Ultimate Fighting Championship officials announced Tuesday evening that the organization’s debut on Fox Sports 1 is expected to move forward despite a legal hang-up in Massachusetts.

Three of the four participants in Bellator’s 2013 Summer Series light heavyweight tournament hit their contracted marks at Tuesday’s Bellator 96 weigh-ins, but Jacob Noe came in slightly heavy at 206.2 pounds.

Vinicius Kappke de Queiroz has been forced to withdraw from Bellator’s 2013 Summer Series heavyweight tournament.

The UFC’s return to Boston could be in jeopardy, according to a Tuesday report from the Boston Herald.

From “King Mo” and “Babalu” to War Machine and tournament fare, Bellator MMA returns with a bang after a six-week hiatus.

Five underdogs turned the tables on the oddsmakers on Saturday in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Not even a star-studded main event could prevent UFC 161 from being forgettable on many fronts on Saturday in Winnipeg.

Rashad Evans still has his foot in the door at 205 pounds.

For the first time in more than three years and seven fights, Frankie Edgar will enter the UFC Octagon without a title belt on the line.

He will look to get back into the title race at UFC 162 when he faces Charles Oliveira in the co-main event that night. While Edgar has been fighting for UFC gold for years, Oliveira has never quite reached that same peak.

As dangerous of a fighter as he may be, Oliveira doesn't carry the same kind of top 10 name value that Edgar could have potentially faced.  The reality is Edgar has never been a fighter who handpicks his opponents.

"I never picked fights," Edgar said in a recent interview with The Ultimate Show.  "I'm never going to start to pick fights.  If they ask me to fight someone, I'll say yes."

Edgar hopes that defeating Oliveira at UFC 162 in such a high-profile bout will insert his name into the title race again for a future shot at the featherweight strap.  The New Jersey native knows that more goes into getting a crack at the belt than just winning, and he's prepared to do whatever it takes to get the gold around his waist again.

"I think one or two (fights away from a title shot)," Edgar stated.  "Let's be real, it's not always the No. 1 contenders who get the title shots. It's who they invest money in, and whose kind of a known name.  In the lighter weights just being that I fought seven title fights in a row, I think I'm that guy."

In the interview, Edgar also addressed the reality of fighting for a win after three straight losses, as well as preparing for a three-round bout for the first time in more than three years.

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UFC 161 is becoming more distant by the day. If you look into the not-too-distant future, you’ll see that UFC 162 is just over the horizon and getting closer by the second. 

UFC 162 will take place on July 6. The event features a pretty deep card, especially in the featherweight division. Three of the top 10 fighters in that weight class will be competing at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada on that night.

However, the featherweights will not be the main attraction on that Saturday night. No, that honor goes to the middleweights. There will be four 185-pound contests on the fight card.

On the preliminary portion of the card, Chris Leben and Andrew Craig will look to rebound from losses, while Mark Munoz and Tim Boetsch will hope to stay in the top 10 of the division with a win. 

Moving on to the main card, Strikeforce imports Tim Kennedy and Roger Gracie will look to show the UFC bosses that they belong with the promotion.

The other middleweight bout on the card is the one most fans, fighters and MMA pundits will be endlessly analyzing from now until the cage door locks behind the combatants. Those combatants will be middleweight champion Anderson Silva and the No. 1 contender in the division, Chris Weidman.

Many believe that Weidman, a strong wrestler with a brown belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, has the skills to give the longstanding champion fits.

One person that doesn’t see things that way is the vanquished opponent of Silva, Dan Henderson. Rick J. Lee recently caught up with the former Pride and Strikeforce champion to get his take on the bout.

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