Fights To Make After UFC 142
By Raphael Garcia The Ultimate Fighting Championship took another trip to the “home” of mixed martial arts at UFC 142 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Once...
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Dog Eat Dog Division: Lightweight Prospects Etim And Barboza Must Walk Through Each Other Towards Prominence
By Raphael Garcia When you first look at the UFC 142 card, you might think that this event lacks the big name star power to create...
Best Of 2011: The Top Events
By Raphael Garcia 2011 was a great year for mixed martial arts. Major developments made the UFC into a major player in the sports industry, and...
Cyborg’s Steroid Suspension Short-Circuits Her Title Reign, Re-Programming Strikeforce’s Plans for the Future of Women’s MMA
By Raphael Garcia This past Friday, the California State Athletic Commission released the news that Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos has been suspended for 12 months for the...
Looking At Aldo Versus Mendes at UFC 142
By Raphael Garcia “Styles make fights.” At least that is what we have been told during the last few years of mixed martial arts’ rise to...
The Tall Order of Short Notice: Why Fighters Like Danny Castillo Deserve Our Respect
By Raphael Garcia We should thank them for doing what they do. At a moment’s notice, some fighters are willing to jump into the cage against...
Retired Or Not: Brock Lesnar Still Has Value To MMA
By Raphael Garcia The word “retirement” often barely registers within the realm of mixed martial arts. We have seen many examples of fighters turning away from...
The Tale Of The Win Streak Unfolds At UFC 141
By Raphael Garcia The battle to reach the top of the heap is something that every professional fighter thinks about. Even after they get there, they...
Fights To Make After UFC 141
By Raphael Garcia UFC 141 was a stacked card that brought to a close an exciting year for the UFC and mixed martial arts as a...
Best Of 2011: The Top Fights
By Raphael Garcia Exciting fights are going to happen every year. At MMA Ratings you rate the fights to determine the best ones. Let’s count down...
Bellator Season Six Featherweight Tourney Preview
By Raphael Garcia Bellator Fighting Championships looks to build off of last season’s exciting featherweight tournament in its sixth season. This tournament has eight competitors ready...
My 2012 MMA Wish List
By Raphael Garcia 2012 is just around the corner, and another year is coming to a close. Yet what a year it was for mixed martial...
The Forgotten Champion: For Strikeforce’s Luke Rockhold, Middleweight Irrelevancy Awaits
By Raphael Garcia Luke Rockhold holds a Strikeforce championship, yet may be one of the most overlooked fighters in mixed martial arts. While sporting an 8-1...
UFC 141 Set To Close Out The Year In A Big Way
By Raphael Garcia Set your alarm clock now, because UFC 141 is going to throw many mixed martial arts for a loop. Not only is this...
Gilbert Melendez Has Worn Out His Welcome
By Raphael Garcia Dominance is something that athletes should chase after. Being able to sit atop the pile of competitors and consider yourself the best is...
Mind Over Machine: Mark Hominick's Loss Highlights the Importance of the Mental Aspect of MMA
By Raphael Garcia It has been said that professional fighting is 90 percent mental. Whether that is true or not, being mentally prepared an important factor...
UFC Welcomes The Flyweights
By Raphael Garcia The Zuffa family just keeps getting bigger. As if the action of UFC 140 was not enough, UFC President Dana White decided to...
Fights To Make After UFC 140
By Raphael Garcia UFC 140 was an exciting night of action, potentially the best mixed martial arts event of the year. Now that the year is...
Jon Jones Proves He Is Capable at UFC 140
By Raphael Garcia Fans and critics alike received what they had been asking for at UFC 140 when they witnessed the current light heavyweight champion, Jon...
UFC Draws Line In The Sand Against Hurtful Comments
By Raphael Garcia Professional athletes may be rich, famous, and often privileged, but that still doesn’t mean that they have the right to say whatever they...