Masvidal replaces Madadi against Chiesa at FOX 8
A visa issue has reportedly knocked Reza Madadi out of UFC on FOX 8. As a result, Michael Chiesa will now meet Jorge Masvidal on July 27.
A visa issue has reportedly knocked Reza Madadi out of UFC on FOX 8. As a result, Michael Chiesa will now meet Jorge Masvidal on July 27.
As expected, the UFC is returning to Toronto in September.
Pat Healy's biggest night of his career turned bittersweet after failing a drug test for marijuana taken after his win over Jim Miller. The failure will cost Healy not only his win, which has been overturned, but $135,000 in forfeited bonuses.
UFC officials have asked heavyweight contender Roy Nelson to apply for a license to fight Junior dos Santos in the co-main event of UFC 160.
Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva was on the wrong end of a Cain Velasquez beatdown last year. But he doesn't see that as indicative of how their UFC 160 rematch will go down.
Listen to today's UFC 160 media conference call with UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez, former UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos, Antonio Silva and Mark Hunt.
The UFC is confident that Mark Hunt will make it into the United States for UFC 160. For his part, Hunt says the matter is out of his hands.
Luke Rockhold, Strikeforce's last middleweight champion, gets his wish when he faces Vitor Belfort Saturday at UFC on FX 8. It's a fight that Rockhold believes a win for him would shake up the MMA world, much as he did when beating Jacare Souza.
What retirement? According to the CSAC, Nick Diaz has begun the process of applying for his promoter's license to potentially start an MMA organization in the state of California. Seriously.
Boston's Joe Lauzon returns home to meet Michael Johnson on the Aug. 17 UFC on FS 1 card.