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After being forced to withdraw from his scheduled UFC 153 bout with surging prospect Glover Teixeira, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson has taken to Twitter to reiterate his desire to face Teixeira. Rampage was replaced by Fabio Maldonado on the epic card, who showed great heart but was ultimately destroyed by the skills of Texeira. After the fight, Teixeira stated he stills wants the fight, but only if Rampage shows up motivated and in shape, something he has not done as of recent. Rampage and Dana White both

In a series of post-fight interviews courtesy of FuelTV.com, UFC Middleweight champion Anderson Silva describes his brutal performance in destroying Stephan Bonnar last night. Noting that his coaches wanted him to switch positons to avoid the wrestling of Bonnar, Silva told them to calm down, because he is a Jedi. With his UFC win streak at an unbelievable 16 fights, Silva touched on the topic of his oft-discussed superfight with Georges St. Pierre, who faces Carlos Condit next month in Montreal.
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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

(Seriously? Not even *one* vote for Jason Guida?) The 16th season of The Ultimate Fighter kicks off tonight on FX, and…

Breaking news comes tonight as UFC Middleweight champion Anderson Silva is willing to step up and save an event for his company by facing Stephan Bonnar in the main event at UFC 153. After yesterday’s news came that both Featherweight champ and Light Heavyweight Quinton Jackson would be unable to fight due to injury, 145 lb. title challenger Frankie Edgar was ultimately pulled off the card altogether. Rumors swirled earlier today that perhaps Chael Sonnen would face Wanderlei Silva in the event’s main

Former UFC Light Heavyweight champion and outspoken fan-favorite Quinton “Rampage” Jackson has been ruled out of UFC 153, as per an announcement made by Dana White earlier today. The exact specifications of Jackson’s injury remain a mystery but he will be unable to face Glover Texeira nonetheless. White took to Twitter to announce the bad news:

Rampage is hurt and out of UFC 153 RIO. SUCKS!!!!!!
— Dana White (@danawhite) September 11, 2012

The news, coupled with the withdrawal of Jose Aldo from the

It is no secret that UFC Light Heavyweight champion Jon Jones has lost several fans in the aftermath of the cancellation of UFC 151. Many blamed Jones for the event’s demise for backing out of an impromptu fight with former Middleweight challenger Chael Sonnen. While he agreed to fight later in the month against Lyoto Machida and ultimately Vitor Belfort after Machida changed his mind, Dana White was quick to rush and blame Jones and his camp for being completely at fault. There are tons of details

A long term dynamic develops in every sport that sticks around for a while. A section of the fan base will inevitably compare the play of today to their heroes from yesteryear.  Whether it is the baseball fan that longs for the day where they didn’t have to worry about someone using performance enhancing drugs after every home run, or the football fan that yearns for the era of hard hitting and less complaining in the NFL. One thing is a common factor; this group wishes things would go back to

(Pic Props: MMA Photoshops) By Jason Moles and Doug “ReX” Richardson Before the ink on the contract dried, MMA fans began…

The Light-Heavyweight division was once the premier division of the UFC. And although it is still fairly stacked, the now short list of opponents is quickly thinning out. Partially thanks to the insane talent of Jon Jones. We’ve seen the 205 belt move around more than any other over the years, and for the very first time since Chuck Liddell it seems to have finally found it’s home on the waist of a talent that continuously grows and get’s better with every opponent. Without many threats left to challenge hi