Saturday, April 28, 2012, Invicta Fighting Championships will put on its inaugural show at the Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kansas, and the all-women fight promotion will look to launch with a bang featuring former Strikeforce 135lb champion Marloes Coenen (19-5-0) as she battles Romy Ruyssen (5-1-0) for a second time in the card's main-event.

“I am honored to headline Invicta’s first fight card, and I am looking forward to earning another win over Romy,” said Coenen ...

Bellator Fighting Championships is expected to add a blockbuster main-event to its Bellator 66 line-up as top lightweight talents Eddie Alvarez (22-3-0) and Shinya Aoki (30-5-0) have reportedly come to a verbal agreement to meet on the April 20 card.

The bout would bring to fruition a highly anticipated rematch as the two competitors first met in December of 2008, when the Japanese grappling ace latched onto a fight-ending heel hook, halting the contest just a minute ...

Tough losses often bring about tough decisions, and few fighters in the UFC today will not attempt to dabble outside of the weight class they were originally signed into. Whether the decision is brought about as a result of an energy-sucking weight cut, or the feeling of being overpowered by a larger opponent, it's a reality eventually faced by many, avoided by few in a sport with a fraction of the divisions offered in other combat arts such as boxing.

UFC veterans ...

Wednesday, February 15, 2012, the Ultimate Fighting Championship went live from the Omaha Civic Auditorium in Omaha, Nebraska, for UFC on Fuel 1, which featured a welterweight main-event pitting Team Jackson representative Diego Sanchez, and hometown favorite Jake Ellenberger against one another as each man attempted to make a push toward a title opportunity in the stacked 170lb division.

The larger Ellenberger got off to strong start as he stalked Albuquerque's Sanchez ...

Saturday, January 28, 2012, the Ultimate Fighting Championship went live from the United Center in Chicago, Illinois for UFC on FOX 2 - Evans vs. Davis, which featured a light-heavyweight bout between #1 contender and former 205lb champion, "Suga" Rashad Evans (17-1-1), and Penn State wrestling standout, "Mr. Wonderful" Phil Davis (9-1-0).

Maia vs. Weidman
Despite taking the fight on eleven days notice, rising middleweight star, Chris Weidman, managed to pick ...

Saturday, January 28, 2012, the Ultimate Fighting Championship will go live from the United Center in Chicago, Illinois for UFC on FOX 2 - Evans vs. Davis, featuring a light-heavyweight bout between #1 contender and former 205lb champion, "Suga" Rashad Evans (16-1-1), and undefeated wrestling standout, "Mr. Wonderful" Phil Davis (9-0-0).

Chael Sonnen (26-11-1, 5-4 UFC) vs. Michael Bisping (22-3, 12-3 UFC)
The evening's co-main event will see two 'villains' ...

UFC president Dana White announced Tuesday via twitter that lightweight contenders Jim Miller (21-3-0) and Nate Diaz (15-7-0) will collide in a pivotal match-up at 155lbs as each man looks to stake his claim as the division's next #1 contender.

The bout is the first confirmed for UFC on FOX 3, which is scheduled for May 5, 2012, at the Izod Center in East Rutherford, NJ.

Representing AMA Fight Club, local favorite Jim Miller ...

Former Strikeforce light heavyweight champion Gegard Mousasi will meet American Kickboxing Academy product, Mike Kyle, in the co-main event at Strikeforce - Tate vs. Rousey, March 3, 2012, in Columbus, Ohio; Kyle 'tweeted' news of the bout Monday and will look to stifle the Armenian's momentum as Mousasi has gone undefeated in his previous five outings since losing his title via unanimous decision to Muhammed "King" Lawal in April of 2010.

Mousasi ...

Friday, January 20, 2012, the Ultimate Fighting Championship went live from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, for UFC on FX 1, which featured a lightweight showdown between top contenders Melvin Guillard (29-10-2) and Jim Miller (21-3-0).

Despite absorbing a number of heavy blows early in the opening frame, New Jersey's Jim Miller showed tremendous resilience in his pursuit of the take-down, one he would finally land after an ill-advised flying knee from ...

When Chris "The All-American" Weidman (7-0-0) got the call to fill in for Michael Bisping and fight former title contender Demian Maia on short notice at UFC on Fox 2, it was an offer and opportunity the NCAA D1 All-American wrestler could not refuse.

"I didn't want to lose the opportunity," Weidman told MMA Fighting on Wednesday. "You only live once. I have an opportunity to gain a lot of recognition and get myself up to where I want to be. So it was like, I'll do ...

Friday, January 20, 2012, the Ultimate Fighting Championship will go live from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, for UFC on FX 1, featuring a lightweight showdown between top contenders Melvin Guillard (29-9-2) and Jim Miller (20-3-0).

Melvin Guillard (29-9-2, 10-5 UFC) vs. Jim Miller (20-3, 9-2 UFC)
Both competitors in the evening's main-event are coming off tough losses in match-ups that were always going to be hard on them stylistically. Prior ...