Michael Bisping: Short Notice Fight At UFC Fight Night 122 Raises Tall Questions
By Raphael Garcia This Saturday at UFC Fight Night 122, Michael Bisping steps back into the Octagon a mere 21 days after dropping the middleweight title...
By Raphael Garcia This Saturday at UFC Fight Night 122, Michael Bisping steps back into the Octagon a mere 21 days after dropping the middleweight title...
By Raphael Garcia It must be difficult to rein in a roster full of men and women who are paid to fight in a steel cage,...
By Raphael Garcia The terms “overrated” and “underrated” are thrown around quite often in professional sports. The idea that some athletes are underappreciated, while others are...
By Raphael Garcia The business of combat sports is one that thrives on the idea of “big fights.” Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor fit this mold....
By Raphael Garcia After UFC 217 the mixed martial arts world seemed to get back on the right path, as Georges St. Pierre snatched away the...
By Raphael Garcia The last few weeks have been exceptional for the UFC welterweight division. When Robbie Lawler was champion a few short years ago, many...
By Raphael Garcia The underdog is an interesting specimen in mixed martial arts. While all sports offer the compelling story of an expected loser pulling out...
By Raphael Garcia Last week the UFC made headlines when Mark Hunt was removed from a bout against Marcin Tybura that was planned for UFC Fight...
By Raphael Garcia With UFC 216 in the books, the answer to “what’s next” seems slightly more clear. Tony Ferguson is the UFC Interim Lightweight Champion, submitting...
By Raphael Garcia UFC 216 is a card with fights may not draw immediate attention or generate the biggest stories in mixed martial arts, but still...
By Raphael Garcia Bellator MMA doesn’t boast the super deep roster that the UFC does, but that doesn’t mean it can’t present action-packed and intriguing fights....
By Raphael Garcia There was a time when fighters competing outside of the UFC were all considered “inferior” in some fashion. The Octagon was the end...
By Raphael Garcia Imagine being stuck in second place without any clear path to overtaking your rival. That is where Claudia Gadelha finds herself heading into...
By Raphael Garcia UFC 215 became a welcoming party of sorts for Rafael Dos Anjos in the UFC welterweight division, as he joined the ranks of...
By Raphael Garcia Saul “Canelo” Alvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin was the biggest and most important boxing bout of 2017. The middleweights carved through their competition to...
By Raphael Garcia On the heels of the Internet PPV debacle that was the Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor fight on UFC Fight Pass, the UFC...
By Raphael Garcia This Saturday, there’s a pretty big boxing match, and by “pretty big,” I mean that some believe it will be the biggest revenue...
By Raphael Garcia Less than a week remains before the fight community experiences what is considered the biggest fight of this generation. Floyd Mayweather and Conor...
By Raphael Garcia In combat sports, there’s one goal that everyone can attest to striving towards: making the greatest amount of money in the shortest amount...
By Raphael Garcia If you consider yourself a hardcore fan of mixed martial arts, the eleven-week run the UFC put together — with 11 events in...