Thiago Silva’s Butt Spanking of Brandon Vera and the Ethics of MMA Fighting

The following are Jon “Bones” Jones post Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) 125 Twitter messages: First tweet read, “Wow, that slapping was so disrespectful…I’d love to give him a slap in the face.” It was followed…

The following are Jon “Bones” Jones post Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) 125 Twitter messages: First tweet read, “Wow, that slapping was so disrespectful…I’d love to give him a slap in the face.” It was followed by,“For all the Thiago Silva fans who had a problem with my comment, I stand behind what I said 100 […]

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Thiago Silva’s Butt Spanking of Brandon Vera and the Ethics of MMA Fighting

Phil Baroni Signs With Titan Fighting Championships

Filed under: Fighting, FanHouse Exclusive, NewsPhil Baroni said following his loss at UFC 125 that he wasn’t going to retire, and “The New York Bad Ass” is staying true to his word.

Baroni has signed a two-fight deal with Kansas City-based Titan Fight…

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Phil Baroni said following his loss at UFC 125 that he wasn’t going to retire, and “The New York Bad Ass” is staying true to his word.

Baroni has signed a two-fight deal with Kansas City-based Titan Fighting Championships, MMA Fighting has learned from sources close to the organization.

The MMA veteran is expected to make his organizational debut in March at middleweight against a yet to be determined opponent. The event is also expected to air on HDNet.

One Side Claims Fix, Other Cites Confusion in Controversial Decision

Filed under: Fighting, FanHouse Exclusive, NewsAs Hermes Franca waited for the decision of his fight against Ferrid Kheder to be read inside the cage in a Cartago, Costa Rica high school gym, the UFC veteran thought his losing streak was history. Inste…

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As Hermes Franca waited for the decision of his fight against Ferrid Kheder to be read inside the cage in a Cartago, Costa Rica high school gym, the UFC veteran thought his losing streak was history. Instead, to him, it was the beginning of something even worse than defeat.

If it was a simple loss, Franca could have handled it, but what happened next could not be so easily settled in his mind. According to some, Franca was simply the victim of a bad decision. But according to others, he was robbed, the victim of a fix.

“This is like a bad joke,” Franca told MMA Fighting. “It’s unbelievable. I won the fight. The judges gave it to me. I got my hand raised. And then they said I didn’t win.”

“What happened was confusion,” said Jean-Francois Billon, who helped organize the show. “It’s a big story for a little thing. Nobody had bad intentions. Nobody was cheating.”

What started out as a fight in the cage became a fight for the truth.

Mike Swick NOT Fighting David Mitchell at Fight for the Troops

Unfortunately, Mike Swick will not be returning to the UFC at the January 29 Fight for the Troops event. The Ultimate Fighter season one alumnus confirmed via his Facebook page that Mitchell has backed out of the fight due to an injury, and due to an e…

Unfortunately, Mike Swick will not be returning to the UFC at the January 29 Fight for the Troops event. The Ultimate Fighter season one alumnus confirmed via his Facebook page that Mitchell has backed out of the fight due to an injury, and due to an esophageal condition that Swick has been battling throughout this […]

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Mike Swick NOT Fighting David Mitchell at Fight for the Troops

Fighter of the Year: Cain Velasquez

Filed under: Fighting, UFCAt 6-foot-1 and around 240 pounds, Cain Velasquez is no small man in the ordinary world, but among the UFC’s supersized heavyweights, he hardly stands out for his size.

In fact, many heavyweights are either taller or heavier …

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Cain VelasquezAt 6-foot-1 and around 240 pounds, Cain Velasquez is no small man in the ordinary world, but among the UFC’s supersized heavyweights, he hardly stands out for his size.

In fact, many heavyweights are either taller or heavier than Velasquez, and most are both. Yet by the end of 2010, it was Velasquez that reigned over the group of monster athletes.

For capturing the UFC heavyweight championship and completing a rapid rise to the top, Velasquez is MMA Fighting’s 2010 Fighter of the Year.

Aleksander Emelianenko Suffers TKO Loss to Peter Graham

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Aleksander Emelianenko, the younger brother of Fedor, lost in an upset this past Saturday in Russia, ending an eight-fight unbeaten streak lasting over three years.

Competing under modified rules of stand ups after 30 seconds o…

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Aleksander Emelianenko, the younger brother of Fedor, lost in an upset this past Saturday in Russia, ending an eight-fight unbeaten streak lasting over three years.

Competing under modified rules of stand ups after 30 seconds on the ground, Aleksander lost in the main event of “Draka 5” to K-1 veteran Peter Graham by way of leg kicks at two minutes and 50 seconds of the second round.

It was only the second (T)KO loss of Aleksander’s career, his first being the head kick loss to Mirko Cro Cop at PRIDE Final Conflict 2004. Additionally, It was also Aleksander’s first loss since 2006, which came against the same opponent as his brother’s most recent loss, Fabricio Werdum.