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The UFC 160 weigh-ins take place on Friday, May 24th, at 7:00 PM ET at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.   ...

Antonio Silva will be inspired by Brazilian legends Wanderlei Silva and Rodrigo Nogueira in his UFC heavyweight title shot versus champion Cain Velasquez tomorrow night.Bigfoot says he will be as aggressive as The Axe Murderer and as brave as Big Nog at UFC 160. “My strategy is to come into the fight as Wanderlei Silva, a Mad Dog style and with Minotauro’s heart....

The UFC thinks it has finally found the way to ensure its fighters don’t go round breaching its code of conduct - hit them in the pocket.Recently the organization had its Code of Conduct enshrined into a written document complete with penalties for violation. According to company president Dana White, this is fast appearing to be the way to handle situations in...

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 is currently in...

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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 meet up. The cordial...

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 at heart, McCorkle...