Lesnar, Velasquez eye improvement
Tough training camps have UFC heavyweight champ Brock Lesnar and No. 1 contender Cain Velasquez thinking they’ll be much-improved fighters when they step into the octagon next weekend.Good for...
View ArticleUFC getting bigger, smaller
For once, one of Ultimate Fighting Championship president Dana White’s “major announcements” actually turned out to be major.White made it public Thursday that the UFC is absorbing World Extreme...
View ArticleSolid story behind UFC bout for belt
Simply put, what is going to take place at Montreal’s Bell Centre on Saturday night is the denouement of a tale 39 months in the making.It is humility versus arrogance, a hero defending his honor and...
View ArticleNew era dawns in UFC with Jones’ win
Jon Jones is pretty much the perfect athlete.He’s young (23), tall (6-foot-4) and muscular (a cut 205 pounds) with a superhuman reach (85 inches).Once upon a time, he would have ended up in the NBA or...
View ArticleCouture, 47, will retire after UFC 129
Randy Couture is one of mixed martial arts’ true crossover success stories.At 47 years old, he’s a legend of the sport; a UFC Hall of Famer (yes, such a thing exists) with 19 wins and belts and medals...
View ArticleDistractions galore in UFC 129 runup
When Georges St. Pierre and Jake Shields meet for the UFC welterweight title Saturday night in Toronto, they’ll be watched by 55,000 fans in person and north of 1 million on pay-per-view.That’s all...
View ArticleEvans seeking redemption at UFC 133
Rashad Evans hates thinking back to the first time he and Tito Ortiz met in the UFC. It was July 7, 2007. Evans was an undefeated up-and-comer, but Ortiz fought him to a draw — and would have won, but...
View ArticleDan Hardy needs a win to remain
Once upon a time, Dan Hardy looked like the next big thing in the UFC welterweight division. He was charismatic, telegenic — and riding a lengthy winning streak. But then came a loss to Georges St....
View ArticleUFC boss: FOX deal represents ‘pinnacle’
UFC president Dana White seemed exceptionally happy yesterday. And he had good reason to be. The UFC and FOX officially announced a seven-year television deal, putting regular events on broadcast TV...
View ArticleNative son returns to Brazil for title defense
Anderson Silva last fought in Brazil in 2003. Since then, he’s hit the ring in South Korea, England, Japan, Hawaii, the continental U.S., Canada and Abu Dhabi. Naturally, the UFC middleweight champion...
View ArticleMaynard anxious for another shot at Edgar’s UFC crown
Gray Maynard is no dummy. He knows that he could have — and perhaps should have — finished Frankie Edgar during the wild first round of their UFC lightweight title fight on Jan. 1. He came close after...
View ArticleUFC comes to network TV
The Ultimate Fighting Championship’s spectacular evolution into mainstream sport status will continue Saturday night when UFC Heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez meets No. 1 contender Junior Dos Santos...
View ArticleUFC’s Evans, Sonnen talking big
The Ultimate Fighting Championship will have the event of the year if the action inside the Octagon in Chicago is half as entertaining as Rashad Evans’ and Chael Sonnen’s words. During a conference...
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Ronda Rousey previews first UFC main event
Ronda Rousey celebrates after winning her last match in the now-defunct Strikeforce.Credit: Getty Images For the first time in the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s nearly two-decade existence, a UFC...
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Diaz gets testy with St. Pierre prior to UFC 158
Nick Diaz ranted against anyone who thinks he isn’t “important” in a conference call Thursday.Credit: Getty Images Nick Diaz has a message for those who think he is insolent: It’s not me. It’s you....
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UFC’s Chael Sonnen blasts New York for anti-MMA legislation
Chael Sonnen didn’t back down when asked about the ban on MMA in New York.Credit: Getty Images Chael Sonnen offered a challenge to New York State legislators: Be honest about why Mixed Martial Arts is...
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Weidman in for fight of his life at UFC 162
Chris Weidman is from Baldwin, Long Island. Chris Weidman was in Albany with Lorenzo Fertitta speaking to politicians about the legalization of mixed martial arts in New York when the UFC co-owner...
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