After watching the main event between "The Natural" Randy Couture (17-10) and "Truth" Brandon Vera (11-4) at UFC 105 in Manchester Saturday, I realized that MMA judging is clearly arbitrary. Randy won a unanimous decision with scores of 29-28, 30-27, and 30-27.  This decision, along with the fight between Fighters.com and UFC Light Heavyweight Champion "Dragon" Lyoto Machida (16-0) and third-ranked “Shogun” Mauricio Rua (18-4) made me wonder just what the judges are looking for and scoring during a fight. ...

The fiery debate over MMA judging was doused with gasoline after the recent title fight between Fighters.com and UFC Light Heavyweight Champion "Dragon" Lyoto Machida (16-0) and third-ranked challenger “Shogun” Mauricio Rua (18-4). ...

As controversial as the UFC 104 judges' unanimous decision in favor of Fighters.com and UFC Light Heavyweight Champion "Dragon" Lyoto Machida (16-0) over seemingly obvious victor, now-third-ranked "Shogun" Mauricio Rua (18-4), was among North American MMA fans, nothing compares to the heat over the fight among Brazilian MMA fans. ...

Fighters.com and UFC Light Heavyweight Champion “Dragon” Lyoto Machida (16-0) underwent surgery on his left hand Friday, according to MMA Junkie. ...

UFC prospect “Rumble” Anthony Johnson (8-2) knocked out eighth-ranked welterweight “Zenko” Yoshiyuki Yoshida (10-3) in 41 seconds of a catchweight bout at UFC 104 in Los Angeles Saturday. ...

Heavyweight Cain Velasquez (7-0) TKO'd "Big" Ben Rothwell (26-7) by referee stoppage due to strikes 58 seconds into round two at UFC 104 in Los Angeles Saturday. ...

Fighters.com and UFC Light Heavyweight Champion “Dragon” Lyoto Machida (16-0) remained undefeated and atop the 205-pound division with controversial five-round unanimous decision over sixth-ranked “Shogun” Mauricio Rua (18-4)  by judges' scores of 48-47 three times at UFC 104 in Los Angeles Saturday. ...

Fighters.com and UFC Light Heavyweight Champion “Dragon” Lyoto Machida (15-0) weighed in two-and-a-half pounds under the 205-pound light heavyweight limit Friday, a day before he'll defend his titles from sixth-ranked “Shogun” Mauricio Rua (18-3) at the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles Saturday. ...

UFC 104 Countdown will premiere on SpikeTV Monday October 19 at 11:00 PM EST/PT. The popular broadcast goes behind the scenes as fighters prepare for their matchups. Monday night's episode will follow Fighters.com and UFC Light Heavyweight Champion “Dragon” Lyoto Machida (15-0) and his UFC 104 challenger sixth-ranked “Shogun” Mauricio Rua (18-3) as they train in their native Brazil to go at each other October 24 at the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles. ...

Fighters.com and UFC Lightweight Champion "Prodigy" BJ Penn (14-5-1) will defend his titles from unranked, but popular The Ultimate Fighter 1 champion “Nightmare” Diego Sanchez (21-2) at UFC 107 at the FedExForum in Memphis December 12, the UFC officially announced Tuesday. ...

American light heavyweight Jared Hamman (9-1) and Swede "Mauler" Alexander Gustafsson (7-0) will both debut in the UFC versus each other at UFC 105 at M.E.N. Arena in Manchester. Hamman is an EliteXC veteran with stoppages over powerhouse "Diesel" Travis Wiuff (57-12), Strikeforce prospect Aaron Rosa (10-3), and ADCC submission grappler and M-1 Global fighter Rogent Lloret (6-1-1). Before his debut in the Octagon, Hamman spoke to Fighters.com about training with “Janitor” Vladimir Matyushenko (23-4), his only loss by 15-second knockout, and his preparations to fight Gustafsson. ...

Fighters.com and UFC Welterweight Champion "Rush" Georges St. Pierre (19-2) awaits the winner between ninth-ranked “Quick” Mike Swick (14-2) and tenth-ranked “Outlaw” Dan Hardy (22-6) at UFC 105 at M.E.N. Arena in Manchester November 14.  According to UFC President Dana White, St. Pierre will defend his title versus the winner in Britain. ...

Fighters.com and UFC Middleweight Champion “Spider” Anderson Silva (25-4) will defend his titles from unranked “Phenom” Vitor Belfort (18-8) at UFC 108 in Las Vegas January 2. ...

Fighters.com and UFC Light Heavyweight Champion “Dragon” Lyoto Machida (15-0) will defend his championships from sixth-ranked "Shogun" Mauricio Rua (18-3) at UFC 104 in Los Angeles October 24. ...

Friday the UFC confirmed that the contender matchup between Fighters.com's seventh-ranked middleweight and former WEC champ Chael Sonnen (22-10-1) and UFC contender “Thunder” Yushin Okami (23-4) is not scheduled for the pay per view broadcast of UFC 104 in Los Angeles October 24. ...