By John Moody Kris McCray was favored by many to win the Ultimate Fighter 11 final against Court McGee, yet fell short in the second round.  With a loss in his first official Octagon fight at UFC 122 to Carlos Rocha, McCray is now itching to get back in the win column against John Hathaway at UFC Fight Night 24, in Seattle this Saturday. McCray will be in good hands with UFC Lightweight Champion, Frankie Edgar, in his corner as he goes against Hathaway, a former hot commodity until his upset loss to Mike Pyle at UFC 120. McCray took some time to sit down with Fighters.com recently to talk about his upcoming fight, thoughts on the UFC/Strikeforce deal, and the always hot-topic of foot stomps in the cage. Click through to watch. ...

By John Moody Ricardo Almeida wants to get back on the main card of UFC PPV events.  To do so, he must beat Mike Pyle on Saturday night at UFC 128 in Newark, NJ.  No easy task.  Pyle is fresh off his best performence in years, taking out the heralded John Hathaway. How does Almeida spend his final days before a fight? What does he hate the most about his weight cut?  Click through to watch our interview from just two days ago after one of his final workouts at Renzo Gracie's gym in mid-town Manhattan. Click through. ...

By John Moody Ricardo Almeida has won four of last five fights in the UFC, recently winning a unanimous decision over TJ Grant, which eased the blow of a high profile loss to Matt Hughes at UFC 117.  At 34, “The Big Dog” does not have any Randy Couture or Dan Henderson age-defying DNA to source and fully realizes it is go-time, right now, to start a win streak and return to the conversation at the top of the 170lb division. ...

Love him or hate him, cocky veteran Mike Pyle has finally found a foothold in the world’s largest and best MMA promotion now that he’s broken the undefeated streak of highly-regarded prospect John Hathaway. Pyle was 2-2 in the ufc before besting Hathaway but still took a lot of time to talk some trash leading up to the fight, a one-two combo that had many hoping and predicting that he would lose. That simply wasn’t the case, and for any who thought that Pyle would be gracious in defeat, that’s not the case either. ...

Welterweight prospect, John Hathaway, has single handedly changed the way that American fans perceive British fighters. Often regarded as brash and cocky, thanks to the likes of polarizing figures Dan Hardy and Michael Bisping, Hathaway, who is undefeated in 14 fights and is currently 4-0 inside the UFC, also brings a gauntlet of talent that is virtually nonexistent with his fellow countryman--being his competent wrestling skills, which have carried him to where he is today: atop the welterweight division. Now with another fight in the horizon, against veteran Mike Pyle, who at times has revered Hathaway as a talent with skill, and other times a "nobody", neither matter to John come fight time. ...

As the year is coming closer to an end, the now annual World MMA Awards, which is hosted by Fighters Only Magazine, has recently announced their finalists for the December 1st event, which will take place once again in Las Vegas, Nev., which has become a hot bed for all things fighting related. The 2009 event opened up to a large audience, and has become a propellant in the mixed martial arts world, opening up the eyes to a mainstream audience, by the community taking leaps and bounds in order to legitimize itself as not only a legitimate sport, but one that deserves that same sort of recognition that most others receive, here in these United States. ...

Former UFC lightweight title challenger Diego Sanchez is making changes. After his losses to former champion BJ Penn at lightweight, and then budding welterweight star John Hathaway, Diego will try his hand once again at the 170-pound division at UFC 121 against Paulo Thiago. Sanchez largely made his name after winnings "The Ultimate Fighter" season one as a middleweight, before dropping down to the welterweight division in dominating fashion. After defeating fellow finalist Kenny Florian at the TUF finale, Diego would make a name for himself in victories over Karo Parisyan, Nick Diaz, and Joe Riggs. While Diego can attribute a large amount of his success to his hard work and dedication, but in some respects a little of that success also needs to be addressed to the man, the myth, the legend--Greg Jackson. ...

Awoke to the sun shining and my thoughts about UFC 114 running rampant in my head. So as always "The Reverend of MMA" will bring you the gospel on yet another event, UFC 114: Rampage vs. Rashad. ...

Fighters.com's ninth-ranked lightweight “Nightmare” Diego Sanchez (21-3) will return to 170 pounds to fight “Hitman” John Hathaway (11-0) at UFC 114 in Las Vegas May 29, Diaz announced via Twitter Tuesday. ...

The UFC unveiled Tuesday a ten-fight card for UFC 105 at M.E.N. Arena in Manchester November 14 with a previously announced light heavyweight main event between Fighters.com’s ninth-ranked heavyweight “The Natural” Randy Couture (16-10) and “Truth” Brandon Vera (11-3) atop the bout sheet. ...

The UFC officially announced more fights for their UFC 93 card Monday, taking place in Dublin 17 January. Nate Mohr (8-5) will face Germany’s Dennis Siver (11-6), and Ireland’s Thomas Egan (3-0) will fight England’s John Hathaway (8-0). Mohr last fought at UFC 79 in December, when Manvel Gamburyan (8-4) submitted him with a heel hook at 1:31 of round one. Siver rebounded from a 36-second TKO at the hands of Melvin Guillard (21-7-2) at UFC 86 in July to win his last fight in October, submitting Chas Jacquier (4-4) via guillotine in round one. Egan TKO’d Jonny Shiels (4-3) in the second round in September. Hathaway submitted Jack Mason (4-5) via punches in the second round in September at Cage Rage. ...

Last Saturday I quizzed "The World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock (26-13-2) about when it's time to hang-up his four ounce gloves. "When I can't beat mid-level guys.  I'm not going to let myself get beat by mediocre fighters," Shamrock confided. Saturday at CageRage 25 in London, "Buzz" Robert Berry (12-7) knocked out Shamrock at 3:26 of round one. "He comes to fight," Shamrock had described Berry; and, it's likely this loss won't convince the king of the Lion's Den to retire. Shamrock is 3-8 since his Y2K return to MMA.  He's lost five consecutive fights by first round stoppage since TKOing Kimo Leopoldo at UFC 48 in 2004. Ken won't retire because he's a fighter with fight left in him.  He won't retire because, even after four consecutive losses, he still headlines a card; and, after five straight losses, his next fight will be a main event too.  He won't retire because we still pay to watch him fight, because our memory of Shamrock at his best continues to eclipse Shamrock at this, his worst. The "Ashikan Judan" Masakazu Imanari (14-5-1) earned his stage name by twisting "White Bear" Jean Silva's (15-8-3) foot in a heel hook at 2:30 of round one for the CageRage World Featherweight Championship. British heavyweight Rob Broughton (7-3-1) dealt undefeated Neil Grove (5-1) his first "L" in a majority decision. Middleweight "Kong" Tom Watson beat Pierre Guillet to a TKO at 2:05 of round one. Heavyweight Mustapha al Turk (5-3) submitted kickboxer Gary Turner (4-1) on strikes at 3:19 of round one. Heavyweight Ivan Serati (8-2) stopped Roman Webber (4-4) at :48 of round one. Brazilian "Lagartixa" Henrique Santana (5-3) won a unanimous decision over England's Michael Johnson (5-5). Giorgio Andrews (3-0) made it a tough night for the Shamrocks by winning a TKO over Ken's son Ryan Shamrock (1-1) after Ryan broke his hand in the first round. Undefeated John Hathaway remained so with a TKO of Marvin Arnold Bleau at 1:32 of round one. Finally, John Phillips (7-1) opened the night with a TKO of Jake Bostwick at 4:10 of round one. ...