Shogun Rua vs. Anderson Silva? Rua Would Accept Fight If UFC Asked

Former UFC light heavyweight champion Mauricio Rua is going to coach Season 4 of The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil opposite ex-longtime middleweight titleholder Anderson Silva, and while they aren’t scheduled to fight at the end of the season, Shogun is open to the idea.  In an interview with Brazilian media outlet Combate, the former PRIDE champ explained that […]

Former UFC light heavyweight champion Mauricio Rua is going to coach Season 4 of The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil opposite ex-longtime middleweight titleholder Anderson Silva, and while they aren’t scheduled to fight at the end of the season, Shogun is open to the idea.  In an interview with Brazilian media outlet Combate, the former PRIDE champ explained that […]

Roy Jones Jr.: UFC Won’t Let Anderson Silva Fulfill His Dream to Fight Me

The often-teased boxing match between combat legends Roy Jones Jr. and Anderson Silva is just a pipe dream that will likely never come to fruition. UFC President Dana White’s broken record responses of “I don’t know” and “we’ll see” seem to be running thin on Jones. When speaking with the MMA Fight Corner, the 45-year-old […]

The often-teased boxing match between combat legends Roy Jones Jr. and Anderson Silva is just a pipe dream that will likely never come to fruition. UFC President Dana White’s broken record responses of “I don’t know” and “we’ll see” seem to be running thin on Jones. When speaking with the MMA Fight Corner, the 45-year-old […]

Anderson Silva Hospitalized in Brazil for Lumbago, Still Set to Face Nick Diaz

The highly anticipated fight between former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva and former Strikeforce and EliteXC champion Nick Diaz has hit another speed bump, but its destination and estimated time of arrival remain unchanged. According to Ivan Raupp of Combate (h/t Karim Zidan of Bloody Elbow), “The Spider” spent Monday night in a hospital after collapsing […]

The highly anticipated fight between former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva and former Strikeforce and EliteXC champion Nick Diaz has hit another speed bump, but its destination and estimated time of arrival remain unchanged. According to Ivan Raupp of Combate (h/t Karim Zidan of Bloody Elbow), “The Spider” spent Monday night in a hospital after collapsing […]

15 Fights We’d Love to See Anderson Silva Take with His New Contract

The entire MMA community participated in a collective groan when Anderson Silva first broke his leg on Chris Weidman’s knee at UFC 168. We followed up with a synchronized sigh of concern as many of us figured the greatest fighter of all time would no longer be.  Fast forward 10 months and the Spider is […]

The entire MMA community participated in a collective groan when Anderson Silva first broke his leg on Chris Weidman’s knee at UFC 168. We followed up with a synchronized sigh of concern as many of us figured the greatest fighter of all time would no longer be.  Fast forward 10 months and the Spider is […]

Can Georges St-Pierre Pass Anderson Silva as MMA’s GOAT If Both Return in 2015?

For the moment, there is little debate over who is the greatest MMA fighter of all time. Anderson Silva is the GOAT and has been for some years now, after building a resume that not even two disastrous losses to Chris Weidman could undercut last year. With current stars like Jon Jones and Jose Aldo […]

For the moment, there is little debate over who is the greatest MMA fighter of all time. Anderson Silva is the GOAT and has been for some years now, after building a resume that not even two disastrous losses to Chris Weidman could undercut last year. With current stars like Jon Jones and Jose Aldo […]

GSP: Nick Diaz ‘Made a Mistake’ by Bumping Up to 185 for Anderson Silva Fight

Former longtime UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre thinks ex-Strikeforce champ Nick Diaz has dug his own grave by accepting to fight Anderson Silva at 185 pounds at UFC 183 in January.  Speaking on the You’re Welcome with Chael Sonnen podcast, “Rush” said that the Stockton bad boy made a huge tactical error by making his […]

Former longtime UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre thinks ex-Strikeforce champ Nick Diaz has dug his own grave by accepting to fight Anderson Silva at 185 pounds at UFC 183 in January.  Speaking on the You’re Welcome with Chael Sonnen podcast, “Rush” said that the Stockton bad boy made a huge tactical error by making his […]