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Right after Thiago Silva knocked Rafael Cavalcante out at the weekend’s TUF Brasil 2 Finale, he was called out by former team mate Antonio ‘Bigfoot’ Silva via Twitter. “Thiago weighs 105kg, he’s a heavyweight and has to drop weight [to fight at 205lbs division]. We have an issue to be solved, so he could accept to fight me at heavyweight,” Bigfoot...

Mark Munoz hasn’t fought since a shock KO loss to Chris Weidman in July last year. That fight simultaneously derailed Munoz’s contender run (he was 4-0 going in) and earned 9-0 Weidman a title shot.Having been rehabbing his injuries since July, Munoz returns to the Octagon with a UFC 162 fight against Tim Boetsch on July 6. ...

Currently on a four-fight win streak, former TUF season two competitor Josh Burkman is looking to not only make it five wins in a row, but avenge a loss against long time top contender Jon Fitch. We spoke to 'The People's Warrior' about his upcoming contest with Fitch, why money isn't the most important thing in fighting, and how MMA has grown considerably over the...

Jon Fitch’s war of words with UFC president Dana White continues, with the latest installment being this video blog in which Fitch talks about the pay he received from the UFC and why money isn’t the crux of his beef with the organization. Fitch debuts for World Series of Fighting on NBC this Friday in a rematch with Josh Burkman.“There’s been some talk about...

This is horrific, don’t watch it if you’re eating.Mark Hunt has come down with an infected haematoma in his left leg following his UFC 160 fight with Junior Dos Santos. A haematoma is a pocket of blood which is escaped the blood vessels and is trapped beneath the surface of the skin; essentially they are serious bruises. “Right leg is fractured big toe lol and...

Former Pride FC heavyweight champion and former UFC interim heavyweight champion Rodrigo Nogueira was once considered all but invincible. Notorious for taking huge amounts of punishment before suddenly catching a submission, Nogueira’s recent run in the UFC has been a less-than-stellar 3-3.At the weekend he was submitted in the first round of his fight with...

Officials have confirmed the first batch of fights for Cage Warriors 57, which is set for Liverpool’s iconic Echo Arena on Saturday, 20 July, 2013.Liverpudlian trio Danny Roberts, Lee Chadwick and Chris Fishgold will all feature on the event’s main card, while two very attractive bouts have also been confirmed for the prelims.Danny Roberts (8-1), a top-10 UK...

Seven more fighters have today been added to Cage Warriors Fighting Championship’s roster of talent.Five-fight contracts have each been signed by Steven Ray (pictured), Shaj Haque, Mick Sinclair, Carl Noon, Lawrence Fitzpatrick, Bryan Creighton and John Redmond.The deals will commit all seven fighters exclusively to Cage Warriors over a minimum period of 18...

NAME: Jewel SantiniAGE: 27HEIGHT: 5'4"NATIONALITY: Thai/BritishLOCATION: London, UKWhat does your fitness regime consist of?"My sessions have made many a big bodybuilder run home crying to their mummies!.. I do strength and conditioning, a bit of MMA, I run a lot, but I don't have a set routine it's more intuition at this point."Do you have a favourite fighter?"I...

Chael Sonnen has finally admitted what many have long suspected - the attempt to lure Jon Jones into a short-notice fight at UFC 151 was in collusion with Dan Henderson. Sonnen and Henderson are long-time friends and team mates under the Team Quest banner. When Henderson pulled out of his UFC 151 fight with Jones on eight days notice, a replacement was always going...