The Year 2012 In Review: The Best of September
By Raphael Garcia The mixed martial arts world has seen its fair share of action throughout 2012. So many memorable fights and moments stand out in...
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The Year 2012 In Review: The Best of May
By Raphael Garcia The mixed martial arts world has seen its fair share of action throughout 2012. So many memorable fights and moments stand out in...
Puzzled: With the Welterweight Title Picture Scrambled, All the Pieces Have To Fall Into Place At UFC 158
By Raphael Garcia For a long time it has been apparent that the Ultimate Fighting Championship does not use “rankings” when deciding which fights to place...
The Year 2012 In Review: The Best of January
By Raphael Garcia The mixed martial arts world has seen its fair share of action throughout 2012. So many memorable fights and moments stand out in...
Fights To Make After The Ultimate Fighter On FX 6: Losers Edition
By Raphael Garcia The powers that be behind the Ultimate Fighting Championship are dead set on placing their flag everywhere in the world. The TUF Smashes...
Fights To Make After The Ultimate Fighter Season 16 Finale
By Raphael Garcia The 16th edition of the Ultimate Fighter may not have been the most exciting season of the show to date, but the finale...
A Loss For The Young Assassin Would Kill Any Hopes Of Staying With The UFC
By Raphael Garcia It’s not a secret that being a UFC fighter is a tough career to maintain. Between training and fighting in front of millions...
Bellator Fighting Championships 84 Sets The Stage For Packed MMA Weekend
By Raphael Garcia December has proved to be a month synonymous with mixed martial arts aplenty for fans and the media alike. This weekend fans can...
Fights To Make After UFC on Fox 5 – The Losers Edition
By Raphael Garcia UFC on Fox 5 was promoted as the biggest and most important mixed martial arts card to be broadcast on free television, and...
Benson Henderson and the Smooth Path to Greatness
By Raphael Garcia There was once a time when Benson Henderson was characterized as the “poor man’s Clay Guida.” This was in a distant past when...
Make Way For the Bad Guy: Nate and Nick Diaz, and the UFC Championship “Mix”
By Raphael Garcia The online mixed martial arts community has a certain “love” for the Diaz family. For as many fans as Nick and Nate Diaz...
Ronda On Top: Ensuring a Rousing Debut For the UFC’s First Female Champion
By Raphael Garcia Professional athletes are usually concerned with two things: 1) winning a championship of some sort; and 2) making the most amount of money...
Lucky ’13: Four Fighters Poised to Make the Most of the Year to Come
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Lucky ’13: Four Fighters Poised to Make the Most of the Year to Come
By Raphael Garcia With a little more than four weeks left in the year (that is, if the world doesn’t end next month like the Mayans...
Striking Distance: Targeting Opponents for Strikeforce Titleholders’ UFC Debuts
By Raphael Garcia As the final Strikeforce card continues to crumble due to injuries, the bright side is that the UFC will finally be able to...
While One “Promise” Was Unfulfilled Constantinos Philippou Is Given A Major Opportunity At UFC 155
By Raphael Garcia As the Ultimate Fighting Championship continues to build its roster of fighters, it becomes more and more likely that some individuals will fly...
Fights to Make After UFC 154
By Raphael Garcia UFC 154 brought answers to many different questions, but of course, the MMA community is now asking so many more. Welterweight champion Georges...
Mark Bocek vs Rafael dos Anjos is the Undercard Fight to Watch at UFC 154
By Raphael Garcia UFC 154 is a card that from top to bottom offers interesting matchups. Not only does the main event bring back one of...
Carlos “The Superfight Killer” Condit Takes Familiar Position At UFC 154
By Raphael Garcia When you go by the name of “Natural Born Killer” you don’t expect to win many “Man of the Year” awards, but Carlos...
Fights To Make After UFC On Fuel 6
By Raphael Garcia Whether you watched it early Saturday morning or caught the replay in prime time, UFC on Fuel TV 6 was an opportunity for...