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Just as Dana White and the UFC have released a video promising MMA’s continued growth, it appears that evidence to support that claim has surfaced. UFC Welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre, not seen in the Octagon since the medieval ages of April 2011, has signed a multi-year endorsement deal with NOS energy drinks, itself a subsidiary of the Coca-Cola company. St. Pierre has been targeted as the face of the product, which makes quite the waves in the advertising world in terms of MMA’s development

If you’re an MMA fan who’s been alive and on the internet these past few weeks, you’d have been witness to the ever changing landscape that is the UFC, which continues to provide us with enough drama to make Desperate House Wives look like a poetry reading. Dana White hit the nail on the head and said it best when he stated that life itself is exciting enough, and that he couldn’t possibly write a better script to make this business more interesting.
With that said, after a two week

Former UFC Light Heavyweight champion and outspoken fan-favorite Quinton “Rampage” Jackson has been ruled out of UFC 153, as per an announcement made by Dana White earlier today. The exact specifications of Jackson’s injury remain a mystery but he will be unable to face Glover Texeira nonetheless. White took to Twitter to announce the bad news:

Rampage is hurt and out of UFC 153 RIO. SUCKS!!!!!!
— Dana White (@danawhite) September 11, 2012

The news, coupled with the withdrawal of Jose Aldo from the

Featherweight champion Jose Aldo (21-1) suffered a foot injury and pulled out of his UFC 153 main event bout against Frankie Edgar.UFC President Dana White tweeted the news earlier:

Now Aldo is out with foot injury. Main and co main in the same day!! Another amazing day at the UFC. We have some work to do
— Dana White (@danawhite) September 11, 2012

Aldo suffered a swollen foot and several scratches on September 1 after a car hit the motorcycle he was riding in the Copacabana section of Rio de

Legendary UFC champion Anderson Silva has long been rumored to be set to face longtime Welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre in a superfight should GSP defeat Carlos Condit at UFC 154. Silva even stated recently that he would fight St. Pierre whether he won or lost, and Dana White has been adamant about the fight taking place at Dallas Cowboys Stadium. But today, GSP has revealed that talk of the superfight is getting a bit too premature as he feels there is still much work left to be done at 170

UFC Light Heavyweight champion Jon “Bones” Jones has taken a lot of grief over the cancellation of UFC 151. However, if “Bones” had the chance to do it all over again again, he maintains that he would still turn down UFC President Dana White’s offer of a replacement fight on eight days’ notice.Jones did not mince words in his latest interview with the Associated Press on the topic of the UFC cancelling the event in Las Vegas last week. He places the blame at the feet of White, himself: “I had to do

It is no secret that UFC Light Heavyweight champion Jon Jones has lost several fans in the aftermath of the cancellation of UFC 151. Many blamed Jones for the event’s demise for backing out of an impromptu fight with former Middleweight challenger Chael Sonnen. While he agreed to fight later in the month against Lyoto Machida and ultimately Vitor Belfort after Machida changed his mind, Dana White was quick to rush and blame Jones and his camp for being completely at fault. There are tons of details

UFC President Dana White recently confirmed that Georges St. Pierre and UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson “Spider” Silva have expressed interest in a super fight. Win, lose or draw it has been speculated that St. Pierre’s next opponent after Carlos Condit will be Anderson Silva in a Catchweight bout.”Spider”, recently volunteered on short notice to fight at Light Heavyweight at UFC 151 when Dan Henderson withdrew due to injury. However, the offer was left on the table and the event cancelled. He has,

In the absolute hailstorm of news surrounding the cancellation of UFC 151, another interesting scenario that did not come to fruition has come to light. Apparently UFC Middleweight champion and legend Anderson Silva was willing to step up for his company and save the card by fighting at Light Heavyweight. His offer had come just a bit too late, however, as Dana White had announced the cancellation just a few hours earlier than Silva’s generous offer. It should be noted that Silva was not planning on