Picks and Predictions for Ultimate Fight Night 19: Placeholder Event
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) There are times when an event rolls around that seems to have captured the zeitgeist. To have become the zenith of sporting...
Opinion
Is It Time to Take The Ultimate Fighter in a New Direction?
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net)(courtesy of MMA Fight Council) There is no question that The Ultimate Fighter changed the mixed martial arts landscape when the first...
Fight Week Previews: Tyson Griffin vs. Hermes Franca
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) Nothing better than kicking off a busy week with a preview of what many feel will be a Fight of the...
The Evolution of a Champion: Wagnney Fabiano
By Aaron Richman (aaron@mmafightcouncil.com) of MMA Fight Council The MMA Fight Council (MMAFC) was able to chat with Wagnney Fabiano recently. We got a much deeper...
What are the different female weight classes in Mixed Martial Arts?
By Katrina Belcher (KatrinaBelcher@mmaratings.net) In Women’s MMA (WMMA), just like for their male counterparts, female fighters must adhere to a strict set of weight classes, designed...
World Extreme Cagefighting: The AAA Affiliate of the UFC?
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) A few weeks back we discussed the merits of a merger between the UFC and the WEC. Since then, UFC President...
Welcome to The Loco Life
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) Chances are you recognize the guy on the left as Punkass from Tapout. The chucklehead in the middle is Ryan Loco,...
Getting Official with Nick Lembo
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) The guy with the big smile on his face between Renzo Gracie and Ricardo Almeida is Nick Lembo. Lembo is legal...
Top 10 Fights of the Year
UFC 102‘s Randy Couture vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira enters the rankings at #6 with 4.33 stars. Maybe fans really like Machida’s recent displays of dominance, or...
Gina Carano and The Dwayne Johnson Effect
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) All the Mixed Martial Arts world is buzzing with the recent string of stars making their way to Hollywood, picking the...
The Return of “The Brazilian Tiger” Ricardo Arona
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) If you’re just getting into Mixed Martial Arts, the name Ricardo Arona might not mean much to you. Perhaps you’ve heard...
What Now for the UFC Welterweight Division?
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) As you may or may not know by now, Mike Swick has been forced to pull out of his UFC 103...
An Interview with Evan Shoman: Parental Discretion is Advised
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) I was introduced to the incredible artwork of Evan Shoman through an interview in Fight! Magazine last December. The talented artist...
Tim Sylvia is Moving to Crystal Lake
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) With the boom of Mixed Martial Arts into the mainstream, fighters are getting all kinds of crossover opportunities. Georges St-Pierre is...
Sengoku Steroid Championship Bad for Mixed Martial Arts
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) In a recent interview with Tatame, Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva stated that should he emerge victorious from his fight at the upcoming...
Fighter Safety Falls on Everyone
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) Yesterday, we discussed the Yves Lavigne fallout from UFC 102 and the precarious position that referees are in when officiating MMA...
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Yves Lavigne, Referee Stoppages and Armchair Analysis
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) While a great deal of the discussions stemming from UFC 102 have centered around the return to form of Minotauro Nogueira,...
UFC 102: Things We Learned Last Night
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) 1. “Minotauro” Nogueira is Far From DoneYou can now officially call his fight with Frank Mir an aberration, as it was...
Brandon Vera: The Truth is You Talk Too Much
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) I’ve been trying to do my best “journalist” impersonation lately, writing quality articles without any personal opinion or feelings entering into...
Keeping It Canadian with “The Thrashing Machine” Tim Hague
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) Being a good Canadian boy myself, it’s always an honour and a pleasure to sit down and talk Mixed Martial Arts...