Former boxing champion Edwin Valero committed suicide in his jail cell today just hours after he was arrested in his wife's murder, according to police in Venezuela. The former lightweight champion used his own clothes to hang himself in his cell, Venezuelan Federal Police Chief Wilmer Flores told reporters. He said Valero tied his clothes to a cell bar to hang himself. Valero was found by another inmate and still showed signs of life, but jail personnel was unable to save him, Flores said. Valero was jailed yesterday on suspicion of killing his wife, Jennifer Viera, who was stabbed to death at a hotel. Prosecutors had ...

At UFC 112, the unthinkable happened: BJ Penn lost to Frankie Edgar.  After a relatively uneventful five rounds, the judges came back with a unanimous verdict in Edgar's favor.  Say what you want about the decision, but BJ let a close fight go to the judges.  He looked like a broken and beaten man after the fight. Does Frankie Edgar jump to number one for beating BJ Penn?  I'm sure some people will say yes.  Fight Matrix already has Edgar at number one.  I'm not a big rankings guy, but I think there is a strong case for ranking Shinya Aoki number one.  Edgar's win was not exactly dominant, and a lot of people think he should ...

Over the past few years, we've seen a number of situations in which a fighter works his way up to the number one contender spot, loses the title fight, and then spends the next few years proving that he can beat anyone in the division except the champion.  Jon Fitch and Rich Franklin come immediately to mind, and now Kenny Florian finds himself in a similar position. Florian has to be considered the favorite against anybody in the UFC lightweight division besides BJ Penn.  The next logical fight for Florian is Gray Maynard, and while it's a tough fight, I would pick Florian to win it.  If he does, he'd effectively knock off ...

British lightweight prospect Andre Winner has had to wait nearly four months before treading the boards to the cage again. This time he will be walking out to the crowd in North Carolina as part of the UFC Fight Night 21 card, taking on tricky Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu stylist Rafaello Oliveira. “Oliveira is an aggressive, wild striker with a solid jiu-jitsu background,” states the Rough House fighter, before adding confidently, “he lets you think you are getting out of things before using that to set up something else. He is quite crafty in his grappling, but I have been working my ground game and wrestling.” Winner is known to have fast hands, a good chin, ...

After his 1-3 run in the organization that included a recent decision loss to Rafael dos Anjos at UFC Fight Night 20, Ultimate Fighting Championship officials cut lightweight Kyle Bradley from the organization's roster. Bradley confirmed the termination of his contract via Twitter. Bradley (14-7 MMA, 1-3 UFC), who debuted with the UFC two years ago, likely will be best remembered for his TKO victory over "The Ultimate Fighter 8" runner-up Phillipe Nover at UFC 98. from MMAJunkie.com