Prior to UFC 163, middleweight jiu-jitsu ace Thales Leites hadn’t fought inside the Octagon since losing to Alessio Sakara at UFC 101 in 2009. That split-decision loss came just months after Leites ...

The late Admiral James Stockdale once said during a 1992 vice presidential debate with Al Gore and Dan Quayle: "Who am I? Why am I here?" It's kind of the same question Thales Leites has been ...

While Thales Leites made one last trip into the Octagon before retiring, Hector Lombard looked to avoid having his time in the UFC come to an end as well. Much like Evan Dunham, who stepped into the ...

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All indications are that the main event at UFC 95 will be a middleweight title fight between Anderson Silva and Thales Leites, in London on February 21. UFC President Dana White said this when asked ...

Thales Leites knows he’s on UFC President Dana White’s radar. Riding a five-fight winning streak, the 28-year-old Brazilian has been floated as a possible challenger for UFC middleweight champion ...

A slow paced first round gave way to a rapid fire finish in the second as Thales Leites picked up his fourth win in a row since returning to the UFC by knocking out Francis Carmont. A former title ...

vs. Anderson Silva at UFC 97. UFC Middleweight Championship Anderson Silva vs. Thales Leites The Breakdown: The latest entrant in the Silva sweepstakes, Leites is a slick grappler with dominating top ...

The middleweight bout between Thales Leites and Tom Watson at UFC 163 was the very fight Watson wanted. It was ugly, the striking was sloppy and awkward, and the ground game was cumbersome and ...

Anderson Silva, the best pound-for-pound MMA fighter in the world, is expected to step back into the Octagon at UFC 97 in April to defend his middleweight title against Thales Leites in Montreal.

This month's UFC 90 show has lost a very interesting fight. The undefeated middleweight Goran Reljic suffered an injury and pulled out of his bout with Thales Leites, Fighters Only Magazine reports.

After a fight-card shuffle that saw Lyoto Machida replace the injured Michael Bisping against Mark Munoz (and Rafael Natal, who was scheduled to face Ed Herman, step in to replace Machida against ...