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Dana White, president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, says the organisation will have some form of network television deal within a year."I guarantee you by September 15th of next year, we will be on network television, I'll put on probably one [show] per quarter - that should have been on pay-per-view - on network TV,” he told the DAM Morning Show...

Fresh of his win over Randy Couture at UFC 102 last week, Antonio Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira (32-5-1) has set his sights on the UFC heavyweight title held by Randy Couture.At Bitetti Combat 4 on Saturday, he spoke with Brasil Combate about his performance against Couture and the future. “Our goal is the belt and I believe in God it will happen....

The WEC has confirmed a featherweight title fight between champion Mike Brown and challenger Jose Aldo.It will take place on Wednesday, November 18th at The Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada when WEC 44 rolls into town a week before UFC 106 touches down in the city. “This fight is for more than just the featherweight title,” WEC GM...

UFC 105 is already one of the top ten UFC events ever in terms of volume of ticket sales, with 70 per cent of seats at the Manchester Evening News Arena already sold.And UFC UK division president Marshall Zelaznik today told Fighters Only that the event could find itself in the top five most successful UFC shows ever if sales continue at this same pace.“We had...

The UFC’s next European venture after UFC 105 will be a January show in the UK or Republic of Ireland, Fighters Only was told today.According to UFC UK president Marshall Zelaznik, the organisation is looking at a number of loacations for a January 30th show, including Dublin, Glasgow and Nottingham.Dublin is also being looked at for a March event which would...

British heavyweight James McSweeney is the lone Brit on the latest season of The Ultimate Fighter, which premieres on UK television this Saturday. Determined to follow in the footsteps of last season’s British winners Ross Pearson and James Wilks and, of course, the UK’s first ever TUF champion Michael ‘the Count’ Bisping, he has been doing...

Murilo Rua - the "Ninja" brother of Shogun - made the best fight of the night knocking out Alex Stiebling - the former Brazilian Killer - with a high kick at 0:45 second of fight. After the mortal kick, Ninja coverred him with a flurry of punches.  Pedro Rizzo stepped in the cage to face off Jeff Monson. Monson wanted to venge his loss at Art of War...

Nate Diaz vs. Melvin GuillardThe toughest guy with a lisp since Mike Tyson, TUF Season Five winner and Gracie Jiu-Jitsu black belt Nate Diaz was on a five-fight winning streak before suffering back-to-back decision losses to takedown artists Clay Guida and Joe Stevenson. (The downside to being a Jiu-Jitsu specialist is that most MMA judges pay zero attention to the...

TheBrazilianNinja was in Rio de Janeiro last Saturday for Bitetti Combat 4, an event that put on great names from Brazil such as Murilo Ninja, Pedro Rizzo, Paulo Filho and Ricardo Arona.UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva was in attendance as a VIP guest and our Brazilian Fighters Only correspondent sat down with ‘The Spider’ for a quick talk.He...

The UFC has confirmed that Brock Lesnar will defend his heavyweight title belt against Shane Carwin at UFC 106 on November 21st.It has also been confirmed that Mark Coleman will meet Tito Ortiz in a light-heavyweight match at that event.Bout agreements have been signed by all four fighters and returned to the UFC, making the two fights official.Lesnar (4-1) will...