Setting the (Arm)Bar: The Stakes Are High For Rousey vs. Carmouche at UFC 157
By Raphael Garcia Those who are involved in professional sports have to deal with a different level of pressure than those who go to relatively “normal”...
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Cruz Control: Why Stripping The Title From Dominick Cruz Is The Best Move For Him And The UFC
By Raphael Garcia It’s very tough for any professional athlete to sit on the sidelines while he or she watches his or her peers continue to...
Fights To Make After UFC On Fuel TV 7
By Raphael Garcia UFC on Fuel 7 was the most well-developed card that the Ultimate Fighting Championship has put together since bringing their show to the...
Olympic Fall: The IOC Takedown of Olympic Wrestling Could Stifle MMA’s Progression
By Raphael Garcia Mixed martial artists are athletes that find a way to blend multiple fight styles together to create hybrid offensive and defensive techniques. In...
“Never Wait” Championship: Barao-McDonald Illustrates Why Interim Title Defenses Should Be Mandatory
By Raphael Garcia The second of three events in the month of February for the Ultimate Fighting Championship won’t be featured on Pay-Per-View but still includes...
Rank Amateurs, Relevant Rewards, and Raconteurs: Official or Not, UFC Rankings Will Remain Irrelevant at Best
By Raphael Garcia Everyone wants to be #1. It doesn’t matter if it’s in track and field, soccer, or badminton, if there are rankings created by...
Fights To Make After UFC 156: The Losers Edition
By Raphael Garcia Losing is never an easy thing in sports, and that can be even more difficult in mixed martial arts. One fight can set...
Demolition Plan: At UFC 156, Will Alistair Overeem Break Bigfoot or Crush the UFC’s Heavyweight Hopes?
By Raphael Garcia Often in sports we see an athlete who has the perfect nickname. Michael Jordan had “Air,” Deion Sanders had “Prime Time,” and there...
Matt Hughes, UFC VP: Can the Country Boy Survive in His New Role?
By Raphael Garcia Professional sports has become a world of multi-million dollar athletes that are worth much more to the organizations that employ them than they...
Fights To Make After UFC on Fox 6
By Raphael Garcia In their second showing on Fox in 2013, the Ultimate Fighting Championship gave the fans another solid showing from top to bottom. There...
Donald Cerrone vs. Anthony Pettis Could Steal the Show at UFC on Fox 6
By Raphael Garcia This weekend, the Fox network provides the platform for a very solid card from the Ultimate Fighting Championship. At the top is a...
Flyweights Under The Microscope: Demetrious Johnson and John Dodson Look to Bring Some Buzz to the Division at UFC on Fox 6
By Raphael Garcia This Saturday the Ultimate Fighting Championship is looking to keep their momentum going with another solid show on the flagship Fox network. The...
Fights To Make After UFC on FX 7: The Losers Edition
By Raphael Garcia UFC on FX 7 may not have been the exciting card that other Brazilian cards have been, but the fighters who were unable...
Heavyweight Headache: Will the Real Contenders Please Stand Up?
By Raphael Garcia In combat sports the heavyweight divisions have always garnered the most attention. Fight fans are always enthralled by the potential of seeing two...
Fights To Make After Strikeforce: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine
By Raphael Garcia The mixed martial arts world world bid farewell to Strikeforce this past weekend with a card that many felt was an ode to...
Ultimate Match: Invicta FC Should Be the Next Zuffa Acquisition
By Raphael Garcia The Ultimate Fighting Championship is a little more than a month away from stepping into territory that many people believed was further off...
These Things Happen In MMA: Remembering Strikeforce and its Legacy
By Raphael Garcia The mixed martial arts geometry class is now going to be one polygon lighter come this weekend when Strikeforce’s hexagon goes away. Once...
Raphael Garcia’s Best of 2012: The Year That Was
By Raphael Garcia As we sat and sipped champagne, we at MMA Ratings decided to look back at the moments that stood out over this past...
Fights To Make After UFC 155: The Loser’s Edition
By Raphael Garcia UFC 155 may not have brought us action early on in the card, but what a way to close out the year 2012...
UFC 155 Looks To Be A Spectacular Close To The End Of 2012
By Raphael Garcia Live from Las Vegas, UFC 155 has the potential to be the show of the year and close out 2012 on a high...