Lorenzo Fertitta, Ultimate Fighting Championship chief executive and chairman, is leading a contingent of UFC staffers and fighters Tuesday on a one-day tour of three upstate New York cities to extol the economic virtues of hosting a UFC event.
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It has been quite a year for Roy Nelson.
Reuben Rios moved to Las Vegas in 2000 to take a chance on a booming city. That chance gave him a booming professional career.
Complete chaos at the top of the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s light heavyweight division was less than 30 seconds away Saturday night at UFC 159 in Newark, N.J.
NEWARK, N.J. — It took the most physically gifted champion in the Ultimate Fighting Championship dominating an obviously overmatched opponent to restore some order to one of the most bizarre UFC events in recent memory.
NEWARK, N.J. — For those who believe Chael Sonnen has no shot to beat UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones tonight and got the opportunity only because of his ability to promote fights with his mouth, Sonnen has a simple message:
NEW YORK — Insults and humorous trash talk have been lobbed back and forth between Michael Bisping and Alan Belcher for months as they prepare for their pivotal fight Saturday in the Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight division.
Add one more name to the growing list of celebrities and sports stars who swear by the experimental healing powers of an increasingly prominent German doctor.
Benson Henderson won a split decision over Gilbert Melendez in the main event of UFC on Fox 7 on Saturday night to retain the Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight title.
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Tonight marks the Ultimate Fighting Championship debut for Gilbert Melendez, but the longtime Strikeforce lightweight champion will be familiar with his surroundings.
It is a slippery slope dripping with irony. The Ultimate Fighting Championship has released its Code of Conduct, which in a very legal and official way says fighters need to act in a decent manner while not making public statements that might otherwise define them as, well, ignorant rock heads.
SAN JOSE, Calif. — A one-sided beating administered by then-heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos in May was the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s way of telling Las Vegan Frank Mir to eat his vegetables.
There will be a whole lot more to the instructions Ronda Rousey gives her team on the upcoming season of “The Ultimate Fighter” than proper application of her notorious armbar submission.
Uriah Hall spent much of the week cautioning everyone who would listen to temper the soaring expectations and out-of-control hype surrounding his official Ultimate Fighting Championship debut on Saturday night.
Uriah Hall concedes that the hype surrounding him as he prepares for his official Ultimate Fighting Championship debut has begun to spiral out of control.
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