Jon Jones defends his light heavyweight title against bitter rival Daniel Cormier in the highly anticipated main event of UFC 182 at the MGM Grand on Saturday. But Donald Cerrone promises an exciting fight with unbeaten Myles Jury earlier on the card.
Ultimate Fighting Championship, the Las Vegas-based mixed martial arts promotion and media organization, is continuing to boost its global presence for 2015 after staging a record 22 live fight events outside the United States in 2014.
Former UFC light heavyweight Quinton “Rampage” Jackson appeared on the Ultimate Fighting Championship broadcast of a live event in Brazil on Saturday night to announced he had signed a deal to return to the organization. But Scott Coker, the head of Bellator MMA, said on social media that Jackson is under exclusive contract with his group.
Former UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida will fight Reno native C.B. Dollaway in a middleweight bout that headlines an Ultimate Fighting Championship card today in Brazil.
A group of three mixed martial artists headed by Cung Le filed an antitrust lawsuit against the Las Vegas-based Zuffa LLC, the parent company of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, on Tuesday in San Jose, Calif.
Rafael dos Anjos appears to be next in line to fight UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis, thanks in part to an injury to top contender Khabib Nurmagomedov.
It had been quite some time since former Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight champ Junior dos Santos had his arm raised in victory inside the octagon.
Carla Esparza reminded everyone why she was the tournament’s top seed with a third-round submission of Rose Namajunas to become the first UFC women’s strawweight champion on Friday night at the Palms.
When the UFC announced the formation of a women’s strawweight division early this year, the name Rose Namajunas often came up as someone who eventually could win the belt. The future could be now.
Johny Hendricks put the blame squarely on himself for losing his welterweight title to Robbie Lawler on Saturday in UFC 181 at Mandalay Bay. “I didn’t fight. Look at the fourth and fifth round. I just didn’t fight,” Hendricks said.
One champion retained his belt with a virtuoso performance while another was crowned by the narrowest of margins in what was a memorable Ultimate Fighting Championship card at Mandalay Bay on Saturday night.
Robbie Lawler felt he let an opportunity get away when he slowed down late in the fight and dropped the fifth and final round of an Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight title bout to Johny Hendricks in March. He wasn’t going to let it happen again.
The UFC has signed professional wrestler C.M. Punk, and he intends to make his mixed martial arts debut in 2015. President Dana White announced the deal during the UFC 181 pay-per-view show Saturday night.
Gilbert Melendez and Robbie Lawler have come about as close as possible to winning the ultimate prize in mixed martial arts without strapping an Ultimate Fighting Championship belt around their waists. Both fighters will get a shot at redemption at UFC 181 tonight at Mandalay Bay.
A breakdown of the fights on the main card of UFC 181 today at Mandalay Bay Events Center.
