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Strikeforce: Should Dana White Let Josh Barnett Back into the UFC?

Strikeforce Heavyweight Josh Barnett has not lost a fight since 2006. He has a career record of 31-5 with 19 of those wins coming by submission. As Barnett heads into the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix Final on Saturday night against Daniel Cormier…

Strikeforce Heavyweight Josh Barnett has not lost a fight since 2006. He has a career record of 31-5 with 19 of those wins coming by submission. As Barnett heads into the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix Final on Saturday night against Daniel Cormier (9-0), the buzz about whether or not he deserves to be back in […]

Frank Mir: Junior dos Santos Only Brings Great Boxing into the Fight

Frank Mir is relishing the opportunity to challenge for a UFC heavyweight title once again. The 12-year veteran previously held the heavyweight strap in 2004, before vacating the title after a motorcycle accident nearly cost him his career. After earni…

Frank Mir is relishing the opportunity to challenge for a UFC heavyweight title once again. The 12-year veteran previously held the heavyweight strap in 2004, before vacating the title after a motorcycle accident nearly cost him his career. After earning three consecutive victories, Mir now finds himself facing current UFC Heavyweight Champion Junior dos Santos […]

10 Fights to Get B.J. Penn Back into the Octagon

The past few months have brought out conflicting schools of thought regarding the career path of B.J. Penn.  After losing to Nick Diaz last year, Penn himself announced that he was done with the sport, but Dana White recently scoffed at the idea, …

The past few months have brought out conflicting schools of thought regarding the career path of B.J. Penn.  After losing to Nick Diaz last year, Penn himself announced that he was done with the sport, but Dana White recently scoffed at the idea, citing a conversation with B.J. as his source of knowledge on the […]

Can Lyoto Machida Get Back into Title Contention With a Win over Ryan Bader?

Lyoto Machida will return to the Octagon this summer in a pivotal bout against rising 205-pound contender Ryan Bader. “The Dragon” is to be featured on the upcoming card of UFC on FOX 4 later this summer on August 4. It will be his first bo…

Lyoto Machida will return to the Octagon this summer in a pivotal bout against rising 205-pound contender Ryan Bader. “The Dragon” is to be featured on the upcoming card of UFC on FOX 4 later this summer on August 4. It will be his first bout since his loss to Jon Jones at UFC 140 […]

Jon Jones Implores Dan Henderson to “Keep It Classy” Leading into Their Fight

UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones knows who his next opponent will be, he just doesn’t know when he will face that opponent, Dan Henderson. Another thing that Jones knows is that he has no interest in engaging in a war of words with the fo…

UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones knows who his next opponent will be, he just doesn’t know when he will face that opponent, Dan Henderson. Another thing that Jones knows is that he has no interest in engaging in a war of words with the former PRIDE and Strikeforce champion. UFC president Dana White confirmed […]

UFC on Fuel TV 2: Burning Questions Heading into the Gustafsson vs. Silva Card

The drought is almost over. On Saturday, April 14, the UFC will hold its first event since March 3, when the promotion travels to Sweden to present UFC on Fuel TV 2—a card that will be headlined by a light heavyweight scrap between Alexander Gust…

The drought is almost over. On Saturday, April 14, the UFC will hold its first event since March 3, when the promotion travels to Sweden to present UFC on Fuel TV 2—a card that will be headlined by a light heavyweight scrap between Alexander Gustafsson and Thiago Silva. One change on this card is that […]