Vitor Belfort is one of the better fighters in the history of MMA. The 35-year-old Brazilian has won UFC heavyweight tournaments, the UFC light heavyweight title, and fought the best of the best over the entire course of his career. When it was announced last night that Belfort will be stepping up to fight Jon Jones for the title at UFC 152 on September 22nd, I was as shocked as anyone. But after...

UFC 152 was recently thrown into further confusion with the news that Lyoto Machida had turned down a rematch with Jon Jones. While many saw this as the second "duck" by a major fighter in 24 hours, Lyoto Machida's choice not to fight Jon Jones makes a lot more sense than Jones' decision not to fight Chael Sonnen. News has also emerged that Vitor Belfort will be stepping in to face Jones at UFC 1...

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) President Dana White recently told mixed martial arts (MMA) fans that former Middleweight number one contender Chael Sonnen wouldn't be able to talk his way into a Light Heavyweight title fight against Jon Jones.

Turns out, he may not have to.

That's because White hastily assembled a UFC 151 conference call for later today to make a "major announcement" rega...

(You see this move, right here? PUSSY MAGNET.) 

There's been a lot of talk regarding Jon Jones, Dan Henderson, and GOATS around here lately, but if any of the rumors circulating Twitter right now have any truth to them, we might just have to put that discussion on hold for a while. And although tweets from random sources don't constitute truth, the sheer volume of them that have been sent out ...

The co-main event of Strikeforce: Rousey vs. Kaufman is an important middleweight fight between elite submission specialist Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza (15-3, 1 NC MMA, 5-1 Strikeforce) and Derek Brunson (9-1 MMA, 3-0 Strikeforce). Brunson is a heavy underdog in this one, and for good reason, as Souza is regarded as one of the best middleweights outside the UFC. Jacare is ranked #12 in the SB Nation M...

The co-main event of Strikeforce: Rousey vs. Kaufman is an important middleweight fight between elite submission specialist Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza (15-3, 1 NC MMA, 5-1 Strikeforce) and Derek Brunson (9-1 MMA, 3-0 Strikeforce). Brunson is a heavy underdog in this one, and for good reason, as Souza is regarded as one of the best middleweights outside the UFC. Jacare is ranked #12 in the SB Nation M...

A former middleweight champion will be tested by one of the best prospects this Saturday night (August 18, 2012) as Ronaldo Souza takes on Derek Brunson in the co-main event of Strikeforce: Rousey vs. Kaufman in San Diego, California.

"Jacare" got his fire back, handling Bristol Marunde on short notice earlier this year in Columbus in a bout he was originally scheduled to face Brunson. Now, he'l...

The date was February 28, 2003 and Tim Sylvia would be preparing backstage for his UFC 41 title bought against 14-1 champ Ricco Rodriguez with members of the famed Miletich camp. Sylvia was 14-0 and the 27-year-old would be making his way down the aisle to cement his legacy in the fighting game by capturing the UFC heavyweight title - there is no more prestigious oversized gold belt in all of c...

By Matt Kaplan

Matt “The Law” Lindland has been clinching, smothering, and dirty boxing his way through the MMA world since the days of wrestling shoes in the Octagon. He’s fought alongside and against some of the very best in the world and was a fixture in the top-ten middleweight rankings for years.

A 2000 Olympic Greco-Roman wrestling silver medalist and Team Quest charter member, Lindland...

UFC bantamweight and longtime MMA veteran Ivan Menjivar announced today that he intends to run for public office in Quebec.  The 30-year-old Menjivar, who was born in El Salvador but has resided in Canada for most of his life, will be seeking a legislative position with the National Assembly of Quebec, under the "Parti de la Classe Moyenne du Quebec" (translation: Party of the Middle Class of Q...

There are expected to be fistic fireworks on display this Saturday night (July 14, 2012) as former Strikeforce title challenger "Ruthless" Robbie Lawler takes on former light heavyweight and now debuting 185-er Lorenz Larkin in the opening bout of the Strikeforce: Rockhold vs. Kennedy main card in Portland, Oregon.

Robbie Lawler has had a very up and down Strikeforce career, never able to put t...

Neil Melanson doesn't pull any punches.

The Xtreme Couture grappling coach has self-admittedly stated that he can be brutally honest to a fault at times, but that's what makes him such a great interview.

The author of "Mastering Triangle Chokes" took over Chael Sonnen's training camp before UFC 148, the biggest rematch in UFC history against middleweight champion Anderson Silva last Saturday ni...

Matt Lindland has been Chael Sonnen’s coach for 15 years. That’s a longer relationship than most of you have had with anyone in your entire lives (outside of your parents). Back when they first met, Bill Clinton was president, NASA had a shuttle program and kids aspired to become astronauts, the World Trade Center was the tallest building in Manhattan, and all the best fighters in the world c...

When UFC Middleweight Chael Sonnen attempted a spinning back-fist, missed badly and landed flat on his ass against Anderson Silva last night at UFC 148 he visibly gave up and lost the fight right there. Sure Silva proceeded to knee him viciously in the chest, drop him with a right hook and finish with ground and pound, but the fetal'd Sonnen had already surrendered in his mind.

That's nothing ne...

Contemporary rematches are often dramatically over-sold as "the most anticipated rematch in UFC history!" but this one might actually be worthy of such garish praise.

Since the tires went flat on Fedor Emelianenko's bandwagon, UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva (31-4) has become, unquestionably, the #1 pound-for-pound fighter and the most dominant champion and competitor in the solar syste...

Contemporary rematches are often dramatically over-sold as "the most anticipated rematch in UFC history!" but this one might actually be worthy of such garish praise.

Since the tires went flat on Fedor Emelianenko's bandwagon, UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva (31-4) has become, unquestionably, the #1 pound-for-pound fighter and the most dominant champion and competitor in the solar syste...

Contemporary rematches are often dramatically over-sold as "the most anticipated rematch in UFC history!" but this one might actually be worthy of such garish praise.

Since the tires went flat on Fedor Emelianenko's bandwagon, UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva (31-4) has become, unquestionably, the #1 pound-for-pound fighter and the most dominant champion and competitor in the solar syste...

Contemporary rematches are often dramatically over-sold as "the most anticipated rematch in UFC history!" but this one might actually be worthy of such garish praise.

Since the tires went flat on Fedor Emelianenko's bandwagon, UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva (31-4) has become, unquestionably, the #1 pound-for-pound fighter and the most dominant champion and competitor in the solar syste...

Contemporary rematches are often dramatically over-sold as "the most anticipated rematch in UFC history!" but this one might actually be worthy of such garish praise.

Since the tires went flat on Fedor Emelianenko's bandwagon, UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva (31-4) has become, unquestionably, the #1 pound-for-pound fighter and the most dominant champion and competitor in the solar syste...

Contemporary rematches are often dramatically over-sold as "the most anticipated rematch in UFC history!" but this one might actually be worthy of such garish praise.

Since the tires went flat on Fedor Emelianenko's bandwagon, UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva (31-4) has become, unquestionably, the #1 pound-for-pound fighter and the most dominant champion and competitor in the solar syste...