LAS VEGAS — One strived to recapture a title he believed was wrongly taken away, the other hoped to leave behind a legacy he felt was inappropriately tarnished.

Instead, both Sean Sherk and Tito Ortiz left the octagon Saturday night with their faces bloodied and swollen and their pride also somewhat bruised.

Sherk was attempting to regain his Ultimate Fighting Ch

The fastest rising sport in the world is not the NFL, soccer or even NASCAR. It’s much more physical and intricate than any of those sports. The sport of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) — and the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) organization, a major organization within it — is the fasting growing sport in the nation.

MMA is a sport that combines all aspects of fighti