It's a clash of mixed martial arts (MMA) kings in the "Shark Tank."

With Nick Diaz having fallen to Georges St. Pierre at UFC 158, Strikeforce will get another crack at title unification this Saturday night (April 20, 2013) as long-reigning 155-pound titleholder Gilbert Melendez faces Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Lightweight kingpin Ben Henderson in the UFC on Fox 7 main event, which tak...

What's that you say, not enough fight announcements today (March 6, 2013)? Well, here's one more for you just in case you haven't had your fill yet.

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) announced yet another intriguing match-up as former No. 1 flyweight contender Joseph Benavidez has been booked to swing leather against Darren Uyenoyama at UFC on FOX 7 which goes down in San Jose, Calif., on Ap...

When former World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) champion Urijah Faber and Ivan Menjivar meet inside the Octagon tonight (Feb. 23, 2013) at UFC 157, which takes place at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., it will be an interesting mixed martial arts (MMA) rematch of their 2006 collision.

For us West Coast MMA-watchers, it was Faber’s first step up against big-name, world-class opposition. At the ...

Mayday! Mayday! Mayday! Mixed martial arts (MMA) trouble is brewin' at Bantamweight.

In a refreshing change of pace, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) 135-pound interim champion Renan Barao has elected to defend his crown rather than wait for divisional incumbent, Dominick Cruz, to return from injury. Looking to make him regret this decision is American knockout artist Michael McDonald, who i...

This is a list of the fighters currently signed to contract in the UFC's bantamweight divisions. All fighters have been organized by their number of appearances in the UFC. Fighters with the same number of appearances are organized by number of wins, fighters with the same record are organized alphabetically. Each fight record has four categories: wins, losses, draws, and no-contests (NC). Al...

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...

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is returning to network television tomorrow night (Jan. 26, 2013) with UFC on FOX 6: "Johnson vs. Dodson," which emanates live from the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.

MMAmania.com will provide LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the main card action on fight night (Sat., Jan. 26, 2012), which is slated to air at 8 p.m. ET on FOX. The latest qui...

Inaugural Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Flyweight Champion Demetrious Johnson takes on The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 14 winner John Dodson this Saturday night (Jan. 26, 2013) in the UFC on Fox 6 main event from the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.

"Mighty Mouse" was never considered a top mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter until he completely dominated Japanese legend Norifumi Yamamoto in h...

The original plan for this article was to list the Top 5 Strikeforce moments first and then highlight the now defunct mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion's worst moment in its relatively brief history.

However, after watching Tarec Saffiedine beat the odds and take out Nate Marquardt last night (Jan. 12, 2013) at the Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Okla., on Showtime (watch all the vide...

What makes for a great submission victory?

While acknowledging the criteria for this award is subjective, there should be some sense of hierarchy. Parsing them is difficult, but not impossible and while quibbling with various placements in ranking the best submission victories of 2012 is fine, random order is not. There is, after all, a method to the madness.

I would argue a great submission sh...

One good mixed martial arts (MMA) fight can save a whole event, but there's nothing like a good event top-to-bottom to wash away the misery of a week of the daily grind.

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) -- the worldwide leader in the sport -- staged more than its fair share of uncharacteristic stinkers this calendar year, including UFC 149, which company president Dana White said "sucked" an...

Read 'Killing the King: Jon Jones' here.

Georges St. Pierre is to my mind the most rounded fighter to ever compete in mixed martial arts but the Killing the King series is my commitment to examining all of the UFC champions with an eye for weaknesses which may be exploited by elite game planning. I will say up front that these men are champions for a reason - finding chinks in the armour of me...

Airing at 8:00 p.m. ET on the FX Channel, heavyweights Travis Browne and Antonio Silva spotlight this Friday's UFC on FX 5 show from The Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Leading into the featured FX broadcast will be a seriously stacked 6-fight preliminary card on Fuel TV at 5:00 p.m. ET plus another pair on Facebook beforehand to start the festivities.

This preliminary assembly is the b...

It's going to be a "big" Friday night (Oct. 5, 2012) of fights under the Target Center lights in Minneapolis.

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will continue its four-week march of mixed martial arts (MMA) of fights with UFC on FX 5, which will feature Heavyweight colossi Travis Browne and Antonio Silva in the main event of the evening. The former will look to score the biggest win of his car...

The two best flyweights on the planet will decide who's the top dog this Saturday night (Sept. 22, 2012) as Joseph Benavidez and Demetrious Johnson vie for the inaugural UFC Flyweight Title in the co-main event of UFC 152 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Benavidez looked incredible in his flyweight debut earlier this year, smashing Yasuhiro Urushitani in the second round with powerful strikes to rec...

After Ole Laursen and ONE FC officials were unable to sort out the issues preventing a shot at the title, Zorobabel Moreira finally has a new opponent when he tries to claim the inaugural ONE FC lightweight championship on October 6. On Monday, the promotion announced that he will be facing former Shooto Pacific Rim Champion, Kotetsu Boku at ONE FC 6, and will be one of three title fights that ni...

For those of you who haven't kept up with the ridiculous UFC 151 debacle; Jon Jones and Vitor Belfort are slated to meet in a title match at UFC 152, and as is my job I will be educating the fans over the coming weeks in the techniques that they are most likely to see from both men. Jon Jones has caught the public imagination as almost an unfair match to most in the light heavyweight division d...

Unfortunately, Louis Gaudinot appears to have been injured, and has to pull out of his fight with Darren Uyenoyama at UFC on FX 5. In his place, we will see highly-touted European flyweight Phil Harris, who was recently signed to the UFC. MMA Junkie has the scoop:

An injury has forced Louis Gaudinot to withdraw from UFC on FX 5, officials on Wednesday announced.

In the flyweight's place steps o...

At UFC 149 we were treated to one of the weakest and least entertaining cards in recent history. That is, unfortunately, the nature of the game as injuries take fighters out of events and ineffective strategies cause boring, prolonged fights. Aside from Matt Riddle's awesome standing arm triangle and Ryan Jimmo's brilliant seven second knockout, there were no solid finishes. The tilt between Hect...