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  After a string of injuries and disappointing main events, the UFC is looking to turn things around this Saturday at UFC 107, which features BJ Penn vs. Diego Sanchez in a headlining lightweight...

Florian and Guida on collision course. Kenny Florian and Clay Guida have the same long-term destination point: the UFC lightweight championship that has eluded Florian and that Guida has never had a chance to win.

Exclusive to Bloody Elbow: Keith Florian Focused on Future, not Drama

I recently wrote 10 Fights I Want the UFC to Make Happen, a Fanpost now famous for its revelation that 110 BE readers can't live without seeing Dustin Hazelett fight Paulo "Silva" Thiago. In the...

Like many MMA fans, my aptitude test indicates that I'd be a good UFC matchmaker. What could possibly be more fun than coming up with great fights for the world to see? So in no particular order,...

Let's give some props to Kenny Florian. For nearly four rounds, he hung in with the best lightweight fighter in the history of MMA. There's no shame in losing to BJ Penn, but watching Kenny's...

In between Thai clinches and rubber guards, Mike and Joe like to say stuff.  You can make a pretty good drinking game out of it.  The core rules are here.  The 101 specific rules are as...

An in-depth look at the UFC 101 main event Lightweight Championship title bout between B.J. Penn and Kenny Florian.

If you would have asked me a year ago if Kenny Florian had a chance against BJ Penn I would have looked at you funny.  Penn had demolished Sean Sherk, an imposing lightweight at the time who...

I’m not sure I really believe that you have to break B.J. mentally or make him quit.  I think the key is challenging every aspect of his game and making him make those little mistakes, those...