The Rampage Jackson-Rashad Evans fight is still a month away, and the UFC still has another pay-per-view show to promote between now and then. But in a sign of how big the promotion expects this fight to be, they're already hyping UFC 114, even though it's still more than a week before UFC 113. The 10th season of The Ultimate Fighter was the highest-rated in the show's history, and although that was mostly because of Kimbo Slice, a huge portion of the show was devoted to hyping the rivalry between Rampage and Rashad, the rival coaches. The UFC expected that ...

It was the spring of 2006 and Matt Hughes, then the UFC welterweight champion, had a problem. The problem was his back. More specifically, the problem was the three bulging discs that made every day its own little carnival of pain. He had a fight coming up in a month's time – a catchweight showdown with early UFC legend Royce Gracie. He had a decision to make. Only if you hear Hughes tell it, there was no decision. The matter had already been settled before the injury ever occurred. "I'm probably a little different than most people," says Hughes. "If ...

With his light-heavyweight trial run in the rearview mirror, Kimbo Slice is back to being a happy heavyweight. Back in his comfortable division, the MMA and crossover star returns to the cage at UFC 113, facing fellow Ultimate Fighter season 10 cast member Matt Mitrione. Interestingly, in discussing the fight during a recent edition of "Inside the Ultimate Fighter," Slice seemed to indicate a desire to move out of his comfort zone in a different way, employing a rarely-seen ground attack. "I'm sure he's probably going to try some takedowns, he's going to come with some stupid kicks and try to ...

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="340" caption="Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images "][/caption] Although UFC president Dana White has no choice but to showcase controversial middleweight king Anderson Silva as the featured attraction at UFC 117 , that doesn’t mean he isn’t worried about it. “You have to,” White told a small group of reporters following WEC 48 on Saturday night. “He’s ...

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="340" caption="Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images "][/caption] Oct. 24, 2009 marked a day of controversy in the world of mixed martial arts and The Ultimate Fighting Championship. Light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida came into Staples Center in Los Angeles on an impressive streak that included not having lost a round since making his UFC debut in 2007. That streak swiftly came to an end when he met ...