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UFC 146 Results

AP | GREG BEACHAM | Posted 05.27.2012

LAS VEGAS — Junior Dos Santos flattened Frank Mir with a huge right hand and finished him on the ground at 3:04 of the second round Saturday nig...

UFC Star Faces 1-Year Drug Ban

AP | Posted 05.21.2012

LAS VEGAS -- Ultimate Fighting Championship competitor Nick Diaz is being fined $79,500 and banned from fighting until next February for testing posit...

100 Toughest Athletes Ever

Bleacher Report | Posted 05.21.2012

The world of sports wasn't always flooded with overpaid divas and emotional brats. There was a time when grit, fiery intimidation and consistent deter...

Boxing and UFC Heavyweights Hit the Headlines

Elliot Worsell | Posted 05.15.2012

Elliot Worsell

For better or worse, the heavyweights are making themselves heard again. Big, clumpy, unsightly footsteps left in the ground of combat sports, the type that stick and cast shadows over those with less power and size. And, it's true, heavyweights make the world go round.

UFC 145: Winners & Losers

Bleacher Report | Posted 04.23.2012

UFC 145 is in the books and with it another crop of winners and losers. In the main event Jon Jones defended his title against former-teammate Rashad ...

Blood, Sweat, Dreams: 'Fightville' Director Talks MMA and Rising Star Dustin Poirier

Turnstyle | Posted 04.20.2012

Turnstyle

By: Noah J. Nelson In Fightville, directors Michael Tucker and Petra Epperlein get down and dirty on the front lines of the mixed martial arts world....

Movie Review: Fightville

Marshall Fine | Posted 04.19.2012

Marshall Fine

Poirier is an interesting figure -- but his story itself, at least as told in Fightville, isn't all that involving.

Family Arrested For Illegal MMA Backyard Brawls

Posted 04.18.2012

Ever since Kimbo Slice turned a viral video of a backyard knockout into a burgeoning Mixed Martial Arts career, illegal backyard brawls have "blossome...

WATCH: 50 Most Awkward Moments In Sports

Bleacher Report | Posted 04.11.2012

Hours of live coverage. Dozens of volatile personalities. Language gaps. Culture gaps. Romances. Bromances. Rivals. Rebels. Divas. Click on to hear...

The UFC Has Eurovision: Ten of the Best

Elliot Worsell | Posted 05.29.2012

Elliot Worsell

On April 14, the UFC will have its first event in Europe since last November's show in Birmingham, England. To commemorate this return, I propose tilting the spotlight above the leading Europeans currently plying their trade in the UFC.

WATCH: MMA Amateur Stops Robbery

Posted 03.27.2012

Before holding up a convenience store, be sure to make sure the area is clear of Army veterans who are trained in mixed martial arts. Brandon Slan...

Funniest People In Sports

Bleacher Report | Posted 03.27.2012

There actually aren't all that many funny people in sports. Not that everyone in the sports world is a painfully humorless bore—although there are p...

Mike Tyson And Rosie Talk Shared Love Of MMA

Posted 05.22.2012

Mike Tyson and Rosie O'Donnell bonded over a mutual admiration for and love of mixed martial arts (MMA) on "The Rosie Show" (Weeknights, 7 p.m. ET on ...

Fight Club Generation

The New York Times | Posted 03.15.2012

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“Boxing isn’t the biggest, baddest sport on the block anymore, and it hasn’t been for years,” said Jim Genia, 41, the author of “Raw Combat,...

Tito Ortiz Signs Matt And Tony On 'Caged' Season Finale

Posted 03.13.2012

Things got serious on the "Caged" (mon., 10 p.m. ET on MTV) season finale when former UFC world champion Tito Ortiz came to Minden, Louisiana to watch...

Will Tito Ortiz Sign The 'Caged' Fighters?

Posted 03.06.2012

On "Caged" (Mon., 11 p.m. EST on MTV) the Minden fighters, all now training under the team name "Louisiana Fight Company," got word that former UFC wo...

Rampage Jackson Returns This Saturday, Japan Expects

Elliot Worsell | Posted 04.22.2012

Elliot Worsell

Think about it; despite a glut of Japanese fighters appearing on this UFC 144 card, including Yoshihiro Akiyama, Yushin Okami and Hatsu Hioki, I'd be surprised if anybody receives the kind of love and warmth of reception that Jackson can expect to embrace moments before he trades blows with Bader.

Edgar vs. Henderson: Perhaps the Best Five Rounds You'll See This Year

Elliot Worsell | Posted 04.18.2012

Elliot Worsell

This lightweight duel is as close to a surefire thing as you can possibly get in the unpredictable world of mixed martial arts.

Can Daniel's Victory On 'Caged' Erase His Bad Memories?

Posted 01.24.2012

Unlike some of the other fighters featured on "Caged" (Mon., 10 p.m. EST on MTV) cage-fighting is not Daniel's only option in life. The "golden boy" o...

ReThink Review: Haywire -- Post-Feminasskicking!

Jonathan Kim | Posted 03.21.2012

Jonathan Kim

With Soderbergh's Ocean's 11 heist series over, the director is clearly looking for another genre franchise to do for fun between his more challenging and experimental pieces. Haywire fits that description.

'Caged': Victory For Danger

Posted 01.17.2012

MTV's new reality series "Caged" (Mon., 10 p.m. EST on MTV) turns the spotlight on mixed martial arts (MMA) and follows a group of young aspiring figh...

UFC 142 Results: Aldo Stops Mendes

AP | Posted 01.15.2012

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Jose Aldo stopped Chad Mendes with one devastating knee to the head with a second left in the first round Saturday night, defending ...

'Caged': Daniel Knocked Out For The First Time

Posted 03.10.2012

The first time is always the hardest, and it was difficult for both Daniel and his supporting community on "Caged" (Mon., 10 p.m. EST on MTV). He was ...

Dana White on Fedor Emelianenko: 'He Sucks'

The Huffington Post | Dan Treadway | Posted 01.04.2012

Please, dont hold back. Tell us how you really feel, Dana. With his verbal takedown of a heavyweight fighter who is widely regarded as one of the b...

Shocking Retirment At UFC 141

AP | GREG BEACHAM | Posted 02.29.2012

LAS VEGAS — Brock Lesnar took one last kick to his stomach and crumpled at the side of the cage, unable to fight back when Alistair Overeem poun...