UFC: Ultimate Fighting Championship

By James Ryan Here’s what I remember from Ortiz vs Shamrock 3 in 2006.  A much older, punch-drunk Shamrock lost with enormous class.  A younger Tito won without any.  Tito Ortiz, in my less than humble opinion, is a pathetic loser who has embroiled himself in a win-win situation by calling out Chuck Liddel...

By James Ryan There were no rounds (20-minute time limits) and despite no biting or eye gouging, the UFC was proud to declare that they had "no rules." The fight reminded me of two things: First, Ken Shamrock used to be an amazing fighter and really was fun to watch.  Second, wrestlers couldn’t punch worth...

By Derek Bolender Jake Shields (28–4–1) is one of only a handful of mixed martial artists who have managed to become stars domestically fighting outside the UFC. Jake Shields: I actually have. I had the opportunity to go see him twice. I saw him in Japan fight the giant Korean guy (Hong Man Choi). I also saw him fig...

By Justin Orel Dan Henderson . His reputation as a calm, level-headed ass-beater has been a bit tarnished by the recent contractual squabble between he and Dana White, but it IS Dana White, and this may not be all Hendo’s fault. I was a huge fan of his in Pride, and I’m still convinced he’s got the best chance o...

By Eric Samulski It certainly has been a surprising season of The Ultimate Fighter. It's just not delivering the type of surprises UFC President Dana White was dreaming up when he decided to fill the new season's roster with a mix of veteran and rising heavyweights.

By Josh Nason But when I see UFC 103 with Rich Franklin vs. Vitor Belfort on top or UFC 105 with Randy Couture vs. Brandon Vera as the main event, I cringe—not because I don't want to see those fights—but because those aren't UFC-quality main events that we are used to seeing.

By Steve Cofield When both fighters are engaged in a striking match what I always look for is the fighter who is being judicious, picking his spots, being accurate and landing the cleaner strikes which ultimately is what Lyoto did more effectively than Rua. Lyoto made Shogun come after him, he determined w...

By Ken Foss However, the judges thought otherwise and awarded Lyoto Machida a 48-47 Unanimous Decision. 2. Bonnar vs. Griffin They were congratulating what they knew was the new UFC Light-Heavyweight Champion. And celebrating one of the biggest upsets in MMA history.

By Steve Cofield Does Anthony Johnson deserve any credit for his quick knockout of Yoshiyuki Yoshida? Afterall, he probably entered the cage weighing 190-192 after missing weight at 176. Is Pat Barry for real as a dangerous stand-up fighter at heavyweight? He was devastating tonight against another go...

By Steve Cofield Schafer is always a dangerous guy to face if you don't have a complete game. Bader, a wrestler by trade who won TUF 8, who is still trying to add striking and submissions to his game. Schafer has already pulled upsets on one-dimensional fighters Houston Alexander and  Antonio Mendes. The gu...

By Sterling Spiars The Ultimate Fighter Eight light heavyweight winner, Ryan Bader, looks to continue his slow, methodical rise up the ranks. Expect this fight to be a K-1 style brawl with maybe, just maybe, some elements of MMA somewhere in the mix. Both fighters are accomplished kick-boxers that decided t...

By Steve Cofield The dancing world seems to have accepted Chuck Liddell into its ranks. The UFC star is still alive on Dancing With The Stars. How do you think the mixed martial arts world would've accepted Anthony Njokuani if he tried out for "The Ultimate Fighter" knowing his background was in break-danci...

TNA TV specials on Spike Dana White gets high ranking UFC cuts and why The next season of Ultimate Fighter Matt Hughes talks future Donald Cerrone was quite the good sport last night, conceding the fight to Ben Henderson even though it was a close decision.

By Mitch Ciccarelli So it came to everyone’s surprise when it was announced that Slice would be earning an opportunity to enter the UFC—the premier MMA organization in the world—by competing on an all-heavyweight season of the hit reality series The Ultimate Fighter.

By Todd Jackson At the end of the day, this is the biggest event in TUF history since Matt Serra shocked the world by taking out pound for pound champion Georges St. Pierre. While many fans have their opinions of the finer points of this match up, one thing is certain. 

By Josh McCain Now MMA has several organizations, but to the mainstream American public there is really only the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Those fighters on ESPN Classic don't fight anymore, where a lot of the fighters on the classic bouts we see on Spike are still in the octagon.

By Leland Roling Josh Koscheck (12-4) didn't take too kindly to the comparison that his style of fighting and background are very similar to that of Frank Trigg (19-6), but that's exactly what Frank Trigg did during the one-hour UFC 103 Countdown show that premiered on Monday night. Trigg stated that the s...

