Light heavyweight contender Anthony Johnson was suspended indefinitely on Sept. 19 by the UFC. The organization has hired an independent law firm to investigate abuse allegations by the mother of Johnson’s children.
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As he watched his son play football, Dana White smiled. He did not have an episode with the referees. He did not use swear words. He was the ideal father, like Mr. Cunningham in “Happy Days.”
Saturday night’s Ultimate Fighting Championship card at the MGM Grand without question served as a sort of unofficial coming out party for the organization’s anointed future superstar, Conor McGregor.
Demetrious Johnson retained the Ultimate Fighting Championship flyweight title with a second-round submission of Chris Cariaso in the main event of UFC 178 at MGM Grand on Saturday night.
Tonight marks what just about everyone associated with the Ultimate Fighting Championship hopes will be the official beginning of the Conor McGregor era.
Regardless of how much success Dominick Cruz experiences the rest of his career and what he has already accomplished as a UFC champion, the past three years always will be an empty hole on his career resume.
Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight stars Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier each took a slightly different approach in answering to the Nevada Athletic Commission for their roles in a brawl in the lobby of the MGM Grand last month during a Tuesday morning meeting at the Grant Sawyer Building.
Two years ago, Conor McGregor was collecting a welfare check in his native Ireland. Now he’s one of the UFC’s hottest stars.
While so much attention has been focused on the NFL’s handling of domestic violence cases, the Ultimate Fighting Championship has released two fighters.
After a boring return to the UFC, former heavyweight champ Andrei Arlovski bounced back with a first-round knockout of Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva in Brazil on Saturday.
Former Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight champ Andrei Arlovski knocked out Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva in the first round of the main event of UFC Fight Night 51 on Saturday in Brasilia, Brazil. Arlovski won his second straight fight in his UFC return and avenged a 2010 loss by knocking Silva down with a right hook and finishing the fight with a series of hammer fists.
Ultimate Fighting Championship star Nick Diaz was arrested Sept. 6 on suspicion of DUI in his hometown of Lodi, Calif., according to several reports.
Ultimate Fighting Championship recently sent a message to anyone thinking about pirating its fight show content: We will hunt you down.
After assault charges are dropped in Florida, Thiago Silva is back under contract, UFC president Dana White announced. Expect the light heavyweight back in the Octagon next year.
