Author: By E. Spencer Kyte

Some fighters obsess about their place in the rankings. They know the finer details about everyone positioned ahead of them – their wins, their losses, their shoe size – and have a keen awareness of who is nipping at their heels as well.Ask them about their outlook for the coming months or the next year and they’ll give you a step-by-step breakdown of how they get from where they are now to the top of their division in a handful of steps, complete with a Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon-style flowchart that outlines who might stand in their way and how they will invariably turn t … Read the Full Article Here

The final event of the month marks the UFC’s return to London for a 13-fight event featuring some of the top talents from the United Kingdom stepping into the Octagon, looking to use this home game as a launching pad to greater opportunities throughout the rest of 2017.Last year, Michael Bisping used his main event assignment opposite Anderson Silva to propel himself into the title conversation before eventually claiming the middleweight title and enjoying the best year of his lengthy career. While championship gold may not be within the grasp of anyone on this card in the next nine mont … Read the Full Article Here

Kelvin Gastelum was an unrefined lump of coal when he won the middleweight competition on Season 17 of The Ultimate Fighter and I mean that in the most flattering way possible.At the time, the Yuma, Arizona native was the youngest competitor in the history of the show at 21 years old. He’d fought five times before standing astride Dylan Andrews as the final two contestants to be picked from the cast of 14, getting by on his athleticism and instincts, drawing on his wrestling background and speed to turn back a host of regional level middleweights before making his way into the UFC.What … Read the Full Article Here

Twenty years ago last month, Vitor Belfort made his UFC debut, walking into the Octagon and obliterating Tra Telligman and Scott Ferrozzo in a combined two minutes to win the heavyweight tournament at UFC 12 and announce himself as a force to be reckoned with in the world of mixed martial arts.To put that into perspective a little, consider that at the time of Belfort’s debut, the Spice Girls had yet to bring their particular brand of girl power to the United States, the special edition of Star Wars – the original Star Wars, Episode 4: A New Hope – topped the box office and … Read the Full Article Here

This week, the Octagon makes its inaugural trip to Brazil in 2017 for a Fight Night event in Fortaleza that is rich with familiar names and important fights scattered across a number of divisions.Headlined by a middleweight pairing between veteran Vitor Belfort and former TUF winner Kelvin Gastelum, Saturday’s fight card also features former light heavyweight champion Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, Tim Means and Alex Oliveira running back their UFC 207 encounter that ended in a No Contest and lightweight contenders Edson Barboza and Beneil Dariush squaring off in a pivotal contest in … Read the Full Article Here

While an official date remains to be set, the countdown toward the middleweight title clash between Michael Bisping and Georges St-Pierre officially started on Friday as the combatants shared the dais at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. If the back-and-forth between the future opponents is any indication of what to expect in the buildup to this fight, buckle up because this should be fun. The chaos of Friday morning spilled over the afternoon’s press event, as UFC President Dana White opened things up by announcing Bisping was nowhere to be found, leaving St-Pierre to tackle the opening ques … Read the Full Article Here