If you saw the first episode of The Ultimate Fighter 7, then you know how the second episode is going to work.  For the seventh season of SpikeTV‘s Mixed Martial Arts reality show, UFC President Dana White decided to shake things up.  Instead of simply casting sixteen fighters and placing them in the Las Vegas house, White and company decided to make the contestants fight their way onto the show. 

Unlike every past season of The Ultimate Fighter, this season begins with 32 fighters who have to earn their way into the Las Vegas house by winning a first round fight.  This is an awesome new facet to

Love it or hate it, the UFC knows what they‘re doing.  With professional boxing fractured and star-less, the UFC has stepped in as the de facto leader in dudes-pummeling-dudes entertainment.  A big reason for this is UFC President Dana White, who has masterfully shepherded the sport of MMA into the big time.  The UFC is packaged so precisely that it‘s hard not to be entertained by the product.  One large feather in the cap of Dana White and company is

UFC announced Thursday that Rashad Evans will step up in class and go up against Chuck "The Iceman" Liddell at UFC 85, to be held at The O2 Arena in London on June 7.  Evans, whose current stats read 16-0-1, is coming off a split decision win over

UFC 82: The Pride of a Champion was held over the weekend at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, and the big winner that night was none other than Anderson Silva.  The 32-year-old Brazilian mixed martial artist took down PRIDE 183o-pound champion Dan Henderson nearly five minutes into the second round, defeating his American opponent with a rear naked choke and retaining his Middleweight title.

Josh Koscheck doesn‘t mind being perceived as one of the “bad guys” in UFC, especially since it hasn‘t stopped the cash from rolling in.

On Thursday, the UFC organization announced that Yahoo! will be the new online distributor for UFC live Pay-Per-View (PPV) events, through Yahoo! Sports.  Fans can thus catch the upcoming

UFC fighter Chris Leben is known for his aggressive moves and no-nonsense attitude on the Octagon ring.  His back-to-back losses to Jason MacDonald and Kalib Starnes, however, led him to abandon his usual fighting style for a more disciplined attack, which worked well for him during his bout Terry Martin last September – for about two rounds anyway.

On Monday, UFC president Dana White announced that the organization will be bringing UFC 83 to Canada in April.  The match, which will have

Tyson Griffin is getting ready for his Saturday bout at UFC 81 with Gleison Tibau, an opponent cut from the same cloth as Thiago Tavares, who Griffin defeated by unanimous decision at UFC 76.  The commonality between his past and future opponent is what has made Griffin believe he will be facing more of the same this weekend.