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Dominick Cruz and Urijah Faber were opposing coaches on the first live season of The Ultimate Fighter. Thee season would culminate in a rubber match between both coaches. It was slated to be the biggest grudge-match of the bantamweight division and had the full force of UFC’s marketing machine behind it; until trajedy struck.Cruz was forced out due to an ACL injury and Faber was told that Michael McDonald was injured and that Renan Barao didn’t want to leave Brazil to fight him, leaving Faber with the

A training camp injury to Mike Easton has resulted in changes being made to two upcoming UFC fight cards.
Easton, on a seven fight winning streak, was originally set to face Yves Jabouin at the UFC on Fuel 3 card. Jeff Hougland, who has a nine fight winning streak of his own, will replace Easton on that card, moving from UFC 148, where he had been scheduled to face Renan Barao.
Barao, 28-1-0-1, will now face Ivan Menjivar at UFC 148, in a fight that MMAFighting.com is reporting may very well decide who

Las Vegas, Nevada – History will be made on Saturday, Feb. 23 at Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., as the Ultimate Fighting Championship® will…

UFC 154 brought us an exciting night of fights featuring Georges St-Pierre’s successful return to the Octagon after a long layoff. With it came the traditional Fight Night bonuses, and GSP versus Carlos Condit earned the award for Fight of the Night. It was highly deserving of the award as the main event delivered a bloody war in which neither fighter was willing to give up. The two pocketed $70,000 apiece for their efforts.As far as the other awrds, Ivan Menjivar earned the 70K for Submission of the

(Sure, dude. Just trim off some of that disgusting excess fat, and you’ll hit 135 no problem. /…