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Roy Nelson (16-7 MMA, 3-3 UFC), a UFC heavyweight fan-favorite and winner of “The Ultimate Fighter 10”, has received nothing but praise for his ability to absorb punishment. In spite of that, with three losses in his last four fights, he may be cut from the UFC if he does not win against Dave Herman (21-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC) this Saturday at UFC 146.
The always upbeat Nelson had nothing but praise for his opponent, as reported on MMAjunkie.com: “Dave’s one of the most versatile guys out there. He’ll take you to

This Friday night Bellator 67 took place in Rama, Ontario, Canada. The fight card featured surging Bellator Lightweight champion Michael Chandler, but his belt was not on the line. He faced longtime Japanese veteran Akihiro Gono in a catchweight bout. From the beginning, Chandler employed his treademark aggression to push the pace, overcoming Gono’s standup to land two hard ounches. A massive straight right hand found its home, and Gono hit the cage floor. The fight was over soon wih some ground-and-pound,

Recently UFC on Fox 4 on August 4 in Los Angeles was targeted as the location for the promotional debut of Hector Lombard. Scheduled to fight highly-ranked Middleweight Brian Stann, the fight will be an anticipated war with future title implications. Now another exciting bout has been added to the card.
Former Light Heavyweight champion Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida will find himself facing wrestler Ryan Bader. This bout will be very important to both fighters in a division stacked with talent and

It appears that the many fans lobbying to get Mark Hunt into the title fight at May’s UFC 146 have fallen just short.  The effort put forth by his fans was staggering and very respectful, but UFC President Dana White made it clear that Hunt will have to work his way up the ladder and best a top-tier Heavyweight in order to get a title shot.  Not wanting to give anyone preferential treatment, White had the following to say on the issue:”They can keep rallying. That ain’t going to happen. Listen,

UFC Lightweight Champion Benson Henderson, who will meet Frankie Edgar for the second time this year, looks back on his performance in Japan and shares his thoughts on “The Answer” being granted an immediate rematch. Henderson says he “absolutely” agrees with the decision to book the rematch, insisting that not doing so would be “criminal.” The champ also talks about a future encounter with Anthony Pettis, who currently stands as the last man to defeat him.

Recent developments in the UFC’s schedule for 2012 have shown that the Heavyweight division will be full of many exciting matchups.  With UFC 146 featuring an all-Heavyweight main card, the coming months will cause dramatic changes to the Heavyweight landscape of MMA.  Coupled with the Strikeforce World Heavyweight Grand Prix final featuring Josh Barnett vs. Daniel Cormier, these developments prove that the heaviest of weight classes is ready to step to the forefront of Mixed Martial

Earlier this week Quinton “Rampage” Jackson took to twitter to vent. The former UFC Light Heavyweight champion said that he would only fight one more fight for the UFC. At the time it seemed as if perhaps it was Jackson taking his loss to Ryan Bader especially hard.
Well, time has not healed the wounds and Jackson again took to twitter to voice his displeasure with the UFC, asking for his outright release from the promotion.
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What do you think LowKick’ers, should the UFC release

Tim Boetsch delivered the comeback of the night at UFC 144. As the third round began he was staring defeat dead in the eye, but he came out like a man possessed and did exactly what he needed to do to win the fight, knock out his opponent.
Yushin Okami had Boetsch right where he wanted him, but Boetsch had enough in the tank to do what every fighters corner tells them to do when they are down two rounds to none, go for the knockout. While it was not the best comeback ever, it was a memorable one, advancing