TJ Grant has trained in Thailand five times and was out there again recently to prepare for this weekend’s UFC 160 meeting with perennial contender Gray Maynard.Maynard likes to press forward and Grant says he can “stand with anyone” so the fight has every prospect of being a banger. ...

Ross Pearson runs down his top five UK fighters of all time and places Paul ‘Semtex’ Daley at number one: “Best fighter I’ve ever trained with, hits hardest, I love his game and his attitude.” ...

KSW 23 is about to get Big Sexy.The former UFC heavyweight Sean ‘Big Sexy’ McCorkle was today announced as the opponent for Mariusz Pudzianowski in a special two-round match taking place on the June 8 card. McCorkle went 1-2 in the UFC, winning by submission against Mark Hunt in the former K-1 champion’s UFC debut.    A submission fighter...

Alistair Overeem’s next UFC appearance has been set.The Dutch heavyweight will fight Travis Browne on the debut FOX Sports 1 broadcast taking place August 17. Boston will host the event, which is shaping up to be one of the most stacked of the year. Overeem had originally been set to appear on the UFC 164 card taking place August 31, but the...

Matt Serra’s long-suspected retirement is finally (almost) official. The one-time UFC welterweight champion has (almost) declared his retirement from mixed martial arts competition after suffering a series of health scares. Recent pains in his arm turned into a stiffness which prevented him lifting or bending it. So at two o’clock in the...

Light-heavyweight Rafael Feijao is almost on top of his UFC debut, which takes place June 8 in Fortaleza, Ceara.He will face Thiago Silva on the main card of the TUF Brazil 2 Finale, which is headlined by a heavyweight fight between Fabricio Werdum and Rodrigo Nogueira.“I have no pressure whatsoever to be fighting in UFC. I am already a world...

Paul Sass has signed with Bellator MMA.The lightweight grappling prodigy, who represents the Liverpool, UK team Kaobon, was officially unveiled as a Bellator fighter today.Joining him are two other Brits - TUF 9 standout Martin ‘Stapes’ Stapleton, a former Royal Marine, and the reigning BAMMA lightweight champion Rob Sinclair.All three have...

This is hilarious. Hot on the heels of the infamous Taylor Swift ‘Goat Remix’ (you must have seen this? See below if you haven’t) comes the Taylor  Swift ‘Antonio Silva’ remix. A work of genius.   The original goat remix:   ...

Jose Aldo has been in Amsterdam training with the former K-1 MAX champion Andy Souwer. On August 3, Aldo will defend his featherweight title against top contender Anthony Pettis in the main event of UFC 163 in front of a Rio de Janeiro crowd. It isn’t the first time that Aldo has trained with Souwer. He explains that the trips take him out of...

Josh Barnett and the UFC have worked out their differences. The Warmaster is a UFC fighter once more. Barnett was today announced as the latest addition to the heavyweight roster, ending months of ‘will he, won’t he?’ speculation. The former UFC heavyweight champion was the only big name on the Strikeforce roster who didn’t immediately...