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UFC's traditional pre-event show returns next Tuesday, May 21, with the debut of "Countdown to UFC 160: Velasquez vs. Silva" on FUEL TV. UFC 160 takes place May 25 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FX and Facebook. The show debuts May 21 at 9 p.m. ET (6 p.m. PT). Replays of the show air throughout the week on FUEL TV as well as regional FOX Sports channels. The one-hour special previews the card's headlining title fight between UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez (11-1 MMA, 9-1 UFC) and Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva (18-4 MMA, 2-1 UFC).

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Onetime Strikeforce title challenger Jorge Masvidal put another win on the scoreboard for his former promotion, outpointing UFC vet Tim Means.  The lightweight bout was part of the preliminary card of today's UFC on FOX 7 event at HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif. It aired on FX following additional prelims on Facebook and ahead of a main card on FOX.

Tampa, FL (March 28, 2013) – The final results are in for Bellator MMA live from the USF Sundome in Tampa, Florida. The night showcased the Lightweight Tournament Final with David Rickels finishing Saad Awad via TKO in the second round. The event also featured the Light Heavyweight Tournament Final as Emanuel Newton defeated Mikhail Zayats in a unanimous decision. Both winners earned a $100,000 tournament prize and a guaranteed title shot.

mmajunkie were on the scene reporting live from the UFC 158 event. The event, which features UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre vs. Nick Diaz, takes place at Montreal's Bell Centre. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FX and Facebook. Enjoy the fights, everyone.

ANAHEIM, Calif. – In an exciting bout between recent Strikeforce fighters, Na-Shon Burrell earned a hard-fought decision victory. Despite a spirited effort from Yuri Villefort, Burrell earned winning scores of 30-27, 29-28 and 29-28. The welterweight bout kicked off UFC 157, which took place Saturday at Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. It streamed on Facebook prior to additional FX prelims and the pay-per-view main card. Burrell immediately made his presence known with a series of sharp punches, which prompted Villefort to catch a kick and deposit them to the mat.

ANAHEIM, Calif. – It was déjà vu all over again, just on a much bigger stage. In yet another dominant performance – though certainly with a very testy moment early – Ronda Rousey did it again, stopping Liz Carmouche with – you guessed it – a first-round arm bar. In yet another dominant performance – though certainly with a very testy moment early – in a groundbreaking moment in sports history, Ronda Rousey did it again. The first UFC women's bantamweight champion stopped Liz Carmouche with – you guessed it – a first-round armbar in the first women's fight in UFC history.

LAS VEGAS – In the span of an hour, former UFC light-heavyweight champion Rashad Evans went from a potential middleweight title challenger to a fighter who's lost both "desire and drive," according to UFC President Dana White. White's sharp criticism came after Evans' unanimous-decision loss to Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (21-5 MMA, 4-2 UFC) at Saturday's UFC 156 in Las Vegas. In the night's pay-per-view co-headliner at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Evans (17-3-1 MMA, 12-3-1 UFC) looked flat in a fight that ended in boos.

Antonio Silva turned in one of the better comebacks in recent memory on Saturday night when he knocked out Alistair Overeem early in the third round at UFC 156. But to hear Silva tell it, things went pretty much exactly as planned – at least in the third round. Silva (18-4 MMA, 2-1 UFC) was held well in check for the first 10 minutes by Overeem (36-12 MMA, 1-1 UFC), who appeared to be toying with Silva at worst, and perhaps not seeing much sense of urgency to finish the fight at best.

Bellator's complaint, which is dated Dec. 31, accused the ex-champ of breach of contract and five unnamed parties of tortious interference. Its central claim was that Alvarez has not honored a clause that allowed the promotion to retain his services by matching an offer almost word-for-word from UFC parent company Zuffa. Alvarez's reps countered that Bellator didn't actually match the deal.

A back injury has forced Jorge Masvidal (23-7 MMA, 5-1 SF) out of next month's planned bout with fellow lightweight Pat Healy (28-16 MMA, 6-1 SF) at "Strikeforce: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine." Sources close to the fighter today confirmed the withdrawal with MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). Although the organization has made no official announcement, a replacement likely will be sought. The event, which is Strikeforce's final one, takes place Jan. 12 at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City.

LAS VEGAS – Diligence paid off for Mike Rio on Saturday night. Against John Cofer, his former castmate on "The Ultimate Fighter Live," Rio worked several times for an armbar in the third round before finally locking it up and forcing Cofer to tap with less than a minute left in what had been a back-and-forth fight.The lightweight bout was part of the preliminary card of The Ultimate Fighter 16 Finale event at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. It streamed on Facebook prior to additional prelims on FUEL TV and a main card on FX.