If you watched UFC 36 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on March 22, 2002, you saw Josh Barnett defeat Randy Couture for the UFC heavyweight title. You also saw an impressive youngster name Frank Mir make short work of old-school veteran Pete Williams on the undercard with a shoulder lock.

You may have concluded that night that Barnett and Mir were destined to collide. And you were correct. It just ...

The co-main event is a rather delicious matchup between two Heavyweights ready for battle this weekend at the HP Pavillion. Opposite the aging, wily veteran is the aging, but spry mixed martial arts neophyte. Can will, skill, and speed overcome just skill?

Frank Mir (16-6) vs. Daniel Cormier (11-0) Heavyweight

Of course, I'm kidding about Mir being merely skilled (though we can all agree that h...

Mark Coleman, the first world-class wrestler still in his prime to compete in the UFC, made official a couple of weeks back that his fighting career was over due to the hip replacement surgery he had on March 4.

It was more a confirmation of the obvious. Coleman, 48, hadn’t fought in three years, since his lost to Randy Couture at UFC 109. He’s been in a lot of pain for two years before that. He...

Hardcore fans will remember UFC 22 for one fight - Frank Shamrock's historic bout against Tito Ortiz for the UFC Middleweight Championship. However, this same event introduced the MMA world to two other fighters that would go on to become icons - Matt Hughes, and the fighter this article is about, Jens Pulver.

Pulver had his first sanctioned MMA fight at the Bas Rutten Invitational in April, 199...