This is an unusual one. Usually it is the kicker who gets his leg broken after throwing a low kick with no setup, straight into a waiting shin-block.In this instance, the aggressor kicks the opponents shin-block so hard that he actually breaks clean through the guy’s shin.Horrendously, the recipient doesn’t notice initially and the fight goes...

Mark Hunt is out of his fight with Stefan Struve.The former K-1 champion has pulled out of a fight because of injury for the first time in his whole career, it was announced today.Hunt suffered a knee injury in training. He is presently in Florida, where he had been training with American Top Team for his UFC 146 fight Struve.His replacement has...

BJ Penn won’t be fighting Josh Koscheck.Earlier today Koscheck told the world that the UFC had offered him Penn for his next fight and that he was only waiting to hear assent from Penn before the match could be announced as official.But cynical observers wondered if Koscheck was just trying to talk his way into a Penn fight - he seems to be a...

Chael Sonnen is on top form in this appearance on top US sports chat show Jim Rome.He explains that his first fight with Anderson Silva resulted in a loss only because he tapped ‘in appreciation’ of Anderson’s fifth-round triangle and didn’t realise it would cause the fight to be stopped. “I thought it meant he won that round and I won...

Dan Henderson has had many compliments paid to him by critics over the years, but he might not know whether to smile or frown at Arthur Jones’ assessment of him.Arthur, the NFL player brother of UFC light-heavyweight champion Jon Jones, described Henderson as “old but explosive” in comments made to a Washington news outlet this week....

Josh Thompson gets his car towed away because he didn't know you "aren't suppose to park over sewer grates". The rest of his AKA team mates all profess to be fully aware of this rule, leaving Josh making frantic phone calls attempting to recover his vehicle from nonplussed city hall employees Tune in to SHOWTIME on Saturday, May 19th 10PM ET/PT...

BJ Penn’s retirement seems to be at an end.Josh Koscheck, who lost a decision to Johny Hendricks earlier this month, says he has been offered a fight with the former welterweight and lightweight champion. "#UFC just offered me to fight BJ Penn...I said YES!!!!! Just waiting on him!!!!!! Let's scrap bra?" Koscheck posted on his official Twitter...

Urijah Faber’s next opponent will be revealed tomorrow.Faber had been due to fight rival TUF: Live coach Dominick Cruz for the bantamweight title in July, but Cruz has suffered a knee ligament injury and will now be sidelined for some time.While Cruz will finish out his time as coach, he won’t be able to fight Faber as scheduled and so a new...

Whether it’s staged inside a 80,000-seater football stadium in Brazil, a casino in Las Vegas or a greasy spoon in Stoke on Trent – show me one fight fan who isn’t looking forward to this summer’s UFC 185lb title showdown, and I’ll show you a liar!When pound-for-pound champion Anderson Silva collides with pound-for-pound quote king Chael...

He’s the greatest mixed martial artist the world has ever known. Yet Anderson Silva remains something of a puzzle outside of South America, shunning media and mainstream attention. Inside the Octagon the UFC middleweight champion has got everything: outrageous stand-up, a lethal ground game and the kind of cage craft that would make Ali blush....