The ufc looks to continue its march through 2011 on the same high note it began the year with, and one of the best indicators of that is the continually-developing UFC 128 event. Currently scheduled for March 19, the event is set to be headlined by the returning Mauricio Rua, who looks to defend his newly-won UFC Light Heavyweight Championship for the first time. Rua’s opponent is set to be former Light Heavyweight Champion Rashad Evans. Here’s the latest on the card. ...

Although it has been rumored for some time now, we can all take solace in that a light heavyweight title fight is coming to the east coast. Reigning and soon-to-be defending UFC light heavyweight champion Mauricio "Shogun" Rua will be pitted against former title holder Rashad Evans in the main event of UFC 128, which takes place at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey on March 19. ...

Although it’s not even officially 2011 yet, the ufc is planning cards months in advance and continues to announce several highly-interesting match-ups for their early 2011 efforts. Most recently, word has come down concerning two big March bouts that features the fast-ascending Jim Miller and the controversial “Bruce Leroy” from the twelfth season of the popular UFC reality TV show “The Ultimate Fighter”. Here are all the details. ...

While Mauricio Rua has recently recovered from his third knee surgery, he's already chomping at the bit to get back inside the octagon. The Brazilian striker was last seen in action this past May when he claimed the UFC light heavyweight title from rival and fellow countryman Lyoto Machida at UFC 113 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Rua was able to knockout the then undefeated 205-pound star with an overhand right followed up by an aggressive ground-and-pound attack. With the victory, Mauricio also claimed "Knockout of the Night" for his efforts. For all his accolades, a former PRIDE and UFC champion, at 29-years-old and at the pinnacle of his career, there are still a few things that the Chute Boxe protege wishes to accomplish. One of those goals, fight Randy Couture. ...

Welcome back to “All I Want for Christmas”, fans and friends, my special Christmas Day mini-series where I share some thoughts and hopes on what I’m looking forward to as we head towards the second decade of the new millennium. Next up is everyone’s favorite topic: dream fights. Even fans who don’t like to play “armchair promoter” love to trot out their personal picks for the fights they’d like to see. So here are my “Top 5 Dream Fights for 2011”, focusing on high-profile fights that could conceivably happen next year. Let’s get to it. ...

Mauricio "Shogun" Rua went from a has been fighter, to again the top light heavyweight in the world. And adding the UFC championship belt to his mantle last year after knocking out rival Lyoto Machida was just the icing on the cake he needed to move forward in his mixed martial arts career. So, now that he's reached the pinnacle of his division, claimed gold in the worlds largest MMA organization, the next step moving forward here on out is simple. Continue to defend his title. ...

Current UFC light heavyweight champion Mauricio Rua is on the mend following successful knee surgery. While he won't be in action for the foreseeable future, with a rumor floating about for a March return against number one contender Rashad Evans taking place in Abu Dhabi, the Chute Boxe protege decided that he is a swami. This Saturday night, at the Palace of Auburn Hills, in Detroit, Mich., former champions Quinton Jackson and Lyoto Machida will compete, serving as the main event of the nights festivities at UFC 123. While fans and the media alike have been somewhat split as far as an anticipated outcome for the nights headliner, "Shogun" asserts that it will in fact be his countryman in Machida that will reign victorious. ...

A report has surfaced, which has now raised some interesting questions. ufc 128 is expected to go down this March for round-two, in Abu Dhabi. The venue has not been pin pointed as of yet, however the UFC should return to A.D on March 19th, since it's original inception in the organization's new market which came earlier this year at UFC 112, last April. ...

Former ufc Light Heavyweight Champion Rashad Evans is no stranger to controversy. We’re talking about a man that heinously knocked out Chuck Liddell, was heinously knocked out by Lyoto Machida, had an incredibly bitter rivalry with Quinton Jackson, and has been criticized recently for a return to his former “lay and pray” style. Rashad Evans recently found himself in the middle of another media storm when he openly criticized the UFC in a recent interview with ESPN. Evans recently took the time to respond to the controversy and clear the air. ...

