Beating Jon Fitch for the biggest win of his career made Friday night special for Josh Burkman. Doing it in spectacular fashion — in only 41 seconds — made sure Saturday was pretty good, too.
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It’s not every day you’ll find fashion-forward workout clothing for both yoga and cage-fighting enthusiasts, but a new store in the Summerlin area is focusing on hitting both demographics.
It’s the prized cash cow for Ultimate Fighting Championship, the Las Vegas-based multimillion-dollar combat-fight promotion company — pay-per-view.
Former Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans snapped a two-fight losing streak with a split decision over Dan Henderson in the UFC 161 main event in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, on Saturday night.
Las Vegan Roy Nelson will be fighting for a new contract tonight when he meets heavyweight Stipe Miocic at UFC 161 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship’s decision to release perennial welterweight contender Jon Fitch this year was one of the more surprising news stories in mixed martial arts.
She grew up in those little fishing villages on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula — towns with names such as Homer and Seward and Soldotna. So when Swayze Valentine heard the roar of the mixed martial arts crowd in Anchorage one night, because MMA is everywhere except New York these days, she said it was just about the loudest thing she’d ever heard. If you don’t count a Kodiak bear with a toothache.
Las Vegas-based Ultimate Fighting Championship expanded its combat sport empire with recent legislative MMA wins in Connecticut and Canada, but as of Wednesday afternoon, it could not get the New York Assembly to make mixed martial arts events legal in the Empire State.
If you’re a talented, undiscovered amateur MMA fighter with big dreams but a low budget, mixed martial arts event promoter Terry Trebilcock has a deal for you.
There aren’t many UFC pay-per-view cards that feature a main event with two fighters coming off a loss, but there aren’t a lot of fighters with resumes like Dan Henderson and Rashad Evans.
Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight contender Fabricio Werdum exacted revenge for a 2006 loss with a verbal submission victory Saturday night over Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira at UFC on Fuel TV 10 in Fortaleza, Brazil.
Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight contender Fabricio Werdum seeks his third straight win and revenge for a 2006 defeat when he takes on Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira in the main event of UFC on Fuel TV 10 tonight in Fortaleza, Brazil.
Las Vegan Robert Drysdale has signed a contract with the Ultimate Fighting Championship and will make his debut against Ednaldo Oliveira at UFC 163 on Aug. 3 in Rio de Janeiro.
When Dana White was a high school student in Las Vegas, nobody could have imagined Friday night’s festivities.
Anderson Silva has little left to accomplish in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, and he knows it.
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