UFC 183 medical suspensions: Miesha Tate, Tyron Woodley potentially out six months your sports feeder

Five fighters received six-month medical suspensions as a result of damage incurred during their respective fights at UFC 183, including top contenders Miesha Tate and Tyron Woodley, according to information released to MMAFighting.com by the Nevada Athletic Commission on Tuesday.

Both Tate (left orbital fracture, left elbow) and Woodley (right foot), along with main card fighter Tim Boetsch (right knee, right eye), exiled flyweight contender John Lineker (right foot), and prelim middleweight Tom Watson (right foot) will require clearance from doctors for their potential injuries, or otherwise be forced to sit out until the end of July.

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UFC 183 medical suspensions: Miesha Tate, Tyron Woodley potentially out six months

UFC Fight Night 58 medical suspensions: C.B. Dollaway and two others potentially out six months

C.B. Dollaway lasted 62 seconds against Lyoto Machida, and the vicious body kick landed by “The Dragon” can force “The Doberman” to be out six months.

The Brazilian MMA Athletic Commission (CABMMA) announced Monday the list of UFC Fight Night 58 medical suspensions after the Saturday night event in Barueri, Brazil, and Dollaway is among three fighters that could be out six months.

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UFC Fight Night 58 medical suspensions: C.B. Dollaway and two others potentially out six months

"Super fidgety" Holly Holm finally trading arts and crafts for sparring mitts

ALBUQUERQUE, NM — The first thing Holly Holm did last month after pulling out of her UFC debut? First, she cried. Then… well, she made a bed.

“Like, out of wood,” Holm says, laughing. “I Googled it and took my time doing it. I had to do something.

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"Super fidgety" Holly Holm finally trading arts and crafts for sparring mitts

Morning Report: Jon Fitch says "stupid mistake" against Rousimar Palhares could sideline him for months

World Series of Fighting welterweight Jon Fitch lost out on the title Saturday night, but he might be missing the use of his right leg for a few months.

The former UFC contender was caught in a first-round kneebar by leglock master Rousimar Palhares Dec. 13 at WSOF 16.

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Morning Report: Jon Fitch says "stupid mistake" against Rousimar Palhares could sideline him for months

Cris Cyborg gives up on the idea of fighting at bantamweight

Cris Cyborg will not cut down to 135 pounds after all.

Two and a half months after announcing her decision to drop to the bantamweight division for a bout at Invicta FC 10, the first and only Strikeforce and Invicta FC featherweight champion confirmed she won’t try cutting the extra 10 pounds anymore.

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Cris Cyborg gives up on the idea of fighting at bantamweight

WSOF winner Rousimar Palhares on Jon Fitch: "I would like to win so awful I simply do not care about the belt"

Five months following the initial date, Rousimar Palhares and Jon Fitch will meet for great in the World Series of Fighting cage Saturday night in California, as “Toquinho” was eventually able to focus 100 percent on fighting again.

Palhares requested to withdraw from his first title defense in July, when he was anticipated to meet Fitch in the key occasion of WSOF 11, to manage his mother, who had been hospitalized and underwent operation for extreme thrombosis in her legs.

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WSOF winner Rousimar Palhares on Jon Fitch: "I would like to win so awful I simply do not care about the belt"

Angela Magana on newfound Twitter infamy: "I am really only being myself"

Angela Magana was known mainly for being a longtime women’s MMA combatant and competition in The Ultimate Fighter 20. Until about monthly past. That is when the seven-year veteran kind of found Twitter, in her very own manner.

“I was never huge supporter of the latest social networking,” Magana told MMA Fighting. “I was too busy living life to share my entire life. Who gives a f—?”

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Angela Magana on newfound Twitter infamy: "I am really only being myself"

It is been a while, but Junior dos Santos can grin again

PHOENIX, Ariz. — It did not take long for that old, goofy smile to creep back across Junior dos Santos’ face.

