Author: By Mike Straka

It’s been a while since The Ultimate Fighter 19 alum Pat Walsh fought in the middleweight division, but he’s about to do it again as the UFC returns to Broomfield, Colorado for UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs. Thatch on Saturday. He will face undefeated Olympic judoka Dan Kelly of Australia. “My last fight at 185 pounds had to be on a playground or parking lot because I haven’t weighed so little since about seventh grade,” he said. So Walsh will be feeling a bit nostalgic as he steps on the scale, but that’s a familiar feeling for the Stoughton, Massachusett … Read the Full Article Here

After suffering a unanimous decision loss in his fight against the veteran Jussier Formiga last summer, Zach “Fun Size” Makovsky found himself out of the contender conversation as quickly as he entered it.Winning his first two UFC fights, including making easy work of perennial contender Scott Jorgensen, the mixed martial arts veteran proved he could be one of the elite in the UFC flyweight division. Instead, he finds himself in rebuilding mode when he faces Timothy Elliott at UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs Thatch in Broomfield, Colorado on Valentine’s Day this weekend. But … Read the Full Article Here

When Anthony Johnson faces Alexander Gustafsson this weekend in Stockholm, Sweden, he will have come full circle in a career that has seen many ups and downs.“I’m looking forward to it,” Johnson says. “I made my own path in this sport. Some of my decisions were good, some were bad, but recently they’ve been good. A year ago I never would have thought I would be in a title eliminator bout for the UFC light heavyweight championship, but here I am, and I am damn well not going to take it for granted.”Johnson spent some time in Sweden to acclimate his body to … Read the Full Article Here

Eighty four fights.That’s how many combined battles Gegard Mousasi (35-5-2) and Dan “Hendo” Henderson (30-12-0) have between them, and it’s amazing that they haven’t faced each other before this weekend’s UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs Johnson card in Stockholm, Sweden.It is the type of fight fans dream of. Both are veterans of PRIDE, Strikeforce and the UFC, and both have faced the very best fighters mixed martial arts has to offer. “It would be great to get a win over him, and position myself to get another contender fight,” Mousasi says. &ld … Read the Full Article Here

When Uriah Hall was set to face fellow East Coast fighter Costa Philippou, he was understandably excited. After all, Philippou is a name fighter, it was a chance to avenge a 2011 loss, and notching a win over him could have upped Hall’s standing in the 185-pound division of the UFC.”But then he got hurt,” Hall said, referring to the rib injury that forced Philippou out of UFC Fight Night: McGregor vs Siver this Sunday night at Boston’s TD Garden.In stepped Louis Taylor, a 35-year-old journeyman who spent some time with Strikeforce on the Challengers series. However, it wasn’t long after the … Read the Full Article Here

When Evan Dunham steps into the Octagon against Rodrigo Damm this weekend at UFC 182: Jones vs Cormier at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, the Las Vegas-based fighter will be looking to erase a bad memory he has of the resort casino he drives past nearly every day – and it has nothing to do with a bad beat at the poker tables.“Every time I go past it I get pissed off,” Dunham, who last fought at the venue in November of 2013 and suffered a second-round submission loss against Donald Cerrone, said. The 33-year-old Dunham has lost four of his last five fights, with his lone win being a … Read the Full Article Here