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For those hoping that one day Jon Jones and Anderson Silva would square off, Anderson Silva has just crushed your dreams.

Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva came into the UFC with some hype and momentum on his side. Even though he was coming off a loss to surging contender Daniel Cormier, he was effective in Strikeforce and Elite XC, having won 9 out of 11 bouts during that time. One of those wins was his doctor stoppage victory over the legendary Fedor Emelianenko in the opening round of the Strikeforce World Heavyweight Grand Prix.
However, after that, he was knocked out by the aforementioned Cormier and then thrust into a

The UFC’s first flyweight champion will be watching UFC on FX to see whether he will make his first title defense against John Dodson or Jussier Formiga.

In this interview courtesy of our friends at MMA H.E.A.T., Karyn Bryant interviews UFC Light Heavyweight Glover Texeira about a multitude of topics in today’s MMA. Texeira stated that he obviously wanted to fight Rampage Jackson at UFC 153 in Rio in his home country, but that he thinks his replacement fight with Fabio Maldanado will be exciting nonetheless. He believes that he has more tools than Maldanado. Speaking from his home gym at Black House in California, Texeira discusses fighting fellow Brazilian

When Rampage Jackson was ruled out of his UFC 153 bout with Glover Texeira due to injury, it appeared the matter was settled when Fabio Maldanado stepped up to take the fight. News has arisen today that former Light Heavyweight champion Rashad Evans was offered the fight, but ultimately declined it. Evans was initially critical of Jon Jones for his decision to turn down a replacement fight with Chael Sonnen at UFC 151, but today took to Twitter to explain his reasoning behind not fighting Texeira:

I will

The 24-year-old giant already has his sights set on his next target.

(Matt Hamill plays airplane with his freakishly large, Progeria-ridden child after defeating Roger Hollett earlier in the evening.) It may…

UFC.com has released the first official video preview for the upcoming UFC 15, set to feature Anderson Silva vs. Stephan Bonnar from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The bout is somewhat controversial in the sencse that many don’t believe Bonnar is worthy of a shot at the dominant Silva, but it could provide an interesting bout for the fans. In other action, Big Nog will take on Dave Herman in his first returning bout since injuring his arm grotesquely in a loss to Frank Mir last December. Do you think that UFC 153

(A nice little Sunday at the Underground Combat League. / All photos courtesy of the author.)  By Jim Genia…

UFC Light Heavyweight Stephan Bonnar is no stranger to the limelight, having been one half of the fight versus Forrest Griffin that put modern MMA on the map in 2005. However, his next battle will be in the limelight of an entirely different sort. There, he will fight Anderson Silva at 205 lbs., in the long-standing Middleweight champion’s home country of Brazil. While absolutely no one is giving Bonnar a fair shake to win this fight, he insists that it is this exact reason why he is extremely excited for