I really enjoyed this PPV. I wouldnt say its ppv of the year, but I did enjoy watching it. Couture v/s Nogeria was awesome, I can only imagine what it was like live. I would like to see Big Nog destroy Mir now. It was also interesting seeing Brock yell support to Randy. I would like to see Randy move dow...

By Flying Knee Chris Leben 18-6-1 Notable Wins: Chuck Liddell (2007) Randy Couture 16-9-0 Notable Wins Tim Sylvia (2007) Gabriel Gonzaga (2007) Vitor Belfort (2004, 1997) Tito Ortiz (2003) Chuck Liddell (2003) Pedro Rizzo x2 (2001, 2001) Kevin Randleman (2000)

By Kimberley Nash After watching the first match, I immediately watched another, then another, and another. The last one was between Anderson Silva and Rich Franklin—it was on old one (circa 2006), much like the previous matches I watched that night, but no less entertaining.

By Leland Roling Overeem faces two problems in overcoming Lesnar. One, he is the Strikeforce heavyweight champion, is fighting for them on August 15, and contractually obligated to Strikeforce. Two, he needs to stay on his feet to be able to use high kicks, but as Lesnar showed on Saturday, his takedown is q...

By Dave Meltzer dave@wrestlingobserver.com (mailto:dave@wrestlingobserver.com) Welcome to our live coverage of UFC 100 from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. We're looking for your thoughts on the show, so you can leave a thumbs up, thumbs down or thumbs in the middle along wi...

By Leland Roling The big problem, however, is that Fitch has already lost to Georges St. Pierre as has Josh Koscheck. If Thiago Alves loses to GSP at UFC 100, an impressive performance could vault Swick toward the top simply to mix up the competition that GSP is defending his title against.

By VSN Writers Minus a few wrong turns here and there, it could very well be you lining up across George St. Pierre for the welterweight title. Or maybe in your case, lining up across Brock Lesnar for the heavyweight title (since they don’t make a super-ultra-heavyweight division).

By Steve Cofield Kahne -- all 5 feet 8 inches and 150 pounds -- spent an hour with mixed martial arts stars Forrest Griffin and Wanderlei Silva to film a segment for Sunday's race, which will telecast on Fox (Ch. 5). I held back a little with Wanderlei," Kahne, 28, joked of the simulated fight he had with the Las V...

St. Pierre now has a stake in the claim for top pound-for-pound fighter. It was Anderson Silva’s title for the past year, and some would argue he's still at the top. Fedor Emelianenko has made his claim with brutal wins over Tim Sylvia and Andrei Arlovski, and now St. Pierre has made his case with...

By Alan Conceicao Ken Shamrock: Shamrock’s loss to Buzz Berry was a brutal one. The Kimbo debacle only could have damaged him more. Now the news that he’s fighting on February 13th against Bo Cantrell comes almost as no surprise. To everyone’s credit, this is better than the rumored February bout against Tim S...

By Steve Cofield Trash talk isn't needed to hype up all fights. You've got the perfect case at the main event of UFC 93 where Dan Henderson isn't very menacing when he's trying to smack about an opponent and Rich Franklin is way too laid back to do anything but laugh it off. Franklin channeled his inner co...

By Luke Thomas Enter UFC 2009 Undisputed, which should be the deepest, most realistic UFC title ever. Developed by WWE SmackDown! creators Yuke’s Media Creations and published by THQ, this year’s installment will stand out for a variety of reasons; namely, the use of amazingly fluid and authentic fig...

By rss@youtube.com (mj08jane) http://secretaffair.ask2click.com UFC 92: The Ultimate 2008 is live TONIGHT. UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, Forrest Griffin defends his title against "Sugar" Rashad Evans. Then the Ultimate Fighter coaches face off as Interim Heavyweight Champion, Antonio "Minotauro" Nogueira ta...

By Steve Cofield RASHAD EVANS v. FORREST GRIFFIN (-140) - UFC LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE QUINTON JACKSON v. WANDERLEI SILVA (-140) - LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT DEAN LISTER v. YUSHIN OKAMI (-300) - MIDDLEWEIGHT REESE ANDY v. MATT HAMILL (-220) - LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT DAN EVENSEN v. PAT BARRY (-160) - HEAVYWEIGHT

By rss@youtube.com (dadirrtywhyteboi) OVERALL Show Rating:7.5/10 Lightweight Bout Jim Miller(13-1-0) def "Handsome" Matt Wiman(10-4-0)via Unanimous Desicion dadirrtywhyteboi's Scorecard:30-26 Miller Judges Scorecard:30-27,30-26,30-27 Miller Middleweight Bout Tim Credeur(11-2-0)def Nate Loughran(9-1-0)v...

