The UFC lightweight number one contender position is on the line Saturday night (May 25, 2013) as former title challenger Gray Maynard takes on T.J. Grant on the UFC 160 main card in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Gray Maynard

Record: 11-1-1 (1 No Contest) overall, 9-1-1 (1 No Contest) in the UFC

Key Wins: Frankie Edgar (UFC Fight Night 13), Kenny Florian (UFC 118), Jim Miller (UFC 96)

Key Losses: Franki...

The career of Vitor Belfort is as inexplicable as it is profound. In a sport where time is unforgiving, here's a man who started in 1997 at UFC 12 when names like Tank Abbott and Scott Ferrozzo could be found on a professional prizefighting card. If you saw those names in a tournament in 2013, it would probably be on the undercard of a mud wrestling tournament in Plfugerville, Texas.

Other compe...

Vitor Belfort's professional career has been one of twists and turns. He was alternately one of the scariest men in mixed martial arts and at least for a time, one of the most head-scratchingly inconsistent. He was the heir to the throne, then nearly a washout. He espoused his Christian beliefs, but made enemies and perpetrated some of the most stunning violence fighting has produced. His career ...

There wasn't much clarity surrounding the UFC lightweight championship fight pitting Benson Henderson and Gilbert Melendez. Fans were split, media was split, even the judges were split. But Henderson walked out of the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California with the belt still in his possession.

There is at least some clarity to the division's future. The winner of the UFC 160 matchup between Gray M...

The UFC gets to showcase its exciting lightweight division once again as Benson Henderson defends his belt against the Strikeforce titleholder, Gilbert Melendez. Though familiar in style, it's a unique matchup that is bound to deliver the kind of fast paced action the division, and particularly these fighters have embodied over the years.

Benson Henderson (18-2) vs. Gilbert Melendez (21-2) Light...

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lightweight kingpin, Ben Henderson, looks to unify the Strikeforce and UFC titles against the last Strikeforce lightweight champion, Gilbert Melendez, this Saturday (April 20, 2013) at HP Pavilion in San Jose, California.

Since joining the UFC, Henderson's mixed martial arts (MMA) game has thoroughly evolved. The one-time World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) cham...

Two lightweight champions will collide this Saturday night (April 20, 2013) as UFC champ Ben Henderson takes on Strikeforce champ Gilbert Melendez in the main event of UFC on Fox 7 in San Jose, California.

Henderson has looked better and better, most recently dispatching Melendez's teammate Nate Diaz in the December Fox show. Now, he's looking to finish off Team Cesar Gracie and continue his lig...

Nothing like a main event, Alexander Gustafsson vs. Gegard Mousasi, between two accomplished mixed martial arts (MMA) standouts with 41 combined finishes in 54 fights.

Oh, wait a second.

Check that, Pride FC, DREAM, and Strikeforce veteran Gegard Mousasi is determined more than ever to finally make his Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) debut this weekend come hell or high water, taking on la...

Danny Castillo. Tony Ferguson. Shane Roller. Myles Jury. No slouches, that group, and Michael Johnson knows it. But after Reza Madadi next week, Johnson said he's ready for the next level of opponent to come his way.

Last January, UFC lightweight Michael Johnson deemed 2012 “The Year of The Menace,” and set his sights on accumulating enough victories to end the year on the outskirts of the top 10.He likened his climb from the low end of the 155-pound ranks to Mortal Kombat, the incredibly addictive fighting game from the early ‘90s. Just like Lord Raiden in the game, Johnson would have to defeat multiple foes...

Two lightweight matches have been added to UFC 160, with former top contender Gray Maynard (11-1-1, 1 no contest) facing T.J. Grant (15-5) and Khabib Nurmagomedov (19-0) taking on Abel Trujillo (10-4).

UFC 160 takes place on May 25, as the company's annual Memorial Day weekend show at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The UFC announced Maynard vs. Grant on Wednesday night and sources cl...

By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

In the last three years, no fighter has more wins in the UFC's lightweight division than Ben Henderson, Jim Miller, and Jacob Volkmann. Each has won six fights at 155 lbs. during that stretch, but after suffering a loss to Bobby Green earlier this month at UFC 156, Volkmann is now out of the UFC.

The...

In a bit of a surprise move, lightweight Jacob Volkmann is now off the UFC roster. Volkmann confirmed the news on his Twitter account:

Was just cut from the UFC today.I want to thank the fans, and say i gave it my all.No regrets.

— Jacob Volkmann (@JacobVolkmann) February 20, 2013

I wasnt @danawhitedecision to cut me it was Joe Silva's.

— Jacob Volkmann (@JacobVolkmann) February 20, 2013

Vol...

As the afterglow of Saturday night's fireworks faded within London's Wembley Arena, where just hours before UFC interim bantamweight champion Renan Barao extended one of MMA's truly remarkable streaks with the performance of a lifetime, UFC President Dana White found himself once more fielding questions about his foremost rival.

Continually referring to Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney as "Bjork" -- pe...

The preliminary card of UFC on Fuel 7 in London is a bit of an odd one. It's frequent to see fighters coming off losses planted on the prelims, but as pointed out by Mike Bohn on Twitter, ALL 12 of the preliminary card fighters lost their previous fight. So it's safe to say that 3-4 of these fights are very much potential "win or face the pink slip" matchups.

You can catch all of these fights st...

The UFC 156 preliminary card features 3 Strikeforce migrants, and Bobby Green (19-5 MMA, 0-0 UFC) is one of them. He'll face Jacob Volkmann (15-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC) tonight in the lightweight division, one of 3 lightweight fights on the card.

Both of these men are in top form, at the moment. Green has won his last 4, while Volkmann has gone 6-1 since dropping his first two UFC fights. Volkmann vs. Gr...

Dallas Winston breaks down every match up on this Saturday's UFC 156: Aldo vs. Edgar pay-per-view with a granular lens. Dominant champion Jose Aldo defends against featherweight debutante Frankie Edgar in the headliner.

The Mandalay Bay will host Saturday's UFC 156: Aldo vs. Edgar pay-per-view event, which is headlined by featherweight champion Jose Aldo defending the title against former lightw...

Jose Aldo vs. Frankie EdgarBrent Brookhouse: Edgar has good boxing, Aldo has VERY good striking. Edgar has to work a wrestling game while also not getting hit, and not getting hit is something he isn’t very good at. Edgar is a legitimate top tier fighter but this just seems like a bad fight for him. Maybe Aldo is very rusty, or maybe I’m underestimating Edgar, but I think tendencies favor Ald...

Dallas Winston breaks down every match up on this Saturday's UFC 156: Aldo vs. Edgar pay-per-view with a granular lens. Dominant champion Jose Aldo defends against featherweight debutante Frankie Edgar in the headliner.

The Mandalay Bay will host Saturday's UFC 156: Aldo vs. Edgar pay-per-view event, which is headlined by featherweight champion Jose Aldo defending the title against former lightw...

The Mandalay Bay will host Saturday's UFC 156: Aldo vs. Edgar pay-per-view event, which is headlined by featherweight champion Jose Aldo defending the title against former lightweight champion Frankie Edgar in his 145-pound premiere. Elite light-heavyweights top off the stacked main card as former champion Rashad Evans meets Brazilian veteran Antonio Rogerio Nogueira. As usual, the FX channel and...