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Let the Purge Begin: UFC Releases 17 Fighters From Its Roster, 33 More to Come Even as someone who follows the sports as closely as I do, I would be remiss to say that I could regularly identify more fighters on the average UFC card than I could not these days. With over 550 fighters on their...

Sage Northcutt joins fellow UFC rising star Paige VanZant on Fight Night card By Ryan McKinnell Cagewriter After a wildly successful UFC debut (and a pretty sweet post-fight front flip), 19-year-old UFC newcomer Sage Northcutt is already getting set for his first co-main event. Northcutt will...

TJ Dillashaw open to fight with Urijah Faber after ugly exit from Team Alpha Male By Ryan McKinnell October 12, 2015 Cagewriter Almost a week after announcing he would be leaving Team Alpha Male, UFC bantamweight champ TJ Dillashaw stands by his decision. “Oh, absolutely,” said Dillashaw...

UFC Fight Night 76 sells out in record time without Conor McGregor By Kevin Iole October 13, 2015 Cagewriter There is little question that UFC interim featherweight champion Conor McGregor is one of the biggest draws in all of combat sports. But Dublin, Ireland, has become such a hot market...

Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson: 'I might as well just go ahead and retire' By Ryan McKinnell October 5, 2015 Quinton "Rampage" Jackson's future as a fighter doesn't look good. Jackson, 37, returned to the UFC in April after spending 2013-2014 fighting for the UFC's rival, Viacom-owned Bellator...

Alexander Gustafsson Wants Rematches With ‘Bones’ & ‘Rumble’ By Rory Kernaghan - Sep 30, 2015 UFC 192 is just days away, and Swedish ‘Mauler’ Alexander Gustafsson will get the second crack at the belt he’s waited so long for. Daniel Cormier and his world class wrestling stand in the way of Gus...

Fight Night 75 Highlights/Results: Barnett Decisions Nelson in Slugfest, Uriah Hall Scores the KO of the Century, + More https://youtu.be/Unwa6s4ZauQ The UFC returned to action on Sunday morning after a nearly unprecedented 3-week hiatus, delivering a star-studded(ish) card from Japan that...

MMA In the Wild: Bully Picks Fight With Blind Kid, Receives Instant Karma I can’t even fathom what level of coward/scumbag/sadist you’d have to be to pick a fight with a blind kid, but as a guy who spends most of his days watching “street justice” videos, I’m *almost* glad the skater punk...

Miesha Tate 'very frustrated with the UFC' after Ronda Rousey trilogy fight snub By Ryan McKinnell September 21, 2015 8:23 PM Cagewriter Miesha Tate is fed up with the UFC. After defeating Jessica Eye in July at UFC on FOX, “Cupcake” solidified a title shot against bantamweight kingpin Ronda...

Anthony Pettis open to superfights against Conor McGregor, Jose Aldo By Ryan McKinnell 1 hour ago Cagewriter Conor McGregor has turned heads in 2015, not only with his entertaining fights inside the cage, but with his fiery work on the microphone as well. Earlier this month, the UFC’s interim...

Matt Mitrione Looking to Test Free Agency Market Matt “Meathead” Mitrione, (9-3 UFC) who was a contestant from the TUF season 10 and has since then fought his entire fight career in the UFC, is now looking to fight out his contract to see what he is worth. Apparently, contract negotiations...

Edgar vs Mendes (!), Dos Santos vs. Overeem (!!) Locked In For TUF 22 Finale, UFC on FOX 17 It may have taken two extra years, a failed drug test, and a series of tough, tough losses on both sides of the equation, but it looks like we will finally be seeing Junior Dos Santos and Alistair...

Fight Night 74 Highlights/Results: Oliveira Tears His Esophagus, Perez Retires, Cote & Burkman Go to War + More https://youtu.be/g_ZefNVVmOo Fight Night 74 was a night full of surprises, and that’s not just referring to the fact that seven underdogs came out victorious on Sunday night, or the...

'Sexual performance' medication defense planned for Anderson Silva steroids hearing UFC legend Anderson Silva's planned defense of his positive drug test results for banned substances involves something of a quite personal nature. In two days, UFC middleweight and consensus all-time great...

Here We Go Again: Jose Aldo vs. Conor McGregor Set for December 12th in Las Vegas I don’t know if it’s possible, but the hype surrounding Jose Aldo vs. Conor McGregor might be greater now than ever before. Not only do we have moments like the one above to remind us how much these two truly...

Ronda Rousey to MMA legend: Quit the steroids and fight me The past four opponents who have stepped in the Octagon with Ronda Rousey have lasted a combined 130 seconds. For all her trash talk and promise of taking the UFC title home to Brazil, Bethe Correia only made it 34 seconds with the...

Ronda Rousey destroys opponent in 34 seconds Did you miss the UFC 190 fight between Rounda Rousey and Brazil's Bethe Correia? If so, here's pretty much the entire thing. https://youtu.be/EmERVM8ug-0 Yup. Rousey's bout in Rio de Janeiro lasted 34 seconds, knocking Correia (9-1) out in swift...

Jake Shields: ‘I’m Going To Try To Break Palhares’ Bones’ “I’m not gonna hold a submission too long, because I’m not a dirty fighter. But if I get an armbar, if I get a heel hook or something, I’m gonna grab it and try to crank it as hard as I possibly can and try to break it.” Former UFC...

Legendary Cutman Jacob “Stitch” Duran Fired by UFC Following Anti-Reebok Comments It would be hard to remember a recent event in UFC history (aside from some of those Fight Pass events held in the 4 corners of the world, which barely even count) that didn’t feature the graceful handiwork of...

Fighting fear in the cage Written by Administrator Even for professional fighters, the thought of a fistfight can be terrifying. Mickie Marshall* just got smashed in the head with a football, and I threw it. For a fourth-grade student enjoying his daily recess, this shouldn’t be a problem —...