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No. 6-ranked UFC light heavyweight Dan Henderson added another highlight reel knockout to his resume when he blasted Mauricio “Shogun” Rua…

Dan Henderson took part in yet another classic MMA battle this past Saturday; coming back from behind to blast Mauricio Rua in the third round of their…

The injury curse of 2012/13 has continued well in to 2014. Heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez is still sidelined, Dominick Cruz had to vacate the bantamweight…

With rumors circulating that Anthony Pettis would again be scheduled to fight Jose Aldo after he submitted Benson Henderson in the first round at UFC 164,…

December 31st, 2004. That was the last day Anderson Silva tasted legitimate defeat in mixed martial arts (Yushin Okami rolled over and played dead after…

It didn’t take long at all for Wanderlei Silva to respond to Chael Sonnen’s statement on last night’s “UFC Tonight.” Sonnen declared he would indeed stay…

The Light-Heavyweight division was once the premier division of the UFC. And although it is still fairly stacked, the now short list of opponents is quickly thinning out. Partially thanks to the insane talent of Jon Jones. We’ve seen the 205 belt move around more than any other over the years, and for the very first time since Chuck Liddell it seems to have finally found it’s home on the waist of a talent that continuously grows and get’s better with every opponent. Without many threats left to challenge hi

Anderson Silva (32-4) is the reigning UFC Middleweight Champion. He has been called “a mutant”, a “freak of nature” and “the greatest martial artist of all time”. With 15 straight wins in the UFC spanning over 6 years, the question I am most often asked by fans, fighters and fellow scribes is “What is it going to take for someone to defeat Anderson Silva?”
There is no quick or easy answer. A shift up and down to the wrong weight class could be his undoing, likewise age could start to catch up with him, but