Could UFC 102 Mark the End of Randy Couture’s UFC Career?
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) Understand right off the bat that this is 100% speculation and the results of spending too much time thinking about a...
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Friends As Foes: Tackling the Teammate Debate
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) MMA Weekly is reporting that uber-talented light heavyweight prospect Jon Jones has joined forces with Greg Jackson and his team in...
Does a WEC-UFC Merger Make Sense?
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) At the Press Conference following UFC 101, Dana White said that the idea of combining the two Zuffa-owned organizations was being...
Shane Carwin to Face Brock Lesnar at UFC 106?
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) Shane Carwin’s name usually resides in the top section of any “Who can beat Brock Lesnar?” list concocted by those who...
Anderson Silva Ascends to the Top in August
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) I was wrong. Very, very wrong as it turns out, and so were a lot of people. Anderson Silva was, is...
Gina Carano vs. Cris Cyborg: Redefining What It Means To Hit Like a Girl
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) There couldn’t be a better tag line for this fight than the one used in the title above, one which I...
Brian Bowles: Shouldn’t We Wait for the Encore?
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) When Matt Serra dropped Georges St-Pierre to capture the UFC Welterweight title, very few people in the MMA community would have...
Divisional Dominance: Good or Bad for the UFC?
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) With a win Saturday night, Lightweight champ B.J. Penn pushed his undefeated streak at 155 pounds closer to eight years. Since...
10 Things I Learned Last Night from UFC 101
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) 1. Anderson Silva Stands Alone as the P4P KingWhen you flatten a former Light Heavyweight champion with a quick right jab...
B. J. Penn: “I Think GSP Does Steroids”
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) Over these last few weeks, I’ve actually started to find myself defending B.J. Penn a great deal. As I’ve stated time...
Strikeforce Stupidity: Fedor Needs to Fight for the Title, Period.
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) Scott Coker has had himself a pretty impressive week, and it’s only Wednesday. He scooped up the consensus top heavyweight in...
Catching Up with KenFlo
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) It’s hard not to like Kenny Florian. Outside the cage, he’s an affable guy with a good sense of humor, willing...
Missed Opportunity: Should the UFC Have Gone After Gegard Mousasi?
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) You probably recognize the man on the right. At the very least, you’ve heard of him. He goes by the name...
The Best Man Doesn’t Always Win: Taking a Look at Tournament Fighting
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) Ah, tournament fighting. The system that was the foundation for the original incarnation of the UFC and remains a staple of...
Where Does Fedor Go From Here?
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) During yesterday’s conference call, the UFC announced the signing of two prominent names in the Mixed Martial Arts business. Unfortunately, neither...
WEC 42: Overdue and Under the Radar
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) With all the speculation and discussions of contract negotiations between Fedor Emelianenko and the UFC, not to mention a top-heavy fight...
The Bully, The Nerd and The Cool Kids in School: An MMA Analogy
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) Starting with UFC 100 and through the fall of Affliction, there has been a lot of talk about Mixed Martial Arts’...
Cyborg vs. Carano: History in the Making
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) Ten years from now, when MMA is still riding high as one of the most popular sports in the world and...
Shouldn’t You Be Thinking About Beating the Mustache Off Don Frye?
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal is one of the brighter prospects in all of Mixed Martial Arts. I’m actually pretty annoyed with...
Fighters Lose in More Ways Than One
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) Jay Hieron was all set to meet British fighter Paul “Semtex” Daley at Affliction: Trilogy. The former IFL Welterweight champion and...