Michael Bisping News

Take a look at who the Bloody Elbow staff is picking for each and every UFC on FX 8 fight.

This Saturday at UFC on FX 8 , Vitor Belfort will welcome Strikeforce middleweight champion Luke Rockhold to the Octagon for the first time, in front of a friendly crowd in JaraguA do Sul, Brazil.

Even though Rich Franklin is seeing his storied career wind down, there are still some good fights waiting to be made for him, and one in particular - a bout against Michael Bisping - has the former middleweight champion smiling.

Pat Healy might not immediately find the cruel irony in that quip. But maybe it'll dawn on him as he sits in front of his television Saturday night and watches Vitor Belfort blithely strut to the octagon , especially if by chance it's to the walkout song "Time Is on my Side." Healy issued a statement Tuesday night in which he detailed how the ... (more)

Connor Ruebusch breaks down the striking of Vitor Belfort as the old, hormone-deficient lion prepares to face off against Luke Rockhold this Saturday.

There's a lot of mixed feelings going into this fight for Luke Rockhold . He has been adamant in interviews that he senses something fishy in Vitor Belfort's use of testosterone replacement therapy.

Vitor Belfort has lost to the current light heavyweight and middleweight champions in his past five fights, but he's determined to get another crack at UFC gold, and he just might with an impressive win over Luke Rockhold in the UFC on FX 8 main event.

Last month, Vitor Belfort turned 36 years old. As professional athletes go, he is aging.

Knockout Radio returned on May 8 with UFC fighters Chris Camozzi and Melvin Guillard , as well as One FC fighter and former UFC champion Tim Sylvia .

Luke Rockhold, the final Strikeforce middleweight champion before the promotion folded earlier this year, will make his UFC debut on May 18 in a headlining bout against Vitor Belfort.

In what will probably be the final addition to the card Yaotzin Meza is facing off against John Albert at UFC on Fox 8 . It's not the most scintillating of matchups, but carries with it the promise that both of these fighters will probably get cut with a loss.

TYSON FURY could swap the boxing ring for the Octagon in a sensational one-off clash with the UFC world heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez.

UFC's UK and Irish TV Partner BT Sport Reveals Pricing Structure Posted by Joseph Lee on 05.09.2013 Get the details... MMA Junkie reports that BT Sports, the new UK and Irish TV partner of the UFC revealed the pricing structure for its three channel lineup.

When fighters like Michael Bisping cause an eye poke, there's rarely any justice for the injured opponent.

Preliminary estimates have UFC 159 drawing between 520,000 and 550,000 pay-per-view buys, putting it behind only the Georges St-Pierre vs.

Eye-pokes: They're devastating, career-threatening, unfairly handled during fights , and mysteriously under-penalized . Due to the open-fingered nature of the gloves, gouging is a unique and unfortunately common problem in MMA.

The gloves used in MMA have never been a perfect fit for the sport and have led to a lot of eyepokes over the years.

UFC middleweight contender Vitor Belfort has always been in the mix in his division.

UFC middleweight Rich Franklin has always put on entertaining fights, and he truly is worthy of his UFC Hall Of Fame status.

While the hypothetical scenario seemed distant before the fight, after suffering a lopsided, first-round TKO loss to the young phenom, the possibility of "The Gangster from West Linn" walking away from mixed martial arts appeared to take on a realistic form.