Alex Caceras originally appeared on TUF 11, and his cocky attitude saw him greatly disliked by the majority of the MMA community. He would lose subsequent bouts to Mackens Semerzier and Jimy Hettes in the UFC, with most expecting him to get cut. Instead, he dropped down to bantamweight and was given one more shot, [...]

Clifford Starks entered the UFC with little hype as a last minute opponent for Dustin Jacoby, and while the fight wasn’t impressive, he got business done. The standup was relatively inactive, however Starks controlled the fight with repeated takedowns, and was never threatened inside Jacoby’s guard as he conservatively racked up points. Now, he’s looking [...]

Renan Barao entered Zuffa with a ton of wins, but no big names. Now, having gone 4-0 combined in the WEC and the UFC, he’s in virtually everyone’s top 10 rankings. His UFC run has seen him easily outwrestle Cole Escovedo, and most recently Barao finished Brad Pickett with a first round choke after stunning [...]

Roy Nelson came into the UFC off of TUF 10, and after brutal knockouts over Brendan Schaub and Stefan Struve, he was given a huge step up against Junior dos Santos. Nelson would be quickly defeated, and was given no favors in his return against Frank Mir, which saw Mir control a winded Nelson for [...]

Koscheck has been the UFC company man for a while. After big wins over Paul Daley and Anthony Johnson, he was finally granted a title shot against Georges St. Pierre, however things would not go well for Koscheck as he suffered an eye injury early on forcing him to fight with one eye en route [...]

With Georges St. Pierre injured, this is really the most natural fight for the interim title. Since a 2007 loss to KJ Noons, Nick Diaz has been on an incredible tear, capturing and defending the Strikeforce welterweight title multiple times using his incredibly unorthodox boxing game.  After a knockout win over Paul Daley, Diaz was [...]