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UFC on Fox 8 is set to go down this Saturday, and I hope we are in for a great night of fights. I usually like to predict the outcome of fights in the…

In 2005, The Ultimate Fighter 1 reality series premiered on Spike TV catapulting the UFC into an immediate ratings success story.  A lot of the credit…

 
This weekend, fight fans are going to be treated to an excellent line up of fights in Las Vegas. We have the fan favourite Uriah Faber against Jorgensen,…

UFC 157 is in the books from Anaheim, California, and the result is far from unexpected. Ronda Rousey defended her inaugural UFC Women’s Bantamweight championship…

The Ultimate Fighter was originally created as merely an experimental show to gauge if a reality TV show based on MMA would work, and has produced a number…

(Suddenly, the decision to sponsor this guy seems like not so great of an idea.)  Boy oh boy,…

Fighter salaries for “The Ultimate Fighter Live Finale” were released today by the Nevada Athletic Commission to MMAweekly.com.
The following figures are based on the fighter salary information that the UFC is required by law to submit to the Nevada State Athletic Commission.
Mixed martial arts fighters do not have collective bargaining or a union, but the fighters’ salaries are still public record. Any undisclosed bonuses that a promoter pays its fighters, but does not disclose to the athletic

The official weigh in event for The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 15 Live Finale: “Ellenberger vs. Kampmann” was held on Thursday, May 31, 2012, at  the “The Pearl” at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada.
“Ellenberger vs. Kampmann” will feature a five-round welterweight main event between Jake Ellenberger and Martin Kampmann. The rest of the main card includes the two lightweight finalists from The Ultimate Fighter 15 tournament: Mike Chiesa and Al Iaquinta; and two featherweight bouts: Max

Another season of the flagship program for mixed martial arts, The Ultimate Fighter, will be in the books after tomorrow night. Number 15 was a lot like past years of TUF. The prospects on the show were not as celebrated entering the house. It looked as if a few guys on the show could conceivably be competing at a lower weight class. Some of the competitors have some potential to be contenders one day. There were some good fights, and there were some boring/ugly fights too. However, season 15 also held many

The end of the quarter-finals, and introduction of the fighter who will take on Faber for the injured Cruz.