Two heavyweight match-ups were identified on Friday as part of the UFC 115 in Vancouver. Former Pride champ Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipović (26-7-2) will meet Pat Barry (5-1) and MMA veteran Gilbert Yvel (36-14-1) will face Ben Rothwell (30-7).
Sources close to the event confirmed the match-ups with MMAjunkie.com on Friday.
Not yet officially announced, UFC 115 is expected to take place June 12 at GM Place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The night’s main card airs on pay-per-view.
Filipović had been scheduled to meet Rothwell at UFC 110, but an illness caused …

A bout between UFC welterweight fighters Mike Pyle (19-6-1) and Jesse Lennox (11-2) appears to be shaping up for UFC 115 in Vancouver.
Sources close to the fighters informed MMAjunkie.com that both fighters had made verbal agreements to face one another with official agreements to be signed soon.
Pyle has gone 1-2 in his three UFC bouts, losing to Jake Ellenberger at UFC 108 in his last fight. He defeated Chris Wilson via guillotine choke at UFN 19, and was defeated by Brock Larson at UFC 98. Fifteen of Pyle’s nineteen victories …

Martin Smith takes a look at the DVD release of UFC 98, featuring a great main event for the UFC light heavyweight title between Rashad Evans and Brazilian challenger Lyoto Machida!

TNA Impact took a tumble in the latest round of UK televsion ratings for the week ending May 24, but UFC 98 impressed on troubled Setanta Sports.

Former UFC light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans scooped a $200,000 payday at UFC 98 this past Saturday night.

If you bet on MMA and floundered Saturday’s event held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Vegas, in case you haven’t heard by now, you missed a remarkable Octagon sports betting spectacle. The main event was a historic light heavyweight championship bout, which made for the first time in the sport’s history two fighters battled for the division’s crown with both contenders being undefeated.

Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida stopped Rashad Evans at 3:57 of the second round to win the light heavyweight title at UFC 98 on Saturday night.

Matt Hughes won a unanimous decision against Matt Serra in a matchup of former welterweight champions at UFC 98 on Saturday night.

Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida stopped Rashad Evans at 3:57 of the second round to win the light heavyweight title at UFC 98 on Saturday night.

Machida landed a barrage of punches that sent Evans reeling up against the cage and finished him off with a left hand that folded Evans backwards onto the canvas.

“I’ve tried all my life to become a champion and I am very, very happy,” a jubilant Machida said. “Now I’m going to keep this belt for a long time.”

The light heavyweight title has now changed hands four times in the last five title bouts…

Brock Larson impressed at UFC 98 on Saturday night as he defeated Mike Pyle in Las Vegas.

The main event of UFC 98 pits one of the fastest strikers to ever hit the ring, with one of its most strategic tacticians. Lyoto Machida has been the bane of mixed martial arts ever since exploding on to the scene with a decisive victory over the lippy Tito Ortiz. That fight marked the beginning of the end for Ortiz, and it could very well spell the end for Rashad Evans’ title reign.

Sports betting and UFC betting fanatics have been seeing Sean “The Muscle Shark” Sherk’s name come up quite a lot in the BetUS sportsbook, for quite some time. Quite simply, Sherk is a legend in the sport of mixed martial arts, having faced the very best around the world, and in numerous weight classes as well. The longevity that he has displayed over the course of his career may never be duplicated.

UFC 98 – UFC Light Heavyweight Title
May 23 — Las Vegas
LYOTO MACHIDA -225
RASHAD EVANS +175