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Maximum Fighting Championship on Sunday announced the co-main event for its upcoming MFC 26: Retribution with lightweight champion Antonio McKee saying he’ll retire if his fight goes to the final bell…

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- McKEE WILL QUIT IF MFC 26 BOUT GOES THE DISTANCE

Earlier in the day on Tuesday, MMAWeekly broke the news that Thiago Silva was forced out of the UFC 117 fight against Boetsch due to an injury, and now UFC newcomer Todd “Bulldog” Brown has been tapped as a replacement….

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- TODD BROWN IN AGAINST BOETSCH AT UFC 117

Phil Baroni is out of a scheduled middleweight bout with John Salter when the UFC debuts in Boston on Aug. 28 …

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- BARONI OUT OF UFC 118 WITH COLLARBONE INJURY

Antonio Banuelos and Chad George will return to WEC action in September as the two bantamweights are set to square off as part of the undercard for the upcoming show in Broomfield, CO as part of WEC 51….

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- BANUELOS VS. GEORGE ADDED TO WEC 51

The replacements are coming in quick for injured fighters as MMAWeekly has now confirmed that Dan Miller will get the call to step in on short notice to face John Salter at UFC 118 in Boston after Phil Baroni was forced out of the fight with a collarbone injury…

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- DAN MILLER REPLACES BARONI AT UFC 118

Chael Sonnen has let his feelings about Anderson Silva be known, stoking up the war of words leading into their UFC 117 showdown just over a week away…

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- SONNEN RIPS INTO SILVA, WINNING WAR OF WORDS

Anderson Silva and Chael Sonnen met with the media via a UFC 117 conference call on Tuesday, and yes, the sparks were flying (AUDIO)…

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- UFC 117: SILVA VS. SONNEN CONFERENCE CALL

Chael Sonnen speaks out about how Rich Franklin ignored his call for a fight for over a year, and that Anderson Silva isn’t at UFC 117 because he wants to be there. It’s because he was told to be there…

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- SONNEN SAYS FRANKLIN & SILVA DUCKED HIM

Anderson Silva has never discounted fighting in other weight classes, but it looks like the current middleweight champion plans on hanging up his gloves while he’s still at 185 pounds…

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- ANDERSON SILVA PLANS TO RETIRE AT MIDDLEWEIGHT

Bellator Fighting Championships continues to add to its roster, signing UFC veteran Alvin Robinson to face Bellator standout Georgi Karakhanyan…

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- BELLATOR SIGNS UFC VET ALVIN ROBINSON