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Former UFC contender Nathan Marquardt opens up in an interview from MMAFighting.com. He admits that he is no longer using TRT after he was controversially cut by Zuffa last year. Marquardt explained the reasons why he used TRT, including allergies and sleep apnea, but admits that using it may have hindered his dreams coming true. He stated the following:
“I didn’t know if I was going to be able to fulfill my dreams going that route I just feel it was so much of a hassle and stress with the commissions and

TUF 14 contestant, Dustin “The Disciple” Pague Papazian will step inside the Octagon for the second time in his career, facing Jared Papazian at UFC on FX 3. Based out of Sterling, Virginia Dustin Pague is 10-5 in his MMA career, with 3 KO/TKO and 7 submission victories. Pague got won Fight of the Season award at TUF 14 for his scrap with Louis Gaudinot, and will be looking to deliver more of the same at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida on June 8th. Coming off a loss to John

In June 2010, we posted a list of the ten greatest fighters who had yet to take a loss….

News broke today that Thiago Alves is out of his UFC 149 bout with Siyar Bahadurzada. Forced to withdraw due to an undisclosed injury, it is a disappointing setback for Alves. Looking to bounce back from a submission loss to the surging Martin Kampmann, Alves was set up to face Bahadurzada in an exciting war of two fast-paced strikers. The Brazilian kickboxer had dominated Kampmann on the feet before an ill-advised takedown spelled his doom. Alves was originally set to face Yoshihiro Akiyama on the card

Another season of the flagship program for mixed martial arts, The Ultimate Fighter, will be in the books after tomorrow night. Number 15 was a lot like past years of TUF. The prospects on the show were not as celebrated entering the house. It looked as if a few guys on the show could conceivably be competing at a lower weight class. Some of the competitors have some potential to be contenders one day. There were some good fights, and there were some boring/ugly fights too. However, season 15 also held many

UFC president Dana White confirmed with MMAWeekly.com that Jon Jones’ Light-Heavyweight Title fight against Challenger Dan Henderson on September 1, 2012, at UFC 151 is still a “Go”.Jones was arrested last weekend for suspicion of DWI after the 24 year-old UFC Heavyweight Champion crashed his Bentley into a telephone pole in Binghamton, New York. Jones had striven to maintain a “clean cut role model image” and while neither Jones, nor anyone else was hurt in the accident, that image has tarnished somewhat.W

 
In what was something of a surprise last night, former UFC Heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar was on hand at UFC 146, sitting ringside This may have hinted at a possible return for the well-known former titleholder who recently returned to the WWE Seen most recently being knocked out in the first round by Alistair Overeem last December, he retired after and was seemingly finished with his short, mercurial MMA career.
However, this may not be the case, as Dana White hinted at courtesy of a report via

The UFC 146 preliminary fights are in the books and they delivered with a great amount of action. They started with Paul Sass utilizing his famous triangle choke for a first round submission. From there the action advanced quickly.
Dan Hardy was fighting for his job, facing Duane “Bang” Ludwig. Fortunately for him, he showed some of his old striking prowess in scoring the first round TKO. Hardy prematurely celebrated the bout after a great hook, but soon kept his job with a brutal TKO of his