A breakdown of the fights on the main card of UFC 169 Saturday at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.:
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The easy marketing line for Saturday’s Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight bout between Frank Mir and Alistair Overeem is that the two stars are fighting for their jobs. If it were an old-school pro wrestling match, it would be dubbed “Loser leaves town.”
After the battle Ricardo Lamas went through to get a title fight, beating featherweight champion Jose Aldo might seem like a breeze.
Very little about Roy Nelson’s professional mixed martial arts career has given any indication of a desire to get into politics.
CHICAGO – Former Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight champion Benson Henderson is developing quite a reputation for his controversial decision victories.
CHICAGO — Polar vortex sounds as if it could be the name of some fancy new submission move in the ever-evolving sport of mixed martial arts.
There was one part of planning his wedding that Benson Henderson thoroughly enjoyed. Maybe too much. The former Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight champ, who married his girlfriend, Maria Magana, at midnight Jan. 1, says he really enjoyed picking out the cake.
Just a few weeks ago, UFC president Dana White said he planned on respecting former welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre’s request for space as he continues his hiatus from the sport.
The Nevada Athletic Commission will not replace former executive director Keith Kizer on an interim basis and instead will go directly toward pursuing a permanent successor.
Scott Kent’s love for fighting developed while he was growing up in Helena, Mont., and watched boxing on ABC’s “Wide World of Sports.”
Former Strikeforce middleweight champion Luke Rockhold rebounded from a knockout loss in his Ultimate Fighting Championship debut to stop Costas Philippou in the main event of UFC Fight Night 35 on Wednesday in Duluth, Ga.
The next executive director of the Nevada Athletic Commission must be smart, tough, fair and diplomatic. And that’s just for starters.
Las Vegan Brad Tavares left the cage after his fight with Aaron Simpson in July 2011 frustrated and disappointed because he had suffered the first loss of his professional mixed martial arts career.
Sara McMann says she didn’t care who emerged victorious in last month’s UFC women’s bantamweight title bout between Ronda Rousey and Miesha Tate, despite knowing she would be facing the winner.
With Ultimate Fighting Championship poised for rapid international expansion in 2014, the Las Vegas-based mixed martial arts fight organization faces one major challenge — exporting its signature high-energy fight show production to venues around the world.
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