It was a big night for Brazilians, who won 12 of 13 bouts before a hot partisan crowd at Arena Jaragua in Santa Catarina, Brazil on Saturday night. Vitor Belfort’s knockout of Luke Rockhold in the main event was both a thing of violent beauty, and of controversy, due to the elephant in the room [...]
It’s going to be difficult for fighters to have better UFC debuts than the one former Strikeforce middleweight champion Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza had on Saturday night. The submission grappling ace easily dispatched with Chris Camozzi at 3:37 of the first round with an academic head and arm triangle at UFC on FX 8 in Jaragua [...]
UFC President Dana White confirmed Saturday night that there are issues with interim bantamweight champion Renan Barao that puts the scheduled UFC 161 main event in jeopardy. Barao (30-1, 1 no contest) was scheduled to defend his title against Eddie Wineland (20-8-1) in the main event of the promotion’s debut card in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, [...]
The UFC on FX 8 post-fight press conference is the last piece of business to take care of after the action is over in the Octagon, and we have the live video below at MMAFighting.com. The winners of the Fight of the Night, Knockout of the Night and Submission of the Night bonuses, and winning [...]
Vitor Belfort‘s professional career has been one of twists and turns. He was alternately one of the scariest men in mixed martial arts and at least for a time, one of the most head-scratchingly inconsistent. He was the heir to the throne, then nearly a washout. He espoused his Christian beliefs, but made enemies and [...]
Watch Vitor Belfort vs. Luke Rockhold fight video highlights from UFC on FX 8′s main event above, courtesy of FOX Sports. UFC on FX 8 took place May 18, 2013 at the Arena Jaraguá in Jaraguá do Sul, Brazil. The old lion, Vitor Belfort (23-10), welcomed former Strikeforce middleweight champion Luke Rockhold (10-2) into the [...]
UFC on FX 8 may have been short on stars, but the few that were in the arena on Saturday night made their presence felt with style. Former Strikeforce middleweight champion Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza put on an absolute clinic, lulling Chris Camozzi into unconsciousness within a matter of seconds after locking in a first-round arm [...]
After months of leadup, after weeks of trash talk, and a pushing match on the day of weigh-ins, there were still raw feelings as the UFC on FX 8 main event began. Combatants Vitor Belfort and Luke Rockhold refused to touch gloves prior to their match, and then as the fight transpired, Rockhold chose to [...]
This is the UFC on FX 8 live blog for Vitor Belfort vs. Luke Rockhold, a middleweight bout at Saturday night’s UFC event at the Arena Jaragua in Brazil. Belfort, who has won three of his past four fights, will face Rockhold, who has won nine straight fights, on the main card. Check out the [...]
In a matchup of two lightweights trying to inch their way into contention, Rafael dos Anjos eked out a narrow victory over Evan Dunham at UFC on FX 8, winning by a unanimous decision. The judges awarded him the victory with a sweep of 29-28 scores. The result caused some immediate controversy, as Dunham threw [...]