UFC 179 Aldo-Mendes II: 10 Things We Learned Last Night
1. Fight of the Year Move over Johny Hendricks and Robbie Lawler – there is a new clubhouse leader in the Fight of the Year race. Saturday night in Rio, Jose Aldo and Chad Mendes went toe-to-toe for 25...
View ArticleUFC Fight Desk: Mirko Cro Cop returns against a familiar opponent
Over the last couple months, it has felt like we fell into an MMA time wrap and got spit out back to 2008 or 2009, maybe even earlier. Tito Ortiz and Stephan Bonnar did gangbusters on Spike TV....
View ArticleUFC 185 Title View: Anthony Pettis and the Lightweight Division
After yesterday’s look at Carla Esparza, Joanna Jedrzejczyk and the women’s strawweight division, it’s time for UFC Title View to focus in on the lightweight ranks, beginning with the champion and the...
View ArticleUFC Fight Night 62 Prospect Watch: Gilbert “Durinho” Burns
Name: Gilbert Burns Nickname: Durinho Record: 9-0 (2-0 UFC) Division: Lightweight Affiliation: Blackzilians I actually kind of feel bad for Burns right now. Saturday had the potential to be his coming...
View ArticleUFC Fight Night Maia vs. LaFlare: 5 Reasons to Watch
Coming off an electric event last weekend where two championship belts changed hands and a bevy of big names hit the Octagon, there are going to be some that look at Saturday’s UFC Fight Night event in...
View ArticleUFC Fight Night: Maia vs. LaFlare Punch Drunk Predictions
Last weekend, the main card was moving along as expected, with Henry Cejudo, Alistair Overeem and Johny Hendricks picking up quality, unanimous decision wins that fell right in line with predictions....
View ArticleUFC Fight Night Maia vs. LaFlare: 10 Things We Learned Last Night
Sincere Apologies to Demian Maia Turns out all of that counted out the Brazilian jiu jitsu standout owe him an apology because for five rounds on Saturday night, Demian Maia dominated Ryan LaFlare on...
View ArticleUFC First Quarter Awards: Vote for the Best Fight of 2015
So we’ve done the knockouts and we’ve covered the submissions, now it’s time to dive in to the best fights from inside the Octagon so far in 2015. Before getting to the list, I will say this: we...
View ArticleUFC Sao Paulo: Potential Young Stars Worth Watching on Saturday
Apparently my column from yesterday made it sound as if I didn’t want people questioning Vitor Belfort about his checkered history with performance-enhancing drugs and all too frequent tests revealing...
View ArticleUFC Fight Night Sao Paulo: 5 Reasons to Watch
This weekend’s UFC event in Sao Paulo, Brazil is one of those sneaky good Fight Night shows that people generally aren’t all that amped for in the beginning, but end up loving once the dust has settled...
View ArticleUFC Sao Paulo: Punch Drunk Predictions
Even though it has only been one week without an event, it feels longer since Patrick and I dropped by to share our thoughts on some dudes throwing down in the center of the Octagon and I gotta say,...
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