UFC News

Scott Hernandez - January 15, 2016

While Urijah Faber and TJ Dillashaw certainly aren’t on the best of terms following Dillashaw’s departure from Team Alpha Male, it’s extremely surprising that Faber is sending someone from Team Alpha Male to assist Dillashaw’s cornermen. Justin Buchholz will be in Dillashaw’s corner along with Duane Ludwig and several coaches from the Elevation Fight Team. However the reason Faber is sending Buchholz is because he wants to ensure Dillashaw retains the belt, so he can take it from him.

Scott Hernandez - January 15, 2016

Ahead of Sunday’s highly anticipated ‘UFC Fight Night’ card headlined by Dominick Cruz and TJ Dillashaw as they compete for the UFC bantamweight championship the fighters took to the cage for open workouts.

Scott Hernandez - January 15, 2016

Sunday night’s main card bout between Travis Browne and Matt Mitrione will not only be a pivotal fight, but it’s also almost guaranteed to be exciting.

Scott Hernandez - January 15, 2016

Sunday night in Boston, Anthony Pettis will look to bounce back from losing his UFC lightweight title to Rafael dos Anjos, as he faces off against Eddie Alvarez.

Scott Hernandez - January 15, 2016

News broke late Friday evening that Ronda Rousy and Tina Fey would be starring in a ‘Do Nothing Bitches’ movie inspired by Ronda Rousey’s popular catchphrase. According to Variety, Rousey will play a “no-nonsense” instructor who gives pampered wives a rude awakening. In addition, the script will be written and produced by Tina Fey.

Scott Hernandez - January 15, 2016

While UFC President Dana White is on board with Conor McGregor’s plan to move up to lightweight and fight Rafael dos Anjos for the UFC lightweight championship in order to simultaneously hold the UFC featherweight and lightweight championship belts, Jose Aldo’s coach thinks McGregor should vacate the featherweight strap. McGregor will fight Rafael dos Anjos at UFC 197 on March 5th, and then will likely defend his UFC featherweight championship at UFC 200, most likely against Frankie Edgar, however Andre Pederneiras thinks Aldo and Edgar should fight for an interim featherweight championship in the meantime.

Scott Hernandez - January 15, 2016

UFC 195 was a rough enough night for Diego Brandao to begin with. The featherweight appeared to be closing in on what would have surely been a decision victory over Brian Ortega, however a late third round submission from Ortega had Brandao tapping out.

Scott Hernandez - January 15, 2016

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Scott Hernandez - January 15, 2016

Not too many people would be brave enough to get into a scuffle with 6’4 240 pound former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski, however Russell Crowe did.

Russell Ess - January 15, 2016

On March 5, UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor will get a chance to make history at UFC 197. McGregor could become the first fighter in UFC history to hold two different weight class championship belts simultaneously, if he beats lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos. Andre Pederneiras, coach of former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo revealed in an interview with Sherdog that they requested to do the same thing, but were continually denied.

Scott Hernandez - January 15, 2016

At UFC 190 Ronda Rousey picked up a 1st round KO win over Bethe Correia, who many believed would be the toughest test for ‘Rowdy’. The loss was the first for Correia, who had gone 9-0 until that point.

Russell Ess - January 15, 2016

MMA legend Wanderlei Silva has been released from his contract with the UFC. FOX Sports says that their sources have confirmed the release, althought the UFC has yet to release a statement on situation. Per FOX Sports:

Russell Ess - January 15, 2016

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor has been in the gym as he should be with a tough task ahead of him. McGregor looks to become the first fighter in UFC history to hold two championship belts simultaneously. “The Notorious” is set to fight lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos for the lightweight title at UFC 197 on March 5. McGregor posted a video of him in the gym working on some kicking drills in preparation for his fight with dos Anjos.

Scott Hernandez - January 15, 2016

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Russell Ess - January 15, 2016

As the bantamweight title fight between champion T.J. Dillashaw and former champion Dominick Cruz gets closer to happening this weekend, the media is swarming around the two great UFC veterans. Dominick Cruz spoke with Ariel Helwani recently about his fight with Dillashaw in and out of the ring.

Russell Ess - January 15, 2016

UFC President Dana White made another appearance on “Off the Record” and was asked some tough and entertaining questions. Check out the video where Dana talks about Ronda Rousey’s future, UFC 200, Jon Jones fighting for the heavyweight title, and with his recent muscled physique being shown at the beach, if he is on steroids (5:02).

Scott Hernandez - January 15, 2016

Jorge Masvidal and Tim Kennedy’s Twitter beef must not have been enough, because now ‘Gamebred’ is engaging in a cyber-feud with UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold. Masivdal is trash talking middleweights due to the fact that he trains who Yoel Romero, who was the #1 contender at middleweight prior to it being revealed that he failed a random USADA drug test.

Scott Hernandez - January 15, 2016

Following Holly Holm’s spectacularly brutal KO win over Ronda Rousey at UFC 193, many fans were quick to turn on Rousey. It was nearly impossible to go on social media without seeing a meme of Rousey posted somewhere. The criticism has been so bad that Rousey’s nemesis Cris Cyborg even feels bad for how the former champ has been treated by the public.