Earlier this year UFC President Dana White declared that all headlining fights that have potential title shot impact within a particular weight division would now be sanctioned for five-rounds instead of the usual three. On Saturday, Nov. 5, from the LG Arena in Birmingham, England, two elite middleweights will step into the octagon to do battle for all five rounds whenChris “The Crippler” Leben will square off against Mark “The Filipino Wrecking Machine” Munoz.

It was a long awaited professional debut for Sergio Pettis and he didn’t disappoint. Watch “The Phenom” stop Kyle Vivian with a highlight reel first round head kick knockout at Canadian Fighting Championship 7.

The UFC’s lightweight champion Frankie Edgar may have found his second calling in case this fighting thing doesn’t pan out, although that is probably not an issue. About a year ago New York Jets Head Coach Rex Ryan invited Edgar to address the team the night before a matchup against the Houston Texans.The Jets were in need of a motivational speaker and who better than a native New Jerseyian who had just beaten the greatest lightweight on the planet to claim his belt? Not to mention he also bested B.J. Penn in the rematch. Ryan, a huge MMA fan had been thoroughly impressed with Edgar’s wins over "The Prodigy", so much so that he believed the 5’ 6”, 155 pound, Toms River native wou...

The Edgewater Hotel Casino in Laughlin, NV will host the 20th installment of Shark Fights, an MMA organization based in Amarillo, Texas. The card is scheduled for Saturday October 15, 2011. Several mixed martial artists are currently slated to make their professional debuts on that night. The main event will feature a middleweight clash of styles when CliffordStarks, a wrestler from Tempe, AZ, takes on Artenas Young, a mixed martial artist from Oxnard, CA. Starks is undefeated in six professional fights. He will have his work cut out for him as he is giving up four inches in height to Young. The co-main event of the night will feature a featherweight fight as undefeated Jared Downing of C...

Aaron Simpson put a damper on the return of Eric Schafer at UFC 136 in Houston on Saturday night. Simpson pummeled Schafer on the feet with a constant barrage of punches before earning a unanimous decision victory on the preliminary card. Rendering Schafer’s Brazilian Jiu Jitsu game virtually non-existent by keeping the fight standing Simpson looked dominant from the onset. Early in the first round “A-Train” sent his opponent crashing to the floor with a strong hook that set the tone for the rest of the contest.