Henderson-Edgar 2: Lightweights, High Stakes
By Raphael Garcia Whenever a combat sports card is put together the main event is expected to carry the entire show. Months of build-up, marketing, and...
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Friendly Fire: Guillard vs. Cerrone, and the Dawning of the “Friends Fighting Friends” Era
By Raphael Garcia Punching each other in the face is an activity that isn’t too rare among male friendships. The amicable reconciliation that can occur afterwards...
Fights To Make After UFC On Fox 4
By Raphael Garcia UFC on Fox 4 was the kind of card that the Ultimate Fighting Championship had been waiting for since their partnership with the...
155 Makes Saturday Night Live: Varner-Lauzon Should Not Be Taken Lightly as a Potential Show-Stealer on Fox
By Raphael Garcia The lightweight division in mixed martial arts has a high level of competition that runs from top to bottom, and the UFC’s grouping...
Bone Dry: Jon Jones’ Light Heavyweight Dominance Has Stripped The Division of Credible Title Challengers
By Raphael Garcia Selecting title contenders in mixed martial arts has become an extremely complex situation, and the UFC’s light heavyweight division is yet another example...
The New Face of Women’s Mixed Martial Arts: Invicta FC at the Forefront of Female Fighting
By Raphael Garcia Whether we want to admit it or not, the sport of mixed martial arts seems to have hit a stale point. As the...
Jumping from the Octagon to the Hexagon, Frank Mir Moving to Strikeforce to Face Daniel Cormier Could Be the Shape of Things to Come
By Raphael Garcia This week the mixed martial arts world was hit with an announcement that we had been waiting quite some time to hear. Since...
All of the Lights: Hector Lombard is the Latest Star Eclipsed by the Blinding Glare of an Octagon Debut
By Raphael Garcia The Ultimate Fighting Championship is regarded as the biggest stage in the sport of mixed martial arts. Fighters do all that they can...
Fights To Make After UFC 149
By Raphael Garcia While UFC 149 will receive large amount of criticism due to the overall quality of the event, it still featured a number of...
Urijah Faber vs. Renan Pegado: A Look At The UFC 149 Main Event
By Raphael Garcia Coming from Calgary, Canada, UFC 149 has been a much-maligned show, as injury after injury changed much of the fight card. However, while...
Squandered “Talent”: Alan Belcher Is the Odd Man Out in the UFC Middleweight Division
By Raphael Garcia When children hit the age when athletic ability begins to show, there’s always going to be that child who is left out of...
Elbow-lution: Will the Standing Elbow Strike Become MMA’s Next Great Technique?
By Raphael Garcia Mixed martial arts is fascinating for so many different reasons. You have the personalities, the sheer brutality of the sport, and its status...
Flying the Flag: A Win for Hector Lombard at UFC 149 is a Win for Bellator
By Raphael Garcia UFC 149 has been wrought with injuries since its announcement a few months ago. However, one aspect of the card that injuries have...
Eyes on the Prize: Luke Rockhold vs. Tim Kennedy, and the Belt Beyond the Belt
By Raphael Garcia The middleweight cycle isn’t over quite yet. Just because the UFC isn’t at the top of the banner this weekend, that doesn’t mean...
Fights To Make After UFC on Fuel TV 4
By Raphael Garcia The Ultimate Fighting Championship took center stage on July 11th as UFC on Fuel TV 4 was the only sporting event available for...
The Only Game in Town: UFC on Fuel 4 and Taking Center Stage in the Sports World
By Raphael Garcia The Ultimate Fighting Championship made a very smart move by scheduling UFC on Fuel TV 4 for Wednesday, July 11th. This is an...
2012 Half Year Awards
By Raphael Garcia We’ve passed the midpoint of the year, and we at MMA Ratings are taking a moment to look back over the first six...
Chael Into the Sunset: What’s Next For the Former Middleweight Title Challenger?
By Raphael Garcia The dejected look that adorned Chael Sonnen’s face after the main event of UFC 148 spoke more loudly than any of the vitriol...
Fights To Make After UFC 148
By Raphael Garcia While many individuals don’t put much stock into the pomp and circumstance that the Ultimate Fighting Championship uses to promote some of its...
Silva-Sonnen II: The Moment of Truth
By Raphael Garcia A fight that is surrounded by a substantial amount of hype rarely lives up to the lofty expectations that we’ve set for it....