Riding the wave of fame means appearing in movies and writing books about your life story. Here are 15 books written by popular UFC fighters, a cut man and a referee (with help from ghost writers and editing teams, of course) to add to your reading list or buy as a gift for the UFC fans on your list.
It's no longer unusual to see UFC stars in blue chip beer commercials. It's also not unusual to hear about UFC stars getting behind the wheel of a car after they've had a few too many drinks at the bar. UFC champion, Jon "Bones" Jones is dealing with this uncomfortable situation after crashing his car into a telephone pole and getting arrested for driving under the influence (DUI).
Ivan Menjivar’s original UFC 148 opponent, Renan Barão, has been promoted to the interim bantamweight championship bout with Urijah Faber. So now, Menjivar will square off with Mike Easton, according to UFC officials.
UFC heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos has given former title-holder Frank Mir extra motivation for their main event showdown at UFC 146, according to welterweight Dan (The Outlaw) Hardy.
Jon "Bones" Jones, the UFC's light heavyweight champion, was charged with driving while intoxicated (DWI) early Saturday after the car he was driving struck a utility pole, police said.
UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones was arrested in the early hours of Saturday morning on suspicion of DUI. TMZ first reported the incident, which was later confirmed to MMAWeekly.com by Jones’ manager, Malki Kawa.