Fourteen months after Cain Velasquez ground him into an unrecognizable and bloody paste, seven months after his superhuman framework did not make its Brazilian homecoming, the guy they used to call o campeao danced his fiendish dance over the blue canvas at Wednesday’s UFC on FOX 13 open work outs, showing once again that there is few more frightening to observe carton the shadows.

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It is been a while, but Junior dos Santos can grin again

Gabriel Gonzaga plans to begin another run towards heavyweight title at UFC on FOX 13

Gabriel Gonzaga got a couple of operations to get a busted right hand following his last UFC fight, and he is finally able to return in the Octagon.

The Brazilian heavyweight, who has not fought since a unanimous decision loss to Stipe Miocic in January, is set to meet Matt Mitrione on the primary card of Saturday night’s UFC on FOX 13 in Phoenix, and is feeling “excellent” after an 11-month layoff.

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Gabriel Gonzaga plans to begin another run towards heavyweight title at UFC on FOX 13

Edmond Tarverdyan on Travis Browne"s boxing: "I saw lots of errors"

Travis Browne surprised lots of folks when he said in a interview which he was merely merely “learning to fight” with new trainer Edmond Tarverdyan.

After all, this is a man who spent the past couple of years training at Jackson-Winkeljohn MMA in Albuquerque, N.M., regarded among the top teams on the planet. Tarverdyan tried to describe to Ariel Helwani what Brown meant when he talked to FOX Sports two months past. The trainer told Ariel Helwani on Monday’s The MMA Hour that he “saw lots of errors” in the heavyweight’s match when he arrived at Glendale Fighting Club.

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Edmond Tarverdyan on Travis Browne"s boxing: "I saw lots of errors"

Bellator declares new show in February with Manhoef vs. Shlemenko

Bellator CEO Scott Coker said lately that if he could, hewant to set Melvin Manhoef on a show every month. While that might be excessive, Manhoef (29-12-1, 1 no contest), coming off a knockout loss to Joe Schilling to the Nov. 15 show in San Diego, Calif., is scheduled for his third fight in a five-month span in Bellator’s only announced second show of 2015, on Feb. 13 in Fresno, Calif. at the Save Mart Center. Manhoef will headline against former Bellator middleweight champ Alexander Shlemenko (50-9).

The promotion declared the fight on Friday night.

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Bellator declares new show in February with Manhoef vs. Shlemenko

See Anderson Silva"s new Budweiser advertisement

Former UFC middleweight kingpin Anderson Silva gets back in action 13 months following a gruesome leg injury, confronting former Strikeforce welterweight champ Nick Diaz at UFC 183 on Jan. 31, and Budweiser released a new advertisement in Brazil for his return to the Octagon.

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See Anderson Silva"s new Budweiser advertisement

Cung Le requests contract launch; calls UFC "something I do not believe in anymore"

We Are over a month taken out of the resolution of Cung Le’s drug test dispute together with the UFC, but the awful feelings in the combatant’s ending of things have yet to subside.

Le disclosed Wednesday that he’s told his supervisor, Gary Ibarra, to request his release from his UFC contract.

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Cung Le requests contract launch; calls UFC "something I do not believe in anymore"

Michinori Tanaka issued nine-month suspension for failed drug test at UFC Fight Night 52

UFC bantamweight Michinori Tanaka has been issued a nine-month suspension after testing positive for two banned materials in a pre-fight urine evaluation before his split decision loss against Kyung Ho Kang at UFC Fight Night 52, promotion officials declared on Tuesday.

Tanaka, 24, tested positive for ephedrine and pseudoephedrine, each of which are stimulants usually seen in over the counter medicine but are prohibited by World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) guidelines.

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Michinori Tanaka issued nine-month suspension for failed drug test at UFC Fight Night 52

Former champ Renan Barao shifts diet for UFC Fight Night 58

RIO DE JANEIRO — Renan Barao had the opportunity to recover his UFC title in August, but passed out while cutting weight because of his UFC 177 main event with T.J. Dillashaw. Four months after, the Nova Uniao combatant returns to the Octagon against Mitch Gagnon, and he is executing some shifts for his pre-fight routine.

