Forrest Griffin finally speaks about his UFC 101 destruction at the hands of Anderson Silva. Well, kind of: “I have no idea [what happened,]” Griffin said. “I was on ‘ludes. I don’t remember. What happened?” Griffin added that he saw no need to address media after. “Anytime I lose a fight, that’s what I’m doing [...]

We knew from trending patterns following the show that UFC 101 was going to be a massive pay per view event, but I’m not sure anyone expected this. From Dave Meltzer’s excellent Wrestling Observer newsletter (subscription only but worth every penny): Last week’s early estimates of UFC 101 have been confirmed. We’ve had three different [...]

InsideFights.com was live and cageside for UFC 101 at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, PA. Here, in this exclusive gallery, are some of the best shots from this exciting evening of Mixed Martial Arts. Check out our exclusive images from octagonside of UFC 101 “after the jump”

Yes, Anderson Silva is THAT good If ever a fight was a game-changer, then it was Anderson  Silva vs. Forrest  Griffin.  Silva walked into the Octagon to a chorus of boos after months of bad publicity following two safety-first defences of his Middleweight Title and the growing realisation that after a nine-fight winning streak and being marketed as the [...]

After Kenny Florian’s stoppage of Joe “Daddy” Stevenson at UFC 91 he made a bold statement.   “B.J., I consider you a master, now it’s time to kill that master,” said Florian. At UFC 101 Kenny got his chance, but the master proved too much for the aspiring student. With Penn back at lightweight defending his [...]

The UFC gave Philadelphia, Pennsylvania a great event Saturday night, featuring a card filled with potentially great fights. However, after several boring bouts, the co-main events delivered, as “The City of Brotherly Love” witnessed two of the world’s best fighters in B.J. Penn and Anderson Silva do exactly what they claimed they’d do: beat their [...]

PHILADELPHIA – Fighters make fights, not styles, and coming into UFC 101 a huge question was whether B.J. Penn had anything left to give the sport and if he could deliver another history-making performance, extending his streak of more than seven years without a loss in at 155 pounds. If anyone had doubts about Penn’s [...]

Reports circulated last night and this morning that Forrest Griffin’s decision to leave the Octagon and the arena were due to a possible broken/dislocated jaw and hearing loss. The reports, which were started on a popular MMA message board and circulated widely by the Telegraph, stated that Griffin left in order to seek immediate medical [...]

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 Bonnar capped off the first season of The Ultimate Fighter and helped [...]

From Dan Wetzel’s latest on Yahoo: That Silva could move up a weight class and not just win, but destroy with power, was a game-changing and perhaps UFC-altering moment. That’s what Silva and his manager, Ed Soares, wanted to discuss with White. With his arm wrapped around White’s shoulder, Soares leaned in and delivered a [...]

Join us tonight at 7pm ET for our live coverage of UFC 101! Our very own Shawn M. Smith will be cageside in the media section, and he’ll be providing running commentary and giving you real-time results as they happen. We’ll also have exclusive photos from cageside and much, much more! We are live at [...]

Few fighters have burst onto the UFC scene like Anderson Silva did. An overwhelming KO victory over Chris Leben in his UFC debut was followed by him demolishing Rich Franklin to become the UFC Middleweight Champion in only his second fight with the promotion. He then proceeded to tear through the UFC’s middleweight division, with [...]

The good news: every fighter made weight for UFC 101. That means we will have a title fight in Philadelphia (good news) and that Forrest Griffin will have a HUGE size advantage over Anderson Silva tomorrow night. Off all the fighters, Tamden McRory was the only fighter that showed obvious physical signs of the weight [...]

At UFC 101 in Philadelphia, the UFC will present one of it’s biggest fights in history as current UFC middleweight champion Anderson “The Spider” Silva battles former UFC light-heavyweight champion Forrest Griffin. This fight will mark the return of Griffin since losing his title at UFC 92 and Anderson Silva’s second fight at 205. After [...]

Our very own Shawn Smith is in Philadelphia represent Inside Fights and our partners at Fox Sports, and he’ll be reporting live from today’s UFC 101 weigh in event. Check back at 4pm ET for fighter weights, exclusive photography, and any news and notes Shawn has to pass along. You can also watch the event [...]

UFC 101: Declaration is set to air live from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania this coming weekend. While the card may not fall under the same category as UFC 100, which was described as a card for the ages, a certain fight may just turn out to make the cut. Anderson Silva versus Forrest Griffin is a fight [...]

Have you ever heard the term “sneaky hot?” “Sneaky hot” is that girl that everyone knows but nobody is attracted. One day, you see her in a different light. Maybe it’s her hair. Maybe it’s her smile. But you suddenly realize that the girl is attractive, and you never saw it coming. That’s sneaky hot. [...]

In the fight game all participants follow varying paths.  Everyone from the fan, to the promoter, to the fighter will engage the sport individually.  Their paths within that journey will twist and turn based on experience, emotion, dedication, and most importantly results. For fighters in particular their path is uncharted.  Where fans and promoters choose [...]

President Barack Obama once said, “Making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it. But it’s not. It takes patience, it takes commitment, and it comes with plenty of failure along the way. The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won’t. It’s whether [...]

At UFC 101, B.J. Penn is stepping into the octagon with millions of doubters peering over his shoulder. After losing to Georges St. Pierre at UFC 94 and due to the controversy that ensued, UFC fans feel that Penn has a statement to make. It seems as if Penn always has something to prove before [...]