Author: By E. Spencer Kyte

Welcome to another year of The 10, your monthly look at 10 outstanding fights that are set to take place inside the Octagon. I’m your host, Ryan Seacrest.All right, the second part may not be true, but the first part is and the first entry into the 2016 edition of this series is a good one, offering a mix of championship bouts, potential title eliminators and a handful of pivotal divisional battles, plus a couple fights featuring competitors you’re going to want to keep you eye on as the year progresses.Let’s get into it.Here is The 10.UFC 195: Lawler vs. Condit (Jan. 2 &ndas … Read the Full Article Here

Like a lot of kids, current UFC lightweight Scott Holtzman wanted to be a professional athlete when he was growing up. Sports were his obsession. While others were into comic books and video games, his world was consumed by athletics and competition.Childhood dreams became adolescent possibilities and young adult opportunities, with Holtzman excelling with a stick in his hand. After playing hockey at the University of Tennessee, he had a two-game cup of coffee with the Knoxville Ice Bears of the Southern Professional Hockey League but couldn’t stick and, like so many others, he was force … Read the Full Article Here

Seven-hundred-forty-nine days – that’s how long it will have been between fights when Michael McDonald crosses the threshold into the Octagon on Saturday night to face Masanori Kanehara at UFC 195.Once the brightest young star in the bantamweight division, McDonald challenged then-interim champion Renan Barao for the title and became a fixture in the Top 5 as a 22-year-old, amassing a 16-3 record with five victories in his first seven UFC appearances, his only setbacks coming against Barao and perennial contender Urijah Faber.Inside look: Michael McDonald vs. Masanori Kanehara figh … Read the Full Article Here

If you were expecting some Conor McGregor-level trash talk and pontificating in advance of the UFC’s first event of 2016, Monday’s media conference call was as far removed from that as possible. The four principals involved in Saturday night’s final two pairings were all business and clearly focused on the task at hand and nothing else.More on UFC 195: Ageless Lawler enjoying career resurgence | WATCH Countdown: Lawler vs. Condit | Inside the numbers for Lawler vs. Condit | Arlovski making most of 2nd run | WATCH Countdown: Miocic vs. Arlovski | UFC 1 … Read the Full Article Here

Having lost three straight while registering just a single victory in his last five appearances, it would be understandable if veteran lightweight Danny Castillo was feeling stressed and under pressure heading into action this weekend in Orlando, but that’s not the case.Rewarded with a new contract following his most recent appearance, the long-time Team Alpha Male member has enjoyed preparing for Saturday’s preliminary card showdown with Nik Lentz and plans on instantly showing why keeping him around was the right decision.BREAKDOWN: See how the stats shape up for Castillo vs. Len … Read the Full Article Here

When it comes to coaching and training, there is no one formula in mixed martial arts that works for everybody.Many say you can’t be a big fish in a little pond, but flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson is among the very best in the UFC today and operates out of the MMA equivalent of a private, man-made fishing hole at AMC Pankration, where he and only a handful of others hone their skills with “The Wizard,” Matt Hume.At the same time, there is no denying the success larger gyms like American Top Team and Jackson-Wink MMA have had at this level, with multiple champions and e … Read the Full Article Here