Throughout the week US Combat Sports will be unveiling the USCS Best of 2010 Awards. Today the Fight of the Year and the Knockout of the Year have been announced. Make sure to check out which fighters took home each honor.

Update: This article previously stated that Matt Horwich had "no problem" with dolphins in captivity, but he wanted to add the distinction that this is provided that the captive dolphins have not been purchased from slaughterers. We apologize for any confusion. For the first time in his 43-fight, seven-year-long fighting career, UFC-veteran Matt Horwich will fight in Texas this Friday when he takes on Danillo Villefort at Shark Fights 14 in Amarillo. When asked what comes to mind when he thinks of Texas, Horwich immediately speaks of deserts, forests, beaches and gila monsters. Along with being self-aware, humans can often be quite self-centered and quick to forget about the int...

Three years ago Dan Henderson suffered a tough loss in Columbus, Ohio at the hands of Anderson Silva at UFC 82. On Saturday night, Henderson returned to the Buckeye state and used his trademark right hand to defeat Silva's teammate Rafael "Feijao" Calvacante at "Strikeforce: Feijao vs. Henderson" and earn the promotion's light-heavyweight title.

Last night, tournament-style MMA promotion Bellator made its MTV-2 debut with the first round of its season four welterweight tournament. After all four of the quarterfinal bouts were decided, the welterweight tournament became the first event of its magnitude to be an entirely east coast affair. The tournament opening round proved a good one for The Empire State, as Manhattan local and former Bellator welterweight champion Lyman Good along with long-time Long Island native and MMA veteran Jay Heiron both advanced with dominant victories over their opponents. Bostonian Judo Olympian Rick Hawn also earned a decisive win. The odd man out, Kentuckian Brent Weedman, still locates his home and f...

Just hours after Dennis Hallman pulled out of a UFC Fight Night 24 match up with T.J. Waldburger (13-5), as reported by MMAJunkie.com, Team Takedown member Johny Hendricks has stepped up. "Dennis Hallman is out of UFC Fight Night March 26 with a knee injury," UFC president Dana Whiteannounced in last night's official release. "Powerful wrestler Johny Hendricks has verbally agreed to replace him against submission specialist T.J. Waldburger in a preliminary fight." UFC Fight Night 24 features a main event between light-heavyweights Phil Davis and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and takes place at the KeyArena in Seattle, Wash. on March 26. The event will air live on Spike ...