Tito Ortiz: A Legend In His Own Right
By Raphael Garcia Tito Ortiz was a major underdog going into his UFC 132 fight against Ryan Bader. Most fans and experts expected Bader to give...
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What I Took From Faber-Cruz 2
By Raphael Garcia UFC 132 was a big event for the Ultimate Fighting Championship for many different reasons. The main card featured a number of fights...
Fights To Make After UFC 132
By Raphael Garcia In what may shape up to be the best UFC event of the year, UFC 132 brought the house down with amazing fights...
An Argument For Team MMA Part 3
By Raphael Garcia The first part of this series discussed the basic structure of a team-based mixed martial arts promotion, and the second part explored television...
The Two Jakes: Ellenberger and Shields Look to Shake Up the Welterweight Mix
By Raphael Garcia Rumors have surfaced that the UFC is planning a major welterweight fight later this year. Welterweight fighters Jake Shields and Jake Ellenberger are...
Lauzon Needs A Push
By Raphael Garcia UFC lightweight Joe Lauzon looked like a man on a mission as he defeated Curt Warburton in the first round of their fight...
Fights To Make After UFC Live 4
By Raphael Garcia Even though the UFC Live 4 suffered what was considered a setback because of the change in the main event situations, this event...
Quick Q & A with Strikeforce fighter Jorge Masvidal
By Julie Romine Jorge “Gamebred” Masvidal is a 26-year-old MMA fighter of Cuban-American descent who hails from Miami, Florida. He is primarily a stand-up fighter, having...
Marquardt Cut From UFC
By Raphael Garcia It’s amazing how quickly things can change. Going into Saturday the MMA community was expecting to see a division-changing fight between established veteran...
New Use For Strikeforce Challengers
By Raphael Garcia This weekend’s Strikeforce Challengers 16 is going to be the big stage for emerging fighters as they step into the MMA cage once...
The MMA Showman: Josh Barnett
By Raphael Garcia Josh Barnett let out his inner pro wrestler for the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix. With antics that started on Thursday during the open...
The Importance Of The Strikeforce Heavyweights
By Raphael Garcia The Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix continued this past weekend, and it once again highlighted the largest men in the MMA cage. In combat...
An Argument for Team MMA: Part 2
By Raphael Garcia Team mixed martial arts isn’t a new idea. The International Fight League folded under the financial pressure of starting a new promotion. However,...
An Argument for Team MMA
By Raphael Garcia Mixed martial arts is a sport that continues to grow and break new ground. 2011 has already seen the development of fighter’s insurance,...
The Cowboy Rides In
By Raphael Garcia When the World Extreme Cagefighting organization was merged with the UFC, Benson Henderson and Anthony Pettis were expected to be the two main...
Fights To Make After UFC 131
By Raphael Garcia UFC 131 may not have had a big name title matchup on the card, but this show was very solid with a lot...
My Argument Against Five Rounds
By Raphael Garcia The Clay Guida vs. Anthony Pettis fight has some fight fans and experts clamoring to bring five-round nontitle fights to the UFC. I...
Guida Gets The Job Done
By Raphael Garcia On Saturday night, Clay Guida did what a lot of people did not expect, and what even more people did not want to...
Story – Marquardt: The Next Chapter Of Welterweight Contenders
By Raphael Garcia Rick Story has became a fan favorite in a matter of fifteen minutes. Coming into his bout against former welterweight title contender Thiago...
TUF 13 Finale: It's finally here!
By Anyaa Carter I have watched 20 minutes of this whole TUF season. So of course this makes me totally qualified to talk about the finale....