As soon as the bell rang signifying the end of the fifth and final round of his Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight title bout against Georges St. Pierre on Saturday night, Johny Hendricks celebrated as if he knew he had just taken the belt from the long-reigning champion.
In a meeting on the eve of the tournament that served as the first Ultimate Fighting Championship card, one of the fighters asked a question that few in the room seemed prepared to answer: “Where are we allowed to bite?”
A breakdown of the fights on the main card of UFC 167 today at the MGM Grand.
Rampage Jackson’s Bellator debut ended in a hurry when the former Ultimate Fighting Championship star dropped Joey Beltran in the first round to win by knockout in Atlantic City.
What started as a gentleman’s agreement has sparked a spirited war of words between two of the nicer guys in the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s welterweight division.
Chael Sonnen made only one request of his bosses at UFC as they tried to find him an opponent for the organization’s 20th anniversary card. Sonnen said he would be willing to fight anyone but Rashad Evans.
Saturday night will mark the 13th time Georges St. Pierre has competed in an Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight title bout.
Sequels often have a difficult time living up to the expectations created by the original. Someone forgot to tell Michael Chandler and Eddie Alvarez.
Ultimate Fighting Championship star Lyoto Machida resisted a drop to middleweight for years because his good friend and longtime training partner Anderson Silva held the belt in that division.
Local mixed martial arts figure Barry Meyer was remembered at a memorial service Friday after taking his own life Tuesday.
UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez was not afraid to share his strategy for defeating former champ Junior dos Santos on Saturday night in the rubber match between the sport’s two most dominant big men.
Former Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos could be forgiven if he did everything possible to forget the five-round beating he took from Cain Velasquez in losing the belt in December.
The most talked-about beard in sports outside of Boston will be on full display tonight.
Las Vegan Roy Nelson entered his June fight against Stipe Miocic with a string of three straight first-round knockout victories and amid rumors he would garner a big-money deal from a rival promotion with his Ultimate Fighting Championship contract coming to an end.
About four years ago, Daniel Cuison weighed 280 pounds and sported shoulder-length hair while working at the now closed Company American Bistro restaurant on the Strip. At the time, he was hoping to get a promotion from runner to server, which would double his salary.
