UFC: Ultimate Fighting Championship

By bfowlkes The UFC sent out a release today announcing that Diego Sanchez has been forced to withdraw from his UFC 90 bout with Thiago Alves due to torn rib cartilage. Stepping in to face Alves on short notice will be Sanchez’s TUF 1 buddy, ...

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By ben A few people have said that I have attacked the UFC. That is simply not true. I have never said anything bad about the UFC. I spent 14 years of my life trying to build up the UFC and make people understand how incredible the fighters of MMA were. I considered myself very lucky in the fact that I was abl...

By ben Sorry, buddy — no dick-tattoo on your chest, no UFC contract.) W]hen asked which organisation he would be competing for…he added: “It depends on which company gives me the best deal. I’m getting offers from the UFC, Pro Elite XC, Affliction and the IFL.”

By ben Lowdown: The two questions that come to mind are “who?” and “why?”. We can’t really answer that last question, but we do know that Vedepo is a former standout high school wrestler who (for unknown reasons) turned down a spot on The Ultimate Fighter 7. The 25-year-old trains in Cedar Rapids wi...

By bfowlkes 1) Nick Diaz, Jake Shields and Frank Shamrock were flown in to shoot an instructional trailer on grappling for the CBS show. The signings were an after thought. You weren’t flown in because you aren’t a grappler. We are sure they will fly you in if they need an instructional on whining. 2) Your co...

By bfowlkes Props: Yahoo’s Steve Cofield) As we told you earlier this week, Matt Hughes was not at all impressed with Georges St. Pierre at UFC 87. His blog post about how boring he found the GSP-Fitch fight seemed laced with no small amount of jealousy. That’s somewhat understandable. A guy beats your ass...

By ben Round 1: GSP gets a takedown right off the bell. Fitch controlling GSP’s body and hands. GSP sneaks in a punch, then an elbow. GSP thrown down two more from the top. Fitch tries to get to his feet, but GSP puts him back down. Fitch gets up and takes a punch, then a right hand that drops him! GSP slugging...

By bfowlkes In other news, WAMMA sent out a press release today announcing the Josh Barnett-Andrei Arlovski match as an “elimination fight” with the winner taking on Fedor Emelianenko for the WAMMA heavyweight title. I guess they’re assuming that Fedor won’t defect to the UFC with their title in ord...

By bfowlkes Other highlights include Dana White guaranteeing that Affliction, Elite XC, and somehow even CBS, will all go out of business, just like the IFL. Also says Tito Ortiz was a “wallflower” during his time on “The Apprentice” because he didn’t want to be exposed as an idiot. And he dismisses the...

By bfowlkes Goldstein: For me, it’s still the light-heavyweights, mainly because it’s the only division where the champion looks extremely vulnerable. While it’s difficult to establish contenders who are on the level of BJ Penn, GSP, Anderson Silva, and Minotauro Nogueira — and it’s not easy to ge...

By bfowlkes What do you think Roger Huerta’s greatest strength is as a fighter? When fighters talk about a lack of respect from the UFC, is respect really just a synonym for money? Or is there a certain attitude the UFC has towards some guys that is abrasive?

By ben He’s also unhappy with the terms of his current contract, but to Huerta, the press tours underscore a larger point: by and the large, Zuffa does not treat its contracted fighters with sufficient loyalty or respect. He argues that many UFC fighters barely make enough to cover their trainin...

By guest CB Dollaway def. Jesse Taylor via submission (choke), 3:58, round one. Rounds Two … and it is. All three judges score it 30-27 for Edgar. Frankie Edgar def. Hermes Franca via unanimous decision, 5:00, round three. Brandon Vera def. Reese Andy via unanimous decision, 5:00, round three.

By bfowlkes Fedor by armbar, round two. (One more Ben never hurt anything.) At Wednesday’s press conference in Los Angeles every single Affliction employee made sure to refer to their event as “the biggest event in MMA history.” That may be a blatant exaggeration, but this coming weekend is still a monu...

By bfowlkes You’ve talked a lot about this being a new beginning for you. What’s the difference between Jesse Taylor now and Jesse Taylor before the show? Do you think that people will always remember you as the guy who got kicked off “The Ultimate Fighter”? Is that a label you think you’ll have to work to...

By ben Losing to Cro Cop, Henderson, and Liddell doesn’t mean that your career is over — it’s the kind of setback that can befall any fighter who continuously fights top competition. Dana White knows that too. Still, Wandy will probably be ordered to drop to 185 if he loses to Jardine. There aren’t a t...

By bfowlkes Scene from a jiu-jitsu tournament, or an extremely amicable episode of Maury Povich’s paternity test show?) … What would happen in the old days when you get caught with a couple of aces up your sleeve, they kill the guy right there and that’s why I say Sean Sherk is dead…”

By ben more…) (Her best angle.) The UFC’s relationship with upstart Octagon Girl “Edith Labelle” — a.k.a. Edith Larente, a.k.a. Anabelle — has been made official with a new photo-shoot on UFC.com. Check it out, if you’re into that sort of thing. In other chick-news, MMA Girl Joanne has found a new companio...

By kipp Numerous media organizations - CagePotato included - have produced rankings of all the fighters and other MMA outfits rank their own fighters. The UFC has refused to rank their fighters, which would at least give us an idea of who might get a title shot soon or how far away a fighter is in gett...

By ben The last fighter to actually wear Affliction during an event was Georges St. Pierre at UFC 79 where he sported Affliction on his tights and gi. If you review UFC 80 and Wednesday’s Ultimate Fight Night: Swick vs. Burkman, you’ll notice that Affliction was noticeably absent from any fighter’...