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A list purporting to name the women who will be participating in The Ultimate Fighter season 18 has been released by The Wrestling Observer newsletter.However, the list includes 17 names whereas the cast will only accommodate 16. Apparently the explanation for this is that Tara LaRosa, who is by far one of the most accomplished, was initially accepted but was then...

The court battle between Bellator MMA and Eddie Alvarez will be going to trial and there will be no pre-trial agreements or resolutions, according to the former lightweight champion. He revealed via his Twitter account that he has given up hope for an amicable resolution, echoing comments made by Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney earlier this monthy.Rebney said the talks...

Regular UFC watchers will know that Mike Tyson is a big fan. Not only does he often pop up in the audience but he can also really break down a fight in both the standing and ground phases. He’s a big Machida fan and on one PPV was able to really give some insight into Machida’s tactics and standing movement.ESPN spoke with ‘Iron Mike’ recently and published...

Roy Nelson says he would happily fight Daniel Cormier - but only if there is a light-heavyweight contender slot on the cards. Earlier this week there were mixed messages from Team Nelson, with the man himself saying he was willing to fight Cormier but his manager saying he wasn’t. Nelson - who it must be borne in mind, often speaks with heavy irony - explained his...

Seasoned observers of Chael Sonnen’s will not have been surprised by his casual insertion of a fellow veteran’s name into his post-UFC 159 press conference comments, and now their suspicions have been confirmed.Sonnen was expected to talk retirement after losing to Jon Jones but instead he says he is “not going anywhere” until “me and Wanderlei Silva sort...

The nice people at FOX have negotiated a free fight from the UFC archives for us all to share, and it’s a good one.When young Jon Jones met Brandon Vera back in 2010, people thought it was a mismatch - in Vera’s favor.A noted Muay Thai stylist with a decent wrestling pedigree, Vera’s skillset meant there was talk of Jones being thrown to the wolves too...

Back in early 2011, Chael Sonnen was going hard after Anderson Silva via the pages of the MMA media.He had lost their UFC 117 meeting in the dying minutes of the fight after dominating for over four rounds, and he was confident he could score a win if he could get the rematch.So he trolled Anderson harder than he ever had before and for good measure he also went...

The recent news that wrestling is to be dropped from the Olympics from the 2020 games onwards met with a range of reactions from shock to scorn. It is an absurd decision, just one more sign that the Olympics are now a festival of commercialism and advertising sales. How else to justify the decision to drop a sport which, while not a huge spectator sport, was...

UFC 163 will see Jose Aldo defend the featherweight championship against Anthony Pettis. The fight is a few months away but watching this promo makes us wish it was a few days away. These are two of the top strikers in the game and the fight promises to be fireworks from start to finish. ...

Jon Jones was thought to have broken his left big toe during the fight with Chael Sonnen at UFC 159 but actually it has turned out to be a bad dislocation.Thanks to FUEL TV we can now watch in painstaking slow-motion as the toe separates and ‘pops’ into its dislocated position. You might not want to be eating while you watch this.UFC Tonight brings in a medical...