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UFC.com announced today an interesting heavyweight bout that has been added to UFC on Versus 6. The 6’11, 255lbs Dutchman Stefan Struve will be taking on 5’11, 243lbs Pat Barry.
“Verbal agreements are in for a titanic battle between Stefan ‘Skyscraper’ Struve and Pat ‘HD’ Barry October 1st on UFC Live On Versus,” said UFC president Dana White. Struve is the tallest fighter among UFC heavyweights, while Barry, a full foot shorter, clocks in as the division’s

It’s only been two weeks since UFC 132 and it seems already seems like an eternity since we’ve seen elite Mixed Martial Arts action. The next big event in the month of July will be Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Hendo, but so far October will be a month for must see MMA. UFC 136 is already shaping up to be a spectacular fight card stacked with many high profile names. To add to the very stellar event, UFC president Dana White has announced on UFC.com that both Jeremy Stephens and Anthony Pettis have verbally

When Nate Marquardt was pulled out of the UFC on Versus 4 main event last weekend, I was shocked to say the least. I just talked Nate a few weeks ago regarding his main event fight with Rick Story and he sounded like he was ready. He said his cut to welterweight was going well and he sounded more than capable to take the challenge Rick Story would have provided him. Then from left field on the day of the weigh-ins, UFC president Dana White drops a huge bomb, and set the Twitter on fire. He releases a video

Following this past Saturday’s UFC 130 in Las Vegas, Nevada, UFC President Dana White revealed during an interview with Ariel Helwani of MMAFighting.com that former division champ Lyoto Machida could be next in line to face Light Heavyweight Champion Jon “Bones” Jones should “Rampage” Jackson be unable to compete. Machida is fresh off an impressive second-round knockout victory over Randy Couture at last month’s UFC 129. Prior to the win, the Brazilian had lost two-straight, first against Mauricio Rua…

TUF 13 Episode 9 recap:
-Team JDS’ Zach Davis is very excited about facing Team Lesnar’s Chuck O’Neil in a rematch. Last fight he showcased his grappling abilities, but now he wants to improve his striking to get a knockout victory over Chuck O’Neil.
-In Chuck’s last fight because of his performance over Javier Torres in the wildcard match, UFC President Dana White gave O’Neil a $5000 fight bonus. Chuck’s good friend Charlie Rader is having problems in his personal family life. Because the two have a very

PRIDE legend Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic discussed his future, declaring that he may retire if Dana White decides to officially cut him from the promotion. Thirty-six year old Cro Cop is 27-9 in his illustrious MMA career, currently having two back-to-back KO losses to Frank Mir and Brendan Schaub. The Croat is 4-5 in his UFC campaign, having 4 of his defeats via TKO. Here’s what Mirko Cro Cop had to say to the local media after his return in Zagreb, Croatia last week: I have one fight left on my UFC

UFC President Dana White confirmed yesterday that the former UFC Heavyweight title contender Shane “The Enigneer” Carwin will make his Octagon return against no other than the Golden Glory fighter and UFC newcomer John Olav Einemo. Carwin will square off against the 35-year old Einemo at the main card of Lesnar-JDS headlined UFC 131 on June 11th. Not to take anything away from Jon Olav Einemo, but I’m really having a hard time finding the logic behind such match-up. The first question that comes to my