ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- It’s July in New Mexico, a little more than three weeks before Jon Jones tries to continue his meteoric rise to UFC stardom against

After an uncharacteristically quiet month of July, Zuffa came on strong this week with promotion for the three UFC cards and one WEC card it will hold in the jam-packed month of August.

On June 25, 2009, Sherdog featured a story on the Top Ten Euro Prospects. Many fighters spotlighted there have since moved on to fight inside more prominent promotions.

Greg Jackson isn’t swayed by the hype surrounding pupil Jon Jones. The Albuquerque-based trainer sees a legitimate threat in Vladimir Matyushenko, who Jones faces in the main event

As the MMA masses slowly rock back and forth in anticipation of this Sunday’s UFC on Versus 2: Jones vs. Matyushenko event, it’s time to get back into full-on fight mode.

Check out any MMA forum or blog and the vibe is the same: The masses are going into withdrawal, and it’s starting to get ugly.

In this month’s edition of well-hidden gems, we have the “Female Fedor” in action, a battle between two undefeated UK MMA prospects, a rare Shooto world title defense outside of Japan and a showdown between two of the best middleweight grapplers in all of MMA.

Check out the trailer for “Such Great Heights,” a new film that follows Jon Fitch and fighters at American Kickboxing Academy as they deal with everything from personal demons to finding a place to sleep at night.

Jake Shields wracked up more experience and more exposure than about any acquisition in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship

German standout Pascal Krauss possesses the tools needed to become not only a world-class fighter but an ambassador for the sport in a country where mixed martial arts remains in its infancy

When Greg Jackson tells Clay Guida to Be the dude, not only is the MMA guru referencing one of the lightweight's favorite movies -- the cult classic The Big Lebowski

I’ve had enough of this silly looking back business, as we all know that making baseless claims about the importance of future events is where the interest is at.

Before we knew how good Royce Gracie was, we knew Art Jimmerson was in trouble.

Joe Warren believes he has a mental and physical edge on unbeaten Bellator Fighting Championships featherweight titleholder Joe Soto -- the man he expects to see in a five-round duel sometime in September.

This week readers weigh in on how Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos would fare against a 145-pound male opponent, the “signature wins” of the sport’s best and Karo Parisyan’s comeback attempt.

Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker will begin discussions with M-1 Global as early as this weekend for the third and final event on their existing contract. They'll discuss the next opponent for Fedor Emelianenko.

The Weekly Wrap walks readers through the last seven days in MMA, recapping and putting into context the week's top story, important news and notable quotes.

Giving up the thrill of competition can be a tough thing to do. Murilo Bustamante has done it all in MMA, from winning UFC titles to founding one of the most successful teams in the history of the sport.

Guam, a 30-mile-wide island, sits in the western Pacific Ocean, partially surrounded by two of the deepest surveyed points in the world.

In a pair of high-top Air Jordans and matching basketball shorts, an unshaven, 290-pound Mark Hunt doesn't seem like any kind of combat sports star. Barely even a bouncer, really.