“Heat” Mirrors Real World
By Garth Hansen (garthhansen@mmaratings.net) The turmoil and uncertainty sparked by the CBS/EliteXC “Heat” event from Saturday night has the mixed martial arts world as scattered, sliding...
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EliteXC – Heat
EliteXC: Heat was held on October 4, 2008 in Sunrise, Florida at the Bank Atlantic Center. This was the third EliteXC show to be featured on...
EliteXC – Heat (Predictions)
Click the stars to rate how good you think it will be. EliteXC: Heat is to be held on October 4, 2008 in Sunrise, Florida at...
Quick Hits for Strikeforce: Payback
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) Like the Strikeforce show at the playboy mansion, this card isn’t going to set anyone’s pants on fire, but it features a...
Elite XC on CBS II
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) As I previously outlined, EliteXC is in quite a bind with this show, and that really doesn’t change, regardless of who owns...
What does the future hold for Anderson Silva?
By Garth Hansen (garthhansen@mmaratings.net) With the UFC’s middleweight division being torn to shreds by the skill and power of Anderson “The Spider” Silva, and the worldwide...
Post Dream 6 Notes
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) Dream 6 really encapsulated all that makes up Japanese MMA. It featured world-class talent alongside has-beens and amateurs. The best production values...
Dream 6 Picks and Predictions
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) With Terry Martin’s victory on Saturday, my Public Bet History has improved, and this event could provide the opportunity to break back...
Post UFN 15 Notes
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) The story of Ultimate Fight Night 15, for me, was one of missed opportunities. Despite strong hunches that Belcher and Massenzio were...
UFN 15 Picks and Predictions
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) Ultimate Fight Night 15 really is an ugly duckling of an event; the bulk of the card is fighters that have stumbled...
Why Not Iceman vs. Ace?
By Garth Hansen with contributions from Nicholas Bailey As the aftershocks from Evan Tanner’s passing begin to quiet a little, I got back to reading and...
In Memory Of Evan Tanner
By Garth Hansen (garthhansen@mmaratings.net) Evan Tanner died in the California desert in the last few days. He left for the desert after making some blog posts,...
EliteXC and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) EliteXC is in trouble. I don’t like seeing any MMA promotion in trouble, even if I don’t like the way they promote....
Weekend of MMA Affliction, Confliction and Dreams
By Eric Kamander Last weekend was a big one for MMA. On Saturday night was Affliction: Banned, and though this was Affliction’s debut event, it was...
Affliction – Banned
Affliction: Banned was co-promoted by Affliction Clothing and Adrenaline MMA. It took place on July 19, 2008 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. The evening’s...
Affliction – Banned (Predictions)
Click the stars to rate how good you think it will be. Click here for the official line-up. Affliction: Banned is co-promoted by Affliction Clothing and...
WEC 34 – Sacramento (Predictions)
Click the stars and rate how good you think this card will be.Click here for the fight card. Jens Pulver challenges WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber.Yoshiro...
Co-promotion due to non-exclusivity
By Eric Kamander Previously I wrote about UFC and co-promotion (and again UFC and co-promotion (continued…) basically saying that while eventual co-promotion was inevitable for the...
EliteXC – Street Certified
EliteXC: Street Certified was promoted by EliteXC and held on Saturday, February 16, 2008 at the BankUnited Center in Miami, Florida. The main card aired live...