By Raphael Garcia The first part of Off the Gold Standard discussed the difficulties in assessing the value of titles to the Ultimate Fighting Championship. While...
By Raphael Garcia This past weekend featured fights galore, as Saturday started and ended with mixed martial arts action that was worth making sure not to...
By Raphael Garcia A running theme throughout 2014 has been the UFC’s lack of star power. Despite names like Jon Jones and Ronda Rousey on the...
By Raphael Garcia Unlike other sports, statistics in MMA do not provide a complete breakdown of what is going on during the action, but they can...
By Raphael Garcia With yet another UFC PPV in the books, a new group of fighters have additional defeats added to their respective ledgers. The ones...
By Raphael Garcia The date of June 11, 2014 will go down in history in the world of mixed martial arts, but not because of an...
By Raphael Garcia UFC Fight Night 42 featured a number of fighters on the upper rung of their respective divisional ladders. The fighters that were able...
By Raphael Garcia Mixed martial arts has long been a sport known for bringing people from different backgrounds together in competition. Fighters from all around the...
By Raphael Garcia The UFC put on two shows back-to-back as it continued to stretch its brand across the planet. And although 44 competitors stepped into...
By Raphael Garcia If you’ve ever woken up and said “You know, there’s not enough MMA on TV nowadays,” then tomorrow will excite you beyond all...
By Raphael Garcia Even in a month where the upset has become commonplace in mixed martial arts, the world couldn’t help but be shocked at the...
By Raphael Garcia UFC 173 was considered a weak offering by the Ultimate Fighting Championship,as well as a poor card to kick off the summer. However,...
By Raphael Garcia When a mixed martial arts card is set, the initial response to it from fans is a good way to predict how well...
By Raphael Garcia Last weekend Bellator MMA attempted to strengthen its position within the world of mixed martial arts when made its first foray into pay-per-view....
By Raphael Garcia Tonight’s Bellator 120 PPV is going to have a huge hole in the main event which will be missed by everyone who orders...
By Raphael Garcia If you Google the term “The People’s Champion,” more than 21 million results will show up on your browser, the vast majority of...
By Raphael Garcia Erick Silva and Matt Brown put on an epic showcase this past Saturday at UFC Fight Night 40 in Cincinnati, Ohio. In fact,...
By Raphael Garcia Every so often the UFC books a bout that screams pure excitement. When it was announced that Matt Brown would be facing Erick...
By Raphael Garcia The world of professional sports can be broken into two parts. The first is the action that occurs on the court, field, ring,...
By Raphael Garcia Last Saturday night, in front of the massive crowd of fans packed into the MGM Grand Arena and watching from all around the...
