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Pre-fight injury rumors prove partially true; Thiago Silva's back ailing prior to UFC 108

Prior to his UFC 108 main-event contest with Rashad Evans, Brazilian
slugger Thiago Silva was rumored to be suffering from a serious ankle injury.

Silva’s camp adamantly denied those rumors, but today his manager, Alex
Davis, today admitted to MMAjunkie.com Radio that a real back injury had been the factual basis for the inaccurate rumors.

“The rumor came [...]

UFC Quick Quote: Luis Cane doesn’t really want to fight Rogerio Nogueira on Nov. 21

“That was the last fight we wanted. When Joe (Silva) offered it to us, I asked to put his against any other American — Forrest, Rashad, Rampage — but they said you have to fight whoever they put in front of you. Rogério is my friend, “Banha” is his fan … [he] likes him a [...]

UFC submission aces Rousimar Palhares and Thiago Tavares eye fall returns from injury

UFC submission aces Rousimar Palhares (9-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC) and Thiago Tavares (14-3 MMA, 4-3 UFC) will eye fall returns to action after being forced to withdraw from summer bouts due to injury.

An elbow injury forced Tavares out of his The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale bout with Melvin Guillard, while Palhares had been scheduled to [...]