Dana White: Cain Velasquez Will Need 4 Weeks to Recover from Back Surgery The back injury that forced Cain Velasquez to withdraw from UFC 196 apparently won’t keep the former heavyweight champion on the sidelines for long.

JOHNY HENDRICKS vs. STEPHEN THOMPSON HEADLINES UFC FIGHT NIGHT (PRESS RELEASE) – Las Vegas – UFC® announced today that its card on Saturday, Feb. 6 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas will now air live on FS1 and be headlined by a five-round welterweight bout between former champion...

UFC 196 Moved from Pay-Per-View to Fox Sports 1 After Main Event Cancellation UFC 196 just went from a disappointing pay-per-view offering to a high-end cable television card.

The Savage Truth: Here We Go Again Stop me if you’ve heard this one before.

Fabricio Werdum Pulls Out of UFC 196 with Back Injury UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum has withdrawn from UFC 196.

Cain Velasquez Injured; Fabricio Werdum Faces Stipe Miocic in New UFC 196 Main Event Two-time Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight titleholder Cain Velasquez has withdrawn from the main event of UFC 196, citing a back injury.

Sherdog’s Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings Meet the new champ, same as the old champ: Dominick Cruz.

UFC 196: WERDUM vs. VELASQUEZ TICKETS ON-SALE FRIDAY JAN. 8 (PRESS RELEASE) -- Las Vegas – On one of the biggest weekends in sports, UFC® heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum makes his first title defense in a rematch against former champion and No. 1 contender Cain...

Sherdog’s Top 10: Longest Major MMA Title Reigns With a few exceptions, extended stays at the top have been reserved for the game’s greats, from Fedor Emelianenko to Anderson Silva.

Thoughts & Shots: UFC 195 The main event between Robbie Lawler and Carlos Condit could have gone either way, but it was not a robbery, writes Greg Savage.