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Undefeated lightweight contender Gray Maynard (9-0) was expected to get a title shot against B.J. Penn if he could get past Nate Diaz at UFC Fight Night 20. Maynard won a split decision, but then the Zuffa brass announced that the next title shot at 155-pounds would go to Frankie Edgar (11-1). Many would be upset for being passed up, but Maynard has maintained a level head and will be focused on his next opponent. Steve Cofield of Yahoo! Sports caught up with “The Bully” before Strikeforce: Miam to discuss being passed up for the fight. Maynard acknowledged that his [...]

The list of medical suspensions for UFC 109: Relentless has been released by the Nevada State Athletic Commission. 11 fighters have received suspensions, the longest going to main card participant Demian Maia and Mac Danzig, who faced Justin Buchholz live on Spike. Both fighters are out until August, unless being cleared by a doctor. Here is the complete list of medical suspensions: – Mark Coleman is suspended until March 9 with not contact until Feb. 28. – Nate Marquardt is suspended until March 9 with no contact until Feb. 28. – Chael Sonnen is suspended until March 9 due to [...]

Season 11 of The Ultimate Fighter reality series has started taping and the two coaches — Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz — are already building up the hype. This will be the third time that Liddell and Ortiz face off in the octagon. “The Iceman” scored knock out victories over Ortiz both times. Ortiz brought his beef with Liddell back into the media when he said last week that he was proud of his fellow TUF 11 coach for overcoming alcoholism. “I think he had a problem.  A lot of people go through addiction. I think his deal was he [...]

The fighter salaries from this past Saturday’s UFC 109: Relentless event have been released. Main event participant and UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture topped the list earning $250,000., which was $100,000 more than Matt Serra who was the second highest earner with $150,000. It is important to note that these salaries do not include any money from signing bonuses or sponsors. Any special post-fight awards such as Fight of the Night or Submission of the Night are not included in the salary totals. Here is the official list: Randy Couture: $250,000 (no win bonus) def. Mark Coleman: $60,000 Chael [...]

British mixed martial arts star Michael Bisping is preparing for his UFC 110 bout against Wanderlei Silva which takes place in less than two weeks. Reports have been coming out of Bisping’s camp that say the fighter is looking better than he ever has in his career. There are even rumors that Bisping has been knocking out his training partners. In this video, courtesy of FightersOnlyMagazine.com, we get a behind the scenes look at Michael Bisping and Wolfslair teammate Rampage Jackson training for their upcoming fights.

Chael Sonnen is coming off of a dominating performance at UFC 109 where he dismantled top UFC middleweight contender Nate Marquardt. Prior to UFC 109, Sonnen had some harsh words for current middleweight champion Anderson Silva. “That guy’s no more the top fighter out there than Bigfoot is roaming the woods,” said Sonnen. “That is an absolute myth, and all these guys can buy into it, but there’s a young man out in Portland, Ore., that is not signing up on that bandwagon. “If Anderson ever signed to fight me, which is highly unlikely, he’ll be getting a verbal beating [...]

The UFC 109: Relentless fight-night bonuses have been announced and Chael Sonnen, Nate Marquart, Paulo Thiago, and Matt Serra walked away with additional $60,000 a piece. Sonnen and Marquardt were rewarded “Fight of the Night”, while Paulo Thiago earned “Submission of the Night” honors for his d’arce choke over American Kickboxing Academy’s Mike Swick, and Matt Serra’s first-round knockout of Frank Trigg was named “Knockout of the Night.” The nights co-main event was a battle between top middleweight contenders Nate Marquardt and Chael Sonnen. Sonnen dominated Marquardt for the first fourteen minutes of the bout until Marquardt gave one final [...]

Two UFC Hall of Famers met in the main event at UFC 109: Relentless at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on Super Bowl weekend. In the bout, Randy Couture earned himself a submission victory over fellow mixed martial legend Mark Coleman in the second-round. With the victory Couture puts himself back in the title hunt at light heavyweight, and he will likely earn a shot at the winner of Lyoto Machida vs. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua II which takes place at UFC 113 in Montreal, Canada. Coleman looked slow and stiff throughout the fight. He ate punch after punch from “The [...]

UFC 109: Relentless takes place tonight at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The fight card will be aired live on pay-per view. The event will be headlined by UFC Hall of Famers Randy Couture and Mark Coleman. This will be the first time that two hall of famers meet inside the octagon. Mark Coleman is coming off of a decision victory over Stephen Bonnar at UFC 100 and Couture competed at UFC 105 where he scored the victory over Brandon Vera. The night’s co-main event is a middleweight bout between top contenders Nate Marquardt and Chael [...]

Rhadi Ferguson was a Judo Olympic alternate in 2000 and Olympian in 2004 and the former judoka has revealed to ProMMAnow.com that he will try his hand at mixed martial arts. On top of his judo credentials, Ferguson is also a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu blackbelt under Ricardo Liborio of American Top Team. He has also an Abu Dhabi veteran. Ferguson is currently training at American Top Team, where he has worked extensively with top heavyweight prospect Bobby Lashley, but he has also said he’d like to not limit himself to just one camp. “I’ll train a little bit everywhere… I [...]