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The early numbers for UFC 141 are in, and Brock Lesnar appears to have cemented his legacy as MMA’s unquestioned pay-per-view king.

All last week the mixed martial arts community was buzzing to see the reception that would greet UFC 141. Could Lesnar’s absurd drawing power overcome a publicly overlooked shift to Friday night? [...]

Jon Jones is more than just the UFC light heavyweight champion. He’s the best fighter in the entire sport of mixed martial arts. At 24, he’s run roughshod over a division stocked full of the sport’s best. This year alone he’s absolutely wrecked some of the best the light heavyweight division [...]

Three rounds are in the books for the main event of UFC 135 – a light heavyweight championship bout between Jon “Bones” Jones and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson. This is the first time Jones has ventured into the championship rounds, though he has dominated the fight thus far. The referee overseeing the action is Josh Rosenthal.
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Even since Floyd Mayweather, Jr. followed his dad and uncles into the boxing ring, he has been a natural performer. He went 84-6 as an amateur before winning a bronze medal in the 1996 Olympics.

Since turning professional, he has won all 42 of his fights, 26 by knockout. He started out as a Super Featherweight and has gone up [...]

A few weeks ago we heard a rumor floating around MMA circles that Brock Lesnar’s recovery from his second bout with diverticulitis might not be going as well as was being reported. While the UFC has targeted a late 2011/early 2012 return for the former heavyweight champion, we had been tipped off that it might not happen that quickly, or even at all.

Apparently that wasn’t just idle gossip. [...]

Fox Sports and Zuffa LLC, UFC’s parent company, has signed a 7-year deal, reportedly, worth nearly $700M. UFC currently shows fights and other related programs on Spike TV.

Starting January 2012, the UFC will air four live fights broadcast on FOX per year, while 32 other fights and the production of ”The Ultimate Fighter’ will air on FX. [...]

Gina Carano, the face of women’s mixed martial arts fighting is finally ready to return to the cage.

Carano was set to make her comeback last month against Sarah D’Alelio, but Carano was pulled from the card after Strikeforce announced she had failed her pre-fight…

“No Holds Barred: The Complete History of Mixed Martial Arts in America” is the definitive American history of MMA and its rapid rise in the sports and entertainment world. Armed with a recorder and a press pass to the Ultimate Fighting Championship, author Clyde Gentry III set out to tell the story of MMA in the late 1990s…

Welcome to Sports Jabber’s first MMA Pick Em’ Contest! The rules are simple. Select the winner of the fight, round in which the fight will end, and method of finish. Points will be rewarded for each correct pick.

Example: Allistair Overeem vs. Fabricio Werdum - 2nd round, KO
At the end of the month, scores will be…

Earlier today I was ready to write a post about how damn ‘Alpha’ Brock Lesnar’s beard was. I was ready to emit word after word about how he should have kept it, even if he lost his world heavyweight championship to Cain Velasquez while rockin’ it.

Then reports were released over how he’s pulling out of his UFC 131 fight…