Gray Maynard: Merit Over Marketability
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) Heading into his Ultimate Fight Night 20 Main Event against Nathan Diaz, Gray Maynard knew that a win over the brash...
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UFC / WEC Doubleheader: 10 Things We Learned
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) 1. There is One WEC Lightweight Champion and His Name is Ben Henderson If anyone ever questioned why the newly unified...
UFC Fight Night 20 Breakdowns
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) Following up on Sunday’s WEC 46 card, the UFC makes a rare Monday night appearance, landing at The Patriot Center in...
Urijah Faber: Should “The California Kid” Still Be the WEC Poster Boy?
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) In a recent interview with Bleacher Report’s Bryan Levick, Lightweight champion Jamie Varner had some choice words for his employers, questioning...
Champions Collide: WEC 46 Fight Card Preview
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) By now, just about everyone knows my stance on the WEC. For those who don’t, the quick version is this: World...
UFC 108: 10 Things We Learned Last Night
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) 1. Rashad Evans MUST Use His Wrestling Over the first two rounds, the former light heavyweight champion kept Thiago Silva off...
MMA Super Saturday: 10 Things We Learned Last Night
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) 1. The Embodiment of “Puncher’s Chance” and “Anything Can Happen” Scott Smith may want to add “Head of Stone” to his...
Canadian MMA Landscape Could Change Today
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) While the upcoming Olympics and the on-ice activities of the Canucks consistently garner the biggest headlines in the Vancouver sports scene,...
WEC 45: Wickedly Exciting Carnage
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) This Saturday at The Pearl at The Palms in Las Vegas, Nevada, the WEC goes live-to-air on Versus. For those who...
UFC 107: 10 Things We Learned Last Night
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) 1. Best. Lightweight. Ever. If there was ever any doubt (and there shouldn’t have been in all honesty), BJ Penn made...
You Call Yourself an MMA Fan?
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) Why a photo of Michael Clarke Duncan? In addition to being a monster of a man who I can see posing...
UFC 107 Fight Week Preview: BJ Penn vs. Diego Sanchez
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) As great as watching Rampage and Rashad settle their differences Saturday night would have been, the headlining act for UFC 107...
UFC 107 Fight Week Previews: Mir vs. Kongo and More
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) For all the mediocre cards we’ve suffered through over the last couple of months, UFC 107 takes to the Octagon this...
UFC 107 Fight Week Previews: The Prelims
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) Can I just say how much day jobs suck? Always interfering with what I want to do… Thankfully, Saturdays don’t fall...
10 Things We Learned from the TUF 10 Finale
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) 1. Roy Nelson, Ultimate Fighter “Big Country” was the big favorite heading in to Season 10 and made all those who...
Fight Week Previews: TUF 10 Finale, Part III
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) We’ve covered the undercard and we’ve covered the co-main events, now the time has come to turn our attention to the...
Fight Week Previews: TUF 10 Finale, Part II
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) Yesterday we tackled the three undercard bouts and tomorrow we’ll talk about everything involving the cast of Season 10. As for...
Comcast to Buy NBC: Somewhere, Dana White is Smiling
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) See that chair Dana White is sitting in? Feel free to consider it “The Driver’s Seat,” because with the impending acquisition...
Strikeforce Signing Bonanza: Manhoef, Noons, Prangley and Canadian TV Deal
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) The phones must have been ringing off the hook these last couple of days at the Strikeforce offices, as the San...
Fight Week Previews: TUF 10 Finale, Part I
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) My apologies for being gone for so long. I know you’ve missed me. Quick and painful version: I had to get...