A leg infection has forced surging UFC bantamweight Erik Perez out of this weekend's UFC 159 event. On short notice, Bryan Caraway has stepped in to replace him against Johnny Bedford.

The UFC confirmed the opponent swap on Monday.

Perez (13-4) has won all three of his UFC bouts by finish, with knockout wins over Byron Bloodworth and Ken Stone, as well as a submission over John Albert. None of ...

Two of the top ranked bantamweights in the world will collide tomorrow night (April 13, 2013) as Urijah Faber takes on Scott Jorgensen in the main event of The Ultimate Fighter 17 Finale in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Faber has reached the peak of the sport, but after losing his WEC title, he's been unable to reclaim his top spot. That hasn't stopped him from crushing everyone but the champion, however, ...

Perennial top contender, Scott Jorgensen, takes on former World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) Featherweight Champion Urijah Faber in a bantamweight scrap that headlines The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 17 live finale this Saturday night (April 13, 2013) at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

After a shoulder injury forced flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson out of his fight against Joh...

Another bantamweight clash is set for UFC 161, as Canada's own Yves Jabouin fights Dustin Pague. UFC Canada's official Twitter account announced this matchup earlier today:

Winnipeg gets one more as bantamweights @tigerjabouin & @dustinpague will go head-to-head on June 15th #UFC161— UFC Canada (@UFC_CA) April 3, 2013

Jabouin (18-8) was scheduled to fight Johnny Eduardo earlier this month at UF...

Another Canadian has been added to the UFC's Winnipeg debut.

Montreal's Yves Jabouin will meet Dustin Pague in a bantamweight bout at UFC 161 on June 15 at the MTS Centre. The UFC announced the fight on Wednesday.

Jabouin (18-8), a Tri-Star fighter, is looking for a rebound after his knockout loss to Brad Pickett in September. Prior to the loss, he had a three-fight win streak.

Pague (11-7) fi...

By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

The fight announcements were nonstop on Wednesday, and another bout now headed to UFC 159 in April will pit bantamweights Erik Perez and Johnny Bedford against one another.

Perez will be out to continue his impressive run in the UFC, which has seen him score three straight stoppage wins inside the Oc...

The bantamweight division is aching for someone to break through into title contention, and a UFC 159 fight might just provide that potential challenger. Newark will play host a battle of unbeaten 135-pound fighters when Mexican prodigy Erik Perez faces off with grinder Johnny Bedford. Bedford confirmed the fight himself via twitter:

Time to make it official! I am fighting Erik Perez, April 27th...

A couple of bantamweights are headed to "Dirty Jersey" as Erik Perez and Johnny Bedford have been booked to face off at UFC 159 on April 27, 2013 as Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) invades The Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

Bedford announced the matchup on his official Twitter account:

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A bantamweight bout pitting upstart Mexican prospect Erik Perez (13-4) against TUF 14 alum Johnny Bedford (19-9-1) has been targeted for UFC 159. Bedford announced the match-up via Twitter on Wednesday.

UFC 159 takes place April 27, 2013 at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ. Jon Jones defends his UFC light heavyweight title against fellow TUF 17 coach Chael Sonnen in the night's main event.

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This is a list of all recent roster transactions in the UFC. All fighters are listed alphabetically. Only reliably sourced transactions are listed, although fighters will be listed as cut if their profiles are removed from UFC.com's active rosters. All roster transactions will be listed for a minimum of 30 days.

"TOTT" stands for "Tale of the Tape", designating the nationality used for each figh...

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...

This, Maniacs, is a "super" fight that is appropriately scheduled to take place on Super Bowl weekend.

After failing to recapture his Lightweight title in his controversial rematch with Ben Henderson, Frankie Edgar will shed a dime piece and compete in the 145-pound division for the first time ever under the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) umbrella, aiming to become only the third man in mi...

Looks like Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) President Dana White wasn't buying what Pedro Nobre was selling.

"The Rock" has been rolled right out of the promotion following his controversial no contest against Yuri Alcantara at last weekend's UFC on FX 7 event in Sao Paulo, Brazil, despite Nobre's "sad" assertion that he was a victim of circumstance.

And some pretty shitty officiating.

Joi...

Between King Mo's effortless Bellator debut, Ben Askren unapologetically doing exactly what Ben Askren does, and Dana White revealing that the perennially disrespected Rampage Jackson has earned $15.2 million (!!) from the UFC over his tenure, the last 24 hours provided no shortage of nuggets to pour over.

Add in a callout of Luke Rockhold to the Brazilian media from a member of Anderson Silva's...

Last week you heard the news that 9 fighters in the UFC were given their walking papers, and you could sense that this was the beginning of a roster-purge to make way for Strikeforce fighters. Today, MMA Opinion reported 4 more pink-slips were handed out by the UFC, and they are the following:

Ken Stone, bantamweight, 2-2 UFC (and 0-1 WEC) record.

Byron Bloodworth, bantamweight, 0-2 UFC record....

The threat of the future, and how crippling it could become, is one that seems best left ignored by professional fighters, if only because the reality is terrifying. Tragic stories like that of Gary Goodridge are very real, and reconciling such a fact cannot be easy for anyone who cashes their paycheck with contests to get hit in the skull the least.

That inevitable moment of self-reflection is ...

Rising Mexican star Erik Perez spent more time than most main carders doing interviews during the run-up to his UFC 155 fight, and when he got his chance in the cage, he continued the dominant run that's generated so much attention in him.

Perez overwhelmed Byron Bloodworth, eventually finishing in a first-round TKO.

The time of the referee stoppage was 3:50.

More Coverage: UFC 155 Results | U...

In a Bantamweight fight at UFC 155: Dos Santos vs. Velasquez 2, Erik Perez (12-4, 2-0 UFC) takes on Byron Bloodworth (6-2, 0-1 UFC) on the free FX preliminary card. The UFC 155 PPV airs tonight, December 29, with the main card beginning at 10:00 p.m. ET / 7:00 p.m. PT.

Perez has received extensive pre-fight publicity because he's been given permission by the UFC to wear a Mexican luchador mask i...

Starting with the Facebook stream, moving on to the FX channel preliminary card and ending with the featured pay-per-view, Dallas Winston goes in-depth on every match-up, culminating with the UFC heavyweight championship bout that pits Junior dos Santos vs. Cain Velasquez.

UFC 155 goes off on Saturday, December 29 (2012), from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, and is highlighted by a heav...