It's better to be recast than forgotten. After all, a different role still allows for opportunities. That is how welterweight Jay Hieron and lightweight Danny Castillo view their c...
MINNEAPOLIS - Longtime UFC veteran Dennis Hallman is already on his way back home to Washington, but it's not with a pink slip in hand. Despite missing weight for a planned UFC on FX 5 m...
Dennis Hallman and Thiago Tavares' loss is Marcus LeVesseur and Carlo Prater's gain. After Hallman was pulled from Friday's UFC on FX 5 card because he was seven pounds overweight, LeVess...
The cancellation of this past month's UFC 151 event resulted in a financial hit for Thiago Tavares. But he's willing to eat the costs since it provided more time to train for his resche...
California's Team Alpha Male has long been considered one of MMA's top training destinations - especially for the sport's lighter-weight fighters. But 2012 hasn't exactly been kind to t...
Many fans remember Shane Roller's three-fight losing streak, even if they forget he won his most recent bout to save his UFC career. With no clear-cut system for how the UFC dishes out p...
Mike Pierce can hold his head a little higher if he beats a wrestler inside the octagon. Because most likely, he's bested someone with better credentials than he on the mat. "I never...
ST. ANTHONY, Minn. - Travis Browne is two days away from his first UFC main event, he's facing a physically intimidating opponent, and recently defeated foe Stefan Struve recently stole the ...
Following his run on "The Ultimate Fighter 12," Michael Johnson heeded a recommendation to move to Albuquerque, N.M., where trainers Greg Jackson and Mike Winkeljohn frequently worked with h...
ST. ANTHONY, Minn. - In advance of UFC on FX 5, Jacob Volkmann took his allotted hotel room from the UFC despite living just 20 minutes away. Fighting for a hometown crowd is stressful,...