Nick Diaz and Carlos Condit are to rematch immediately, before either will face any other opponent.The news has been confirmed by UFC president Dana White, who said Condit gave his assent to the rematch on Tuesday despite previous comments from his manager specifically stating that a rematch was not of interest.
Fans clamoured for a rematch...
Chelsea player John Terry is a name familiar to soccer fans all over the world but especially to those in the UK, as he was until this week the captain of the England football team. A successful player on the field, he is a controversial figure away from it and he has over the years been embroiled in a seemingly endless series of scandals and PR...
Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson was one of the biggest names on the Pride FC roster and fans badly wanted to see him fight UFC light-heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell. So in 2003, the UFC was persuaded to allow Liddell to take part in the Pride Middleweight Grand Prix.In this video - which plugs the upcoming UFC 3D video game - he recounts how he...
You might remember Masato Toys as being the creators of a fictional line of MMA toys that includes a blind Cecil Peoples and a Joe Rogan doll complete with weed-smoking accessories.Now those same crazy brains have turned their attention to the media and have knocked up what they think an MMA special edition of the National Enquirer might look...
It is finally happening - Jon Jones and Rashad Evans are confirmed for the headline slot of UFC 145.They will headline the Atlanta, Georgia event on April 21st with the light-heavyweight title on the line, bringing a long grudge to fruition at last. The fight was confirmed to Fighters Only by one fighter’s management last night and official...
Nick Diaz’s coach Cesar Gracie is not a fan of Greg Jackson’s camp nor Nevada judges. He let both have it during an appearance on The MMA Hour following his fighter’s decision loss to Carlos Condit in the main event of UFC 143 on Saturday night. Many fans felt the decision should have gone Diaz’s way and controversy has raged over the...
Brandon Vera has explained - kind of - why he decided to pull out of a rematch with Thiago Silva just as soon as it was announced.Fight fans will remember how Silva battered Vera at UFC 125 last year and gave him a badly broken nose, plus an exit from the UFC for losing three fights in a row. But then Silva failed a drug test and was suspended for...
We’ve got pretty strong stomachs here at Fighters Only - you have to, to eat in our canteen - but this made even us recoil in horror momentarily.Roy Nelson fought Fabricio Werdum on Saturday night at UFC 143.Roy has a big right hand and likes a grapple. Werdum is one of the MMA world’s top jiu jitsu players and so some BJJ fun seemed...
MMA’s most frightening power-couple have parted ways after six years of marriage.The Cyborgs - aka Cris and Evangelista - have formally announced their separation. The news was revealed by former Strikeforce women's featherweight champion Cris via a post on Brazilian sports forum UOL.“After six years of dedication to love and to happiness of...
There has been plenty of criticism for Carlos Condit since he won the UFC interim welterweight title on Saturday night with a gameplan that has been described as ‘masterful’ by his admirers and simply as ‘running’ by his detractors.One person who doesn’t care for what the critics have to say is Greg Jackson, Condit’s coach and the man...