Diaz fined, suspended for slur
5thRound.com - Nate Diaz was fined and suspended for using a gay slur in a tweet directed at another fighter. Read more about what he did. 30 days
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Best Knockout Artist in Every MMA Weight Division
Bleacherreport.com - The art of knocking out an opponent can be the most exciting facet in mixed martial arts. It often serves as the sport's most desired spectacle.While power is a key component in securing an empowered one-strike finish, technique is often utilized as the overall infrastructure.In today's MMA, each evolving weight class sports its own set of explosive leather fists. Attached to those fi 32 days
10 Fighters That Deserve Lifetime UFC Contracts
Bleacherreport.com - Despite the great heights the company's reached, financial stability within the UFC only exists for the promotion's top dogs.But even for the world's most talented and marketable fighters, finding comfort in an incentive-based system makes for an awfully arduous task. Some fighters have done so much to build the UFC's reputation and its financial standing that they deserv 41 days
Former UFC Heavyweight Champion Shane Carwin Retires from Fighting
Bleacherreport.com - "So I sit back and watch I see all their masks soon appear. Long for the woods, from this place I'll disappear" ~ The White Buffalo – "The Woods" Former UFC interim heavyweight champion Shane Carwin has battled against his body for the last few years as he tried to pull out another run to get to the top of the division. The fight ended for Carwin on Tuesday, who announced that he wa 41 days
Fighter of the Year Watch: May 2013 Edition
Bleacherreport.com - Compiling a list of candidates for Fighter of the Year is trickier than it seems. It isn't simply a black-and-white picture.Instead, one needs to abide by certain laws and guidelines to make sure the right names make the cut.For instance, putting guys like Mark Hunt and Wanderlei Silva into this group seems justifiable. But just because these knockout specialists produced devastatingl 44 days
10 Legendary MMA Fighters You've Probably Never Heard of
Bleacherreport.com - Plenty of MMA fans like to honor the old guard. But that's not too hard when the sport you follow is not even 20 years old. You get a lot of bang for your buck with the honoring.And yet, there are some fighters who fall through the cracks when the conversation turns to the best in the sport's brief history. Here are 10 fighters one might find in those cracks if one wanted to dig around in there.T 46 days
Dana White: Finkelstein 'Blew It in Every Way Possible' with Fedor Emelianenko
Bleacherreport.com - In all the years UFC president Dana White has been negotiating deals to land fighters, only Fedor Emelianenko stands out as the one who got away. White, along with fellow UFC owner Lorenzo Fertitta, spent months and months trying to land the Russian legend after he finished his career with Pride Fighting Championships, but despite their best efforts and offers, they could never get the deal done. 49 days
Jones vs. Sonnen: Challenger's Mind Games Won't Stop Bones From Destroying Him
Bleacherreport.com - Chael Sonnen isn't fooling Jon Jones. Usually, Sonnen is the master of trash talk leading up to his fights, but he has been especially complimentary of Jones.He said Jones would beat Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson. He claimed that Jones was already the best fighter the weight class has ever seen, blah, blah, blah.I see it all as a clever Jedi mind trick Sonnen is playing to throw Jones off his 52 days
