Anderson Silva, Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua to Coach on the Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 4

Longtime former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva and Pride legend and former UFC light heavyweight champion Mauricio “Shogun” Rua have been announced as the coaches for The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 4. The news was first announced on the UFC’s Brazilian website and was then discussed by UFC President Dana White on Twitter: The next coaches […]

Longtime former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva and Pride legend and former UFC light heavyweight champion Mauricio “Shogun” Rua have been announced as the coaches for The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 4. The news was first announced on the UFC’s Brazilian website and was then discussed by UFC President Dana White on Twitter: The next coaches […]

Georges St-Pierre or Anderson Silva: Who Does the UFC Need Back More?

It’s been a down year for the UFC. Actually, two of the past three haven’t been great, and disappointment looks like it’s going to be more the rule than the exception based on recent trends. A simple flipping of the calendar isn’t going to change anything, either. MMA has no offseason, no free-agent frenzy, no […]

It’s been a down year for the UFC. Actually, two of the past three haven’t been great, and disappointment looks like it’s going to be more the rule than the exception based on recent trends. A simple flipping of the calendar isn’t going to change anything, either. MMA has no offseason, no free-agent frenzy, no […]

Anderson Silva Signs New 15-Fight Deal with UFC

More of Anderson Silva is never a bad thing. The former middleweight champ agreed to a new 15-fight deal last Thursday over a meal with UFC president Dana White and CEO Lorenzo Fertitta. During an interview with Combate.com, per MMAFighting.com, Silva admitted the news would probably make his family crazy. “I had seven fights on […]

More of Anderson Silva is never a bad thing. The former middleweight champ agreed to a new 15-fight deal last Thursday over a meal with UFC president Dana White and CEO Lorenzo Fertitta. During an interview with Combate.com, per MMAFighting.com, Silva admitted the news would probably make his family crazy. “I had seven fights on […]

Davis: Beating Anderson Silva ‘Would Complete My Trifecta of Brazilian Fighters’

UFC light heavyweight contender Phil Davis perplexed the majority of the fight community when he called out former longtime 185-pound champ Anderson Silva, but he maintains that the matchup makes sense.  After a decisive, albeit largely uneventful, unanimous-decision win Saturday over former UFC title challenger Glover Teixeira at UFC 179 , Mr. Wonderful said he’d love […]

UFC light heavyweight contender Phil Davis perplexed the majority of the fight community when he called out former longtime 185-pound champ Anderson Silva, but he maintains that the matchup makes sense.  After a decisive, albeit largely uneventful, unanimous-decision win Saturday over former UFC title challenger Glover Teixeira at UFC 179 , Mr. Wonderful said he’d love […]

Phil Davis Grounds Glover Teixeira, but Anderson Silva Call-out Leaves Bad Taste

It continues to feel like two steps forward, one step back for Phil Davis. Davis got off the schneid Saturday night at UFC 179, putting on a wrestling clinic en route to a unanimous-decision victory over Glover Teixeira. It was a good win, rekindling at least some of the momentum he once enjoyed as a fast-rising […]

It continues to feel like two steps forward, one step back for Phil Davis. Davis got off the schneid Saturday night at UFC 179, putting on a wrestling clinic en route to a unanimous-decision victory over Glover Teixeira. It was a good win, rekindling at least some of the momentum he once enjoyed as a fast-rising […]

Anderson Silva: Vitor Belfort Is the Most Complete Fighter at 185 Pounds

Anderson Silva once stood atop the UFC’s middleweight mountain, dominating opponent after opponent in mesmerizing and devastating fashion.  But in stepped a confident Chris Weidman to put an end to Silva’s reign as champion by stopping him in back-to-back contests in 2013. Ten months after his latest loss to the current middleweight champion, Silva doesn’t […]

Anderson Silva once stood atop the UFC’s middleweight mountain, dominating opponent after opponent in mesmerizing and devastating fashion.  But in stepped a confident Chris Weidman to put an end to Silva’s reign as champion by stopping him in back-to-back contests in 2013. Ten months after his latest loss to the current middleweight champion, Silva doesn’t […]