UFC 162 Set To Steal Summer Sports Stage
By Raphael Garcia The summer months have finally hit us, and while we bask in the sun’s rays and complain about it “suddenly” being hot, the...
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UFC Sends Message To Mike Pierce To Be More Exciting – Again
By Adam Martin Next weekend at UFC 162, a fighter ranked in the top 15 of his weight class will be fighting in the opening bout...
Not Quite “Showtime” Yet: Sergio Pettis Should Wait Before Following His Brother to the Octagon
By Raphael Garcia The online community that follows mixed martial arts is an environment in which spectators and experts want to be the first to point...
Men’s Flyweight (125) Top 15 Rankings
#1 Demetrious Johnson #2 Joseph Benavidez #3 John Dodson #4 Ian McCall #5 Jussier “Formiga” da Silva #6 Rambaa Somdet #7 John Moraga #8 Darrell Montague...
Men’s Bantamweight (135) Top 15 Rankings
#1 Renan Barão #2 Urijah Faber #3 Michael McDonald #4 Eddie Wineland #5 Raphael Assunção #6 Scott Jorgensen #7 Brad Pickett #8 Bibiano Fernandes #9 Mike...
Men’s Featherweight (145) Top 15 Rankings
#1 Jose Aldo #2 Chad Mendes #3 Pat Curran #4 Ricardo Lamas #5 Cub Swanson #6 Clay Guida #7 Hatsu Hioki #8 Nik Lentz #9 Dennis...
Men’s Lightweight (155) Top 15 Rankings
#1 Benson Henderson #2 Frankie Edgar #3 Gilbert Melendez #4 TJ Grant #5 Michael Chandler #6 Eddie Alvarez #7 Josh Thomson #8 Gray Maynard #9 Anthony...
Men’s Welterweight (170) Top 15 Rankings
#1 Georges St. Pierre #2 Johny Hendricks #3 Carlos Condit #4 Demian Maia #5 Martin Kampmann #6 Jake Ellenberger #7 Rory MacDonald #8 Josh Burkman #9...
Men’s Middleweight (185) Top 15 Rankings
#1 Anderson Silva #2 Chael Sonnen #3 Chris Weidman #4 Vitor Belfort #5 Constantinos Philippou #6 Tim Boetsch #7 Yushin Okami #8 Mark Munoz #9 Michael...
Men’s Light Heavyweight (205) Top 15 Rankings
#1 Jon Jones #2 Lyoto Machida #3 Alexander Gustafsson #4 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira #5 Rashad Evans #6 Dan Henderson #7 Mauricio Rua #8 Phil Davis #9...
Men’s Heavyweight (265) Top 15 Rankings
#1 Cain Velasquez #2 Junior Dos Santos #3 Daniel Cormier #4 Antonio Silva #5 Alistair Overeem #6 Fabricio Werdum #7 Frank Mir #8 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira...
The Showstopper: Anthony Pettis Sets His Sights on TJ Grant’s UFC 164 Lightweight Title Shot
By Raphael Garcia In combat sports, promotions are always looking to create the best fights, fights that will not only put on a show for the...
UFC Takes Slow and Steady (But Risky) Approach With 33-Year-Old Glover Teixeira
By Adam Martin MMA might just be the only sport where fans routinely label athletes in their mid-30s “prospects.” It’s a label that’s been attached to...
First and Worst: Week of June 17 to June 23, 2013
By Adam Martin First and Worst is an ongoing series for MMARatings.net, where every week Adam will make his pick for the best and worst newly-announced...
Watching the Watchers: Bellator 96 Viewership Numbers Are a Cause For Concern
By Raphael Garcia It’s clear that Bellator MMA is currently the number two promotion in mixed martial arts. However, with the bad press the organization has...
“Babalu” Sobral Retires From MMA; But Was He A Legend?
By Adam Martin Another one of the sport’s pioneers has called it quits. On Wednesday night at Bellator 96 at Winstar Casino Resort in Thackersville, OK,...
Fight of the Week (for week ending 6/16/2013)
Josh Burkman vs. Jon Fitch WSOF 3 • Josh Burkman vs. Jon Fitch: Josh Burkman def. Jon Fitch via technical submission (guillotine choke) at 0:41 of...
Bellator 96
Bellator 96 took place on June 19, 2013 at WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma. Click the stars to rate how good you think Bellator 96...
Muhammed Lawal vs. Seth Petruzelli
Bellator 96 • Muhammed Lawal vs. Seth Petruzelli – LHW tournament opening round: Muhammed Lawal def. Seth Petruzelli via knockout (punch) – Round 1, 1:35 Click...
Jacob Noe vs. Renato Sobral
Bellator 96 • Jacob Noe vs. Renato Sobral – LHW tournament opening round: Jacob Noe def. Renato Sobral via TKO (punches) at 3:32 of Round 3....