UFC Fight Night 22 has officially been announced for September 15 in Austin, TX and the fight card is shaping up nicely. Headlining will be ground wizard Demian Maia taking on well-rounded Alan Belcher for a shot at serious title contention in the middleweight division. Additionally, the promotional poster is now available as well (see below).
Expected card thus far:
Demian Maia vs. Alan Belcher
Mac Danzig vs. Matt Wiman
Jim Miller vs. Gleison Tibau
Cole Miller vs. Ross Pearson
Efrain Escudero vs. John Gunderson
Nick Catone vs. Tomasz Drwal
Jared Hamman vs. Kyle Kingsbury

After suffering his first loss in nearly a decade to the highly touted ADCC champion and submission specialist Fabricio Werdum on Saturday night’s co-produced Strikeforce event, which aired on Showtime, Fedor “The Last Emperor” Emelianenko made it clear that he will use this loss to learn and reflect with intentions to return to action as soon as possible; resuming his position as one the greatest mixed martial artists of all time.
“Who does not fall that does not arise,” says Fedor. “I was quick to …

If you didn’t get enough of Penn vs. Edgar at UFC 112, you’re in luck. Two lightweights will meet again at UFC 118 in Boston, according to a report put out by Fighters Only.
In their fight this month held in Abu Dhabi, Edgar used his boxing footwork and takedown ability to win a unanimous decision over the man many consider to be the best lightweight ever. Fans agree that something was clearly off with Penn from the moment he walked out to the Octagon and throughout the battle. Whether something …

Current UFC #1 light heavyweight contender Mauricio “Shogun” Rua has stated he will begin training for his upcoming rematch with current champ Lyoto Machida in January. The two first met back at UFC 104 but the split decision win for Machida was highly controversial and a second meeting was announced soon after.
Machida vs. Shogun 2 is now set for May 1st in Montreal, Canada and the former PRIDE star is ready for action.
“I no longer think [about UFC 104] and can’t live from it anymore. I must only think on …

According to Dan Wetzel, UFC president Dana White has told him that current light heavyweight champ Lyoto “Dragon” Machida will rematch his last opponent, Mauricio “Shogun” Rua. The two men fought at UFC 104 in Los Angeles last month but the bout ended in controversy as the champ retained his title after being on the defense much of the five rounds/25 minutes. Soon afterward, White told the media Machida and Rua would likely rematch as soon as possible.
The promotion is now making good on that with the venue being Montreal …