Author: By E. Spencer Kyte

Being in Ottawa for Fight Week was bittersweet for Chad Laprise.Taking part in the UFC #WeAreAllFighters event at 100% Martial Arts & Fitness — the UFC partnered with Special Olympics Ontario-Ottawa — the outgoing Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada native helped lead a collection of eager participants through a series of techniques and drills. The activity culminated with the Special Olympics athletes letting loose a string of attacks in combination similar to what Laprise and his colleagues might unfurl in the Octagon.Always eager to give back, the smile never left the Montreal-bas … Read the Full Article Here

UFC 174 in Vancouver two years ago represented both the finish line and starting point for Valerie Letourneau.On one hand, it was the end of a seven-year quest for respect and validation after she watched fellow Canadians and former opponents Sarah Kaufman and Alexis Davis ascend to the highest levels of the sport, eventually reaching the UFC. where they were joined by Brazilian Claudia Gadelha, another fighter to garner a victory over the French-Canadian veteran.After numerous ups and downs, including a loss to Roxanne Modaferri during the elimination stage on season 18 of The Ultimate Fighte … Read the Full Article Here

When you fight as frequently as Donald Cerrone does, it’s hard to keep track of which opponent you fought where. This can be only be exacerbated when you factor in late opponent changes, as well as 33 years spent riding bulls, fighting and dedicating each spare minute chasing every adrenaline high imaginable. The man simply known as “Cowboy” has probably had a few memories shaken loose from where they would normally sit.Cerrone has made the walk to the Octagon 21 times, the same number of appearances Georges St-Pierre accrued over his illustrious career and within arm’s … Read the Full Article Here

The Wrigley Building, Chicago isThe Union Stockyard, Chicago isOne town that won’t let you downIt’s my kind of townTurns out that the city that was Sinatra’s “kind of town” is also the UFC and FOX’s kind of town as Chicago plays host to one of the four yearly “Big FOX” events for the fifth consecutive year this weekend.After a trio of January trips to begin this annual visit to the city that gave us Ernie Banks, Michael Jordan and CM Punk, Saturday’s event marks the second straight year that the Octagon has been set up inside the United Cen … Read the Full Article Here

The Wrigley Building, Chicago isThe Union Stockyard, Chicago isOne town that won’t let you downIt’s my kind of townTurns out that the city that was Sinatra’s “kind of town” is also the UFC and FOX’s kind of town as Chicago plays host to one of the four yearly “Big FOX” events for the fifth consecutive year this weekend.After a trio of January trips to begin this annual visit to the city that gave us Ernie Banks, Michael Jordan and CM Punk, Saturday’s event marks the second straight year that the Octagon has been set up inside the United Cen … Read the Full Article Here

 
With the UFC following up International Fight Week with Wednesday’s electric debut in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the mixed martial arts weekend spotlight shifts to the Baxter Arena in Omaha, Nebraska for Victory Fighting Championship 52, available exclusively on UFC FIGHT PASS.Originally headlined by a welterweight title clash between Jason Jackson and Maki Pitolo, that pairing was put on ice when a last minute medical issue put the champion Jackson on the sidelines. Instead, Pitolo will now take on Kassius “Kayne” Holdorf in a bout that will cement the winner as the … Read the Full Article Here