Why We Shouldn’t Rush To A St. Pierre Versus Silva Superfight
By Raphael Garcia For years mixed martial arts has been given praise for being a combat sport that was able to provide its fans with the...
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Jose Aldo vs. Frankie Edgar: Behind the Numbers
By Raphael Garcia The injury bug that has run amok on much of the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s roster throughout 2012 may have done the organization a...
The Best Fights From The Summer Of 2012
By Raphael Garcia As Labor Day fades into the rear view mirror, we have to embrace the fact that yet another summer has passed. Pools are...
TUF Choices: Some Coaching Options to Spice Up The Ultimate Fighter
By Raphael Garcia Last week the Ultimate Fighting Championship announced the 32 fighters that will compete on the 16th season of “The Ultimate Fighter.” While they...
Dudu’s Boo-Boo: Eduardo Dantas’ Loss Highlights the Risks of Champions Fighting Outside of Their Promotions
By Raphael Garcia Being the champion of a mixed martial arts organization such as Bellator comes with the responsibility of representing the organization to the fullest...
The UFC 151 Cancellation: The Fighters’ Perspective
By Raphael Garcia At this point, the world is well aware of what happened. A contender suffered a last minute knee injury and a champion refused...
Weight For It: Three Fighters Who Need to Change Weight Classes
By Raphael Garcia In mixed martial arts, choosing the correct weight class to compete in can often be an important factor in a fighter’s overall success....
The Answer at 145: Frankie Edgar Drops to Featherweight, But More Questions Await Him
By Raphael Garcia It looks like the angry masses have finally been heard. Former UFC Lightweight Champion Frankie Edgar has confirmed that he has decided to...
Jon Jones vs. Chael Sonnen: The Next Big Thing for UFC Grudge Match Booking?
By Raphael Garcia Big fights equal big paydays. That’s the theory that professional fighters are beginning to subscribe to, and they are starting to behave in...
Fights To Make After Strikeforce: Rousey Vs. Kaufman
By Raphael Garcia Domination is a word that is quickly thrown about in sports, and sometimes not in the best light. At Strikeforce: Rousey versus Kaufman...
Everything Riding on Rousey: Why Losing to Sarah Kaufman Isn’t An Option
By Raphael Garcia Based on the hype surrounding this weekend’s Strikeforce card, you would think that Ronda Rousey is fighting against a WWE wrestling buddy play...
Point of Contention: Henderson-Edgar and Scoring Points With MMA Judges
By Raphael Garcia UFC 150 provided a talking point in a much larger debate that needs to take place in mixed martial arts. At the end...
Fights To Make After UFC 150
By Raphael Garcia Live from Denver, Colorado, UFC 150 ended with fans and media alike screaming foul. We watched a close duel between two of the...
Henderson-Edgar 2: Lightweights, High Stakes
By Raphael Garcia Whenever a combat sports card is put together the main event is expected to carry the entire show. Months of build-up, marketing, and...
Friendly Fire: Guillard vs. Cerrone, and the Dawning of the “Friends Fighting Friends” Era
By Raphael Garcia Punching each other in the face is an activity that isn’t too rare among male friendships. The amicable reconciliation that can occur afterwards...
Fights To Make After UFC On Fox 4
By Raphael Garcia UFC on Fox 4 was the kind of card that the Ultimate Fighting Championship had been waiting for since their partnership with the...
155 Makes Saturday Night Live: Varner-Lauzon Should Not Be Taken Lightly as a Potential Show-Stealer on Fox
By Raphael Garcia The lightweight division in mixed martial arts has a high level of competition that runs from top to bottom, and the UFC’s grouping...
Bone Dry: Jon Jones’ Light Heavyweight Dominance Has Stripped The Division of Credible Title Challengers
By Raphael Garcia Selecting title contenders in mixed martial arts has become an extremely complex situation, and the UFC’s light heavyweight division is yet another example...
The New Face of Women’s Mixed Martial Arts: Invicta FC at the Forefront of Female Fighting
By Raphael Garcia Whether we want to admit it or not, the sport of mixed martial arts seems to have hit a stale point. As the...
Jumping from the Octagon to the Hexagon, Frank Mir Moving to Strikeforce to Face Daniel Cormier Could Be the Shape of Things to Come
By Raphael Garcia This week the mixed martial arts world was hit with an announcement that we had been waiting quite some time to hear. Since...