Gilbert Melendez Has Worn Out His Welcome
By Raphael Garcia Dominance is something that athletes should chase after. Being able to sit atop the pile of competitors and consider yourself the best is...
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Mind Over Machine: Mark Hominick's Loss Highlights the Importance of the Mental Aspect of MMA
By Raphael Garcia It has been said that professional fighting is 90 percent mental. Whether that is true or not, being mentally prepared an important factor...
UFC Welcomes The Flyweights
By Raphael Garcia The Zuffa family just keeps getting bigger. As if the action of UFC 140 was not enough, UFC President Dana White decided to...
Fights To Make After UFC 140
By Raphael Garcia UFC 140 was an exciting night of action, potentially the best mixed martial arts event of the year. Now that the year is...
Jon Jones Proves He Is Capable at UFC 140
By Raphael Garcia Fans and critics alike received what they had been asking for at UFC 140 when they witnessed the current light heavyweight champion, Jon...
UFC Draws Line In The Sand Against Hurtful Comments
By Raphael Garcia Professional athletes may be rich, famous, and often privileged, but that still doesn’t mean that they have the right to say whatever they...
Georges St. Pierre Out; Carlos Condit And Nick Diaz To Battle For Interim Title
By Raphael Garcia Injury has befallen GSP once again, this time very serious. And just like that, the UFC’s welterweight division became very interesting. In news...
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...
TUF TIMES: Team Bisping vs. Team Miller, Season 14 Finale
By Julie Romine The TUF 14 season finale aired on Spike TV, and the card consisted of five fights: Team Bisping’s Louis Gaudinot vs. Team Miller’s...
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...
Fights To Make After The Ultimate Fighter 14 Finale
By Raphael Garcia The 14th season of the Ultimate Fighter ended this past Saturday, crowning two new champions, and bestowing them with full UFC contracts. In...
Is Ronda Rousey A True Contender?
By Raphael Garcia Women’s mixed martial arts may not be at the forefront of the sport, but an interesting conversation has begun since the emergence of...
Jardine Versus Rockhold Planned For Strikeforce Event
By Raphael Garcia So what your record is 2-5-1 over your last eight fights doesn’t mean that you can’t receive a title shot, at least if...
Jason Miller And Michael Bisping Present Interesting Matchup At TUF 14 Finale
By Raphael Garcia The past few weeks have been filled with exciting action. Almost every Saturday has been packed with events and important fights. After taking...
When It's Time It's Time: Kurt Pellegrino, Chris Lytle, and Knowing When to Walk Away From the Sport
By Raphael Garcia As a sports fan I do not participate in the debates that surround a player’s potential retirement from his or her sport. We...
Quinton Jackson Returns To Japan Against Ryan Bader At UFC 144
By Raphael Garcia Returning to where he was once a major star in the world of MMA, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson will reportedly be facing off against...
Pleading To Bellator
By Raphael Garcia As a desperate MMA fan who has loved the sport for years, I’m standing at the top of the highest mountain in the...
Chris Weidman: The Next Big Prospect
By Raphael Garcia The term “prospect” is thrown around far too often in professional sports. Whenever a young athlete shows flashes of greatness, “experts” are quick...
Michael Chandler Shocks Eddie Alvarez For Title at Bellator 58
By Raphael Garcia Eddie Alvarez and Michael Chandler put on another epic Bellator fight that was hidden away on backdoor television while the UFC’s big names...
Henderson And Rua Put On A Show at UFC 139
By Raphael Garcia The words “what a fight” were not enough to describe what went down at UFC 139. A fight that many people did not...