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Josh Thomson enters the biggest fight of his career Saturday night, his third go-round with Strikeforce lightweight champion Gilbert Melendez. The fights have spanned nearly four years in between, with Thomson winning the initial fight way back in June of ’08, and Melendez winning the rematch in December of ’09. The third fight has been [...]

Las Vegas, Nevada – Fast-rising heavyweight Lavar Johnson has accepted a UFC 146 showdown with Stefan Struve next Saturday, agreeing to replace an injured Mark Hunt on just nine days’ notice. The UFC 146 main card has completely morphed from when it was originally announced, but it remains the first ever all-heavyweight card in UFC history. [...]

The Virginia State Athletic Commission released the fighter salaries for the combatants taking part in this past Tuesday’s UFC on FUEL TV 3 card. The main event was a war between Chan Sung Jung and Dustin Poirier, with Jung eventually pulling off a submission victory. The figures below are based on the fighter salaries that [...]

Late last night Josh Koscheck announced via his Twitter account that he had been offered a fight with BJ Penn. #UFC just offered me to fight BJ Penn…I said YES!!!!! Just waiting on him!!!!!! Let’s scrap bra? Koscheck returned to action following a broken orbital bone at the hands of Georges St-Pierre and went on [...]

The UFC hosted a media conference call with the stars of the upcoming UFC 146: DOS SANTOS vs. MIR card today. UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos and challenger Frank Mir will participate along with co-main event stars Cain Velasquez and Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva. In the main event of UFC 146, reigning UFC heavyweight champion [...]

One half of this seasons coaches on TUF: Live is sitting in anticipation for this Friday’s live episode. Urijah Faber learned earlier this month that his fellow coach, Dominick Cruz was injured and forced to withdraw from his championship bout with Urijah Faber at UFC 148. In a way to make fans tune in to [...]

*Photo Credit Rafael Suanes-US PRESSWIRE Last night the UFC was on FUEL TV for UFC on FUEL TV 3: The Korean Zombie vs. Poirier. The main event was an exciting tilt with The Korean Zombie coming out on top and submitting Dustin Poirier with a slick D’Arce choke to prove a point in the feathweight division. [...]

The last few months I have started to see young men getting into the amateur MMA cage and trying to morph into their favorite fighter Nick Diaz. On one occasion I saw a young man throw a head butt at the weigh ins, two finger salute at the stare down, mock his opponent during the fight, and at the end of it all, almost incite a cage brawl by getting in the face of one of the opposing coaches. True story.

It’s funny, because when I’m driving to and from the gym I listen to country. Then when I get to the gym we listen to rock or hip hop. When we’re hitting mits at night and Cain is in the room we listen to Mariachi or Mexican music.

Last night was the UFC’s third showing on FUEL TV and it did not disappoint. The main event was an all out war between “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung and Dustin Poirier. Jung eventually put away Poirier after a devastating upper cut followed by an amazing D’arce choke. Below are interviews with The Korean [...]