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For nine seasons, the Ultimate Fighting Championship's flagship television program, The Ultimate Fighter, has introduced a new generation of fighters to fight fans worldwide. The show has created a bevy of star performers, including three world champions: Forrest Griffin, Matt Serra, and Rashad Ev »»
Krzysztof Soszynski, the Canadian fighter who takes on the once promising Brandon Vera this Saturday at UFC 102, started his grappling career in a very different industry. Although Brock Lesnar gets all the attention from fans and the media, Soszynski was also a wrestler in another life. Disco »»
Inside Xtreme Couture headquarters in Las Vegas, Nevada, there were some down faces. The gym, a surprisingly modest facility with just a ring, a cage, and some mats to grapple on, was still packed with fighters. But there was a pall over the entire building; In the last two weeks two of the te »»
UFC fans are fickle; Philadelphia fans notoriously so. Saturday night was no exception. Before the co-main event between UFC Middleweight champion Anderson Silva and fan favorite Forrest Griffin, Silva was booed vociferously every time he appeared on camera. Griffin, whose fight with Stephan Bonn »»
Last week the UFC tried once again to sign the world’s best fighter, former PRIDE Heavyweight Champion Fedor Emelianenko, to a multi-fight contract. The negotiations, like those that came before them, were a frustrating clash of cultures, leaving UFC President Dana White shaking his head. “I »»
Former UFC tournament champion Mark Kerr has been immersed in the world of MMA since his freshman year in high school, even if he didn’t know it at the time. That was in 1983, ten years before the first UFC. Kerr spent that freshman year working out with a grizzled senior by the name of Pat Mile »»
Seth Petruzelli went into the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida, last October as just another Ultimate Fighter washout. Booted from the UFC after consecutive losses, Petruzelli was simply looking to hang on long enough to legitimately be called a journeyman. He was scheduled for the undercar »»
It was a historic first for women’s MMA, as Gina Carano and Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos headlined the Strikeforce card at the H.P Pavilion Saturday night in San Jose, California. The two women became the first female fighters to be featured in the main event of a major MMA show, and more than d »»
It comes down to respect. Fedor Emelianenko is a proud man and didn't feel he was getting any. When he was negotiating with UFC President Dana White in 2007, the voluble UFC President insulted both Fedor and his negotiating team. Finally, the Russian champion felt the need to respond. "Numero »»
