The Ultimate Fighting Championship is expected to head west before the holidays.
The MMA Corner has learned from sources close to the UFC that the promotion is looking at San Jose, Calif., as a possible destination for an event Dec. 8.
No official announcement has been made from the UFC regarding the event; however, it is expected [...]
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MFC’s title fight reduced to non-title fight
Following Adam Lynn missing weight, the Maximum Fighting Championship’s main event title fight between Lynn and Mukai Maromo for the vacant lightweight championship will now [...]
As the popularity of Mixed Martial Arts grows, people all over the world are starting to see it as a legitimate sport.
Other than a few of the prehistoric talking heads on ESPN, the majority of the sports world has accepted that MMA is well on its way to surpassing boxing as the premier combat sport [...]
No more rematches at 155, please.
To lay it out honestly, the UFC’s lightweight division has been clogged ever since UFC 112. It was in Abu Dhabi where Frankie Edgar took the title from B.J. Penn, and what followed was rematch after rematch, and a busy lightweight division where everyone was looking for their crack at [...]
If you think back in UFC fight history, there are only a handful of names that stand out that have taken multiple bouts in the same month on very short notice. Performances that stand out are those of UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones, who took two fights in five weeks and claimed the title [...]
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