Addition By Subtraction: The Loss of UFC 176 Turns Into Other Cards’ Gain
By Adam Martin The demise of UFC 176 has been a blessing in disguise. When the promotion announced the cancellation of UFC 176 earlier this week...
Opinion
Fight Fixin’: Post-TUF 19 Finale Losers Edition
By Adam Martin Fight Fixin’ is a fantasy matchmaking article that comes out after every major event and features possible matchups for main card winners and/or...
Fights To Make After The Ultimate Fighter 19 Finale
By Raphael Garcia The Ultimate Fighter 19 Finale brought yet another season of the UFC’s reality show to a close. In addition, Frankie Edgar put an...
First and Worst: Week of June 30 – July 6, 2014
By Adam Martin First and Worst is an ongoing series for MMARatings.net, where every week Adam will make his pick for the best and worst newly-announced...
Fight Fixin’: Post-UFC 175 Losers Edition
By Adam Martin Fight Fixin’ is a fantasy matchmaking article that comes out after every major event and features possible matchups for main card winners and/or...
Fights To Make After UFC 175
By Raphael Garcia UFC 175 was the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s biggest card to date in 2014. At the end of the night, two champions kept a...
A Skyscraper Rises: Returning to Action at UFC 175, Stefan Struve Seeks to Achieve the Upper Reaches of the Heavyweight Horizon
By Raphael Garcia The role of title contender is a coveted one in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, especially in the heavyweight division. That weight class is...
Lyoto Machida Could Make History At UFC 175… And No One Is Talking About It
By Adam Martin The UFC has been around for over 20 years, but in those 20 years only two fighters have won titles in two different...
The Ultimate Fighter 19.13: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
By Nathan McCarter The Ultimate Fighter had its final episode before the finale for the 19th season, and it went out with a whimper. The entire...
How Much Longer Will B.J. Penn Continue To “Save” The UFC?
By Raphael Garcia This Sunday night, Mike Goldberg is going to have a number of chances to yell out “He’s Back!” B.J. Penn, the former two-division...
Off the Gold Standard (Part 2): Championships Are Bargaining Chips For the Biggest UFC Checks
By Raphael Garcia The first part of Off the Gold Standard discussed the difficulties in assessing the value of titles to the Ultimate Fighting Championship. While...
First and Worst: Week of June 23 – June 29, 2014
By Adam Martin First and Worst is an ongoing series for MMARatings.net, where every week Adam will make his pick for the best and worst newly-announced...
Fights To Make After UFC Fight Night 43 and UFC Fight Night 44: Losers Edition
By Raphael Garcia This past weekend featured fights galore, as Saturday started and ended with mixed martial arts action that was worth making sure not to...
Fight Fixin’: Post-UFC Fight Night 44 Winners Edition
By Adam Martin Fight Fixin’ is a fantasy matchmaking article that comes out after every major event and features possible matchups for main card winners and/or...
Fight Fixin’: Post-UFC Fight Night 43 Winners Edition
By Adam Martin Fight Fixin’ is a fantasy matchmaking article that comes out after every major event and features possible matchups for main card winners and/or...
Winner of Swanson/Stephens Poised To Earn UFC Featherweight Title Shot
By Adam Martin Although it hasn’t officially been designated as a title eliminator, by all accounts the winner of Saturday night’s main event at UFC Fight...
The Ultimate Fighter 19.12: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
By Nathan McCarter The Ultimate Fighter came back with another semi-final bout, and I am here to catch you all up on what we’ve missed in...
First and Worst: Week of June 16 – June 22, 2014
By Adam Martin First and Worst is an ongoing series for MMARatings.net, where every week Adam will make his pick for the best and worst newly-announced...
Off the Gold Standard (Part 1): The Value of a UFC Championship Belt is Getting Harder and Harder to Assess
By Raphael Garcia A running theme throughout 2014 has been the UFC’s lack of star power. Despite names like Jon Jones and Ronda Rousey on the...
Mighty Mathematics: The Numbers Behind Demetrious Johnson’s Flyweight Reign
By Raphael Garcia Unlike other sports, statistics in MMA do not provide a complete breakdown of what is going on during the action, but they can...