Glover Teixeira floored Reno native Ryan Bader with a combination of punches and followed him to the ground to finish him off with a flurry of shots late in the first round to solidify his spot as top contender in the light heavyweight division.
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Everything sets up perfectly for Glover Teixeira to cement his status as the top contender in the Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight division Wednesday night and earn the next shot at the belt. All that stands in his way is Ryan Bader, a 30-year-old Reno native and McQueen High School graduate.
What happens next in the career of newly crowned Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight champ Anthony Pettis remains very much up in the air.
MILWAUKEE — Anthony Pettis claimed the Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight title in his hometown Saturday night, beating champion Benson Henderson by armbar submission in the first round at UFC 146.
Anyone who has seen an Ultimate Fighting Championship highlight reel probably has seen the clip in which one fighter plants his foot on the fence and uses it as a springboard to launch himself across the cage to land a kick on his opponent’s chin with the same foot.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship could soon have a new home.
Las Vegan Martin Kampmann knows Carlos Condit might have added motivation going into their rematch tonight because Kampmann came away from their 2009 bout with a narrow victory.
The last time Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone stepped into the cage, he dominated KJ Noons and once again looked like a potential threat for the Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight title.
Welterweight contenders Rory MacDonald and Robbie Lawler will fight as part of the UFC 167 card in Las Vegas on Nov. 16, a source close to the organization confirmed.
Very few fighters have had to deal with the kind of expectations that have been placed on Irish featherweight Conor McGregor so early in his Ultimate Fighting Championship career.
Chael Sonnen had struggled in his past two fights as he lost title bouts to all-time great champions in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
With the Ultimate Fighting Championship set to host one of its most important cards of the year in Boston on Saturday, there was one name that was almost assuredly going to be part of the event.
No matter how much Nick Newell accomplishes as a fighter, he knows there always will be doubters.
UFC content is already broadcast by more than 30 TV networks in 28 languages in 145 nations. Now, the Las Vegas company plans to make fans out of just about anyone on the planet who has a TV screen, a mobile communications device or cash for an event ticket into a UFC fan.
A Las Vegas-based mixed martial arts organization that feeds fighters to the Ultimate Fighting Championship has scored a big sponsorship win, with adidas, one of the best-known brands in worldwide sports, deciding to be an endorsement partner.