In a potential fight that hardly anyone would have interest in, Lyoto Machida says he would be open to facing Tito Ortiz again. He revealed to Fighters Only Magazine that UFC brass had been pegging Ryan Bader as the Brazilian’s next opponent, but that was nixed when Bader shockingly lost his most recent fight in the first round.
“They wanted to put me with Ryan Bader but he lost to Tito Ortiz last weekend so, so far I have no opponent,” he said.
“I could have faced Rampage [again] or even Jon …

Former 135 lbs. WEC champ Miguel Torres recently told ESPN.com that he’s open to fighting former 145 lbs. (now at bantamweight) champ Urijah Faber, even if the match doesn’t necessarily benefit either man that much.
“Now, there’s only bragging rights,” Torres told ESPN.com. “He’s coming off a loss. I’m coming off a loss. He’s had four title shots since then. He lost twice to Mike Brown, to Jose Aldo and now to Dominick Cruz. I lost fights to one of his students [Joseph Benavidez] and Brian Bowles.
“All …

MMA newcomer and Serra/Longo student Chris Weidman picked up his sixth win in only six pros fights, this past weekend at UFC 131. Running his finish rate up to over 66%, the 26 year-old took out Jesse Bongfeldt with a nasty choke in the first round of their fight on Saturday night. That’s impressive for any young gun in the sport, but particularly for a wrestler who’s still learning BJJ and striking from the ground-up.
When you take a guy with natural talent and a strong work ethic like Weidman, pairing …

Boston, MA - June 2, 2011 - World Championship Fighting today announced that Matt Phinney, a highly touted boxing champion in the Northeast is set to make his MMA debut at WCF 11 in Wilmington, MA on June 18th. Phinney is a two-time Golden Gloves Champion winning in both 2008 and 2010. In 2008 Phinney also captured the USA Boxing’s New England Championship.
Phinney is most widely known in the Mixed Martial Arts world as being the trainer for UFC fighter Jorge Rivera as well as for his role as Michael …

“GSP” has a new challenger, and his name is Nick Diaz. Earlier this afternoon, UFC President Dana White made the announcement which now has the MMA world buzzing with excitement.
What the fans wanted was a showdown between UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre and the STRIKEFORCE welterweight title holder, Nick Diaz. So on October 29 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, the UFC 137 Superfight becomes a reality. - UFC.com
A welterweight meeting between the two had been rumored for the past several weeks, following St-Pierre’s disposal of Jake …