Mauricio “Shogun” Rua was convinced he had won the Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight title in October.
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Two titles were on the line during World Extreme Cagefighting’s first pay-per-view card on Saturday night.
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — In the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s first show in the Middle East and its first outdoors, heavy underdog Frankie Edgar won a unanimous decision over BJ Penn on Saturday to claim the lightweight title at UFC 112.
Few are giving Demian Maia much of a chance to take the Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight belt from Anderson Silva on Saturday.
Kenny Florian spoiled the Ultimate Fighting Championship debut of Takanori Gomi by submitting the Japanese star with a rear-naked choke at 2:52 of the third round in the main event of a Fight Night card Wednesday in Charlotte, N.C.
One of the biggest fighting stars in Japan, Takanori Gomi is far from famous in the United States.