Author: By Mike Straka

Miesha Tate will make history when she takes on undefeated Rin Nakai in the UFC’s first ever women’s bout in Japan on September 20th at Tokyo’s famed Saitama Super Arena. But don’t think “Cupcake” will be in hostile territory in Nakai’s home country, where her opponent is Japan’s best known female fighter today.“If I was ever going to fight anyone on their own turf it would be in Japan because the fans are extremely respectful, and even if you beat one of their own they won’t hold it against you,” she said. “The fans look at i … Read the Full Article Here

For Andrei Arlovski, Saturday’s UFC Fight Night bout against Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva represents a major opportunity for the former champion to announce to the heavyweight division that “The Pit Bull” is not only back, but back in top form.“I wasn’t happy with my last fight,” Arlovski said of his UFC 174 split decision win against Brendan Schaub in June.  “But if you look at his face he looked like he got hit by a train. My performance wasn’t the best but a win is always good. I took some lessons and did some homework and I will … Read the Full Article Here

A year after their scheduled fight was shuffled amid injuries, UFC middleweights Rafael “Sapo” Natal and Chris Camozzi will finally face off at UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs Mousasi on Friday at Connecticut’s Foxwoods Resort Casino.Sapo is looking to break a two-fight skid in which he suffered a knockout defeat at the hands of Tim Kennedy last November, and then dropped a close split decision against Ed Herman in a grinding match at UFC Fight Night in May.“I’m very happy to face Chris Camozzi,” he said. “It will give me an opportunity to show the UFC an … Read the Full Article Here

He may not be as brash as a certain UFC featherweight from Ireland, but bantamweight Chris “The Real Deal” Beal is just as confident in his abilities inside the Octagon as Conor McGregor is.“In the short term we need to get another W,” says the 29-year-old from Ventura, California. “Long term, our goal is to climb our way up the ladder and hopefully get the belt and be the best in the world. We’re even more hungry now than we were before. I feel like I’m starving. I not only want to win, I want to win impressively. I want the UFC to say ‘Yeah, we want that kid bac … Read the Full Article Here

 
Mike “Quicksand” Pyle didn’t see the UFC welterweight title elimination bout between Matt Brown and Robbie Lawler last month, because just four weeks out from his own scheduled bout at UFC Fight Night in Tulsa this Saturday, he took the weekend off from training… to go fly fishing. “I missed it,” Pyle says when asked what he thought of the fight, an instant classic. “I was fly fishing so I can’t really talk about the fight at all.”It’s not something one expects to hear from a UFC fighter when his own division’s c … Read the Full Article Here

 
24-year-old Jordan Mein has had quite the fight camp for his UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs Dos Anjos bout at Oklahoma City’s BOK Center this weekend.He set out at first to train for hard-hitting Thiago Alves. The Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt is dangerous wherever the fight goes, and his chin has been tested by the best in the business, time and time again. But the injury-prone welterweight suffered yet another, and Brandon Thatch stepped in as replacement.“I’ve seen Alves fight so many times, so I didn’t really need to watch any video, I knew what to expect, … Read the Full Article Here