil have actually said it undid some of the work the UFC had accomplished ...

If ever there was proof that it's mileage, and not age, that should be the discussion point on the future of an older fighter, it was in Saturday night's main event with Fabricio Werdum's win over Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira.

The win was not a surprise, even though Nogueira had won a clear-cut decision in their 2006 fight. And their ages weren't all that different, with Werdum being just 14 ...