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 …

Melvin Guillard defeats Evan Dunham by KO (strikes) - Round 1 @ 2:59
Matt Mitrione defeats Tim Hague by TKO (punches) - Round 1 @ 2:59
Mark Hominick defeats George Roop by TKO (punches) - Round 1 @ 1:28
Pat Barry defeats Joey Beltran via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
Matt Wiman defeats Cole Miller via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)
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Yves Edwards defeats Cody McKenzie by submission (rear-naked choke) - Round 2 @ 4:33
DaMarques Johnson defeats Mike Guymon by verbal submission (injury, body triangle) - Round 1 @ 3:22
Rani Yahya defeats Mike Brown via …

MMA legend Wanderlei Silva’s next opponent will…

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.

It started in academies, gyms and even in the streets of Rio de Janeiro. “Vale Tudo” or “anything goes” fights pitted modern-day gladiators of various fighting styles against each other for bragging rights and to prove which academy was the best. It was exciting, it was beautiful, it was – the birth of the sport of mixed martial arts.
Now two decades, rule changes and improvements later and after its explosion on American soil with The Ultimate Fighting Championship® leading the charge, Brazil’s gift to …