By: Gleidson Venga May, 15, 2012
When Ultimate Fighting Championship bantamweight kingpin Dominick Cruz went down with a torn knee ligament, attention immediately turned to opponent Urijah Faber and who he could face in an interim title bout at...

By: Gleidson Venga May, 11, 2012
Move over Chuck Liddell.

By: Gleidson Venga May, 02, 2012
Team Nogueira’s Andre “Chatuba” Santos earned a unanimous nod over Gil de Freitas in the main event of the inaugural Mortal Kombat...

By: Gleidson Venga Apr, 05, 2012
Marcelo Alonso photographed Jungle Fight 37 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where Adriano Martins and Kleber “Orgulho” Silva both retained their...

By: Gleidson Venga Apr, 04, 2012
Mixed martial arts lost a great teacher last weekend, a man particularly crucial to the development of great athletes from Northeast Brazil.

By: Gleidson Venga Mar, 28, 2012
The coverage of mixed martial arts by the Brazilian television network Rede Record has angered members of the fight community, and some are...

By: Gleidson Venga Mar, 21, 2012
The fight card for UFC 146 features several Brazilians in high-profile matchups, but none are more high-stakes than Junior dos Santos’ UFC heavyweight title defense against former Strikeforce titleholder...

By: Gleidson Venga Mar, 20, 2012
RIO DE JANEIRO -- For a few hours on Saturday morning, the people on Recreio dos Bandeirantes beach forgot about the waves and watched local heroes from...

By: Gleidson Venga Mar, 13, 2012
Thiago Silva has been away from the Octagon for more than a year since having his license revoked by the Nevada State Athletic Commission...