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Hot on the heels of recent rumors, UFC President Dana White has confirmed that UFC light heavyweight Jon Jones will indeed defend his title against Alexander…

There are plenty of story lines to go around for the UFC’s seventh foray in to national television. Gilbert Melendez’s first fight inside the UFC after…

Well it’s finally over. Another legend set in stone, another career ends and another pair of gloves hung up for good. The two-time UFC Welterweight champion and hall of famer Matt Hughes is officially moving on to the next stage of his career…

While many MMA fans may be debating the decision to put the headliner of UFC 157 as the first women’s Bantamweight championship fight, the man who some…

The UFC injury bug has struck, yet again.The UFC on FOX 4 bout between Heavyweights Ben Rothwell and Travis Browne has been shelved due to an injury to Rothwell’s ankle just a week and a half out from the nationally televised event August 4, 2012. It is heavily rumored that former Strikeforce and IFL Heavyweight Devin Cole may be stepping up to take Rothwell’s place next Saturday.With the injury to Rothwell, this is the third bout from the original UFC on FOX 4 event which has had to be either dropped or

The weigh-in results are official for tomorrow nights UFC on FX 4 card, and all but one fighter came in on-point. Gray Maynard will look to regain a high spot in the stacked Lightweight division against Clay Guida in the main event. Here are the full results:
Main Card (FX, 9:00 PM ET)-Gray Maynard (155.0) vs. Clay Guida (155.5)-Sam Stout (155.5) vs. Spencer Fisher (156.0)-Brian Ebersole (170.0) vs. T.J. Waldburger (170.5)-Ross Pearson (146.0) vs. Cub Swanson (145.5)
Preliminary Card (Fuel TV, 6:00 PM

Gilbert Melendez was anxiously awaiting the announcement of his first UFC fight. However, the plan never came to fruition for the Strikeforce Lightweight champion, who now finds himself facing Josh Thomson in a trilogy-ending bout May 19. The fight will precede that evening’s Daniel Cormier-Josh Barnett Grand Prix Final. Melendez expressed his disappointment at this finding, and had the following to say:
“I guess it was inevitable. I was hoping for something better, for some top talent, and it

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