Tito Ortiz recently confirmed that he has accepted a May 24th bout against Lyoto Machida. He has also indicated that the fight will likely be his last with the UFC.
Keith Jardine, who posted an upset of Chuck Liddell in September, is also likely to return at the May 24th event in Las Vegas. His opponent [...]

Nate Mohr reportedly suffered a torn ACL in his loss to Manny Gamburyan while Wanderlei Silva and James Irvin were both hospitalized and given MRIs as a precautionary measure according to The Wrestling Observer. Official injury reports from the Nevada State Athletic Comission are expected to be released very soon.
The UFC has announced that Antonio [...]

Tim Sylvia has announced on his official website that he has been added to the UFC 81 “Breaking Point” fight card:
Just found out I’m fighting February 2nd, on the Super Bowl show in Las Vegas. I can’t say who I’m fighting yet, but I’ll let you all know as soon as I can.
Taking yesterday’s [...]

Several sources close to Antonio Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira are claiming that the former PRIDE Heavyweight Champion will clash with former UFC Heavyweight Champion, Tim Sylvia at UFC 81: Breaking Point. Apparently, recent negotiations between the UFC and Randy Couture have not been productive, and the fight between Nogueira and Sylvia could be for the [...]

Mark Bocek will face Doug Evans at UFC 79. Evans confirmed the bout to MMAFrenzy.com earlier today.
The most-recent issue of Men’s Fitness features an extended cover with UFC Champion Matt Serra and challenger Matt Hughes as well as a “UFC Workout”.
Luke Cummo has announced on MySpace that he will be an injury backup for UFC [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Spencer Fisher has been forced to withdraw from his UFC Fight Night 11 headlining event against Din Thomas due to a staph infection. News has since surfaced that top lightweight fighter Kenny Florian will fill in for Fisher in the main event. Florian was previously rumored to be fight at UFC 78 in New Jersey [...]

One of the longest rumored fighters expected to fight at UFC 74 was Tim Sylvia but it now appears that the former UFC heavyweight champion will not be back fighting until October at the earliest. Here is the quick note Sylvia posted on his website:
I’m back in training and things are looking good. Hoping to [...]

The NSAC has clarified the situation regarding the recent rumors that Frank Mir was denied a rematch with Tim Sylvia at UFC 74 this August. Here is what NSAC Executive Director Keith Kizer had to say regarding the fight:
“That fight has not been presented to me, and thus no ‘denial’ has been made. I was [...]

“It’s kind of funny, all of these Pride guys are supposed to be the best and they’re better than the UFC. Then you got a guy who isn’t ranked in the top ten of the world knocks out the number two guy in the world. I think it goes to show you how much tougher [...]

Former champion Tim Sylvia (8-3 UFC) will face another former heavyweight champion Frank Mir (7-3 UFC) at UFC 74 in August. The event is headlined by a heavyweight title tilt between Randy Couture and Gabriel Gonzaga.
Sylvia was the UFC heavyweight champion until he met Randy Couture who exited retirement for the match. Couture won the [...]

At UFC 69 Dana White announced that the UFC had signed Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (29-4-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) furthering the depth of the UFC’s renewed heavyweight division. Other notable recent signings include Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic and Heath Herring as well as Randy Couture who came out of retirement to capture the UFC Heavyweight title [...]