Gilbert Melendez Replaces Bobby Green, Faces Al Iaquinta at UFC Fight Night 71

Gilbert Melendez apparently needs to get the taste of his loss to Eddie Alvarez at UFC 188 out of his mouth. Just four days after losing a split decision to Alvarez in Mexico City, Melendez agreed to step up and replace an injured Bobby Green (h/t Bloody Elbow) against Al Iaquinta at UFC Fight Night 71 […]

Gilbert Melendez apparently needs to get the taste of his loss to Eddie Alvarez at UFC 188 out of his mouth. Just four days after losing a split decision to Alvarez in Mexico City, Melendez agreed to step up and replace an injured Bobby Green (h/t Bloody Elbow) against Al Iaquinta at UFC Fight Night 71 […]

UFC Fight Night 69 Preliminary Card Predictions

The UFC makes its return to Germany this weekend, as UFC Fight Night 69 comes to you live on Fight Pass. Headlined by a UFC Strawweight Championship bout, the card is loaded with European talent and local fighters who should make for a fun night of fights. Joanna Jedrzejczyk defends her title for the first […]

The UFC makes its return to Germany this weekend, as UFC Fight Night 69 comes to you live on Fight Pass. Headlined by a UFC Strawweight Championship bout, the card is loaded with European talent and local fighters who should make for a fun night of fights. Joanna Jedrzejczyk defends her title for the first […]

UFC Fight Night 69 Primer: Watch Joanna Jedrzejczyk Destroy Carla Esparza

She may have the hardest name in MMA to pronounce, but it’s worth learning to say it since the newest UFC champion may be sticking around for a while.  Joanna Jedrzejczyk (9-0) wrested the women’s strawweight belt away from Carla Esparza (10-3) at UFC 185 in March with a brutalizing striking incursion. Esparza’s wrestling-based attack was no match for […]

She may have the hardest name in MMA to pronounce, but it’s worth learning to say it since the newest UFC champion may be sticking around for a while.  Joanna Jedrzejczyk (9-0) wrested the women’s strawweight belt away from Carla Esparza (10-3) at UFC 185 in March with a brutalizing striking incursion. Esparza’s wrestling-based attack was no match for […]

Jose Aldo Wants Pre-Fight Scuffle with McGregor: UFC ‘Won’t Cancel This Fight’

Jose Aldo does not like Conor McGregor one bit, and he wants to show him in the most physical way possible. Whether that comes before UFC 189 doesn’t matter at this point. Speaking at a press conference in Rio de Janeiro (via Guilherme Cruz of MMAFighting.com), Aldo came just shy of promising to rough up his […]

Jose Aldo does not like Conor McGregor one bit, and he wants to show him in the most physical way possible. Whether that comes before UFC 189 doesn’t matter at this point. Speaking at a press conference in Rio de Janeiro (via Guilherme Cruz of MMAFighting.com), Aldo came just shy of promising to rough up his […]

Titan FC CEO Jeff Aronson Explains Why Promotion Signed UFC Fight Pass Deal

In the year and a half he’s been at the helm, Titan Fighting Championships CEO Jeff Aronson has been working to take his organization to new levels of visibility. The deal he signed this past Saturday with the UFC to put all of the promotion’s upcoming events on Fight Pass is his biggest move yet.  […]

In the year and a half he’s been at the helm, Titan Fighting Championships CEO Jeff Aronson has been working to take his organization to new levels of visibility. The deal he signed this past Saturday with the UFC to put all of the promotion’s upcoming events on Fight Pass is his biggest move yet.  […]

UFC 188 Data Dump: Statistics from Velasquez vs. Werdum Fight Card Results

We have a new champion.  Not long after Fabricio Werdum got his arms around Cain Velasquez’s throat, he had his hands around the UFC heavyweight belt. The underdog used a watertight game plan to stun then subdue the champ, who appeared to struggle with the thin air of the Mexico highlands. But UFC 188, which […]

We have a new champion.  Not long after Fabricio Werdum got his arms around Cain Velasquez’s throat, he had his hands around the UFC heavyweight belt. The underdog used a watertight game plan to stun then subdue the champ, who appeared to struggle with the thin air of the Mexico highlands. But UFC 188, which […]