Mark Hunt, the UFC, and the Cause For Concern With CTE
By Raphael Garcia Last week the UFC made headlines when Mark Hunt was removed from a bout against Marcin Tybura that was planned for UFC Fight...
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UFC 218 Is Looking Stacked
By Adam Martin The UFC hasn’t been to the Detroit area since UFC 123 back in 2010, but when the promotion returns to Motown on December...
UFC 216: The Weirdness That Was
By Adam Martin UFC 216 turned out to be a very strange card. Between a last-second injury reshuffling several fights on the card, two fights being...
UFC 216: Kevin Lee Is Ready For A Breakthrough Moment
By Raphael Garcia UFC 216 is a card with fights may not draw immediate attention or generate the biggest stories in mixed martial arts, but still...
Bellator 184: Eduardo Dantas vs. Darrion Caldwell Is A Can’t Miss Fight
By Raphael Garcia Bellator MMA doesn’t boast the super deep roster that the UFC does, but that doesn’t mean it can’t present action-packed and intriguing fights....
UFC 216: UFC Made the Right Call In Setting Demetrious Johnson vs. Ray Borg As the Co-Main Event
By Adam Martin A mini-controversy emerged last week when the UFC announced the bout order for this weekend’s UFC 216 card, which takes place Saturday at...
UFC Looking For A Strong Fourth Quarter To End 2017
By Adam Martin This definitely hasn’t been the best year for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A year after WME-IMG took over operations, the promotion has had...
The Jump To Bellator Is No Longer A Sure Bet For Success
By Raphael Garcia There was a time when fighters competing outside of the UFC were all considered “inferior” in some fashion. The Octagon was the end...
Bellator 183 Was A Big Hit For the UFCs Biggest Rival
By Adam Martin The best MMA card of last weekend really flew under the radar in the weeks and months leading up to it, but once...
Claudia Gadelha and Jessica Andrade Need A Win At UFC Fight Night 117 To Remain Relevant
By Raphael Garcia Imagine being stuck in second place without any clear path to overtaking your rival. That is where Claudia Gadelha finds herself heading into...
UFC Fight Night 116: Luke Rockhold’s Domination of Branch Makes 185 Interesting Again
By Adam Martin One of the top middleweight fighters in MMA returned to the cage last Saturday night in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania when Luke Rockhold came back...
Rafael Dos Anjos: The Brazilian Fighter Is A Contender To Make UFC History
By Raphael Garcia UFC 215 became a welcoming party of sorts for Rafael Dos Anjos in the UFC welterweight division, as he joined the ranks of...
Alvarez vs GGG: Saturday’s Split-Draw Raises Questions
By Raphael Garcia Saul “Canelo” Alvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin was the biggest and most important boxing bout of 2017. The middleweights carved through their competition to...
UFC Fight Night 116: Middleweight Has Changed A Lot Since Luke Rockhold’s Last Fight
By Adam Martin This weekend at UFC Fight Night 116, which goes down tonight at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, former UFC Middleweight Champion Luke...
UFC 215: Amanda Nunes Should Fight Holly Holm Next
By Adam Martin UFC 215’s main event was not without controversy, but at the end of 25 minutes Amanda Nunes had done enough in the judges’...
UFC 215: Ray Borg Shouldn’t Have Been Trusted With A Main Event Spot
By Adam Martin Another UFC main event has been canceled. This time, Ray Borg has pulled out of Saturday night’s UFC 215 flyweight title fight opposite...
UFC 215: Nunes vs. Shevchenko for Dummies: Thirteen Things You Need to Know
By Schwan Humes This Saturday at UFC 215, UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Amanda Nunes and challenger Valentina Shevchenko will come full circle in this highly anticipated...
UFC and FITE TV Partnership Creates Interesting Digital Dynamic
By Raphael Garcia On the heels of the Internet PPV debacle that was the Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor fight on UFC Fight Pass, the UFC...
UFC Fight Night 115: Mairbek Taisumov Can’t Fly Under The Radar Anymore
> By Adam Martin Following his fifth-consecutive knockout win inside the Octagon, a brutal one-punch counter KO over the previously-undefeated striker Felipe Silva at this past...
Mixed Martial Arts for Dummies: Ten Things You Need to Know About Journeymen
By Schwan Humes Journeyman are often underappreciated, if not outright ignored, members of the mixed martial arts world; these guys are all over every card, and...
