Alexander Gustafsson says a fight with UFC light-heavyweight champion Jon Jones is “on”.The Swedish contender tweeted the message directly at Jones earlier today, “Its on @JonnyBones cant wait to get in that cage with YOU!”He got a quick reply from Jones: “Fighting me is not good for your image @AlexTheMauler FYI”Interestingly, Jones...

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Jon Jones is in Moscow, Russia at present.The UFC light-heavyweight champion arrived there this week and has been enjoying Russian hospitality - including “lots of gifts” - in between teaching seminars and meeting with local movers and shakers.Former Pride FC heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko is also in town and the two have managed to...

UFC president Dana White talks about Mark Hunt’s travel issues, his recent trip to Boston to “give some money”, Vitor Belfort and the “TRT thing”. ...

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...