There's been a lot of questions surrounding Takanori Gomi over the last few years. Did he lose a step? Does he still have what it takes to compete with the best in the world? Is he past his prime? One fighter who has no questions about what Gomi brings to the table is his opponent at UFC Fight Night 21 on March 31. Kenny Florian believes that he is facing one of the most dangerous opponents in the sport. "I don’t buy any of that 'Gomi has been declining.’ I don't believe that's the case at all," said Florian in an interview with MMAWeekly Radio recently. Gomi's addition to the UFC's lightweight division is a ...

If there was any question about the level of talent that Roy Nelson would face in his first match-up following his victory on “The Ultimate Fighter Season 10,” look no further than six-foot-eleven-inch heavyweight Stefan Struve, who will oppose the reality show winner Wednesday night at UFC Fight Night 21 in Charlotte, N.C. Given Nelson's past experience, it's not a surprise that he gets a much more seasoned opponent than other TUF winners, and to hear the Las Vegas fighter tell it, that's exactly what he wanted. "For myself, I was glad to get Stefan. He just beat Paul Buentello. He's a guy that's definitely right in the middle of the mix with the ...

Shane Carwin is bright enough to handle the demands of a full-time job as a civil and mechanical engineer in northern Colorado. Maybe then, he'd be so kind as to explain the science behind the mind-scrambling statistics he's compiled. Twelve fights, 12 first-round stoppage victories. "I'm wordless. I'm speechless," was all he could muster after smashing his way through his latest victim, the one-time undisputed and one-time interim UFC champion Frank Mir at UFC 111. The challenges though, continue to get bigger, and the next problem the engineer must solve is the biggest in MMA right now: UFC heavyweight champion Brock ...

Brock Lesnar vs Shane Carwin - An Explosion of Catastrophe

The relationship between Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz could be described as volatile to even the most casual viewer that's ever heard the two former champions talk about each other. When things get personal though, that's when Liddell's anger rockets to a new level. The former light heavyweight champion says he didn't take the bait when Ortiz's girlfriend, former adult actress Jenna Jameson, took to Twitter recently and bashed Liddell and UFC president Dana White. Liddell says he even told his followers to back off of Jameson when things got a little too heated. "I just take the high road with that," Liddell said on Monday. "I even asked my people on Twitter to back off ...