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According to a report from mmajunkie.com, Ben Henderson will defend his Lightweight title this summer, reportedly August 11 in Denver, Colorado. The match has not been officially announced as of yet. As the likely headliner of UFC 150, the fight will be a rematch of the close decision where Henderson gained the belt at February’s UFC 144.
Benson Henderson has been on a tear through the UFC’s Lightweight division since his arrival. The winner of four straight, he sits atop a stacked division of challengers

(Photo courtesy of MMAWeekly) Jose Aldo‘s next opponent is close to being finalized, and from what we hear, it won’t…

After much debate the proposed stadium setting of Engenhao in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil has been officially ruled out. In it’s place, Belo Horizonte in Minas Gerais will serve as the location, at the  Estadio Jornalista Felippe Drummond. Dana White had high hopes of reaching upwards of 80,000 fans in a soccer-stadium setting as Anderson Silva and Chael Sonnen continue their colossal rivalry. However, a much-publicized conflict with the previously scheduled UN conference on Sustainable Development

The frenzied discussion of the title fight originally set for UFC 147 continued yesterday as Dana White revealed that he had to spend 75 minutes persuading his champion Anderson Silva to defend the belt outside of Brazil. The fight has now been rescheduled to take place in Las Vegas as the headlining bout at the ultra-stacked UFC 148 card July 7. The longtime champ Silva, however, wanted the chance to have revenge on Chael Sonnen in his home country, whose people feel so disrespected and insulted by

Apparently suspended fighter Nick Diaz is sticking to his guns and staying away from the Octagon, according to his brother, UFC Lightweight challenger Nick Diaz. After dropping a razor-thin decision o Carlos Condit for the UFC Interim Welterweight championship in February, Diaz as found to have marijuana metabolites in his post-fight drug screen. A much-publicized legal battle has ensued between Diaz’ legal team and the NSAC, but Nate Diaz reported that is brother would not be interested in an MMA fight

The career of Quinton “Rampage” Jackson has seemed to have taken a downward turn as of late, and with  it come some criticism from UFC President Dana White. Although White acknowledges the high-level skills of Jackson, he still thinks that perhaps Rampage could have had an even more productive, illustrious career. Dana White expressed the following via mmafighting.com:
“Tell me Rampage Jackson wasn’t born to fight. Not only in his power, but his attributes, his wrestling, his chin,

This Saturday, Marloes Coenen will headline the inaugural Invicta FC 1 in Kansas City. She recently had some things to say concerning her former Golden Glory teammate Alistair Overeem, who was just denied his license to fight by the NSAC. Having been cut by Zuffa following their fallout with Golden Glory last summer, Coenen pulled no punches in her comments, saying the following via mmaweekly.com:
“I’m with Golden Glory; so when he calls them bad he indirectly talks bad about me. It makes me

Rising UFC Welterweight contender Rory MacDonald recently destroyed a very game opponent in Che Mills at UFC 145, and now it appears that the sky is the limit for the 22-year-old prospect. Training out of the TriStar Gym in Montreal under the tutelage of Georges St. Pierre, MacDonald has quickly shunned all talk of fighting GSP. However, it may be soon that MacDonald will find himself in the contradictory position of fighting for the Welterweight title, albeit against his mentor should the situation arise.

The rumored headlining bout for UFC on Fuel TV 4 has been officially confirmed, as Mark Munoz will face surging prospect Chris Weidman on July 11. This bout will feature two of the Middleweight division’s fastest-rising stars, with both combatants riding four-fight win streaks.
Munoz had been surging as of last fall, when he destroyed Chris Leben with ground-and-pound in Birmingham, England. Utilizing his NCAA wrestling prominence, Munoz has patented his own style of “Donkey Kong

Today Chael Sonnen had some more choice words to fuel the fire leading up to his hyped rematch with Anderson Silva in Las Vegas July 7. In an interview with tatame.com, he explained the exact nature of his rivalry with UFC Middleweight champion Silva, and answered why he has been bad-mouthing Brazil. When asked why he says the things he does about Brazil, Sonnen replied:
“Why don’t you ask Anderson why he let me say those things about you guys for so long? Why don’t you guys ask Anderson