Rashad Evans is no stranger to controversy. In fact, the former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion was recently involved in a prolonged rivalry, one of the bitterest rivalries in UFC history, with fellow former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Quinton Jackson. Rashad’s victory over “Rampage” at UFC 114 in May solidified him as the #1 contender to the Light Heavyweight Championship, and “Sugar” has been sitting on the sidelines ever since, waiting for current champion Mauricio Rua to heal up from knee surgery. And if a new interview is any indication, it appears that Evans is growing very tired of waiting. ...

In the midst of an international expansion that is virtually unrivaled in all of Mixed Martial Arts, the ufc’s absence from one foreign country in particular remains perplexing. Consider the fact that a massive chunk of the best of the best that compete in the UFC are from Brazil, and then consider the fact that the UFC hasn’t ran an event in Brazil for over a decade. But fear not, the hiatus is now over. According to Graciemag International, 2011 will mark the UFC’s return to Brazil for the first time since 1998. ...

As the World MMA Awards of 2010 begin to loom closer and closer, UFC middleweight fighter Wanderlei Silva has made no secret who's vote he will be casting in, for trainer of the year. Rafael Cordeiro, Silva's former trainer for his Chute Boxe days, tops the list. The two have reunited this year when "The Axe Murderer" made a successful debut in the 185-pound division, after a long and storied career n the light heavyweight division, defeating Michael Bisping at UFC 110 in Sydney, Australia, with Cordeiro in his corner. Assisting him in the weeks leading up to the fight, Silva has acknowledged that training again with whom he calls his "Master", Cordeiro has replicated the same success in other fighters and will now assist Silva in bringing back the old Chute Boxe team once again. ...

There was a time in the not-so-distant past when the future looked very bleak indeed for current UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Mauricio Rua. “Shogun” rode a four fight win-streak that occurred inside the famous PRIDE FC promotion when he debuted in the UFC in 2007…only to gas out and get choked out by Forrest Griffin. But the past is the past, and Rua now reigns once again as one of the most feared strikers in the game, in addition to the best Light Heavyweight Mixed Martial Artist currently walking the planet. In a recent interview, Rua revealed some interesting news about his recovery from an injury sustained during his last fight, where he famously KO’d unbeaten Lyoto Machida to win the championship. ...

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. ...

Did anyone honestly think it would stop at UFC 117? I definitely didn’t. Former #1 contender to the Middleweight Championship Chael Sonnen is at it again, as he made the media rounds recently and gave fight fans and journalists a new batch of clever quips and highly-entertaining trash-talk to ponder over. Sonnen recently revealed what must be the most bizarre piece of trash-talk ever seen, as he recently read a poem that he had written about Anderson Silva. And in other news, Sonnen also called out Georges St. Pierre and even Mauricio Rua. Here’s the latest on the man we all love to hate. ...

As the fantastic year MMA had in 2010 draws closer and closer to a close, I’m left wondering what 2011 could bring us that could possibly hold a candle to some of the crazy events of this year. This year gave us amazing shows, unpredictable outcomes, the continued growth of the sport, new champions, new challengers, and so much more. It’s going to take a lot to outdo 2010. In that regard, here are five fantasy match-ups that I think could realistically happen in 2011 and would go a long way towards outdoing 2010 in terms of excitement, anticipation, and fight quality. ...

It’s become the subject of some pretty intense debate lately: when does a fighter deserve an immediate rematch? This debate has been given new life due to a string of immediate rematches: Mauricio Rua vs. Lyoto Machida 2, BJ Penn vs. Frankie Edgar 2, and the seemingly-inevitable Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen 2 are the most obvious examples. Some fans have even wondered if some UFC fighters had “automatic rematch” clauses in their contracts. UFC President Dana White recently revealed that there are no automatic rematches in the UFC, and that every rematch is decided on a case-by-case basis. ...

