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 …

Champ Georges St-Pierre defeats Jake Shields via unanimous decision (50-45, 48-47, 48-47)
Champ Jose Aldo defeats Mark Hominick via unanimous decision (48-45, 48-46, 49-46)
Lyoto Machida defeats Randy Couture by knockout (kick) - Round 2 @ 1:09
Vladimir Matyushenko defeats Jason Brilz by knockout (punches) - Round 1 @ 0:20
Ben Henderson defeats Mark Bocek via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
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Rory MacDonald defeats Nate Diaz via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-27, 30-26)
Jake Ellenberger defeats Sean Pierson by knockout (punches) - Round 1 @ 2:22
Claude Patrick defeats Daniel Roberts via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Ivan Menjivar …

Welcome 6th Rounders, to my picks and predictions for UFC 129. “St-Pierre vs. Shields” will air Saturday night via Facebook, Spike (prelims) and pay-per-view. The event will be headlined by the current, reigning welterweight champ facing ground expert Jake Shields. A solid line-up calls for solid picks, right? Whether you agree or disagree, …

With Jon Jones’ win over Mauricio “Shogun” Rua this past Saturday at UFC 128, there are quite a few intriguing fantasy match-ups that could come to fruition this year. Let’s take a look at a few of the fights I was discussing with fellow fans after Shogun had his clock cleaned by the young gun.
Rampage Jackson vs. Rashad Evans: Rashad Evans is matched up with Jon Jones, and I believe he’ll lose that fight. Following the potential loss by Evans and win for Jackson over Matt Hamill, a rematch could …

Randy “The Natural” Couture was putting out quite a bit of retirement discussion over the past couple of months but all along said he would return for only a couple of fights. It turns out that Lyoto Machida was one of those fights. We’ll now get to the see the UFC hall of famer return to fight a fellow champ, this spring.