He has climbed the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Heavyweight mixed martial arts (MMA) mountain once again. And this weekend (Sat., May 25, 2013), Cain Velasquez must defend it.

Velasquez, fresh off his second claiming of the division title, is out to make his first successful defense, taking on Alistair Overeem-buster "Bigfoot" Antonio Silva in the main event of UFC 160, which will take p...

UFC on FX 8 may have been short on stars, but the few that were in the arena on Saturday night made their presence felt with style.

Former Strikeforce middleweight champion Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza put on an absolute clinic, lulling Chris Camozzi into unconsciousness within a matter of seconds after locking in a first-round arm triangle for his UFC debut. And then came Vitor Belfort. An underdog o...

Since today is a day that ends in "y," Chael Sonnen has said something yesterday that contradicted what he said the day before.

While he isn't retiring (for now), I was fortunate enough to be able to watch his latest high-profile mixed martial arts (MMA) bout from a mere four rows away more than one week ago (Sat., April 27, 2013) at UFC 159, which took place at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J....

With a lot of talk surrounding what kind of fight card the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is going to put together for it's debut on FOX Sports 1 later this year, the first reported match up for the event has finally trickled in.

Matt Brown will go from fighting on back-to-back FOX cards to the FOX Sports 1 debut event when he welcomes Thiago Alves back from an extended hiatus in a welterw...

The UFC's much-discussed debut card on the soon-to-be launched FOX Sports 1 channel appears to have its first fight.

Welterweights Matt Brown (17-11) and Thiago Alves (19-9) have verbally agreed to fight on the Aug. 17 card in Boston, sources with knowledge of the situation confirmed with MMAFighting.com Saturday. The fighters have yet to sign bout agreements, according to those same sources.

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Rank Fighter Points Promotion Last Rank

1

Georges St. Pierre

225

UFC

1

2

Johny Hendricks

216

UFC

2

3

Carlos Condit

203

UFC

3

4

Demian Maia

190

UFC

4

4

Jake Ellenberger

190

UFC

6

6

Rory MacDonald

173

UFC

8

7

Martin Kampmann

172

UFC

5

8

Nick Diaz

171

UFC

7

9

Ben Askren

136

Bellator

11

9

Jon F...

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) now features "official" rankings on its website, UFC.com, covering all eight weight classes (including women) plus a pound-for-pound list. Rankings are updated approximately 36 hours after every UFC event, which means we're back with another installment following this past weekend's (April 27, 2013) UFC 159 show in Newark, New Jersey.

The biggest movers and s...

With the announcement on Wednesday of fights with Demetrious Johnson vs. John Moraga for the flyweight title and Miesha Tate vs. Liz Carmouche, the next UFC show on FOX has its lineup complete.UFC on FOX 8 takes place on July 27 at the Key Arena in Seattle. The event is going to be a tough sell, given the summer time slot and lack of any of the company's biggest stars on the bill. Johnson did he...

UFC welterweight Carlos Condit isn't sure what's next for him. The top-ranked fighter said after his most recent loss to Johny Hendricks at UFC 158 in March he really wanted to work on his wrestling before facing another contender in the division.

If Condit's manager, Malki Kawa, has any say of his fighter's future, Condit could be headed for a rematch with Nick Diaz.

"He wants to work on his w...

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) now features "official" rankings on its website, UFC.com, covering all eight weight classes (including women) plus a pound-for-pound list. Rankings are updated approximately 36 hours after every UFC event, which means we're back with another installment following this past weekend's (April 20, 2013) UFC on Fox 7 show in San Jose, California.

The biggest mover...

UFC on Fox 7 is in the books, and other than the horrendous and unacceptable decision to give Francis Carmont the win over Lorenz Larkin, the card was fantastic from top to bottom. Since Tim Burke is away on vacation, I will play the role of Tim Burke playing Joe Silva/Sean Shelby and do some fantasy matchmaking for each main card fighter:

Ben Henderson. Well ... Dana White did the work for me. ...

There's a certain place in fan's hearts for the eminently entertaining fighter that's a longshot to get a crack at the title, but always finds a place on the card due to the excitement he brings. And at the moment, Matt Brown is the king of the fan-friendly fight. With a blend of pure balls and aggression, he's the perfect shot-in-the-arm starter for a card, and Saturday night, he reprised his ro...

(Symbol of eternal love and devotion...or DEATH TRAP? We're just kidding. It's both.)

We're not sure if we can "thank" MiddleEasy for passing along the image that awaits you after the jump, but out of morbid curiosity, we are going to pass it along to you nonetheless. We do not know who the poor sap on the receiving end of this...flensing is; all we know is that he apparently suffered it while...

It ain't easy being Johny Hendricks.

"Bigg Rigg" is in the midst of a six-fight Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) tear, taking out Top 10-ranked contenders Carlos Condit, Martin Kampmann, Josh Koscheck and Jon Fitch in his four most recent Octagon appearances to firmly cement his status as the next clear-cut 170-pound No. 1 title contender.

However, recent statements from UFC President Dana ...

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) now features "official" rankings on its website, UFC.com, covering all eight weight classes (including women) plus a pound-for-pound list. Rankings are updated approximately 36 hours after every UFC event, which means we're back with another installment following this past weekend's (April 13, 2013) The Ultimate Fighter 17 Finale show in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Th...

By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

When an injury took Rory MacDonald out of last month's UFC 158 event in Montreal, he lost out on a rematch with Carlos Condit that he's been gunning for since suffering his first and only career loss. Condit wound up fighting Johny Hendricks on the card instead, losing a decision in his second straigh...

By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

When an injury took Rory MacDonald out of last month's UFC 158 event in Montreal, he lost out on a rematch with Carlos Condit that he's been gunning for since suffering his first and only career loss. Condit wound up fighting Johny Hendricks on the card instead, losing a decision in his second straigh...

The UFC has been loading up on some fantastic fights on the Fox network, and this one is no different. Welterweights Rory MacDonald and Jake Ellenberger are set to face each other in Seattle at UFC on Fox 8 on July 27th.

Ares @rory_macdonald to face @ellenbergermma in Seattle at #UFConFOX via @theprovince @spencerkyte wp.me/p1JrHa-tNS

— UFC Canada (@UFC_CA) April 10, 2013

MacDonald (14-1) is o...

Ask UFC heavyweight contender Travis Browne if he had any problem wearing an apron recently, and he doesn’t hesitate to say “None at all.”The way he sees it, that’s part of gig in the acting / comedy pool, one he dipped his foot in during a recent commercial spot for one of his sponsors, SafeAuto.Teaming up with fellow fighters Bart Palaszewski and Martin Kampmann, along with former Saturday Nigh...