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A big knock on the UFC in recent months has been the perception that they “protect” their top fighters. There is some discussion that the UFC won’t put up the money to sign top fighters from other promotions in order to keep their star title holders from the possibility of losing.
Whether this is the [...]

With all the hype for the upcoming UFC 61 centered around Tito Oritz and Ken Shamrock, it is easy to overlook some of the other fights on this card. Sure you also have a heavyweight title fight between Andre Arlovski and Tim Sylvia (…snore…), but UFC 61 will also feature Joe Stevenson vs Yves [...]

Well, the “regular season” of The Ultimate Fighter season 4 is over and we have our four finalists. Ed Herman will face Kendall Grove in the middleweight division and Michael Bisping will face Josh Haynes in the light heavyweight division. I don’t know about the average fan, but neither of these fights are [...]

Reports are now surfacing that Jeremy Horn is finished with the UFC. Apparently Horn’s fight with Chael Sonnen at UFC 60 was the last fight on his UFC contract, and the UFC has no intentions of resigning him. There is the possibility of Horn going to Japan and fighting in Pride and facing [...]

I know UFC 59 is this weekend, but its never to early to look ahead to UFC 60 and some of the matchups that will take place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. I received word this morning from Assuerio Silva’s PR person that he has officialy signed to fight Brandon Vera at [...]

Drew Fickett withdrew from his fight against Thiago Alves at UFC 59, on April 15, due to a rib injury. Derrick Noble, who last fought in March in the MFC, has been named to replace Fickett. Noble and Alves have already fought once before in 2003, with Noble winning by a rear-naked choke. [...]

Reports are now surfacing that WEC veteran Justin Levens has reached a deal with the UFC to replace the injured Jeremy Horn at UFC 59. Horn had to withdraw this past week due to a back injury, leaving Evan Tanner without an opponent for the April 15th event.
Justin Levens currently has a record of [...]