The fight everyone wants to see, will be on the back burner until 2011, apparently. UFC light heavyweight champion Mauricio "Shogun" Rua has undergone successful knee surgery this past June, and is still in recovery mode. According to UFC President Dana White in a recent interview with Sportscenter revealed that he intends on making Rua's return in the Spring or early Summer of next year. ...

Despite being in the middle of a two-fight losing streak, I personally think the future’s still quite bright for Brandon Vera. I don’t think he’ll ever reach the potential that he could have achieved when he first came into the UFC and people were predicting that he would be the next UFC Heavyweight Champion, but I think he will always have the skills to consistently be “in the mix”. His star status may be on the decline, but I really don’t see any shame in losing to the likes of Randy Couture and Jon Jones. However, even though Jon Jones quickly finished Vera in their “UFC on Versus” fight, Vera recently stated that he still doesn’t buy into the hype. Personally, I’m never again going to bet against Jon Jones. ...

Without a single doubt in my mind, I believe that 2010 has been the craziest year in MMA since the fall of PRIDE back in 2007. A month doesn’t go by where we haven’t had a crazy story that gets everyone talking. Take your pick: Brock Lesnar returned from a possibly career-ending injury and submitted Shane Carwin, Fedor Emelianenko lost in the opening minutes of Round 1 to a Triangle Choke applied by Fabricio Werdum, Lyoto Machida was destroyed by Mauricio Rua, Chael Sonnen came within inches of beating Anderson Silva and dominated him for twenty-three minutes, Jason Miller got into a crazy brawl with almost the entire Team Cesar Gracie fight camp…the list goes on and on, and on. I think 2011 will be an even bigger year in MMA. Moving forward, here are five things I’m already looking forward to for next year. ...

While Jon Jones has faced the toughest opposition of his career most recently, he's made it look easy and efficient. Even in a losing effort (albeit a disqualification) to TUF veteran Matt Hamill, Jones looked every bit as dominant as he has in wins over perennial contender's Brand Vera and most recently, Vladimir Matyushenko. It's hard to say what will be next for the 205-pound wrestling stud, but Jones in the mean time is enjoying his most recent triumph none the less, which now moves him to 11-1 overall, and marks his fifth win, inside the octagon. ...

Prepare for a bit of controversy, fans and friends. Today’s article focuses on current UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, and more specifically, why I think he won’t break the long streak of UFC Light Heavyweight Champions losing their gold in their first few fights. Mauricio Rua has always been a very popular fighter dating back to his glory days in the PRIDE Fighting Championships, and his fans have never had more of a reason to cheer now that he stands atop one of the UFC’s fiercest divisions. But Shogun’s reign is as doomed to failure as all the others before him, dating back to when Quinton Jackson ended Chuck Liddell’s two-year run as Light Heavyweight Champion at UFC 71. The Shogun we saw completely dismantled by Forrest Griffin is still in there. It’s just hidden. ...

Saturday we watched UFC 114 and the main event billed as "the biggest grudge match in UFC history." "Sugar" Rashad Evans (15-1-1) used his wrestling to beat "Rampage" Quinton Jackson (28-8) in what believe was a major let down. ...

Tonight we finally get to see a fight many have waited for since June of 2009 when "Sugar" Rashad Evans (14-1-1) takes on "Rampage" Quinton Jackson (28-7) in the main event at UFC 114. ...

This weeks installment of "Weekly Jab" brings you news on the new UFC light heavyweight champion, a former NFL football player and one of the most recognizable names in the sport. ...

The rematch all the fans had been calling for lived up to the hype as Fighters.com third-ranked light heavyweight "Shogun" Mauricio Rua went from being "the people's champion" to becoming UFC light heavyweight champion after knocking out top-ranked and now former UFC light heavyweight champion "Dragon" Lyoto Machida (16-1). ...