18 May
2012

Renan Barao to fight Urijah Faber at UFC 148 for interim bantamweight title

Urijah Faber has his opponent for UFC 148's co-headliner and interim-bantamweight-title fight.

During tonight's new episode of "The Ultimate Fighter: Live," UFC president Dana White confirmed surging 135-pound contender Renan Barao has gotten the slot.

The fight was booked after reigning champion Dominick Cruz was forced out of a rubber match with Faber following a recent ACL injury.


18 May
2012

Episode No. 11 recap: ‘The Ultimate Fighter: Live’

Welcome to MMAjunkie.com's recap of episode No. 11 of "The Ultimate Fighter: Live."

The first-ever FX-broadcast season of the reality show airs each Friday. UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz and former WEC champ Urijah Faber are coaches as the cast is reduced from the initial 32 to one eventual winner.

Check out MMAjunkie.com's Episode No. 10 recap, which features the season's final two quarterfinal fights, as well as the announcement of Urijah Faber's new opponent for UFC 148.


18 May
2012

Bellator 69 results: Falcao victorious in tourney final, Amoussou survives Rickels

Maiquel Falcao survived Andreas Spang's signature left hook to dish out a thorough beating at Bellator 69.

Save for an illegal knee that cost him a point, the Brazilian vet was flawless on judges' scorecards with three 29-27 scores.

Falcao now meets Alexander Shlemenko for the Bellator middleweight title. Additionally, Karl Amossou advanced to the season-six welterweight finals, and Jessica Aguilar upset Megumi Fujii.


18 May
2012

Berto tests positive for banned substance

Andre Berto, scheduled for a rematch with Victor Ortiz on June 23, has tested positive for a banned substance, jeopardizing the fight.


18 May
2012

‘Strikeforce: Grand Prix Finale’ weigh-in results: Barnett (248), Cormier (238) official

SAN JOSE, Calif. - MMAjunkie.com was on scene and reporting live from today's official "Strikeforce: Heavyweight Grand Prix Finale" fighter weigh-ins, where all 18 fighters successfully made weight for their upcoming matchups.

Today's festivities took place at HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif., which also hosts Saturday's Showtime- and Showtime Extreme-televised event.

Headlining the event are heavyweight grand prix finalists Josh Barnett (248 pounds) and Daniel Cormier (238), who each weighed in comfortably under the heavyweight limit.


18 May
2012

Watch tonight’s Bellator 69 event live on MMAjunkie.com at 7 p.m. ET

You can watch a live web stream of tonight's Bellator 69 event live on MMAjunkie.com beginning at 7 p.m. ET (4 p.m. PT).

The event takes place at L'Auberge du Lac Casino Resort in Lake Charles, La. The event includes the season-six middleweight-tournament finale and a welterweight-tourney semifinal.

Prelim bouts include the likes of Mark Holata vs. Abe Wagner, Booker Arthur vs. Shanon Slack, and Andrey Koreshkov vs. Derrick Krantz.


18 May
2012

Bellator 69 discussion thread

Welcome to our discussion thread for tonight's Bellator 69 event.

The event kicks off at 7 p.m. ET (4 p.m. PT) from L'Auberge du Lac Casino Resort in Lake Charles, La.

Stay tuned for a full recap of the event, which includes an MTV2 main card with a season-six middleweight-tournament finale of Maiquel Falcao vs. Andreas Spang, as well as a welterweight-tourney semifinal of Karl Amoussou vs. David Rickels.


18 May
2012

‘The Ultimate Fighter: Live’ episode No. 11 discussion thread

The 11th episode of "The Ultimate Fighter: Live" airs tonight on FX at 10 p.m. ET/PT.

This serves as tonight's discussion thread for the double-fight episode, in which the tournament's quarterfinal round continues.

Follow along with tonight's episode and live elimination fight on FX, and discuss it in the comments section of this thread. We'll then have an episode recap posted at the show's conclusion.


18 May
2012

Strikeforce’s Cormier skeptical about what’s next after tourney, Barnett doesn’t care

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Tomorrow, the Strikeforce heavyweight grand prix will come to an end.

But then what?

Officially, the winner gets one more fight under the Strikeforce banner before the division is folded. But in reality, there isn't much of a division to fold. Finding the guy who wants to fight the winner of the tourney isn't going to be an easy sell, finalist Daniel Cormier told MMAjunkie.com.


18 May
2012

UFC on FUEL TV 3 medical suspensions: Stephens, Eduardo suspended indefinitely

Nine fighters from this week's UFC on FUEL TV 3 card have received medical suspensions, and two have been suspended indefinitely.

Main-card fighter Jeremy Stephens and preliminary-card competitor Johnny Eduardo both have been suspended indefinitely due to eye injuries and must received medical clearance before returning to competition.

MMAjunkie.com today received the list from Virginia's Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation.