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The UFC and FX hosted a media conference call with four of this season’s The Ultimate Fighter® Live semifinalists on Wednesday, May 16, 2012: Vince Pichel (Team Cruz) vs. Chris Saunders (Team Faber) and Al Iaquinta (Team Faber) vs. Andy Ogle (Team Faber).Al Iaquinta and Andy Ogle were asked what it was like having to fight another team mate. Said Iaquinta: “He knows my style and I know his style, fighting a teammate isn’t too different. Ogle concurred: “I would never hold back in practice. The

Earlier this month Quinton “Rampage” Jackson railed against the UFC, bemoaning the types of opponents he was being given and asking for his release from the organization with one fight remaining on his contract.
The UFC answered with a fight that seemed to fit Jackson’s style request, a rematch with the man that defeated him in August 2005 while they both fighters were members of the PRIDE organization, Mauricio “Shogun” Rua.
Not long after the UFC announced the fight, Jackson

We are not that far removed from a time when a speech by UFC lightweight champion was used to motivate the New York Jets. The team had fallen to 2-3 and coach Rex Ryan gave Edgar a call to speak to his team.
The talk must have worked because the Jets went on to defeat the Miami Dolphins after Edgar paid them a visit.
The tables have turned a bit for Edgar, as this time it was Edgar receiving the call.  The champion, in Japan to defend his Lightweight title against Benson Henderson at UFC 144 received

On Thursday, open workouts took place for the quickly approaching UFC on FX fight card. The event will take place this Friday from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, TN and it will be headlined by a lightweight battle between Melvin Guillard and Jim Miller. Several fighters that are competing on the main card took the time to offer their thoughts on their upcoming fights will at the open workouts.
Melvin Guillard
“I am looking at making a statement on FX against another top guy in the division.

The UFC’s struggles to get MMA sanctioned in the State of New York are well documented. The promotion has tried and failed to get the sport legalized through legislative means in the past. Near the end of 2011, the UFC took things one step further and filed a lawsuit against the State, claiming that denying MMA fighters the right to compete was a violation of their First Amendment right.
Despite the promotion’s ongoing struggles, UFC President Dana White recently made a bold statement regarding

UFC 142 is set to go down on January 14 from the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro. The main event on the card will feature a Featherweight title bout between Champion Jose Aldo and challenger, the undefeated Chad Mendes.
The co-main event will feature a middleweight bout between Vitor Belfort and Anthony Johnson.  Johnson, will be making his middleweight debut in Brazil, moving up from Welterweight.
Today, the four fighters took part in a Media Conference Call and below are some highlights from the

Frank Mir knows a little bit about Brock Lesnar, having faced him twice since Lesnar joined the UFC in 2008. In their first meeting, a very green Lesnar was caught in a Mir kneebar and forced to submit.  In the rematch, Lesnar got the best of Mir, earning a second round TKO. 
Mir, coming off an impressive submission win over Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, offered his take on the upcoming bout between Lesnar and Alistair Overeem. The heavyweight scrap between Lesnar and Overeem will be the main event

(Yep. Just a couple of total badasses, right there.) Do you know what today is, gentlemen? It’s the…