Author: Tristen Critchfield

According to oddsmakers, Alexis Davis is the biggest underdog on the UFC 175 bill.

Two failed drug tests in one month’s time cost Chael Sonnen both his fighting career in the Octagon and his analyst’s chair at UFC Tonight. However, Sonnen will be able to keep at least one high-profile obligation this summer.

For the second time in nearly three years, UFC veteran Matt Hamill has announced his retirement from mixed martial arts.

One of mixed martial arts’ most highly-regarded prospects will return to the Octagon next month.

The Ultimate Fighting Championship has added a pair of bouts to its Aug. 23 event in Tulsa, Okla., as Demian Maia will face Mike Pyle in a welterweight clash, while Francis Carmont will square off with Thales Leites at 185 pounds.

UFC Fight Night “Swanson vs. Stephens” averaged 704,000 viewers on Fox Sports 1 on Saturday night, according to a tvbythenumbers.com report.

After he failed two random drug tests in a one-month span, the UFC and Fox severed ties completely with Chael Sonnen on Monday.

Anthony Pettis has been sidelined from fighting since capturing the UFC lightweight crown last August, but that hasn’t prevented his blue-chip sponsorship portfolio from expanding.

SAN ANTONIO — Cub Swanson and Jeremy Stephens, two of the featherweight division’s best strikers, went toe-to-toe for five rounds on Saturday night.

The Ultimate Fighting Championship is establishing some serious roots in the Far East.