Rising 205-pound contender Thiago Silva will face off against fellow Brazilian and UFC newcomer Antonio Mendes, in a light heavyweight bout at UFC 84 in Las Vegas, Sherdog announced earlier this week.
Silva was originally scheduled to face Rashad Evans at UFC 84 before Evans agreed to challenge Chuck Liddell at UFC 85, in place of [...]

Details are beginning to emerge regarding an event the UFC is planning for May 24th.
The event, tentatively believed to be UFC 85, will be held in Las Vegas, likely at the Mandalay Bay Events Center. Depending on how the card shapes up it could also be moved to the larger MGM Grand Garden Arena. Three [...]

Rashad Evans def. Michael Bisping via split decision
Thiago Silva def. Houston Alexander via KO – Round 1, 3:25
Karo Parisyan def. Ryo Chonan via unanimous decision
Ed Herman def. Joe Doerksen via KO – Round 3, 0:39
Frank Edgar def. Spencer Fisher via unanimous decision
Thiago Alves def. Chris Lytle via TKO (doctor stoppage) – Round 2, 5:00
Joe [...]

Main Card

Michael Bisping (205) vs. Rashad Evans (206)
Houston Alexander (203) vs. Thiago Silva (204)
Ryo Chonan (169.5) vs. Karo Parisyan (170)
Joe Doerksen (185.5) vs. Ed Herman (186)
Frankie Edgar (154) vs. Spencer Fisher (154.5)

Undercard

Chris Lytle (170.5) vs. Thiago Alves (171)
Jason Reinhardt (155) vs. Joe Lauzon (155)
Luke Caudillo (155.5) vs. Marcus Aurelio (156)
Akihiro Gono (169) [...]

Rashad Evans vs. Michael Bisping

The main event for UFC 78 features two unbeaten fighters but, while that sounds good on paper, they’re both coming off less than impressive performances in their most recent fights. Bisping (14-0, 4-0 UFC) won a razor thin decision against Matt Hamill at UFC 75, a fight in which the [...]

The UFC’s sister organization, World Extreme Cagefighting, will return on December 12th for its first show in more than three months. The stacked card is rumored to include:

WEC Featherweight Championship: Urijah Faber vs. Jeff Curran
WEC Light Heavyweight Championship: Doug Marshall vs. Ariel Gandulla
WEC Middleweight Championship: Paulo Filho vs. TBD (possibly Frank Trigg)
WEC Lightweight Championship: [...]

A questionable split decision victory which was awarded to The Ultimate Fighter 3 winner Michael Bisping over Matt Hamill has caused a uproar among fans and overshadowed a 5-round title fight and other dominating performances on an action-packed card.
In the main event of the evening Dan Henderson appeared hesitant and ineffective as Quinton Jackson controlled [...]

This post contains quick results, news, and round-by-round coverage of UFC 75 from London. The event, which wrapped up at 6pm ET, will air on tape-delay in the United States beginning at 9pm ET.
If you wish to discuss the event free of spoilers at it airs in the US on Spike you can do so [...]

German Best Team member and 13-1 mixed martial artist Tomasz Drwal will make his UFC debut in September at UFC 75 against Thiago Silva.
Taking his first and only MMA loss in just his second career fight, Drwal hasn’t lost in nearly 3 years racking up 12 straight wins. He boasts an explosive combination of techniques [...]

The official salaries from UFC 71 have just been released by the Nevada State Athletic Commission. Despite what was earlier reported, Chuck Liddell and Quinton Jackson were only paid base salaries and no win bonuses. All other fighter were paid base salaries with winning fighters receiving double their fight purse as a win bonus.
The following [...]

Among all of the happenings at UFC 71 last night including the major upsets of Keith Jardine and Chuck Liddell as well as all of the stoppages it was no wonder that James Irvin undercard loss caught lost in the action.
Irvin lost to Thiago Silva on the events undercard after he was thrown by Silva [...]

Quinton Jackson def. Chuck Liddell via KO (Round 1, 1:53)
Karo Parisyan def. Josh Burkman via unanimous decision
Terry Martin def. Ivan Salaverry via TKO (Round 1, 2:04)
Houston Alexander def. Keith Jardine via TKO (Round 1, 0:48)
Kalib Starnes def. Chris Leben via unanimous decision
Thiago Silva def. James Irvin via referee stoppage (Round 1, 1:06)
Alan Belcher def. Sean [...]

UFC.com has added James Irvin (2-2  UFC) to the UFC 71 fight card effectively rounding out the 9 fight card. Irvin will face UFC newcomer Thiago Silva on the events undercard. 5 of the bouts on our current rumored card have yet to be posted to UFC.com and may be the most likely to change [...]

Continuing the theme from our other event update of the day we have 3 more fighters who have been added to the fight card for UFC 71. These additions push the fight total to 9 (standard for the UFC except for tomorrow’s UFC 70). There is only one fighter missing and that is Thiago Silva’s [...]

Thiago Silva (9-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) has been added to UFC 71 according to the most recent rumors on MMAWeekly.com. Silva is an undefeated mixed martial artist who is set to make his octagon debut in this fight. He packs strong hads stopping 7 of his fights with (T)KOs and winning the other two with [...]