Fighters.com's ninth-ranked welterweight “Outlaw” Dan Hardy (23-6) took one small step ahead in the 170-pound rankings this month after winning a three-round unanimous decision over now tenth-ranked “Quick” Mike Swick (14-3) at UFC 105 in Manchester November 14 and a giant leap into a title fight versus Fighters.com and UFC Champion "Rush" Georges St. Pierre (19-2), probably at UFC 110 in Sydney February 21. ...

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. ...

Former UFC heavyweight and light heavyweight champ “The Natural” Randy Couture (17-10) won a unanimous decision over “Truth” Brandon Vera (11-4) by judges's scores of 29-28 three times at UFC 105 at M.E.N. Arena in Manchester Saturday. Fighters.com scored the fight 29-28 in favor of Vera.  After the decision was announced, Couture said, "You just dont know what the judges are looking at and what determines the fight." ...

Fighters.com’s tenth-ranked welterweight “Outlaw” Dan Hardy (23-6) won a unanimous decision over ninth-ranked “Quick” Mike Swick (14-3) by judges' scores of 30-27 twice and 29-28 once at UFC 105 at M.E.N. Arena in Manchester Saturday. After the win, a fresh-looking Hardy said, "Yeah, that was a tough fight. I did what I could, England.  I did what I could.  Sorry I didnt get the finish, but we got there in the end." ...

The Ultimate Fighter 3 champion “Count” Michael Bisping (17-2) of England TKO'd Canadian middleweight Denis Kang (34-11-1) by punches at 4:24 at UFC 105 at M.E.N. Arena in Manchester Saturday. "I'm absolutley over the moon," an ecstatic Bisping told his hometown crowd.  "This is my life.  It really hurts me that people don't give me the respect I deserve." ...

Welterweight American Matt Brown (11-7) pounded out English The Ultimate Fighter 9 champ “Lightning” James Wilks (4-3) by TKO at 2:27 of round three at UFC 105 at M.E.N. Arena in Manchester Saturday. The final exchange looked like it might spell doom for Brown.  Wilks reversed a Brown standing Kimura and pulled guard, yanking Browns left arm behind his head. ...

The Ultimate Fighter 9 lightweight champ “Real Deal” Ross Pearson (15-5-1) of England beat American Aaron Riley (28-12-1) by doctor's stoppage at 4:38 of round two UFC 105 at M.E.N. Arena in Manchester Saturday. "Aaron was a tough, tough opponent for my first bouth," said Pearson after the win.  "Everything came off perfect." ...

Fighters.com will post UFC 105 results Saturday night begining at 8:00 PM ET. UFC 105 takes place at M.E.N. Arena in Manchester November 14 and features a light heavyweight main event between “The Natural” Randy Couture (16-10) and “Truth” Brandon Vera (11-3). ...

Join Reverend Turk Vangel, Gary Riedman, and Drew Hall  live Saturday night from 6:00 - 8:00 PM ET on MMA Gospel Radio.   MMA Gospel will welcome Strikeforce's newest welterweight "Relentless" Roger Bowling (6-0) to the show and have their prediction for UFC 105, which airs on SpikeTV immediately following the broadcast. Listen live and join the chat room at www.blogtalkradio.com/mmagospel. ...

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. ...

"Last Emperor" Fedor Emelianenko (30-1) entered his 15th month as Fighters.com Heavyweight Champion in October.  Emelianenko will defend his title versus fifth-ranked "Grim" Brett Rogers (10-0) at Strikeforce west of Chicago and broadcast in the U.S. on CBS November 7. ...

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. ...

UFC welterweight “Quick” Mike Swick (14-2) and “Outlaw” Dan Hardy (22-6) will matchup to determine the top contender to UFC welterweight champion “Rush” Georges St. Pierre (19-2), UFC President Dana White confirmed Monday to AOL FanHouse's Mike Chiapetta. ...

Fighters.com’s ninth-ranked heavyweight “The Natural” Randy Couture (16-10) and "Truth" Brandon Vera (11-3) will headline UFC 105 at M.E.N. Arena in Manchester November 14, the UFC announced Monday. ...