Kenny Florian goes in on referee Steve Mazzagatti for what he sees as a lack of competence in his officiating, and says that he and his team used to refuse to have him officiate whenever Florian was in an important fight.Florian is retired so can safely fire away at Mazzagatti but note how co-host Chael Sonnen, a currently active fighter who could...

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Chael Sonnen’s recent verbal tirade against basketball player LeBron James was unexpected, but the UFC fighter says that it was not unfounded. Sonnen called James a “dork” and a “nerd” while on the Jim Rome show recently, and has explained to Bleacher Report why he did so.Bleacher Report: What prompted you to call LeBron James a dork on...

Carlos Condit thinks his upcoming fight with Martin Kampmann is a “do or die” fight for both of them in terms of their welterweight relevance. The fight is a rematch of their 2009 meeting at a UFC Fight Night event, which Kampmann won by way of split-decision.“I’m really pleased to have the opportunity to avenge that loss. It was a really...

The MMA Elite Team go paintballing with pro-fighters and some fans. Special appearances by Fabricio Werdum, Michael Bisping, Babalu Sobral, Francisco Rivera and Bobby Green among others. ...

UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva tells us what we all know as he prepares to fight the undefeated Chris Weidman at the UFC's annual Fourth of July weekend show on July 6, 2013 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, in Las Vegas, Nevada."I've been waiting for the fight for a long time," said Silva. "I believe if you train 100%, your results will be...

Cain Velasquez “hits like a girl,” according to former heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos.The two are 1-1 against each other and are due to fight for a third time in October in order to settle the series."I had no cuts against Cain Velasquez. And he hits like a girl. He hit me a lot during the five rounds, but did not open any cuts,...

Anthony Pettis responds to people complaining about his ‘queue-jumping’ to get title shots in the UFC. ...

The upcoming UFC event in Boston this August has been hit with an unexpected snag.Massachusetts state law requires professional fighters to have social security numbers. The foreign fighters on the UFC roster don’t have them, and unless they can be issued with temporary ones the UFC faces the possibility of having to move the event or pull the...