Post UFC 92 Notes – The End of an Era
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) Despite a lot of exciting fights, dramatic finishes, and an absolute gem of a main event, this card was bittersweet, and not...
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) Despite a lot of exciting fights, dramatic finishes, and an absolute gem of a main event, this card was bittersweet, and not...
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) In typical K-1/Japanese MMA fashion, this card makes very little sense as anything aside from a spectacle. There’s the usual parade of...
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) Ultimate 2008 indeed. This card brings us two sterling matchups in the prestige division of MMA, light-heavyweight, featuring four of the best...
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) Well, I regret the fact that TUF 8 even existed as a season. I regret watching grown men drink urine, behave like...
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) UFC: Fight for the Troops was somewhat of a throwback event, with the raucous and unruly crowd, the booing, the late stoppages,...
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) The story of Ultimate Fight Night 16 is “where do I belong?” Every event has fighters asking themselves some variant of this...
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) WEC 37 didn’t exactly live up to the hype, although Miguel Torres did. Any two-hour live TV event weighed down by a...
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) I’m probably one of the few people that’s disappointed by this card. You see, it’s chock full of exciting mini-size fighters, many...
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) This was an event that rose above its lackluster card to be reasonably exciting and entertaining. It was definitely a great way...
By Nicholas Bailey Thanksgiving is a holiday celebrating the initial teamwork that lead to near-genocide. Which is fitting, considering that my Thanksgiving turkey is American Top...
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) A broken toe has forced newly resurgent lightweight Josh Thomson out of the event, which is probably good for Yves Edwards. While...
By Nicholas Bailey In the fight game, the only people that can approximate the dishonesty and ego of a promoter are a fighter’s agents. (Which is...
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) UFC 91 was an awesome event. All the fights were entertaining, some were very high-quality, and the bulk of them were competitive,...
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) I take great exception to some parts of this piece by Ben Fowlkes, who apparently gets to write about MMA for SI.com...
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) A superfight with a superfreak, rehabilitation fights, contender fights, “I deserve to be here” fights, and just plain scraps. This card promises...
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) Well this was a wreck of an event, both in terms of sport, and personally for my wagering. A debacle like the...
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) Salutations everyone. I’m sorry for my absence, and I’ll start picking up everything I’ve missed during my vacation tomorrow. WEC 36 is...
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) This event had a serious case of the Mondays. It just never got going or, aside from a few moments of brilliance...
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) Sengoku: Sixth Battle, has the potential to be World Victory Road’s best event to date. Unfortunately, that’s not saying much. But with...
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) When the main event is a clunker or ends on a sour note, it’s really hard for a fight card to have...