UFC veteran Melvin Guillard will venture outside of the octagon following back-to-back losses to Joe Stevenson and Rich Clementi to take on Eric Regan in the main event of Rage in the Cage 105 on March 7th.
Eric Schafer, a UFC veteran who remains under contract with the promotion, defeated Ryan Antle via submission in the [...]

Brandon “The Truth” Vera will be out of commission until at least May with a broken scaphoid, a small bone located in the thumb which Vera apparently broke during the first round of his fight against Tim Sylvia according to a report from MMA Weekly.
Here’s a snip from Vera:
“My thumb got caught and pulled back [...]

Another twist now added to UFC 77. According to Kevin Iole’s Yahoo! Sports article, the winner of the bout taking place in Cincinatti between Tim Sylvia and Brandon Vera will go on to face Antonio Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira for the now vacant UFC heavyweight title. Toward the bottom of the article Iole [...]

After several weeks of speculation about the rumored fight card, the UFC has now announced the official fight card for UFC 77 which is slated to take place on October 20, 2007 at US Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio. No big surprises here, other than the fact that it’s now official.
The main event will [...]

Today the UFC issued their official press release announcing “UFC 77: Hostile Territory”. In the announcement the UFC again confirmed the main event fight between current middleweight champion Anderson “The Spider” Silva and challenger Rich “Ace” Franklin and also announced a heavyweight feature bout between Tim “The Maine-iac” Sylvia and Brandon “The Truth” Vera.
Several days ago we [...]

Brandon Vera, who is expected to return to the UFC in October to take on Tim Sylvia, has signed a 6 fight contract with the UFC. Vera announced the news during an appearance on Fight Network Radio.
With a 4-0 record Vera made his UFC debut defeating Fabiano Scherner with a second round TKO at UFC Fight Night 2. [...]

Update: According to Sam Caplan Dana White confirmed in the UFC 74 conference call that Brandon Vera has signed a new contract with the UFC and Tim Sylvia is the most likely opponent for his return bout. As a commenter here pointed out Sylvia is recovering from a staph infection as well as back surgery [...]

According to Dave Meltzer from the Wrestling Observer “UFC officials” have told him that there is nothing to the rumors of Andrei Arlovski facing Brandon Vera at UFC 78. The rumors surfaced yesterday and caused quite a stir but it appears it may all have been premature as the fight is not being confirmed as [...]

One of the most talked about UFC fighters, Brandon Vera, may soon have a much clearer future. The promising heavyweight fighter will have an arbitration hearing either today or tomorrow in front of the California State Athletic Commission over him ditching long time manager Mark Dion who was reportedly turning down Vera’s fights without ever [...]

Top UFC Heavyweight Contender Brandon Vera intends on fighting twice this year according to The Fight Network. Not only should this calm fans who had wondered what Vera’s status war but it also confirms that Vera has every intention of signing a new UFC contract once his current contract expires following his next fight.
Vera, [...]

Earlier this month there were rumors that Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic would be returning to the octagon on July 7th at UFC 73, although recent reports indicated he was still recovering from his devastating KO loss at UFC 70 and would likely be out of action for several additional months. It now appears, according to [...]

One of the most frequently asked questions I receive from readers is “when is Vera going to be fighting again” and coming in a close second is “who will he fight when he returns”. Although nothing is official at this point it appears that the answer to the first question is August.
A recent piece about [...]

The UFC has “reached a deal” with HBO to show fights on the network this summer, albeit with a different broadcasting crew than the UFC traditionally uses. UFC 72 in June has already been announced for Spike TV so we are probably looking UFC 73 and beyond before we see an event on HBO.
Dana White [...]

There is a rumor circulating that was picked up by Sam Caplan that Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, the UFC’s most recent heavyweight signing, may debut against Brandon Vera. Here’s what Sam had to say:
“This is total rumor, but I’ve been hearing a lot of talk that Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira’s first UFC fight could be against [...]

After I reexamined our news about Brandon Vera’s contract status and The Fight Network’s coverage I think I wasn’t very clear in conveying what Vera has in fact agreed to. His contract was set to expire in May but he was unable to schedule his last fight in the UFC before the contract expired so [...]