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In this audio clip UFC Bantamweight headliner Urijah Faber sounds off about his UFC 149 Interim title bout with Brazilian Renan Barao in Calgary, Alberta. He says that all of his fights have been title fights or fights to get into title bouts, so he has always used a sense of urgency when preparing for his fights. UFC President Dana White is also on hand to address the obvious issue of injuries that cause much changing to this card, but still promises a huge, entertaining events for the Canadian fans.

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

(Munoz pays tribute to his favorite terrible fighter, Emmanuel Yarborough, by squashing a scrawny ginger less than 1/3rd his…

Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) is a combat sport that has been existence for many years under different names because of its origin. The sport was played using…

Every great sport has been built on the backs of men who absolutely sucked at it — athletes…

In the following interview, Chael Sonnen talks to Ariel Helwani about his loss to UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva, the rumors of appealing the outcome and Sonnen’s future in the sport, whether that means retirement or facing maybe another Champion in a different division.Their headline bout at UFC 148 was somewhat controversial as many spectators watched as Silva threw a knee to what looked like Sonnen’s face without a referee stoppage: “First of all I would never appeal a loss, the ref’s decision

Less than one week after the biggest fight of the year, and maybe all of MMA history, Chris Weidman burst on to the scene as the best possible option to face Anderson Silva. His transitions from striking to takedowns were flawless. His top game was both smothering and punishing at the same time. Most importantly, he was confident enough to stand in the pocket with a guy with a lot of power in Mark Munoz. Chris showed all the qualities an opponent will need to compete with Anderson. Here are 5 reasons why, i

Tonight UFC on Fuel TV 4 presented a card that had the potential to answer several questions for the future of the UFC, namely in the hotly contested UFC Middleweight division after Anderson Silva made his claim as the undisputed champion for the time being. Wrestling has always been the perceived skillset that seemed to have the best chance, if any, to defeat the legendary champion.
The main event between Chris Weidman promised to deliver on several fonts. Of course Chris Weidman came out to overpower