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Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - Canadian battlers made their mark in emphatic fashion in UFC 83 preliminary bouts at the Bell Centre Saturday night, with Jason MacDonald, Jason Day, and Jonathan Goulet all emerging victorious in dominant fashion. Only Ontarios Sam Stout and Winnipegs Joe Doerksen fell short in prelim action as they dropped bouts to Rich Clementi and MacDonald, respectively. - [Read more]

Former UFC® middleweight champion and one of the sports pioneers, Evan Tanner, takes on rising star and The Ultimate Fighter® Season 3 victor Kendall Grove as the main event of the live The Ultimate Fighter® 7 Finale fight card on Saturday, June 21 live from The Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. - [Read more]

MONTREAL, April 18 - The packed house at the Bell Centre started booing Matt Serra the second he made his way to the pre-weigh in staging area Friday afternoon and it didnt stop, even when his face showed up on the huge video screens in the arena, when he stepped on the scale at 169.5 pounds for his title defense against the man he won the belt from, Georges St-Pierre, or when he was drowned out during a post weigh-in interview. - [Read more]

Rhett Butler, UFC - Unforced parallels make fighters legendary and none more fittingly than UFC welterweight champion Matt Serra. His footprint on the mixed martial arts game is too reminiscent of the hallowed fight movie, Rocky IV, to be ignored. - [Read more]

Stephen Quinn, UFC - Saturday night, one of the biggest events in UFC history kicks off in front of 22,000 fans at Montreals Bell Centre. In the main event, Matt Serra will defend his UFC welterweight crown against Georges St-Pierre in a highly-anticipated rematch, but theres even more high-impact action to be found on the UFC 83 card, and were about to break it down for you. - [Read more]

Michael The Count Bisping - Very close to the fight now so this will be pretty short, guys.The whole town of Montreal is buzzing with UFC fans, and I know it is a real privilege to be a part of this card. The UFC are only going to have one debut show in Canada and it is great to be part of this. - [Read more]

Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - Eager to get back into the win column after a disappointing decision loss last October to Yushin Okami, Jason MacDonald was planning on making a big statement in his return to Canada this Saturday at UFC 83. - [Read more]

In a Forbes Magazine cover story, UFC co-owners Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta tell how they took the UFC from near bankruptcy and turned it into a sports empire. This May 5th issue of Forbes featuring the UFC is available today on newsstands everywhere. - [Read more]

Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - "Stick to the gameplan."For a fighter as aggressive and crowd-pleasing as Sam Stout, that was easier said than done in his January 19th bout against Per Eklund. But for three rounds in Newcastle, Stout fought off Eklunds takedown attempts effectively and refused to get drawn into a ground war with the submission expert. Not that he didnt weaken at times. - [Read more]

Dan Cramer, Team Rampage - Having just graduated from the University Connecticut with a degree in Economics, one of the questions I get asked the most is why do I fight? Well, first off, fighting is what I love to do. I love training, learning, competing, pretty much everything about it. There were times when I was younger when Id be out of the gym for a couple months partying, hanging out or whatever, and Id always start feeling like something was missing in my life. - [Read more]

CAUTION: SPOILERS INCLUDED - And then there were 16. 32 competitors were cut down in half over the last two weeks to determine the cast for The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rampage vs Team Forrest, and now the remaining fighters will be split into teams by coaches Quinton Rampage Jackson and Forrest Griffin. - [Read more]

Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - Attention Anderson Silva; Chainsaw Charles McCarthy is looking for you - sooner, rather than later."I would pay money to fight that guy; I would love to fight him," said an animated McCarthy. "Youre getting in there with the best guy in the division, and to me, I see things that Im strongest at that I think hes weakest at. I would love to get that fight and its definitely my goal. - [Read more]

Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - It was almost two years ago, but Alan Belcher remembers his UFC debut against Yushin Okami like it was yesterday. Heart beating fast, teeth chattering, sweat on his brow - you name it when it comes to nerves and he had it. Looking back, he can smile about those days, especially now that hes a five fight Octagon vet with two wins in a row under his belt. But he wouldnt want to have to go through again what his opponent this Saturday night, Jason Day, is going to have to at Montreals Bell Centre. - [Read more]

Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - Kalib Starnes isnt like the other fathers in British Columbia, something he is well aware of when he goes out with his five and a half year old daughter, Sienna."The most awkward thing is if Ive been training or sparring and Ive got a black eye or some marks on my face from the gloves, sometimes that can make me feel a little bit uncomfortable because people might get the wrong impression of me and think that Im some type of a bar brawler or goon," he chuckles. - [Read more]

Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - Its easy to be jealous of Georges St-Pierre. In a land full of smashed noses, scar tissue, and missing teeth, hes old Hollywood in style and demeanor. His effortless grace also translates to his day job, where hes seemingly the one who always gets things right the first time, with his repeated drilling only to benefit muscle memory, not the search for a perfection in execution hes apparently reached already. - [Read more]

Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - Ever notice that when a stellar collegiate wrestling star makes his transition into mixed martial arts, striking is never an issue in those formative months of development? Learning jiu-jitsu can be a frustrating chore, figuring out that what worked on the wrestling mat may not work in the Octagon can be equally baffling, but when it comes to punching, elbowing, and kicking, thats like being a kid who wakes up on his birthday and finds out he got a snow day off from school as well.Heavyweight prospect Cain Velasquez most certainly agrees. - [Read more]

Rhett Butler, UFC - Mixed martial artists are usually cut from two cloths: former NCAA wrestler looking for another challenge, or young man who saunters into a dojo and miraculously the light turns on, exposing their predetermined career path. Underneath the layers of commonality await stories like Nate Quarrys, who, unlike his peers, started mixed martial arts later than most. But the fact that he has graced the Octagons grand stage, made history on Spike TV and even fought for a title at middleweight proves that it is never too late to follow your dream. - [Read more]

Rhett Butler, UFC - Mixed Martial Arts will continue to transcend the doldrums of negative labeling with the multi-dimensional view of its athletes. Healthy living and multiple disciplines learned aside, todays MMA fighter is well-rounded and complex. Boxing never opened up enough for a 360 degree vantage point aside from the occasional Holyfield religious revelation or Money Mayweather financial status diatribe, much to its detriment. However, when fighters like Mac Danzig unravel like a John Grisham plot, the fight community can rejoice at the diversity housed within. - [Read more]

CAUTION: SPOILERS INCLUDED - Eight up and coming middleweights have fought their way onto the seventh season of The Ultimate Fighter reality series. Eight more will join them this week in rounding out the cast, but theyll have to do it the hard way. - [Read more]

Rhett Butler, UFC - Some among us live in the cross-section of America, where serving your country, multi-tasking for your earnings, and good ole scrapping mix like ham and eggs. Here, the passions of Rich Clementi are defined, and for good reason, as this combination has carried him into success as an athlete and a businessman. - [Read more]