UFC Lightweight Power Rankings
By Michael Ford With the Gray Maynard Saga behind him, Frankie Edgar has his work cut out for him if he wants to get out of...
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UFC Featherweight Power Rankings
By Michael Ford This division refuses to stabilize, as the only constant seems to be Jose Aldo atop it. As the division absorbs WEC mainstays, TUF...
UFC Bantamweight Power Rankings
By Michael Ford Though Urijah Faber is booked to face Dominick Cruz, and Brian Bowles is out with an injury, the rest of the Top 10...
UFC Flyweight Power Rankings
By Michael Ford This division is under construction, as Joseph Benavidez and Demetrious Johnson are the favorites to fight for the brand new Flyweight Championship, but...
Five Points: A Plan to Create Stars in the UFC: The Rivalries (Part 5 of 5)
By Michael Ford Rivalries and feuds are important for cementing stardom, and illuminating aspects of stars’ personalities. The following potential feuds would be particularly effective at...
Five Points: A Plan to Create Stars in the UFC: The Heels (Part 4 of 5)
By Michael Ford As the UFC seeks to make stars, some will be viewed as Heroes, and others as Heels. Here are five controversial figures who...
Five Points: A Plan to Create Stars in the UFC: The Heroes (Part 3 of 5)
By Michael Ford As the UFC seeks to make stars, some will be viewed as Heroes, and others as Heels. Here are five candidates for fame...
Five Points: A Plan to Create Stars in the UFC: The Medium (Part 2 of 5)
By Michael Ford Everyone knows that the UFC needs to make stars in 2012. Here are five mechanisms that are essential in the star-making process. What...
Five Points: With no Lesnar and no GSP, A Plan to Create Stars in the UFC (Part 1 of 5)
By Michael Ford With Brock Lesnar retired, and GSP gone for most, if not all, of 2012, the UFC goes into its bona fide network TV...
Heavyweight Heartbreak: In the Wake of Brock Lesnar's Retirement, MMA Fans Shouldn't Hold on to Hopes of a Return
By Michael Ford Brock Lesnar is gone, and he isn’t coming back. We should let him go, and not cling to hopes that he’ll hang around...
TUF is Dead, Long Live TUF: Reimagining and Reinventing The Ultimate Fighter for its FX Debut
By Michael Ford With a new season on a new network on the horizon, The Ultimate Fighter is expected to undergo an overhaul. But will the...
Big Money or Funny Money: Why The Idea Of A Rousey-Tate "Mega-Fight" Is A Joke
By Michael Ford Don’t believe the hype: Rousey-Tate isn’t the “money fight” that commentators claim it to be, just because attractive fighters would be involved. Here’s...
TUF Break: Why I Let Go of The Ultimate Fighter, and Why You Should Too
By Michael Ford The Spike TV franchise has served its purpose, and as an MMA fan, I’m letting go. Feel free to do so too.I’ve never...
Strikeforce Main Event Breakdown: Diaz-Daley vs. Melendez-Kawajiri
By Michael Ford The upcoming Strikeforce: Business As Usual* card is an important one for the history of the promotion, as well as the sport. Yet...
MMA Ratings Team UFC Prediction Challenge 2011
by Michael Ford The MMA Ratings team will put their reputations and egos on the line in 2011, as they pick the results of every UFC...
MMA Hangover: Talking Points for UFC 123
By Michael Ford Rampage Jackson was a winner in more ways than one. BJ Penn is still a beast. Gerald Harris is no Phil Davis. These...
Chael Sonnen: Cheaters Never Win
Chael Sonnen has been a lot of things to hardcore MMA fans over the last year. His outspokenness and willingness to talk trash about the sport’s...
MMA Hangover: Talking Points for the Jose Aldo vs. Urijah Faber PPV
By Michael Ford Zuffa’s latest PPV effort featured a Urijah Faber Championship effort, as well as a whole supporting cast of Featherweights, Lightweights, and Bantamweights looking...
MMA Hangover: Talking Points for Strikeforce: Nashville
By Michael Ford Strikeforce and CBS put together their second MMA telecast this past Saturday night, and it featured three title fights, and six of the...
MMA Hangover: Talking Points for UFC 111
By Michael Ford UFC 111 emanated from Newark, NJ, in the shadow of New York City, and might be the last card where the “New York...