Urijah Faber thinks he or Chad Mendes should fight Frankie Edgar at UFC 153

Hot on the heels of the diappointing announcement that Jose Aldo will indeed miss the UFC 153 headlining bout with Frankie Edgar, it appears that two new potential opponents have arisen from the fray. Team Alpha Male Leader Urijah Faber has spoken out on Twitter, calling for either he or his teammate Chad Mendes to be the man to replace Featherweight champ Aldo:

Weighed 158 yest“@thesensation82: @danawhite edgar v @urijahfaber for Interim belt? I’m sure the Cali kid wouldn’t mind stepping up

Press Release: The Utimate Fighter 16 cast unveiled by FX

Today the full list of all fighter participants for The Ultimate Fighter: Season 16 were announced by FX, courtesy of UFC.com. Featuring an initial cast of 32 fighters who will fight their way into the house of 16 spots, all will be competing at Welterweight this season. As has been hyped in recent months, the two teams will be coached by massive Heavyweights Roy Nelson and Shane Carwin, who will face off at season’s end. Roy Nelson has started up some intial controversy with some Zuffa-banned participants

Carwin and Nelson to coach next season of The Ultimate Fighter on FX

UFC Heavyweights Roy Nelson and Shane Carwin will serve as coaches on the 16th season of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF), culminating in a season-ending fight between the two in the show’s finale. UFC President Dana White revealed the news as an exclusive to USA Today Sports, this morning.According to White: “This is going to be a very interesting dynamic between these two heavyweights. They both have huge punching power and great chins, but outside of the octagon, they couldn’t be any more different. These two

Possible injury may scratch Melendez-Thomson fight

Rumors have been circulating all day that Josh Thomson had injured his knee and tore his PCL (Posterior cruciate ligament) jeopardizing his scheduled Strikeforce® Lightweight title fight against Gilbert Melendez, scheduled for May 19 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California. No official word has been released from Thomson, Strikeforce®, Zuffa or Showtime® as of this writing.A PCL injury is a serious knee injury, although not a common one. It results from forced knee flexion, or a direct blow

Remembering Cro Cop: A look back at the career of Mirko Filipovic

When I was ten years old my uncle bought me a brand new Playstation game that has helped blossom my love and interest in combat sports.  K-1 Revenge came out in 1999 and it introduced me to many kickboxing legends that I admire and still enjoy watching today. Names like Ernesto Hoost, Peter Aerts, the late Andy Hug, Mike Bernardo, and many more. One name in the game that really stood out to me at the time was Mirko Tiger. Not because of his style or the way he played, but it was his name itself that I