T.J. Grant heard the critics after the announcement that the winner of his UFC 160 bout with Gray Maynard would get the next shot at Benson Henderson's lightweight championship.

Several observers, including this reporter, questioned whether a title shot for Maynard or Grant was the wisest decision, given the top of the lightweight division still features the likes of Gilbert Melendez, who many f...

Diego Sanchez made a successful return back down to the lightweight division at UFC on FUEL TV 8 last March by defeating former PRIDE FC 155-pound champion Takanori Gomi via controversial split decision.

While fight fans in attendance felt "The Fireball Kid" deserved to get the nod, the judges felt otherwise, giving the victory to "The Dream," earning him his first win at 155 pounds since defeat...

Coming off a lackluster 2-2 run at 170 lbs., TUF 1 winner Diego Sanchez made his return to Lightweight at UFC On Fuel TV 8 in March. He faced off against former Pride champion Takanori Gomi, who was on a 2 fight win streak. After 15 minutes of the two going back and forth, Sanchez got the nod from two of the three judges to win a split decision victory.

With his first win in his second run at 15...

"After watching Benson Henderson's performance against Gilbert Melendez, I must say, I wasn't impressed. I see a lot of holes in his game, and I feel like that belt's there for the taking ... I see holes in his game, and I really felt he lost that fight to Gilbert... He's strong, but in the Gilbert fight, he didn't try to do one takedown the whole fight, which I think a champion would see, ‘I'm...

Every time I mention Mike Tyson on MiddleEasy, I must refer to my old roommate @mikeob96 who pulled off perhaps the greatest feat on videogame wizardry that I've witnessed. My shirtless and highly inebriated roommate sat down in the middle of my friend's living room and beat Mike Tyson's Punchout on the NES without losing a single match -- and he did it while polishing off an entire 40oz of Mic...

Ben Henderson recently defended his UFC lightweight crown in an exciting back and forth bout against Gilbert Melendez at UFC on Fox 7. It was a close fight, and yesterday, Diego Sanchez weighed in on the bout and it looks like he doesn't see the champion in such high regard. He spoke to MMAJunkie about Henderson's "mediocre" performance:

"After watching Benson Henderson’s performance against Gil...

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Rank Fighter Points Promotion Last Rank

1

Ben Henderson

225

UFC

1

2

Gilbert Melendez

212

UFC

2

3

Gray Maynard

206

UFC

3

4

Michael Chandler

188

Bellator

5

5

Eddie Alvarez

164

Bellator

8

6

Anthony Pettis

162

UFC

6

7

Nate Diaz

155

UFC

4

8

Josh Thomson

152

UFC

15

9

Jim Miller

134

UFC

7

10

Donal...

Diego Sanchez might have barely scraped by Takanori Gomi at UFC on Fuel 8 earlier this year, but he thinks that should earn him a top opponent in his next bout. According to Sanchez (24-5) he'll be making his return to the octagon at UFC 164, which is scheduled for August 31st in the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, WI. Sanchez explained the deal to MMA Junkie:

"I talked to Joe Silva yesterday, and ...

Following a narrow split-decision win over Takanori Gomi in March, veteran UFC lightweight Diego Sanchez will return in August at UFC 164.

Goodbye Resurrection Fighting Alliance (RFA), hello World Series of Fighting (WSOF).

Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lightweight contender Tyson Griffin, who was bounced from the world's largest mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion after missing weight and getting knocked out by Bart Palaszewski at UFC 137 in late 2011, is the latest ZUFFA castaway to find work outside the Octagon.

d...

I'm going to say first and foremost that I underestimated Rustam Khabilov, but that everyone else underestimated Yancy Medeiros. This fight actually looked a lot like I thought it would, with Medeiros using his insane size at lightweight to keep Khabilov from totally dominating him, and using his fluid striking to pepper Khabilov in open exchanges. But Khabilov is a different kind of animal from ...

UFC 159 is in the books, and quite frankly it was not one of the UFC's better shows. If last week's UFC on Fox 7 was enthralling from start to finish, UFC 159 consisted of fouls interspersed with entertainment. The exciting moments were buried underneath an avalanche of both eye pokes and Joe Rogan ranting about how a new style of gloves will magically reduce the number of eye pokes we see. The o...

Fresh off a devastating knockout of "The Ultimate Fighter 13" finalist Ramsey Nijem at this past weekend's UFC on FOX 7 event, Myles Jury is setting his sets high for his next fight. 

You have to hand it to Michael Bisping. He's gotten fairly good at riling up opposition during fight promotion, although some of it is shtick, some of it is sensitivity playing itself out. Whatever the case, it was on full display during Monday's UFC 159 conference call.

Bisping, who is scheduled to face Alan Belcher at Saturday's event, let loose on the American middleweight, who has been doing...

It should have been a given that Duane Ludwig would get quick results. His nickname, after all, is "Bang," a moniker he earned even before his record-setting, six-second knockout in 2006. As a trainer, he's made immediate strides with his new camp, the Sacramento, California-based Team Alpha Male. Hired in December 2012, Ludwig recently went through the process of training several charges for the...

The preliminary portion of UFC on Fox 7 was a fireworks laden affair as six fights ended inside the distance. Kicking things off were the Facebook prelims in which a couple Strikeforce newcomers looked to make the most in their debut in the UFC.

Yoel Romero defeated Clifford Starks via KO (flying knee) - Round 1, 1:32

When Starks and Romero began testing eachother with early strikes, it was ob...

By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

The UFC returns to network television on Saturday night with another exciting four-fight main card, as UFC on Fox 7 hits San Jose, Calif. UFC Lightweight Champ Ben Henderson defends his title on Fox for the second time, taking on Strikeforce Lightweight Champion Gilbert Melendez, and the rest of the m...

By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

The UFC returns to network television on Saturday night with another exciting four-fight main card, as UFC on Fox 7 hits San Jose, Calif. UFC Lightweight Champ Ben Henderson defends his title on Fox for the second time, taking on Strikeforce Lightweight Champion Gilbert Melendez, and the rest of the m...

An interesting 155-pound mixed martial arts (MMA) bout is set to take place at UFC on FOX 7, which will emanate from HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif., later this evening (Sat., April 20, 2013).

Nate Diaz returns after a losing effort against UFC Lightweight Champion Ben Henderson in his most recent performance, colliding with Josh Thomson, who similarly failed to secure a world title in his last ...