Jon Lane's MMA News

Strikeforce Nashville is stacked with championship fights but it’s not clear who’s got next.

“I had a rough time on that show and people are helping me out, still,” he says. “I’m not trying to let this thing end, you know?”

WEC’s former champions provide the bulk of the promotion’s publicity power but here are five guys we think are almost ready for prime time.

Opportunities come more easily to those with connections. But when the cage door closes, fighters need more than their last name to succeed.

Zuffa’s global expansion campaign continues with this weekend’s incursion into Australia, but some of this nation’s finest cities have yet to host a UFC event.

For these five fighters, big talent and big expectations led to big disappointments.

Couture and Coleman’s jobs and legacies are secure, but the UFC Hall of Famers are the only guys fighting who have little to lose and nothing to prove.

Strikeforce has a serious talent gap between the most and least experienced of its heavyweights.

Here’s who we think are on-deck for title shots, why we think they deserve a shot and what they need to do to get it.