By rss@youtube.com (hattrickhockey17) Whats up everyone, I am back to do my predictions for the Ultimate Fighter Season 8 Finale. Decent card from top to bottom, should be a good night of fights. Leave me some comments! I will be back the night of or the night after to do my review.

By Steve Cofield Brock) Lesnar pounces on (Randy) Couture, kneels over him and starts punching him in the head, doling out 17 blows in a seemingly endless 10 seconds, until the referee finally intervenes. Couture is lying on the floor, motionless, looking dead. Seventeen blows to the head in 10 seconds, bl...

By stoker dafire After last nights results from Affliction: Banned and UFC Fight Night, there are two big name mma fighters whos careers lie in the balance and could be going in different directions. Six months after his loss to Frank Mir due to his arm being broken, Tim Sylvia returned (a titanium plate had...

By Darren Heitner The first televised MMA card on a major network is on May 31 and features Slice against James Thompson. This fight is set up to show what may be MMA’s largest-ever television audience a devastating Kimbo Slice knockout. Thompson has lost seven times by either knockout or technical knockout....

By Luke Thomas Kid Nate: Very tough to call. Silva has been a world beater in the UFC, he's been at the top of his game, winning impressively with distance striking (Leben), clinch striking (Franklin x2), jiu jitsu off his back (Lutter) and wrestling (Marquardt). Henderson theoretically brings the exac...

By Sam Caplan Sam Caplan: There was some talk that maybe you would be involved with the seventh season of “The Ultimate Fighter” as a coach. Obviously, Forrest Griffin and Quinton Jackson got the coaching slots. But was that ever something that was discussed with you?

By SamCaplan A teep is a jab kick specific to Muay Thai. What Boetsch was throwing last night was not a jab kick. It was a straight heel kick and it likely comes from his Jeet Kune Do training. I realize both kicks look similar but there are some noticeable differences and the purposes of both kicks are differe...

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’...

I had a few opportunities where I could have hit him but I had just got off an eight month suspension from [president] Dana [White] and the UFC and the [Nevada State Athletic] Commission. I wasn’t going to be stupid and let him win again by me putting my hands on him and then they dock me some mor...

By Irie Rujah Georges St. Pierre def. Matt Hughes via Submission (Round 2: 4:54) The main event featured Georges St. Pierre, or who we in the UFC world call GSP, and he is the man. Chuck Liddell def. Wanderlei Silva via unanimous decision Who's next for Liddell? Definitely not Rampage.

By Irie Rujah The Ultimate Fighting Championship, UFC for those not hip to the lingo, failed to make a dent on any mainstream sports outlet over the Holiday weekend. Perhaps it was because of the Giants vs. Patriots game on Saturday, which just happened to be the same night the pay-per-view was being broa...

By Jesse Holland MMAdude: Bisping via unanimous decision Jesse Holland: Evans via unanimous decision MMAdude: Parisyan via technical knockout Jesse Holland: Parisyan via unanimous decision MMAdude: Edgar via unanimous decision Jesse Holland: Fisher via unanimous decision

By Jesse Holland Many thought Quinton “Rampage” Jackson would be taken down by Dan “Hollywood” Henderson, but tonight I really noticed how much Rampage has matured as a fighter. Where does he go from here? How about Rampage/Rua II? That’s assuming Forrest Griffin doesn’t throw a wrench in the works at UFC...

By UFC Junkie Sherk, after all, will be sitting ringside for tonights De La Hoya vs. Mayweather fight, which takes place at the the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. …Sean Sherk, the UFC’s lightweight champion, will be ringside to watch Mayweather try to lift the super welterweight boxing title from D...

By Performify Performify back again with a round of quick hits, wrapping up the best of the rest of the MMA universe for you. CBS Sportsline.com put up an article today by national sportswriter Mike Freeman entitled “De La Hoya-Mayweather will separate boxing from thuggish UFC.” At first glance, I though...

By UFC Junkie I recently selected a few longtime UFCjunkie.com readers to submit questions to Josh Koscheck (9-1 MMA, 7-1 UFC), a top UFC welterweight contender who most recently defeated Diego Sanchez at UFC 69. Enjoy: Would you be willing to compete in a PRIDE welterweight grand prix?

By UFC Junkie Enjoy: Do you still see the guys from The Ultimate Fighter 1? Oh yeah! Made some friendships that I hope will last forever. Alex Karalexis is a great friend, Mike Swick, Josh Rafferty, Lodune Sincaid. Quite a few guys have stayed in touch. And of course Chris Leben. He’s my special little guy!