Opening the pay-per-view broadcast of UFC 161 is a heavyweight rumble between Pat Barry (8-5, 5-5 UFC) and Shawn Jordan (14-4, 2-1 UFC). The two men have 14 knockouts between them in 22 career wins, so you have to figure there are going to be some fireworks in this bout.

Barry is coming off a huge finish of Shane del Rosario at the TUF 16 Finale last December, while Jordan knocked off Mike Russo...

Heavyweights Pat Barry and Shawn Jordan see main-card action on Saturday's UFC 161: Evans vs. Henderson from the MTS Centre in Winnepeg, Ontario, Canada, while Rashad Evans and Dan Henderson headline the show in a pivotal light-heavyweight bout. The start time for the 5-fight pay-per-view is 10:00 p.m. ET after the preliminary cards on the FX Channel (8:00 p.m. ET) and Facebook (est. 7:00 p.m. ET...

Two heavyweights on the rise will clash this Saturday night (June 15, 2013) as Pat Barry takes on Shawn Jordan in the opening bout of the UFC 161 pay-per-view main card in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Pat Barry

Record: 8-5 overall, 5-5 in the UFC

Key Wins: Shane Del Rosario (TUF 16 Finale), Christian Morecraft (UFC on FX), Joey Beltran (UFC Fight for the Troops 2)

Key Losses: Stefan Struve (UF...

The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) released seven fighters from its roster this week, all of which suffered defeats in the organization at UFC on FUEL TV 9: "Mousasi vs. Latifi" or The Ultimate Fighter 17 Finale, two events that went down in the month of April.

Five-fight veteran of the organization Phil De Fries is the most notable name of the group, and the rest of the names include Stri...

By: Dan Moore, MMATorch UK Contributor

One year removed from their first trip to Sweden; the UFC makes its return to Scandinavia with another UFC on FUEL event. Only this time after an exhausting few days of speculation and one "not very funny" April Fools joke; Alexander Gustafsson won't be the star attraction in the main event, and neither w...

By: Dan Moore, MMATorch UK Contributor

One year removed from their first trip to Sweden; the UFC makes its return to Scandinavia with another UFC on FUEL event. Only this time after an exhausting few days of speculation and one "not very funny" April Fools joke; Alexander Gustafsson won't be the star attraction in the main event, and neither w...

Two heavyweights in need of a win will take to the Octagon this Saturday night (April 6, 2013) as Matt Mitrione takes on Phil De Fries on the UFC on FUEL TV 9 main card in Stockholm, Sweden.

Mitrione was once considered the best heavyweight prospect in the promotion, but after two straight losses to the likes of Cheick Kongo and Roy Nelson, he's been left looking for what went wrong. He's hopin...

By: Dan Moore, MMATorch UK Contributor

One year removed from their first trip to Sweden; the UFC makes its return to Scandinavia with another UFC on FUEL event. Only this time after an exhausting few days of speculation and one "not very funny" April Fools joke; Alexander Gustafsson won't be the star attraction in the main event, and neither w...

Who opened the Canadian floodgates?

Not long after UFC 161 got its main event between Renan Barao vs. Eddie Wineland (details here), promotion officials went ahead and added two more marquee match-ups to its upcoming pay-per-view (PPV) fight card, scheduled for June 15, 2013, at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Veteran MMA reporter Neil Davidson brought word of the pending contests...

Heavyweights are set to collide this May, as Pat Barry fights Shawn Jordan at a May UFC event TBD. Bleacher Report's Damon Martin reported the news via Twitter late last night:

You want a new fight? You know you do - How about Pat Barry vs. Shawn Jordan - verbally agreed for May - show to be determined #UFC

— Damon Martin (@DamonMartin) February 20, 2013

Barry (8-5 MMA, 4-5 UFC) is coming off ...

UFC on FOX 6 is filled with plenty of quality fights, and the preliminary card is no exception. There are 7 fights instead of 8 following Michael Kuiper's fights with Buddy Roberts and Josh Janousek being scratched after injuries to Roberts and Janousek. You have the debut of Clay Guida at 145, rising Canadian lightweight T.J. Grant fights Matt Wiman, and 42-year-old Vladimir Matyushenko fights R...

Mixed martial arts (MMA) fights in the fast lane.

Despite winning the title just four months ago, inaugural Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Flyweight kingpin Demetrious Johnson is back in action this Saturday (Jan. 26, 2013), facing The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 14 winner John Dodson in the UFC on Fox 6 main event.

The Chicago, Ill.,-based card, which will take place at the United Center, als...

“Practice is 90% physical and 10% mental; competition is 10% physical and 90% mental.” - Olympic champion Mark SpitzStanding 6 feet tall and as thick as a California redwood at 250+ pounds, Shawn Jordan is not in the business of making himself into a heavyweight. No, Jordan’s business is turning his already heavyweight form into a dangerous, well-rounded UFC fighter. The journey from one to the o...

Over the next few days, Bloody Elbow is going to ask for your opinion on some of the best things that have happened in the MMA world in 2012. There will be a total of eight different categories you'll be asked to vote on. For simplicity's sake we're going to stick with high-level and relevant MMA stuff in these posts. I'm sure there was a crazy three-toed neck crank in M-1...

in the main event of the UFC 155 Facebook fights, Todd Duffee returns to the UFC after a near three year absence, a surprising addition to the heavyweight roster after fighting just twice in the last two years.

The 27-year-old made his August 2009 UFC debut an impressive one, knocking out Tim Hague in just seven seconds -- one of the fastest KOs in promotion history. However, he was surprisingly...

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...

UFC 155 goes off on Saturday, December 29 (2012), from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, and is highlighted by a heavyweight championship rematch between reigning belt-holder Junior dos Santos and once-beaten Cain Velasquez. Battles between lightweight scrappers Joe Lauzon and Jim Miller and middleweight monsters Costa Philippou and Tim Boetsch highlight the 5-fight pay-per-view.

Before t...

Let's try this again.

After their much-anticipated first meeting ended in little more than one minute, heavyweight wrecking machines Junior dos Santos and Cain Velasquez will lock horns once again in the headlining bout of UFC 155, which will come at you this Saturday evening (Dec. 29, 2012) from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

In addition, Joe Lauzon faces Jim Miller in a clash of two of 1...

He's baaaaack.More than two years after he was unceremoniously released from the UFC, Todd Duffee has signed a new deal with the promotion and will fight Phil De Fries at UFC 155 next month in Las Vegas.The Las Vegas Sun first reported the news Wednesday, and it was later confirmed by the UFC.The 26-year-old Duffee was released in Sept. 2010, almost four months after he was knocked out by Mi...

Once pegged as the future of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Heavyweight division, Todd Duffee is back with the world's biggest mixed martial arts (MMA) organization after three years away.

The 26-year-old is set to meet Philip De Fries on the preliminary portion of the UFC 155 fight card on New Year's weekend.

De Fries was left without an opponent for UFC 155 after his original oppone...