With Mark Hunt receiving his work visa in the eleventh hour to travel to Las Vegas, Nevada, and punch Junior dos Santos in the face at UFC 160, which takes place this upcoming Saturday night (May 25, 2013), it took the heat off Roy Nelson to make a quick turnaround and help save the Memorial Day weekend pay-per-view (PPV) event.

Not so fast.

When interim Bantamweight champion Renan Barao was fo...

The UFC returns to Canada on June 15th, but they're headed somewhere they've never held an event before - Winnipeg, Manitoba. The MTS Centre will play host to a UFC interim bantamweight title fight as the main event, with Renan Barao looking to defend against the first WEC bantamweight champion, Eddie Wineland. The card will also feature two big light heavyweight bouts - Mauricio "Shogun...

Dallas Winston and Zombie Prophet of Bloody Elbow present a round up of the best MMA and UFC videos on YouTube. Today's list features: Ronda Rousey sparring with Vic Darchinyan, Anderson Silva say's he's "The Black Dana [White]," The Shoot with Luke Rockhold, "Punches, Bullets, and Bombs" with Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza, the oft-revered "Double Knockout" in MMA, Pat Barry by armbar (!!!), King Mo pro...

(Sure, "Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Champion" is a respectable title in its own right, but it just doesn't carry as much weight at the Playboy Mansion, you know?) 

If there's one thing you can say about former UFC heavyweight champion and Depends spokesperson Tim Sylvia, it's that the SOB is persistent. Although his once successful MMA career has become little more than a series of punctuated joke...

Former UFC heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia is fighting veteran Tony Johnson at ONE FC 9: Rise TO Power on May 31st. The 37 year old has failed to win his last two fights at heavyweight, but he still wants one last shot at the UFC ... something we've heard at least 500 times before, but this is the latest iteration. (Via MMA Weekly)

I don’t know what is going to happen in the future of the UFC h...

Whether you like him or not, it's hard to deny that Nick Diaz always keeps this insulated little world of ours interesting.

Over this past weekend, a website with the domain name nickdiazpromotions.com popped up amongst rumors that Diaz was spearheading a new fight promotion. The simple white backdrop of the site featured a stylized logo for an organization dubbed War Mixed Martial Arts, with th...

With the recent news that EA UFC is getting pushed back to March of 2014 at the earliest, speculation is rampant on the subject of what will or won’t be in the game. Rather than wax poetic on what could be in next year's most anticipated game, the decision has been made in the MiddleEasy editorial offices to list what we think won’t be in EA UFC when it releases sometime in 2014. Just so we can...

Compliments of "HD's" Facebook Page, here's a video of kickboxing powerhouse -- and now, submission savant -- Pat Barry competing and winning at the 4th Annual Colorado State Championships -- Brazilian Jiu Jitsu & Submission Grappling last Saturday. We cannot emphasize enough that we are not trolling here.

In fact, the only thing more beautiful than the armbar Barry is able to secure starting ...

Ah, love. Love can make you do many things. Love can help a middle-aged mother lift a car off a child that is under a car for some reason. Love can force men to create Facebook, love... Love is the great motivator. With love as the wind in your sails, your journey will be swift. All you need is love. Love can bring a striker to armbar another man with the strength of a thousand Arabian princess...

Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Heavyweight Champion Tim Sylvia is on a mission.

Aside from beating Tony Johnson later this month at ONE FC 9, which takes place at the Mall of Asia Arena in the Philippines, "The Maine-iac" wants to put on the kind of performance that would convince his old employer he deserves a second chance inside the Octagon.

A place he would exact revenge agains...

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is close to putting the finishing touches on its upcoming UFC 161 pay-per-view (PPV) fight card, scheduled for June 15, 2013 at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

UFC 161 will feature bantamweight champion Renan Barao, putting his 135-pound interim title on the line against No. 1 division contender Eddie Wineland in the main event of the evening. T...

The UFC returns to Canada on June 15th, but they're headed somewhere they've never held an event before - Winnipeg, Manitoba. The MTS Centre will play host to a UFC interim bantamweight title fight as the main event, with Renan Barao looking to defend against the first WEC bantamweight champion, Eddie Wineland. The card will also feature two big light heavyweight bouts - Mauricio "Shogun" R...

The Bloody Elbow Meta-Rankings have seen an increase in UFC dominance, especially at middleweight and flyweight.

Our sources are cited at the bottom of this post.

Rank Fighter Points Promotion Last Rank

1

Cain Velasquez

225

UFC

1

2

Junior dos Santos

216

UFC

2

3

Daniel Cormier

205

UFC

3

4

Fabricio Werdum

193

UFC

4

5

Antonio Silva

191

UFC

5

6

Frank Mir

171

U...

Our sources are cited at the bottom of this post.

Rank Fighter Points Promotion Last Rank

1

Cain Velasquez

225

UFC

1

2

Junior dos Santos

216

UFC

2

3

Daniel Cormier

205

UFC

3

4

Fabricio Werdum

193

UFC

4

5

Antonio Silva

191

UFC

5

6

Frank Mir

171

UFC

6

7

Alistair Overeem

169

UFC

7

8

Josh Barnett

149

Free Agent

8

9

Mark Hunt

139

UFC

12

10

Anto...

Longtime Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) heavyweight Cheick Kongo will be looking for work elsewhere as the world's largest mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion continues its spring cleaning.

MMA Fighting reports that Kongo has fulfilled his current UFC contract and will not be re-signed.

Kongo was knocked out by Roy Nelson last weekend (April 27, 2013) at UFC 159, a little over two minutes ...

Cheick Kongo's UFC career, at least for now, has come to an end.

The promotion has decided against re-signing the French veteran after his first-round knockout loss to Roy Nelson last Saturday night at UFC 159, a UFC official confirmed with MMAFighting.com on Wednesday. The official stated that that fight was the last on Kongo's current contract, and he will not be re-signed at this time.

The 3...

(Cheick Kongo had never seen Deliverance before, yet in that moment, he somehow knew what was coming. Photo courtesy of Getty Images.) 

We know, we know, it's probably not a good idea to solely base someone's employment status with the UFC on the existence of their UFC.com profile, but speculation is the hamster that keeps the wheels of intellectual transcendance and creative spontaneity spinn...

Cheick Kongo's profile was removed from UFC.com today, meaning that his days with the promotion are most likely at an end. It's a little surprising considering his long history at or near the top of the heavyweight division and shows that the UFC is devoted to removing fighters that they consider to be dead weight.

Kongo would leave behind an 11–6–1 record with the promotion, gathered over a sev...

It didn't take long for Chael Sonnen to decide his fate.

"I'm not retiring," Sonnen declared on Tuesday's edition of UFC Tonight. "I'm 36 years old. I have a lot of goals and I'm not going to reach them if I retire."

Sonnen, of course, lost via first-round TKO to UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones this past weekend at UFC 159, bumping his record in UFC title fights to a tepid 0-3. Nonethe...

Gian Villante thought he'd at least get a few minutes to recover from Ovince St. Preux's third-round eye poke this past weekend at UFC 159. Instead, he got a matter of seconds.

Referee Kevin Mulhall controversially stopped the fight just moments after asking Villante if he was able to see, snapping Villante's three-fight win streak with the most bizarre loss of his career. Outrage was immediate,...