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As serious mixed martial arts fans, many of us have been around the sport long enough to know potential when we see it.  It usually comes in the form of a fresh face, but can also exist in a journeyman who has seemed to find a new found focus and determination. However on some occasions, it can take a fighter years to find the discipline or focus needed to channel that potential. Some of the fighters on this list have seemed to suffer from that lack of focus, some have suffered bad luck/timing or have

Cain Velasquez, who scored a TKO victory over Antonio Silva at this past Saturday’s UFC 146, needs an X-ray of his left hand. If it is broken, he could be on medical suspension until November. Silva, needs to have his nose checked for breakage and could be out for 6 months as well.Frank Mir who lost to Junior dos Santos by TKO  is out until July 23 and Lavar Johnson will require a visit to an orthopedic specialist following his loss by submission to Stefan Struve.MMAjunkie.com posted a list of medical

Fighter salaries for UFC 146: dos Santos vs. Mir were released on Tuesday by the Nevada Athletic Commission to MMAweekly.com.
Saturday night’s main event featured Junior dos Santos retaining his title as UFC heavyweight champion, defeating Frank Mir in the second round of their fight.
The following figures are based on the fighter salary information that the UFC is required by law to submit to the Nevada State Athletic Commission.
Mixed martial arts fighters do not have collective bargaining or a

UFC 146 has finally occurred and the results did not fail to deliver in the slightest way. The action came out of the gate smoking, and did not stop until the final bell. Each fight came out and ended with a convincing, action-packed finish that fans were expecting of an all-Heavyweight card.
First off, Stefan “Skyscraper” Struve extended his winning streak with an excellent first round submission of Lavar “Big” Johnson. After weathering some great shots from the heavy-handed

The UFC 146 preliminary fights are in the books and they delivered with a great amount of action. They started with Paul Sass utilizing his famous triangle choke for a first round submission. From there the action advanced quickly.
Dan Hardy was fighting for his job, facing Duane “Bang” Ludwig. Fortunately for him, he showed some of his old striking prowess in scoring the first round TKO. Hardy prematurely celebrated the bout after a great hook, but soon kept his job with a brutal TKO of his

UFC Heavyweight Dave”Pee-Wee” Herman has been known for his outspoken behavior during his brief tenure with the promotion. He ruffled the feathers of man when he discounted the actual effectiveness of BJJ after UFC 131 where he handily defeated submission whiz Jon-Olav Einemo. However, he has since lost to BJJ practitioner Stefan Struve, who mounted him on the ground to earn the TKO last February. Does that change Herman’s stance on arguably the most fundamental of all martial arts used in MMA?

After the dust settled on UFC 144 in Japan, Ben Henderson had taken the Lightweight title from Frankie Edgar in a five-round war. Henderson showed a well-rounded game and has reached the top of the division, but his work is far from over. This year promises to be a time of great action for the ultra-stacked UFC Lightweight division. Several fighters could make their own case for a title fight against Henderson. Let’s take a look at the most deserving:  
Frankie Edgar: Some, including UFC President

It seemed that many fight fans were not anticipating UFC 142 as eagerly as some of the more recent UFC fight cards and for those that slept on this card, I can only offer my condolences, because you really missed out. 
Any questions that may have lingered about Jose Aldo’s ability to withstand a wrestling based attack were answered early on in the main event as he stuffed each of Chad Mendes’ seven takedown attempts before putting him out with a well placed knee.
The knockout came with

The injury hit parade keeps rolling along for the UFC. It was announced today that light heavyweight Fabio Maldonado was forced to withdraw from UFC 142 due to an injury. Maldonado was scheduled to meet Caio Magalhaes on the January 14, fight card. With less than a week to find an opponent for Magalhaes, the UFC decided to remove him from the fight card, leaving the card with 10 fights at this point.
The unbeaten Magalhaes was actually a replacement fighter himself, as he was moved onto the card to replace

UFC 142 is set to go down on January 14 from the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro. The main event on the card will feature a Featherweight title bout between Champion Jose Aldo and challenger, the undefeated Chad Mendes.
The co-main event will feature a middleweight bout between Vitor Belfort and Anthony Johnson.  Johnson, will be making his middleweight debut in Brazil, moving up from Welterweight.
Today, the four fighters took part in a Media Conference Call and below are some highlights from the