Hello again to everyone that reads these wonderfully written, behind the Ultimate Fighter scenes exclusives with me Smile'N Sam Alvey. This week's episode led off with the two nicest guys in the house squaring off in the octagon Jon Manly and Joe Rivera. Let me tell you, both of these guys really didn't want to fight each other. Jon had a ton of respect for Joey, and Joey knew how good Jon's ground game was, and this led to a fight that Dana was not to impressed with but Jon did pull out the win and will be moving onto the semi finals. The build up for the fight between the Canadians was a little bigger and the fight a little faster paced. Hill and Ricci were "budd...

XFC 21: Night of Champions II is set to be the promotion's biggest event of the year and will feature a lightweight championship main event between Nick Newell and Eric Reynolds. Both fighters have put together three straight wins in the XFC cage and are now headed to Nashville, Tennessee for the biggest fights of their careers live on AXStv. Newell entered the XFC cage for the first time in late 2011, after attending the XFC Open Fighter Tryouts. He took the MMA word by storm with an ankle lock submission in the early minutes of the first round over Denis Hernandez. The St. Pete Times Forum erupted with applause as Newell put a storybook ending to his Tribute fight, in honor of Abi Me...

Last year Grapplers Quest partnered with AutismRadio.org, to create the "Grappling Autism Charity Seminar Series" in order to help raise funds for Autism Awareness. Grapplers Quest gives proceeds to AutismRadio, a non-profit (501c3) charitable organization who developed the first Autism Family Support, Diet, and Treatment Radio Network, a program that help families cope with the challenges of Autism. Recently retired UFC middleweight fighter Tom DeBlass is one of the fighter's stepping up to support the cause. DeBlass went to Facebook today to show his support:

Former Olympic hopeful Shawn Bunch came up a match short of representing the United States of America in the 2012 London Olympic Games. Bunch transitioned from being purely a World competitive amateur Freestyle wrestler to a professional Mixed Martial Artist. Bunch nick named "Bunch the Great", signed a multi-fight deal with Bellator Fighting Championship in June of 2012. The young career of Bunch began when Bellator Fighting Championship CEO Bjorn Rebney took a leap of faith on the former Edinboro University NCAA runner-up and 3-time All-American. "The best way to describe Shawn is just explosive and dynamic," fellow wrestler turned mixed martial artist Ben Askren said...

New Jersey is home to many decorated mixed martial artists, but one name that never really stood out amidst all of his accolades has just announced that he will hang up his five ounce gloves. Tom DeBlass, the UFC's most recently retired middleweight fighter, announced his decision yesterday via Facebook. "After a lot of talk with my family and Coaches I have decided to retire from fighting and focus on my family, my Academy, and helping my students to achieve their goals. I have had the opportunity to win the Pan American games, the No Gi World Championships, and National Championships, the Abu Dhabi trials and compete in Abu Dhabi.