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As expected, Kimbo Slice (3-1) will make his first official appearance inside the Octagon at The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 10 Finale, which is slated for “The Pearl” at The Palms in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Dec. 5.

Spike TV today officially announced his participation on the card; however, his opponent — who is rumored to be [...]

A bout between Mark Bocek (7-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC) and undefeated UFC newcomer Joe Brammer (7-0-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) has been signed and will be part of The Ultimate Fighter 10 next month.

Although the night’s main event, including a headliner of Matt Hamill vs. Jon Jones and the championship finale of “The Ultimate Fighter 10″ [...]

The Nevada State Athletic Commission issued medical suspensions to 10 competitors from this past weekend’s UFC 106 card, and Forrest Griffin, Luiz Cane, Marcus Davis and Jason Dent could all be out of action for up to six months for everything from broken noses to a foot injury.

MMAjunkie.com recently requested and today received the full [...]

I didn’t sleep well yet. The adrenaline was so high and I’m very happy. I trained hard and that debut was against a very tough guy. Cane is a warrior. Dana told me ‘Do you have the idea who you just defeated? The man we were about to match as the next contender for the [...]

Bitetti Combat manager and owner Amaury Bitetti revealed the card for the upcoming fifth edition of the Brazilian mixed martial arts event that will take place in Barueri, Sao Paulo, on Dec. 12.

“Bitetti Combat 5″ will feature Pedro Rizzo, Murilo “Ninja” Rua and Jeff Monson –- fighters who all fought at the fourth edition – [...]

Spike TV today confirmed that cast member Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson is scheduled to compete at the Dec. 5 live finale for “The Ultimate Fighter 10.”

MMAjunkie.com previously reported that Ferguson (3-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) meets Houston Alexander (9-4 MMA, 2-3 UFC) in a catch-weight bout, but Spike TV officials won’t announce his opponent until after [...]

A lightweight title-unification bout between Strikeforce champion Josh Thomson (16-2) and interim champion Gilbert Melendez (16-2) headlines the organization’s Dec. 19 event, MMAjunkie.com has confirmed.

The five-round rematch from the duo’s original June 2008 meeting takes place at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif., and tops the Showtime-televised portion of the event.

Thomson pulled off the [...]

Despite topping the fellow ex-champ via split decision in the main event of Saturday’s UFC 106 event, Forrest Griffin earned $250,000, the same as his opponent, Tito Ortiz.

Griffin earned $100,000 to show and $150,000 as an addition win bonus. Ortiz earned a flat rate of $250,000 and wasn’t eligible for a win bonus even if [...]

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Quoteworthy:

“When you watch a fight like [Ortiz vs. Griffin 2] and you hear a 30-27 score, I don’t even know, I’m so exhausted by this whole thing. It’s tiring. It’s terrible. These athletic commissions need to start looking at this and figure out what they’re going to do. It has nothing to do with [...]

While Jose Aldo’s 145-pound title win made waves in the WEC’s featherweight division, the ripple effect has spread to the bantamweight class, as well.

MMAjunkie.com has learned from sources close to the WEC that former featherweight contender and Aldo’s Nova Uniao teammate, Wagnney Fabiano (12-2 MMA, 2-1 WEC), will make the drop to 135 pounds for his next [...]

Michael DiSanto, UFC – Forrest Griffin was understandably unhappy the night of April 15, 2006, when Bruce Buffer announced that the judges had chosen long-time former 205-lb champion Tito Ortiz as the victor of their hard-fought split decision affair. He had every right to be upset that night because the fight was ultra close, so [...]

“I didn’t hit him in the head, I hit him in the arm. I don’t know why he would act like [that], I guess he was gassing. That’s the only thing I can think of, [him] trying to find some kind of excuse to complain. I know I didn’t hit him in the head. I [...]

LAS VEGAS – It was no Machida vs. “Shogun,” but judging once again became the center of attention following a UFC main event.

Immediately after Forrest Griffin was awarded a split-decision victory in the main event of Saturday night’s “UFC 106: Ortiz vs. Griffin II,” the third-straight UFC feature bout to receive at least one questionable [...]

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Quoteworthy:

“I’m always down to bang, man. My initial martial arts training came from Jeet Jun Do and striking background. I know what I’m good at and I say almost anybody’s going to be vulnerable to my knees, whether it’s to the face or the body or the arms — whatever, it’s gonna work either [...]