UFC: Mackenzie Dern Makes the Move To the Big Stage
By Raphael Garcia We’re less than a full week into 2018, and we’ve already got our first big news story. According to multiple reports, Mackenzie Dern...
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The Best of 2017 In MMA: Adam Martin’s Perspective
By Adam Martin Earlier this week, the MMA Ratings Podcast took place with each member of the MMARatings.net writing team giving their picks for The Best of...
UFC 219: Don’t Sleep On Myles Jury vs. Rick Glenn
By Raphael Garcia With UFC 219 just a day away, the promotion should be acknowledged for having put together an excellent card to close out 2017....
UFC 219: Nurmagomedov Should Face Ferguson In 2018, But First McGregor Should Be Stripped
By Adam Martin UFC President Dana White stated on Thursday that UFC Lightweight Champion Conor McGregor, who has not competed inside the Octagon since a KO...
UFC 219: No One Knows What To Make of the Women’s 135 and 145 Divisions
By Raphael Garcia The UFC 219 main event brings together the two most important names in women’s MMA, as Holly Holm battles Cris Cyborg this Saturday...
UFC 219: Carla Esparza vs. Cynthia Calvillo For Dummies: Do’s and Don’ts Edition
By Schwan Humes Saturday night at UFC 219, there will be an important fight for the strawweight division, as former champion Carla “Cookie Monster” Esparza faces...
UFC: The Danger of Fighting Down In the Rankings Makes For More Turning Down of Fights
By Raphael Garcia For UFC fighters, becoming ranked is a precarious and often ambiguous development. Since the UFC introduced rankings in 2013 as a part of...
The UFC Light Heavyweight Division Desperately Needs New Blood
By Adam Martin Many fans and observers of the UFC have seen this coming for a while, but after last weekend’s UFC on FOX 26 card...
UFC, Paige VanZant Must Tread Lightly, Before Push Poisons Perception
By Raphael Garcia With image becoming a bigger component of the entertainment aspect of mixed martial arts, fighters and promotions need to be more aware of...
UFC on FOX 26: Rafael Dos Anjos vs. Tyron Woodley Is The Fight To Make
By Adam Martin After sweeping the scorecards with a clear-cut 50-45 victory over Robbie Lawler in the main event of UFC on FOX 26, which took...
UFC on FOX 26: Robbie Lawler vs. Rafael Dos Anjos For Dummies: Do’s and Don’ts Edition
By Schwan Humes On December 16th at UFC on FOX 26, we have a captivating matchup between two members of the mixed martial arts “All Violence...
The UFC Middleweight Division Is Finally Back To Normal
By Adam Martin The events of UFC 199 changed the middleweight division for the worse for well over a year, but things are finally back to...
UFC Fight Night 123: Brian Ortega’s Big Opportunity
By Adam Martin Brian Ortega is one of the hottest prospects in the featherweight division, and after winning the first 13 fights of his career (one...
Brian Ortega vs. Cub Swanson Is The Prototypical “Old Guard” vs. “New Guard” Showdown
By Raphael Garcia In combat sports there’s a trend whereby younger fighters have to forcibly supplant the older generation as they push up the rankings ladder....
Jose Aldo: Even With Defeat, His Legacy Is Not In Question
By Raphael Garcia It never ceases to amaze how quickly one’s legacy can come crumbling down. Jose Aldo is the latest fighter to experience this, after...
UFC 218: Max Holloway Is On the Path To Becoming An All-Time Great
By Adam Martin At just 25 years of age, UFC Featherweight Champion Max Holloway is well on his way to carving out a path as an...
UFC 218: Storylines Emerging From An Amazing Card In Detroit
By Adam Martin The UFC hit another one out of the ballpark this weekend with UFC 218, the company’s latest pay-per-view offering, which took place this...
UFC 218: Francis Ngannou’s Time To Shine
By Adam Martin It’s been an up-and-down 2017 for rising heavyweight star Francis Ngannou. In January, Ngannou, who at the time was a perfect 4-0 in...
Justin Gaethje Can Cut The Line With A Big Win At UFC 218
By Raphael Garcia Violence will be at an all-time high on Saturday when Justin Gaethje and Eddie Alvarez step into the Octagon. Alvarez and Gaethje were...
UFC Fight Night 122: You Can Hate Him Or Love Him, But You Have To Respect Michael Bisping
By Adam Martin Whether you’re a fan of Michael Bisping or not, it’s hard not to respect him. The 38-year-old British fighter is the former UFC...
