ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates -- Paul Taylor will not be competing at UFC 112 Saturday night. MMA Fighting learned of the news from UFC sources at Concert Arena in Abu Dhabi. According to the UFC sources, Taylor is suffering from a bad migraine and was not medically cleared to fight. He was scheduled to fight against John Gunderson in undercard lightweight action. Gunderson will not be competing on the card. No word on whether he or Taylor will be paid any kind of purse. Taylor (10-5-1, 1 NC) is coming off a unanimous decision loss to John Hathaway at ...

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates -- MMA Fighting spoke to Mohammed al Housani, the UFC's first Arabic-speaking commentator, at Friday's weigh-ins about calling the action for the UFC's first event in the United Arab Emirates. Nicknamed "Mohammed Rogan," the 25-year-old Emirati talked about how he got involved with the UFC and previewed Saturday night's UFC 112 main card. Check out the video interview below. 4/09/2010 5:15 PM ET By Ariel Helwani

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates -- Dana White met with the media Thursday at the Yas Hotel in Abu Dhabi, and when the topic of finally signing Fedor Emelianenko to a UFC contract came up, the UFC president stated that signing the former PRIDE heavyweight champion "has become my obsession." White also said that he talked to Emelianenko's management "more recent than you would think" and that he wanted to see Emelianenko, who has a contract with M-1 Global and Strikeforce, in the UFC more than the fans do. Check out the video of White talking about signing Emelianenko below. 4/09/2010 10:10 AM ET By Ariel Helwani

With just days to go before this weekend's UFC 112 in Abu Dhabi, UFC staffers are still busy preparing for future events as well.  This evening, the UFC confirmed the full card and bout order for May 29th's UFC 114: Rampage vs. Evans, in Las Vegas: Main Card: - Quinton "Rampage" Jackson vs. Rashad Evans - Forrest Griffin vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira - Michael Bisping vs. Dan Miller - Todd Duffee vs. Mike Russow - Diego Sanchez vs. John Hathaway Prelims: - Amir Sadollah vs. Dong-Hyun Kim - Efrain Escudero vs. Dan Lauzon - Melvin Guillard vs. Thiago Tavares - Luiz Cane vs. Cyrille Diabate - Aaron Riley vs. Joe Brammer - Jesse Forbes vs. Ryan Jensen Russow, Duffee, and Hathaway will ...

As Renzo Gracie prepares to fight Matt Hughes on Saturday at UFC 112, he says he's going to use the skill that his family is famous for around the world -- Brazilian jiu jitsu -- to win the fight. Gracie, who is a grandson of Carlos Gracie and a grandnephew of Helio Gracie, said in a chat with MMAFighting.com readers that he believes his superior Brazilian jiu jitsu skills will more than make up for Hughes' excellent wrestling. "Better jiu jitsu is what will make the difference in this fight -- I can ...