UFC 160 fighter T.J. Grant may be one of the most unassuming competitors you'll ever see step foot in the Octagon, but that's only until the cage door closes.

Outside of fighting, Grant is the epitome of the friendly Canadian stereotype, rarely having a bad word to say about anybody.  Inside the cage, however, Grant is a force of nature—especially since dropping down to the lightweight division, where he's mauled his way to the top of the weight class and now has the chance to earn a title shot with his next win.

Grant continues to slip under the radar sometimes because he's not always the most outspoken fighter on the UFC roster, but his fists certainly do plenty of talking for him.  For instance, in his last fight against Matt Wiman at UFC on Fox 6 in January, he unloaded a barrage of punches and elbows to win the fight by knockout in the first round.

There was nothing nice about Grant's forearm slamming into Wiman's head repeatedly until Wiman finally dropped to the canvas.  That win earned Grant his shot at former title contender Gray Maynard this weekend at UFC 160.

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No offense to Junior dos Santos, but I want to see his head in the third row Saturday night, courtesy of a Mark Hunt uppercut.

I have no personal animus toward JDS at all, mind you. I enjoy watching him fight and have found him to be a class act—so save the indignant "hater" replies in the comments. I wish him all the best. Just not at UFC 160. And not against Hunt.

They say there's no cheering in the press box. But my press box is at home, on the couch, with a giant plate of chicken wings and the volume turned up to 11. My family's used to it, and I'm pretty sure my two cats, Jack and Jill, won't mind if I do my Lenne Hardt impression early and often. And so I will.

Putting into words my special relationship with Mark Hunt is hard. In truth there is no relationship, or at best, it's one that is completely one-sided.

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Gegard Mousasi may not be able to fight again until the end of the year following knee surgery, but he's already eyeing potential matchups including the top fighters in the middleweight division.

It's been almost five years since Mousasi last fought at middleweight, and at the time he conquered the best of the best while competing in DREAM, including his grand prix tournament final against current top-10 ranked UFC fighter Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza.

Following that fight, however, Mousasi said the weight cut to middleweight was getting pretty tough, so he was going to try his hand at light heavyweight and heavyweight instead.  Mousasi went on to win nine out of his next 11 fights while picking up victories over notable names like Mark Hunt and Renato "Babalu" Sobral.

Now just one fight into his UFC career, Mousasi is re-assessing things and believes that a move back down to middleweight could bring him very close to a title shot with just a single fight in the division.

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The cage door may have closed for the last time behind Aaron Simpson as a mixed martial artist, but the next chapter of his career is already under way.

Since announcing his retirement in late March on the heels of his loss to Josh Burkman at WSOF 2, the Power MMA co-owner has been hard at work on his next endeavor.

As a lifelong competitor in the world of wrestling—both as an athlete and a coach—walking away from the realm of live competition was undoubtedly a difficult decision to make. And to this Simpson was no exception.

Having spent the better part of his 38 years grinding out the work to prepare in order to step onto the mat or inside the cage to see if the sacrifices paid off, competition is what Simpson knows best.

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Since dropping to the lightweight division, Canadian fighter T.J. Grant is undefeated.

Grant's last two victories came against Evan Dunham and Matt Wiman. They were wins against very tough and durable fighters, and the victories propelled him to the biggest fight of his career.

Grant takes on Gray Maynard this Saturday at UFC 160, and the winner will face Benson Henderson for the lightweight championship.

Bleacher Report recently sat down with Grant to discuss the technical details of the battle with Maynard, where he feels he has an advantage over him and his prediction for how the fight will go down.

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MMA's Great Debate Radio returns with a stacked show for Tuesday including UFC 160 fighters T.J. Grant and Mike Pyle as well as recently retired UFC lightweight John Cholish.

With a title shot on the line in his fight at UFC 160, T.J. Grant stops by to talk about his rise to the top of the lightweight division since dropping down from 170 pounds.

Grant will discuss his upcoming fight against Gray Maynard, and the possibility of facing Benson Henderson next.

Also on today's show, veteran fighter Mike Pyle will talk about his resurgence lately where he's knocked out three opponents in a row.  Can he make Rick Story the fourth victim?  Pyle speaks about the fight and his place in the UFC's welterweight division.

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UFC fans around the world got their first-ever glimpse at the next-generation Ultimate Fighting Championship game during today's reveal for the new Xbox One gaming system from Microsoft. 

The announcement took place at the Xbox campus in Redmond, Washington. 

During the official EA Sports presentation, we were shown interview clips from UFC stars Jon Jones and Anthony Pettis, along with Lionel Messi, Robert Griffin III and Kyrie Irving.

Jones and Pettis spoke eloquently about the fight game in short sound bites, but the cool stuff came next: We got our first official look at the next generation of EA UFC games (powered by a new engine called Ignite) with a short clip of an unknown fighter walking out in a wire-framed arena.

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Rick Story has something to prove.

After breaking through into the upper tier of the welterweight division after defeating Thiago Alves at UFC 130 back in May of 2011, the Vancouver Wa.-based fighter experienced a bit of career turbulence. 

The six-fight win streak that carried him into the top 10 rankings was snapped after a chaotic opponent shake-up at UFC on Versus 6 when Charlie Brenneman stepped in for Nate Marquardt after the former middleweight contender failed to received medical clearance for the bout due to elevated levels of testosterone. 

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