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Bruce Lee's younger brother Robert says that the legendary martial arts icon would have “1,000 per cent” been involved with MMA if he were still alive today.Speaking at the recent ONE FC-produced ‘Asia MMA Summit’ in Singapore, Lee and his sister Phoebe talked about their brother’s influence on the modern sport. “Spirit-wise, he would support it 1,000 per...

Antonio Carvalho says he is “heartbroken” at being released from his UFC contract earlier this week.Having gone 2-2 in the UFC, with his latest result being a first-round TKO loss to Darren Elkins in March, Carvalho was officially notified of his departure from the roster several days ago.“I'm heartbroken. I really wanted to get another shot out there. I feel...

Anderson Silva claims he didn’t know he was supposed to be attending a media day in Los Angeles on Tuesday.The UFC middleweight champion was fined $50,000 by the organization for flying home to his native Brazil on Monday, thus no-showing the media day.“I have never missed any commitment to UFC. I would never make a trip to Brazil if I had known that I was...

Shane Carwin has called time on his career.The former UFC interim heavyweight champion has been absent from the Octagon nearly two years because of injuries. Now he has publicly announced that he will not be returning to the UFC but will instead be hanging the gloves up.“Officially retired 2day:-) thank you to my family, friends and fans! #dreambig GOD BLESS!!!”...

Tim Sylvia has been officially confirmed for the ONE FC event taking place May 31.The former UFC heavyweight champion faces Tony Johnson on the undercard of ONE FC: RISE TO POWER in Manila, Philippines. Also confirmed are Felipe Enomoto vs. Lowen Tynanes and ‘fan favorite’ Ryan Diaz against Russia’s Yusup Saadulaev, 0-2 in the ONE FC cage.Sylvia’s ONE FC...

Luke Rockhold has called for overseas athletic commissions to refuse TRT exemptions to fighters who have previously tested positive for steroid use. In the US, athletic commissions generally won’t give a TRT exemption to a fighter who has failed a steroid test in the past. This is because one side effect of prolonged steroid use can be reduced capacity to produce...

A one-hour special interview with Dana White will air on AXS TV on May 17, with White being interviewed by fight sport commentator Michael "The Voice" Schiavello.In this extract, White claims that he never feels uncomfortable around any fighter, despite his many outbursts against many of them over the years:"Nobody can make me feels uncomfortable," said Dana White....

Pancrase was founded in 1993 and has put on shows with some of the greatest MMA fighters of all time including Bas Rutten, Ken Shamrock and Josh Barnett. Now the long-standing Japanese promotion will be streaming globally for the first time on Sunday May 19th. The PPV will cost $9.99 and host fights featuring both male and female athletes.Following the trend of the...

The UFC has confirmed the signing of a three-year TV deal with BT for its UK and Ireland television rights.The three-year partnership will see all of UFC’s live and taped programming broadcast on the BT Sport channels and, for the first time, will include originally-produced programming for the UK and Irish audience.BT will begin airing UFC programming from the...

Anderson Silva has been $50,000 by the UFC after failing to attend a scheduled media day.He was supposed to be in Los Angeles today to meet with local news outlets in order to begin promotion of the UFC 162 fight with Chris Weidman taking place on July 6. Instead he elected to fly home to Brazil. “We had a full media day set up for him in Los Angeles, and he just...