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This short video, below,  hearkens back to August 7, 2010 at UFC 117. Anderson Silva faced Chael Sonnen to defend the UFC Middleweight Title and the fans were treated to an all-out beat-down in the Octagon at the hands of Sonnen.
In round one, Sonnen took Silva down after blasting him and dominated him, completely in that round as well as the following three. In the fifth round, Sonnen caught Silva with a left hook and immediately established top position. At the three-minute mark,

For the first time in UFC history, the promotion is issuing refunds to fans who purchased tickets to UFC 147 in Brazil. A spate of training-related injuries and a repeatedly altered fight card has lead to a flurry of complaints from fans who bought tickets to see a very different promotion from the one that has materialized.
The promotion published the following on its web page: “With the change on the main card, fans who purchased tickets for the event will now officially have three (3) days to decide

With injuries affecting UFC cards at an all-time high, huge news comes today as Featherweight champion Jose Aldo has been forced to withdraw from his UFC 149 headlining bout versus Erik Koch. The exact specifics of Aldo’s injury remain a mystery, but with the announcement, the Interim Bantamweight title bout of Urijah Faber versus Renan Barao has now been moved to UFC 149 as the main event.
Taking place in Cargary, Alberta, Canada, the Bantamweight Interim championship will now occur two weeks later. The

The rumored headlining bout for UFC on Fuel TV 4 has been officially confirmed, as Mark Munoz will face surging prospect Chris Weidman on July 11. This bout will feature two of the Middleweight division’s fastest-rising stars, with both combatants riding four-fight win streaks.
Munoz had been surging as of last fall, when he destroyed Chris Leben with ground-and-pound in Birmingham, England. Utilizing his NCAA wrestling prominence, Munoz has patented his own style of “Donkey Kong

Alexander Gustafsson was granted the opportunity of a lifetime, and delivered for his hometown fans in Sweden. He faced Thiago Silva, who had only previously lost to Lyoto Machida and Rashad Evans, with a great gameplan and striking accuracy. Earning a decision victory, Gustafsson took advantage of a first round uppercut that knocked his opponent down. Silva never quit coming forward the entire bout, but seemed to be just a step behind Gustafsson quick in-and-out style. The victory was the biggest of

(“Did I at least win the grappling round?“) Could Jason Miller‘s 10-plus-year fighting career come to an end on May…

The winner of the main event at UFC 145 will not only be the light-heavyweight champion. They will also be the greatest 205lb fighter in MMA history.

(“Take that, logic!”) With a pair of decisive losses in his last two Octagon appearances, Jake Shields‘s career is…

During 2011, UFC matchmaker Joe Silva was a busy man. In addition to his duties of putting together the fights for every card, he had to deal with a huge number of injuries, which caused him to have to go back and fight replacement fighters for the bouts impacted by injury.
As of now, it looks like that trend is going to continue for Silva heading into 2012. UFC 142 was beset with several injuries and now the upcoming UFC on FOX card, booked for January 28 in Chicago has been hit with the injury bug.
Paul

 
Roland Delorme’s foot injury leaves him questioning his future fighting on the show.
Former Brazilian muay thai champion Rafael Cordeiro of Chute Boxe Academy guest coaches during Team Miller’s training session.
UFC legend Tito Ortiz makes a surprise appearance to guest coach Team Bisping teaching them the art of ground and pound while Marcus Brimage gets star-struck.
TJ Dillashaw who is now called the “Draft Dodger” by his teammates, gets taught a lesson from Akira Corassani and Diego Brandao when