Author: By Jordan Newmark

“Puedo pelear, no me duele, tengo mis manos y mis ojos.”At UFC 180, those were the Spanish phrases UFC women’s bantamweight Leslie Smith yelled to the Mexico City crowd as the Octagonside doctor called a premature end to her fight against Jessica Eye. “I can fight, it doesn’t hurt,” and “I have my hands and my eyes.” It’s no surprise that the winner of four Invicta FC Fight of the Night awards wanted to keep scrapping, even though her cauliflower ear had burst from a few of Eye’s punches. It was just a flesh wound to Smith, but it w … Read the Full Article Here

The finish has always been what makes the UFC, and the sport of MMA, so exciting. Knockouts and submissions can occur at any time from a myriad of positions, with each one as unique a snowflake as the last. Some are a slow burn, others are a sudden impact. They can leave an entire enthralled audience speechless or screaming.Last Saturday at UFC 196, Nate Diaz forced Conor McGregor to tap by rear naked choke in the night’s absolutely mesmerizing main event. The stoppage was Diaz’s 11th inside the Octagon, which tied him with many of the promotion’s other greatest finishers. … Read the Full Article Here

Scrawled big and red on the gym’s wall for all to see, “Whatever it takes” is the foreboding message that serves as both motivation for the hard-nosed Fit NHB fight team and as a warning for their opponents. It’s been the slogan for success that has driven Albuquerque’s own Amber Brown to three impressive wins in Invicta FC’s atomweight division and a shot at the gold belt she’s ready to do whatever it takes to wear. WATCH Invicta FC 16 live on UFC FIGHT PASS Friday, March 11 beginning at 9pm/6pm ETPT | WATCH Free Fight: Brown vs. Shino VanHoose on UFC F … Read the Full Article Here

On March 11 at the Trinidad Pavilion at the Tropicana Las Vegas, the talented women of Invicta Fighting Championships will once again take over UFC FIGHT PASS to deliver an action-packed event that is headlined by two belt battles. Not only are there a myriad of fan favorites tangling with title contention in the balance, but the Invicta FC atomweight and the interim flyweight championships will be up for grabs. In the main event, newly crowned 105-pound queen Ayaka Hamasaki will defend her strap against rising star Amber “The Bully” Brown. And in the co-main event, top-ranked Braz … Read the Full Article Here

3Current ranking of Conor McGregor on a UFC pound-for-pound list13Seconds it took for McGregor to score a knockout of Jose Aldo to become the undisputed UFC featherweight champion at UFC 194, fastest finish in UFC title fight history5Consecutive finishes by McGregor, tied with current UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold for the longest active UFC finish streak5:35Average fight time by McGregor, 2nd shortest in UFC/WEC featherweight history behind Jens Pulver’s 5:262.31Knockdowns per 15 minutes of fighting rate by McGregor, best knockdown rate in UFC/WEC featherweight history and 3rd … Read the Full Article Here

 
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5Current ranking of Anderson Silva as a UFC middleweight392Days between Silva’s last Octagon appearance against Nick Diaz at UFC 183 and his upcoming bout with Michael Bisping in London14Finishes by the longtime former UFC middleweight champion Silva, tied with Vitor Belfort for most in UFC history11KO/TKOs by “The Spider”, 2nd most in UFC history behind Vitor Belfort’s 1216Consecutive UFC wins by Silva from 2006 to 2012, longest win streak in UFC history and tied for 5th most wins in UFC history 17Knockdowns by Silva, most in UFC history3Knockdowns l … Read the Full Article Here