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With his impressive submission victory over Rick Story last weekend at UFC 153, Demian Maia regained a lot of credit for his return to his roots of BJJ. The finish not only garnered him a victory in his new weight class of Welterweight, but it immediately put all 170 lb. fighters in the UFC on notice that Maia could be a force to be reckoned with. Now, Maia comes out today with the statement that he is ready to take one of the division’s top-level fighters:
“I think Nick Diaz and Jon Fitch that opponents

UFC newcomer Geronimo dos Santos’ pre-fight drug test has forced him off of the UFC 153 card and puts his career in jeopardy.

Urijah Faber has done a lot for the sport of MMA in terms of drawing in fans and popularity. With the serious knee injury to UFC Bantamweight titleholder Dominick Cruz, Faber finds himself again fighting for UFC gold. Faber will face Brazilian sensation Renan Barao for the Interim Bantamweight title in the headliner of UFC 149 from Calgary, Alberta, Canada this Saturday. While much of Faber’s fame and glory was accomplished during his title run in the WEC as Featherweight champ, the WEC is part of Zuffa

The preliminary card for UFC on Fuel TV from Stockholm, Sweden has come to a close, and was full of exciting bouts. James Head and Papy Abedi put on a back-and-forth show with the local favorite Abedi scoring some success with top position before being rocked by Head and subsequently submitted via rear-naked choke. While it was not the result the fans were looking for, it was a great fight to watch as the preliminaries in Sweden came to a close.
In other action, Francis Carmont fought a war against

When two wrestlers face off inside the Octagon often times what the fans receive is the exact opposite of what they would expect.
The expectation would be that the fans would be in for a technical battle fought on the ground, a glorified NCAA match where the two fighters look to showcase who has the better skills in the discipline that led them to the upper reaches of the mixed martial arts world. Instead what they tend to receive is a stand up battle, where the fighters look to showcase the fact that they

It’s been well over a year since Sean Sherk last stepped into the Octagon. Sherk’s last fight was a split decision victory over Evan Dunham at UFC 119, which took place on September 25, 2010.  His previous fight had been a unanimous decision loss to Frankie Edgar in May 2009.  The reason behind the gap between those two fights was injuries that forced Sherk from three separate fight cards.
Sherk told MMAJunkie.com that he wanted to fight in 2011, but again his 38 year old body had

Now it’s official. Former Strikeforce Middleweight Champion Jake Shields is now a UFC fighter. Shields confirmed the news through his Twitter account, revealing that the Danish vet Martin Kampmann will be his first opponent: “UFC contract officially signed. Fighting Kampmann in CA in a few months. Thanks to Dana White and everyone for their support”The California event Shields is referring to is UFC 121, which will be headlined by a UFC Heavyweight Title clash between Brock Lesnar and Cain Velasquez. The