UFC News

Scott Hernandez - January 19, 2016

Just because she’s taking a little extended break from MMA due to her movie commitments being delayed, don’t think that this MMA fighter turn Hollywood actress isn’t thinking about getting her title back.

Scott Hernandez - January 19, 2016

While UFC 195 happened several weeks ago, these super slow motion highlights will remind you just how great of a card it was!

Scott Hernandez - January 19, 2016

The last old school Canadian fighter left since Sam Stout retired, Patrick Cote is looking for a top 15 fighter or Nick Diaz.   With three straight wins, is the ‘old school’ Cote ready to make the leap into deep waters?

Scott Hernandez - January 19, 2016

Sunday night in Boston Dominick Cruz had just his second fight in 4 years as he successfully defeated TJ Dillashaw to reclaim the UFC bantamweight championship. Following the fight, fighters took to Twitter to react to Cruz’s triumphant return.

Scott Hernandez - January 19, 2016

Get ready for a LHW showdown between #2 Anthony “Rumble” Johnson and #4 Ryan “Darth” Bader in Newark, New Jersey in the main-event January 30th.

Scott Hernandez - January 19, 2016

Following Dominick Cruz’s successful return to the Octagon Sunday night in Boston where he reclaimed his UFC bantamweight strap, he found himself on the receiving end of some callouts. In addition to being called out by nemesis Urijah Faber, Demetrious Johnson’s coach Matt Hume posted on Facebook about a potential superfight between Cruz and flyweight kingpin Demetrious Johnson.

Scott Hernandez - January 19, 2016

Dominick Cruz hadn’t even been the newly crowned UFC bantamweight champion for more than an hour before he found himself being called out by nemesis Urijah Faber.

Scott Hernandez - January 19, 2016

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Scott Hernandez - January 19, 2016

If your an MMA fan, behind the scenes footage before a fight are little nuggets of truth we as fans look for before fight night.  Looking through some of his training videos you can tell he’s preparing for that ‘signature heavy pressure’ that earned him a victory over the previous champ Anthony Pettis.

Scott Hernandez - January 19, 2016

I Want to apologize to all of my supports, came up short last night.... Only way to go is up… https://t.co/0flqrCXkiF — Anthony Pettis (@Showtimepettis) January 18, 2016

Russell Ess - January 18, 2016

Dominick Cruz didn’t let the punches stop after his five-round fight with T.J. Dillashaw on Sunday. Cruz reclaimed the UFC bantamweight champion title with a split decision win over Dillashaw and threw a stiff jab at fellow UFC analyst Kenny Florian in his interview in the Octagon after being awarded the victory. “Kenny Florian, stop copying and pasting man,” Cruz said.

Scott Hernandez - January 18, 2016

The #2 bantamweight woman in the world Miesha Tate getting the opportunity that she deserved by rattling off 4 wins straight as she takes Holly Holm at UFC 197 this March.

Scott Hernandez - January 18, 2016

Who’s next? The last person who isn’t concerned at this exact moment is probably the new champ Dominick “The Dominator” Cruz. After waiting as long as Cruz had to get into the octagon and perform against the former champ the way he did, Cruz is who he claimed to be regardless of multiple roadblocks and still come out the victor by a narrow margin.

Russell Ess - January 18, 2016

Check out this classic edit made by a fan of the newly crowned UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz responding to T.J. Dillashaw at the UFC Fight Night 81 post-fight press conference on Sunday Night.

Russell Ess - January 18, 2016

The coaches for The Ultimate Fighter 23 were officially announced on Sunday during the UFC Fight Night 81 broadcast. UFC women’s strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk said that she was likely going to be one of the coaches recently and she in fact set to be a coach against former opponent Claudia Gadelha. Jedrzejczyk and Gadelha fought back in December 2014 with Jedrzejczyk being awarded a close split decision. The two are set to rematch at the show Finale on July 8 in Las Vegas, Nevada, which is also the day before UFC 200.

Scott Hernandez - January 18, 2016

TMZ was live on location with a reporter to ask the former champ questions about her Holly Holm re-match.   Ronda Rousey didn’t have any hesitation to the question and it sounds like more along the line of negotiating her contract for the epic event.

Russell Ess - January 18, 2016

UFC veteran Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone and part of the team at JacksonWink MMA Academy put together a photo for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Cerrone posted the photo to his Instagram account where he is the only white person in the photo with the rest of the team glaring at him. Obviously, the guys posed for the picture all in fun and it looks like they didn’t take the holiday off from the gym.

Russell Ess - January 18, 2016

Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones was closely watching the UFC Fight Night 81 event on Sunday night. Jones who has been out of competition after being suspended and stripped of his title for legal troubles back in 2015 is looking at the new bantamweight champion for inspiration in his own return to the Octagon. Dominick Cruz who has battled injuries has only fought three times in the Octagon in the past four years. His title fight on Sunday against T.J. Dillashaw was his first fight since his win over Takeya Mizugaki, which took place in September 2014.