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On Saturday night, when Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva goes into the cage as the challenger for UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez, there will be something completely different from every other title match contender on pay-per-view this year. He will have won his last match with the Zuffa promotion. As silly as this sounds, the last title [...]

5thRound.com Ben Askren defends Bellator welterweight title against undefeated RussianMMA FightingBellator MMA's 170-pound champion returns to action on July 31 at the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho, N.M., a suburb of Albuquerque. His opponent on the evening is fellow unbeaten Andrey Koreshkov. Askren (11-0), the former U. of Missouri …Bellator champ Ben Askren [...]

Undefeated welterweight Ben Askren is set for his latest challenge. Bellator MMA’s 170-pound champion returns to action on July 31 at the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho, N.M., a suburb of Albuquerque. His opponent on the evening is fellow unbeaten Andrey Koreshkov. Askren (11-0), the former U. of Missouri wrestling standout, has held [...]

5thRound.com Report: Renan Barao forced out of UFC 161 interim title defenseMMA FightingTatame reported that Barao injured his right foot and would not have enough time to recover for the June 15 bout in Winnepeg, Manitoba, Canada. Barao is believed to have one of the longest unbeaten streaks in MMA, having emerged from 31 straight [...]

It looks like UFC 161 is going to need a new main event. According to Brazilian-based Tatame, interim bantamweight champion Renan Barao has been forced to withdraw from a scheduled bout with Eddie Wineland after suffering a foot injury. Tatame reported that Barao injured his right foot and would not have enough time to recover [...]

Hopefully everyone out there enjoyed the recent mini-summer break, because from here on out, it’s going to be a wild ride. As the mixed martial arts schedule kicks back into high gear, I’m happy to be once again joined by my colleague, Luke Thomas, for this latest edition of the MMA Roundtable. We’ll peruse the [...]

Bleacher Report Former UFC Title Challenger Nick Diaz Trying to Start His Own MMA PromotionBleacher ReportWhen it comes to former UFC welterweight title challenger Nick Diaz, fans and analysts alike have learned to expect the unexpected. That's why it should come as no surprise that the Cesar Gracie Jiu-Jitsu black belt is trying to start [...]

Hours after XFC president John Prisco stripped Nick Newell of the organization’s lightweight championship, saying he was afraid to face top contender Scott Holtzman, Newell told MMA Fighting that he was taken aback by the announcement because he had never agreed to any kind of title fight, and had previously exercised an opt-out clause in [...]

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Nick Newell, the unbeaten one-handed fighter who persevered through his disability to capture the XFC lightweight championship last December, has been stripped of the belt before ever making a defense. XFC president John Prisco said on Friday that Newell refused to defend the title against top contender Scott Holtzman. The two had been expected to [...]