The former UFC bantamweight champ — who was riding a 33-fight unbeaten run until losing his belt to the heavy underdog Dillashaw at UFC 173 — Barao has consistently fought to make 135 pounds dead in the funds for title fights. That is why he says he is determined to cut junk food from his menu.

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Former champ Renan Barao shifts diet for UFC Fight Night 58

Wanderlei Silva: UFC threatened to sue if I appeared at Bellator occasion

Wanderlei Silva is at it again with a different video smashing the UFC. Now, his monologue was mainly about his declaration the UFC threatened to sue him if he appeared at a Bellator lover occasion earlier this month.

Silva was advertised for an autograph signing the week of Bellator 131 in San Diego, which went head to head with UFC 180. “The Axe Murderer” said he was guaranteed $10,000 for two hours of signing. Several days before, he received an e-mail in the UFC telling him that the organization would take legal action if he went forward using the occasion, Silva said.

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Wanderlei Silva: UFC threatened to sue if I appeared at Bellator occasion

Ben Rothwell: Increased drug testing in MMA has resulted in raised harms

While it appears like years ago now, only at that time last year Ben Rothwell was mired in what he calls the “lowest point” of his career. Rothwell, a expert heavyweight who at the time was prescribed testosterone replacement treatment (TRT), tested positive for elevated rates of testosterone in the wake of a spectacular Aug. 2013 triumph over Brandon Vera. The UFC acted quickly, handing down a nine-month suspension that had the 33-year old agonizing over his incorrect turn.

“I did not understand what I was doing, I felt like I wanted it (TRT),” Rothwell declared on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour. “I was getting endocrinologists and physicians who have been like: ‘If you can achieve so, then you definitely should. That is about your health. That isn’t about fighting, it is going to assist you.’ Matters of this nature.

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Ben Rothwell: Increased drug testing in MMA has resulted in raised harms

After scoring deal he could not refuse, Nick Diaz wonders why he accepted fights against "average degree competitors"

When Nick Diaz retired in March 2013 fresh from losing a lopsided unanimous decision to then-UFC welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre, he told reporters that the only fights to could coax him back to the cage will be a rematch contrary to the Canadian or a superfight against Anderson Silva. At that time, Diaz’s requests were mostly scoffed at. This is a man who had lost two straight trips; he was not just in the position to barter for another huge chance.

But a funny thing occurred in the 16 months that followed that night. St Pierre retired, lifting the curtain to the sport’s drug outbreak on his way outside; Silva lost simply not once, but twice in outrageous manner; Chael Sonnen unceremoniously left the limelight; a rash of harms sailed from the other side of the UFC’s top echelon; the promotion’s fading draws disappeared only somewhat more.

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After scoring deal he could not refuse, Nick Diaz wonders why he accepted fights against "average degree competitors"

Roxanne Modafferi will now face Andrea Lee at Invicta FC 10

Roxanne Modafferi won’t face Vanessa Porto after all at Invicta FC 10 after Porto had an “unforseen delay in visa processing,” according to a Invicta press release Thursday.

Modafferi (16-11) will now face Andrea Lee (2-0) at the event at the Arena Theatre in Houston. Lee won her Invicta debut with a unanimous decision victory over Shannon Sinn at Invicta FC 9 earlier this month.

Modafferi recently snapped a six-fight skid with a unanimous decision win over Tara LaRosa at Invicta FC 8 on Sept. 8.

Michele Waterson will defend her atomweight title against Herica Tiburcio in the Invicta FC 10 main event.

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Roxanne Modafferi will now face Andrea Lee at Invicta FC 10

Four title fights highlight Bellator"s first three events of 2015

SAN DIEGO – Four title fights highlight the first three events on the Bellator 2015 schedule.

The first event under the company’s new monthly schedule, Bellator 132, will be held on Friday, January 16, at the Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, Calif., as Patricio “Pitbull” Friere (22-2) will defend his Bellator featherweight title against former champion Daniel Straus (23-5).

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Four title fights highlight Bellator"s first three events of 2015