The Tale Of The Win Streak Unfolds At UFC 141
By Raphael Garcia The battle to reach the top of the heap is something that every professional fighter thinks about. Even after they get there, they...
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Fights To Make After UFC 141
By Raphael Garcia UFC 141 was a stacked card that brought to a close an exciting year for the UFC and mixed martial arts as a...
Best Of 2011: The Top Fights
By Raphael Garcia Exciting fights are going to happen every year. At MMA Ratings you rate the fights to determine the best ones. Let’s count down...
Bellator Season Six Featherweight Tourney Preview
By Raphael Garcia Bellator Fighting Championships looks to build off of last season’s exciting featherweight tournament in its sixth season. This tournament has eight competitors ready...
My 2012 MMA Wish List
By Raphael Garcia 2012 is just around the corner, and another year is coming to a close. Yet what a year it was for mixed martial...
The Forgotten Champion: For Strikeforce’s Luke Rockhold, Middleweight Irrelevancy Awaits
By Raphael Garcia Luke Rockhold holds a Strikeforce championship, yet may be one of the most overlooked fighters in mixed martial arts. While sporting an 8-1...
UFC 141 Set To Close Out The Year In A Big Way
By Raphael Garcia Set your alarm clock now, because UFC 141 is going to throw many mixed martial arts for a loop. Not only is this...
Gilbert Melendez Has Worn Out His Welcome
By Raphael Garcia Dominance is something that athletes should chase after. Being able to sit atop the pile of competitors and consider yourself the best is...
Mind Over Machine: Mark Hominick's Loss Highlights the Importance of the Mental Aspect of MMA
By Raphael Garcia It has been said that professional fighting is 90 percent mental. Whether that is true or not, being mentally prepared an important factor...
UFC Welcomes The Flyweights
By Raphael Garcia The Zuffa family just keeps getting bigger. As if the action of UFC 140 was not enough, UFC President Dana White decided to...
Fights To Make After UFC 140
By Raphael Garcia UFC 140 was an exciting night of action, potentially the best mixed martial arts event of the year. Now that the year is...
Jon Jones Proves He Is Capable at UFC 140
By Raphael Garcia Fans and critics alike received what they had been asking for at UFC 140 when they witnessed the current light heavyweight champion, Jon...
UFC Draws Line In The Sand Against Hurtful Comments
By Raphael Garcia Professional athletes may be rich, famous, and often privileged, but that still doesn’t mean that they have the right to say whatever they...
Georges St. Pierre Out; Carlos Condit And Nick Diaz To Battle For Interim Title
By Raphael Garcia Injury has befallen GSP once again, this time very serious. And just like that, the UFC’s welterweight division became very interesting. In news...
Fights To Make After The Ultimate Fighter 14 Finale
By Raphael Garcia The 14th season of the Ultimate Fighter ended this past Saturday, crowning two new champions, and bestowing them with full UFC contracts. In...
Is Ronda Rousey A True Contender?
By Raphael Garcia Women’s mixed martial arts may not be at the forefront of the sport, but an interesting conversation has begun since the emergence of...
Jardine Versus Rockhold Planned For Strikeforce Event
By Raphael Garcia So what your record is 2-5-1 over your last eight fights doesn’t mean that you can’t receive a title shot, at least if...
Jason Miller And Michael Bisping Present Interesting Matchup At TUF 14 Finale
By Raphael Garcia The past few weeks have been filled with exciting action. Almost every Saturday has been packed with events and important fights. After taking...
When It's Time It's Time: Kurt Pellegrino, Chris Lytle, and Knowing When to Walk Away From the Sport
By Raphael Garcia As a sports fan I do not participate in the debates that surround a player’s potential retirement from his or her sport. We...
Quinton Jackson Returns To Japan Against Ryan Bader At UFC 144
By Raphael Garcia Returning to where he was once a major star in the world of MMA, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson will reportedly be facing off against...