UFC 155 Live Blog: Chris Leben vs. Derek Brunson

Sunday, December 30th, 2012

This is the UFC 155 live blog for Chris Leben vs. Derek Brunson, a middleweight bout at Saturday night’s UFC event at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Leben, who has lost two of his last three fights, will face Derek Brunson, who is making his UFC debut, on the main card. Check [...]

UFC 155 Live Blog: Yushin Okami vs. Alan Belcher

Sunday, December 30th, 2012

This is the UFC 155 live blog for Yushin Okami vs. Alan Belcher, a middleweight bout at Saturday night’s UFC event at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Okami, who has lost two of his last three fights, will face Belcher, who has won his past four fights, on the main card. Check [...]

UFC 155 Play by Play

Sunday, December 30th, 2012

MMA Fighting brings you UFC 155 play-by-play and more for the Dos Santos vs. Velasquez 2 fight card. Tonight’s event is headlined by a fight between UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez and Junior dos Santos. This bout is scheduled for five, five-minute rounds. Also appearing on the main card is Jim Miller vs. Joe Lauzon, [...]

TUF 16 Finale Results: Roy Nelson punches Matt Mitrione into first-round stoppage victory

Sunday, December 16th, 2012

UFC heavyweight Roy Nelson is closer to the age of 40 than he is 30, but that doesn’t mean he is any less dangerous. On Saturday night at The Joint in the The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nev., Nelson stopped fellow season 10 ‘The Ultimate Fighter’ alumnus Matt Mitrione with strikes [...]

TUF 16 Results: Colton Smith controls Mike Ricci to earn unanimous decision win

Sunday, December 16th, 2012

The sixteenth season of ‘The Ultimate Fighter’ has it’s winner: Team Roy Nelson’s Colton Smith, who used dominant wrestling and top positional control to take a unanimous decision win over Team Carwin’s Mike Ricci. Smith defeated Ricci by judges scores of 30-27, 30-27, 30-26 at The Ultimate Fighter 16 Finale in Las Vegas, Nev. From [...]

TUF 16 Live Blog: Roy Nelson vs. Matt Mitrione

Sunday, December 16th, 2012

This is the TUF 16 live blog for Roy Nelson vs. Matt Mitrione, a heavyweight bout at Saturday night’s UFC event at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Nelson, who has lost three of his past five fights, will square off against Mitrione, who has won four of his past five fights, [...]

T.J. Waldburger submits Nick Catone in the second round at The Ultimate Fighter 16 Finale

Sunday, December 16th, 2012

Submission ace T.J. Waldburger was looking to get back on track after a disappointing showing against Brian Ebersole earlier this summer. Against Nick Catone at The Ultimate Fighter 16 Finale in Las Vegas, Nev. on Saturday night, Waldburger got what he was looking for. The win, however, didn’t come automatically or easily. More Coverage: TUF [...]

Hugo Viana shines in bantamweight debut at The Ultimate Fighter 16 Finale

Sunday, December 16th, 2012

All the Brazilian ‘Wolverine’ needed was a weight class change. Well, that and four minutes and five seconds to dispose of his opposition and make a successful bantamweight debut. Hugo Viana, a member of Team Vitor Belfort from season one of The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil, made his bantamweight debut on Saturday at The Ultimate Fighter [...]

TUF 16 Results: Mike Pyle stops James Head with strikes from the Thai clinch

Sunday, December 16th, 2012

As a once longtime training partner with UFC legend and Hall of Famer Randy Couture, it’s only fitting Mike Pyle would do his best work not in his twenties, but late thirties. On Saturday, the welterweight contender stopped James Head in the first round of their contest at The Ultimate Fighter 16 Finale in Las [...]

UFC on FX 6 bonuses: Prelim fighters sweep awards

Saturday, December 15th, 2012

By the third fight of the UFC on FX 6 card, the nightly bonuses were decided. The prelim fighters swept the awards, as Nick Penner vs. Cody Donovan won Fight of the Night, while Ben Alloway took Knockout of the Night honors at the show, which took place at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition [...]

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