UFC Middleweight Championship bout: Champion Anderson Silva defeats Nate Marquardt via TKO (strikes) at 4:50 in round 1
Round 1: Low kick by Marquardt to start the round strong. Flying knee by Silva. Marquardt misses the bold attempt and takes Silva to the mat. Silva attempts and arm-triangle but gives up on the attempt. Marquardt [...]

The next time the middleweight title is defended following UFC 73 in July will be in Denver or Cincinnati this fall.
Rich Franklin, the next fighter to challenge for the 185 pound title in the fall fight, will take one either Anderson Silva or Nate Marquardt for the championship pending the result of their match at [...]

June is packed for the UFC with 3 events while July is “Stacked” with the biggest UFC event of the summer, UFC 73. Bookmaker.com has released their early odds for the main events of UFC 72, The Ultimate Fight 5 Finale, and UFC 73.
As expected Rich Franklin is a -210 favorite over Yushin Okami at [...]

The UFC’s “big” addition so far this year was the signing of heavyweight contender Antonio “Big Nog” Nogueira. Nog first appeared at UFC Fight Night 9 earlier this year causing buzz that a signing had already happened or was going to very soon. The signing did indeed happen as he was introduced days later at [...]

Today the UFC has started to sell tickets for its recently announced UFC 73: Stacked event featuring Sean Sherk vs. Hermes Franca, Anderson Silva vs. Nate Marquardt, and Tito Ortiz faces Rashad Evans. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira will also be fighting and Mirko “Cro Cop” is also rumored to be on the card. The PPV event [...]

Today the UFC officially announced yet another event, the long rumored UFC 73. The event will be officially known as ‘UFC 73: Stacked’ and nothing could more accurately describe the event that will go down on July 7th. It is hard to pick the”main event” as there are two title bouts on the card along [...]

Well one of the final pieces of the logistical puzzle for UFC 72 has fallen into place with The Fight Network confirming through various sources that UFC 72 will be held at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast, Ireland. Here’s an excerpt from the story:
“Back in January, The Fight Network explored rumours of UFC events spreading [...]

Hard Lessons
SI.com has a featured article on their site about Nate Marquardt who will be facing Anderson Silva for the middleweight title on July 7th at UFC 72.
Wineland works overtime to climb MMA ladder
Houston Chronicle writer Steve Seivert has a blog post up about MMA fighters who have regular jobs as well as fighting [...]

MMAWeekly.com has a quote up from middleweight challenger Nate Marquardt who will be vying for the middleweight title when he takes on Anderson Silva at UFC 73. Here’s what Marquardt had to say:
“I’m going to take the belt. That’s all there is to it.�
Now that the papers for this match are officially signed expect the [...]

In late February at Pride 33, Dan Henderson became the first mixed martial artist to hold two titles in two different weight classes at the same time when he knocked out Wanderlei “The Axe Murdered” Silva.
The surprise upset headlined the best MMA event so far this year. Henderson fights out of the talent ladenTeam Quest [...]

IN my traversing of the web looking for the latest UFC news and rumors I often come across note-worthy pieces that aren’t quite juicy enough for their own post but are worth sharing. This is what will be the first of many “UFC Roundups” which will include anything about the UFC that’s worth noting:
Anderson Silva [...]

A UFCJunkie.com report indicates the match between Tito Ortiz (15-5 MMA, 14-5 UFC) and Rashad Evans (10-0 MMA, 5-0 UFC) will no longer be happening at UFC 71 and will instead be moved to UFC 73. This makes UFC 73 looked like an absolutely stacked card with two rumored title defenses as well as this [...]

Update: UFC 72 is now believed to be on June 16th in Belfast, Ireland.
In a recent Sherdog.com interview with Jorge Gurgel, The Ultimate Fighter 2 competitor talked about two upcoming UFC events. In the video Gurgel says he will either be making his return “on June 30th at UFC Ireland”. Gurgel continues saying “maybe that [...]

Former middleweight champion Evan Tanner (32-6 MMA, 11-4 UFC) has been out of the UFC for almost a year but he is surfacing now for what he said in an interview with RandomSpeak.com.
In the interview Tanner talks about lots but the focus is on what Tanner had to say about current middleweight champion Anderson Silva:
“…nobody [...]

Sam Caplan has done a superb interview with Dana White for CBS Sportsline and White had lots to say. We first learned of the interview yesterday when news surfaced that Tito Ortiz would be facing Rashad Evans at UFC 71. That was just the beginning with White revealing a lot more in the interview (Part [...]