by Steven Marrocco on Mar 02, 2012 at 9:30 am ET

COLUMBUS, Ohio – If there's one thing Miesha Tate and Ronda Rousey can agree upon, it's that they've both endured hardships to get to where they are today.

Just who's endured more is probably a matter of debate, as it seems to be with most things concerning the rivals.

"I don't she's appreciating what this is doing for her whereas this is such a radical change for me so quickly that, of course, I'm having fun," Rousey told MMAjunkie.com.

by MMAjunkie.com Staff on Mar 02, 2012 at 8:45 am ET

The UFC's inaugural flyweight tournament kicks off tonight at UFC on FX 2.

In anticipation of the four-man tournament, UFC officials have released a video preview of the 125-pound semifinals.

Those opening-round matchups take place tonight with notables Demetrious Johnson vs. Ian McCall and Joseph Benavidez vs. Yasuhiro Urushitani

by John Morgan and Dann Stupp on Mar 02, 2012 at 7:45 am ET

SYDNEY – MMAjunkie.com was on scene for official "UFC on FX 2: Alves vs. Kampmann" weigh-ins, where all 22 competitors successfully made weight for tonight's FX-broadcast event.

Leading the charge were welterweight headliners Thiago Alves and Martin Kampmann, who each came in one-half pound under the allowable limit of 171 pounds.

Additionally, all four entrants in the UFC's first-ever flyweight tournament came in equally at 125.5 pounds.

by John Morgan on Mar 02, 2012 at 6:30 am ET

SYDNEY – Four years, seven months and 19 days.

That's the amount of time Australian veteran Anthony Perosh spent between his octagon debut at UFC 61 and his first-ever UFC win, which came at 2011's UFC 127 event.

Now, at 39 years old, Perosh feels like he's finally found his role in the sport. And with back-to-back octagon wins, "The Hippo" thinks he's actually entering the prime of his career.

by MMAjunkie.com Staff on Mar 02, 2012 at 6:00 am ET

SYDNEY – MMAjunkie.com is on scene and reporting live from tonight's UFC on FX 2 event.

The event, which features Martin Kampmann vs. Thiago Alves and the opening round of the inaugural flyweight tournament, takes place at Sydney's Allphones Arena. The main card airs on FX, and FUEL TV and Facebook carry the prelims.

Follow along with our round-by-round coverage beginning at approximately 5:30 p.m. ET/2:30 p.m. PT (9:30 a.m. Saturday local time) for the preliminary card and 9 p.m. ET for the main card.

by MMAjunkie.com Staff on Mar 02, 2012 at 5:59 am ET

SYDNEY – MMAjunkie.com is on scene and reporting live from tonight's UFC on FX 2 event at Sydney's Allphones Arena.

Be sure to follow along with the latest card updates in our UFC on FX 2 live-results post, and then discuss the event in the comments section below.

Round-by-round updates and official results begin at approximately 5:30 p.m. ET/2:30 p.m. PT (9:30 a.m. Saturday local time) for the preliminary card and 9 p.m. ET for the main card.

by MMAjunkie.com Staff on Mar 02, 2012 at 5:58 am ET

SYDNEY – UFC on FX 2 take place tonight at Allphones Arena in Sydney.

As usual, you can catch a live video stream of the night's post-fight press conference here on MMAjunkie.com at approximately midnight ET/9 p.m. PT (4 p.m. ET Saturday local time).

Expected to take part in tonight's press conference are UFC president Dana White, headliners Martin Kampmann and Thiago Alves, and winners from the night's main card.

by MMAjunkie.com Staff on Mar 02, 2012 at 5:55 am ET

COLUMBUS, Ohio – MMAjunkie.com is on scene and reporting live from today's official "Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey" fighter weigh-ins.

Today's festivities takes place at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio, in conjunction with the Arnold Sports Festival.

Join us for live updates as the fighters hit the scale beginning at approximately 5 p.m. ET (2 p.m. PT).

by MMAjunkie.com Staff on Mar 02, 2012 at 5:45 am ET

As a reminder, submissions for the upcoming edition of "The Sunday Junkie" are due Sunday at 10 a.m. ET.

All topics – including this weekend's UFC and Strikeforce events – are open for discussion. The person who sends in the submission we deem the best (based on timeliness of subject, clarity and overall persuasiveness) is the winner.

Each winner receives a free year's subscription to "Fighters Only," the world's leading MMA and lifestyle magazine.

by Steven Marrocco on Mar 02, 2012 at 12:00 am ET

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Japanese veteran Kazuo Misaki has beaten a lot of his contemporaries to America.

But in returning to the states after a nearly three-year absence, he returns in need of reinvention, and he fights in a promotion that is itself being reinvented.

Eventually, though, he'd like to work his way to the biggest platform possible, and that's with the UFC.

by MMAjunkie.com Staff on Mar 01, 2012 at 7:59 pm ET

SYDNEY – MMAjunkie.com was on scene and reporting live from tonight's official UFC on FX 2 fighter weigh-ins, where headliners Thiago Alves and Martin Kampmann made their welterweight contest official.

Additionally, Joseph Benavidez, Yasuhiro Urushitani, Demetrious Johnson and Ian McCall weighed in at the same mark of 125.5 pounds in advance of their flyweight tourney opening-round matchups.

Today's weigh-ins took place at Sydney's Allphones Arena, which also hosts Saturday's event.

by Steven Marrocco on Mar 01, 2012 at 7:20 pm ET

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Onetime Strikeforce welterweight title challenger Paul Daley assumes that he'll get past Kazuo Misaki at Saturday's "Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey" event.

And Daley also assumes that recent signee Nate Marquardt will get past Tyron Woodley when they meet, likely for the title, as he's heard from people within Strikeforce.

That leaves him in prime position.

by John Morgan on Mar 01, 2012 at 5:45 pm ET

SYDNEY – While UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre's knee injury has certainly caused both him and the organization a few frustrations, his sidelining has seen a few benefits for the rest of the UFC's 170-pound roster.

For the first time in a long time, the division again seems competitive.

And so it is at UFC on FX 2, where perennial contenders Thiago Alves and Martin Kampmann clash in the FX-broadcast headliner. Both admit they still have title aspirations, but what, exactly, is at stake?

by MMAjunkie.com Staff on Mar 01, 2012 at 5:15 pm ET

The UFC issued medical suspensions to nine fighters from this past weekend's UFC 144 event.

Three of them – main-event winner Benson Henderson and co-main-event loser Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, as well as Elji Mitsuoka – could be out up to six months.

The UFC, which served as its own regulatory body for the overseas event, today confirmed the suspensions with MMAjunkie.com.

by Kyle Nagel on Mar 01, 2012 at 4:15 pm ET

It was about six years ago when Ramiro "Junior" Hernandez checked his messages before bed and found one that would change his life.

But there's a funny twist to that story.

Hernandez, who next fights at Friday's Titan Fighting 21 event, listened to the message that told him it was from Pat Miletich, the famed trainer. It said word about Hernandez had spread – about his being beefed up from two years of hard weight training – and the caller wanted him to try MMA.