For those that can not watch UFC Fight Night 18 tonight for whatever reason, I’ll be covering the fight live, starting at 8pm. I’ll just be adding everything to this post and only the televised card. If I come across the preliminary card results I’ll post them as well. Come right back here at 8pm EST for live coverage and results. Don;t forget, following UFN 18 is the premiere of The Ultimate Fighter season 9.
Main Card
The show begins with a quick tribute “In Memory of Charles “Mask” Lewis Jr.” with a picture and then it goes live from Nashville, Tennessee.
Junie …read more

Looks like we will see Junie Browning fight once more in the UFC. Junie and TUF season 8 winners Efrain Escudero and Ryan Bader will all be fighting on the UFN 18 main card.
Carlos Condit will either prove to the nay-sayers that he’s not just a great WEC fighter, but a great all around MMA fighter.
Efrain Escudero may have his hands full against Jeremy Stephens. Stephens doesn’t want to lose back-to-back fights, especially to a UFC newcomer.

Last week it was mentioned that Carlos Condit and Brock Larson’s fight at WEC 39 was scrapped and Condit was headed to the UFC as ZUFFA and the WEC do away with their 170 pound division.
News this week puts Brock Larsen up against Jesse Sanders at UFC Fight Night 18 coming up on April 1st. I’m just wondering why they just didn’t have a rematch between Condit and Larson at this event instead of splitting the two up and making them fight other fighters? I’m sure there was reasoning behind it, but I really wanted to see a Condit …read more

The Ultimate Fighter Season 8 Light-Heavyweight winner Ryan “Darth” Bader will be fighting to see if he can retain his undefeated UFC (1-0) and Pro MMA record (8-0).
Carmelo Marerro returns to the UFC after brief runs in the IFL and WCO. He was dropped from the UFC roster in 2007 after two consecutive loses. He got a contract with the WEC in 2008 and won over Steve Steinbeiss in a split decision at WEC 36. Seeing that the WEC no longer features light-heavyweight fighters, he was lucky enough to get a transfer to the UFC.
UFC Fight Night 18 is …read more