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...
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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...
The Highs and Lows of UFC on Fuel TV 4
By Roy Billington The UFC hit San Jose’s HP Pavillion last night for UFC on Fuel TV 4, which featured a fight between Mark Munoz and...
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....
Dong Hyun Kim vs. Demian Maia: The Best-Kept Secret of the UFC 148 Card
By Raphael Garcia UFC 148 has shaped up to be the biggest card for the UFC to date. The main event features arguably the most important...
Middleweights In the Wings: New Contenders Await the Silva-Sonnen Winner
By Raphael Garcia As we move closer towards the biggest event that the UFC has put together this year in UFC 148, everyone understands the magnitude...
Flyweights Worth Buzzing About: Four Non-UFC Fighters to Watch at 125 Pounds
By Raphael Garcia The UFC has become the home of the “little guy,” as the flyweight division has been welcomed with open arms. The smallest division...
UFC Contender Rankings: June 2012
By Michael Ford These UFC Contender Rankings are intended to indicate where UFC fighters in each division rank in relation to one another. Taking into account...
Disenchanted Forrest: The End of Griffin’s Octagon Journey May Be Drawing Near
By Raphael Garcia The four fighters who sit at the top of the UFC 148 card set to go down next week in Las Vegas all...
UFC Behind the Scenes: Coach to the Stars Ricky Lundell
By Roy Billington At the tender age of six years old, Ricky Lundell, along with his father and brothers, began taking a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu class...
In One Way Or Another Reality Will Set In At UFC 148 For The American Gangster
By Raphael Garcia Love him or hate him, there’s one thing you always have to admire about Chael Sonnen: he always has a plan. While he...
Anderson Silva: The Completion Of A Legacy
By Raphael Garcia At UFC 148 we will have the privilege of watching what may be the final step towards establishing mixed martial arts’ first great...