Three years ago, the UFC decided to give Melvin Guillard a second chance. To say he's made the most of it would be an understatement. Guillard returned to the UFC in July of 2008 after having been...

If it wasn't clear before, it's certainly clear now: Dominick Cruz is the best bantamweight in mixed martial arts. Cruz handled his latest challenge, Urijah Faber, at UFC 132, and he has now won...

Dominick Cruz is now one of just a handful of MMA fighters who can say he has defeated every man he has ever stepped into the cage with: The 18-1 Cruz lost just once, to Urijah Faber in 2007, and...

Cain Velasquez and Junior dos Santos have proven beyond a reasonable doubt that they're the two best heavyweights in mixed martial arts. The rest of the division is a jumble. Velasquez has...

Could Mark Munoz be a future contender to Anderson Silva's middleweight title? That's a question few people would have asked before UFC 131. But after Munoz beat Demian Maia, it's a serious...

Kenny Florian is the most likely next contender for the UFC featherweight championship. But has he really earned a title shot against Jose Aldo? If the way you "earn" a title shot is to work your...

Demetrious "Mighty Mouse" Johnson is the next big thing in the bantamweight division in mixed martial arts. Or maybe the next little thing. Johnson is small even by bantamweight standards (if the...

Brian Stann has always been a great story. What he's showing now -- in the year since he moved down to middleweight -- is that he's a great fighter. Stann, a Naval Academy graduate who earned a...

There's an exciting new entrant in the list of the Top 10 welterweights in mixed martial arts, as Rick Story earned his spot with an upset of Thiago Alves at UFC 130. Alves has been considered a...

These are uncertain times for women's mixed martial arts. Strikeforce has been the industry leader in female fights, while the UFC has maintained that it has no interest in putting women in the...