Author: By Jordan Newmark

The ladies of Invicta FC are kicking off the New Year on UFC FIGHT PASS this Saturday with a stacked event headlined by two title fights.Live from The Hangar in Costa Mesa, California, the Invicta FC featherweight and strawweight championships will be up for grabs. In the co-main event, newly crowned Invicta FC strawweight champ Livia Renata Souza will aim to use her renowned grappling skills against the undefeated DeAnna Bennett. In the main event, Russian submission artist Daria Ibragimova will tangle with knockout artist and Invicta FC featherweight queen Cristiane “Cyborg” Just … Read the Full Article Here

4Current ranking of TJ Dillashaw on the UFC pound-for-pound list5.81Significant strikes landed per minute rate by current UFC bantamweight champion Dillashaw, best in UFC/WEC bantamweight history and 4th best in UFC history (min. 5 fights)100+Significant strikes landed by Dillashaw in four consecutive UFC fights, only UFC fighter to do so117Significant strikes landed by by Dillashaw against Renan Barao en route to a fourth round KO/TKO at UFC on FOX: Dillashaw vs. Barao 2695Significant strikes landed by Dillashaw inside the Octagon, 3rd most in UFC/WEC bantamweight history5Finishes by Dillasha … Read the Full Article Here

In her first pro fight out of her city, country, continent and even hemisphere, Livia Renata Souza won a world title. On April 24 of last year, an undefeated submission artist from the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil made her Invicta FC debut in a strawweight championship bout and stunned the Kansas City crowd with a fourth-round victory over Katja Kankaanpaa. If that wasn’t incredible enough, Souza had turned pro only 25 months earlier. And yet, “Livinha” had complete confidence she would win. “Although few believed, and the U.S. and foreign public see me as an unknown at t … Read the Full Article Here

Whether referring to his opponent or the sport, Ben Saunders has a goal and it’s to leave his mark. As an example of the latter, the 32-year-old’s return to the Octagon in August of 2014 saw Saunders lock up the first omoplata submission win in UFC history. An example for the former is his current significant striking accuracy percentage of 59.1 percent, which is the best in the UFC welterweight division’s history. So whatever “Killa B” is throwing, he’s landing. Together, it means that Saunders’ attack is as creative as it is constant. “To be … Read the Full Article Here

Who is Dominick Cruz?Over the last 1,500 days, MMA fans have only had a mere glimpse – 61 seconds worth – of the first UFC and final WEC bantamweight champion do what he does best.

 
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After a series of injuries derailed his stellar title run and 11-fight win streak, the man known as “The Dominator” stormed the Octagon like a hurricane, scoring a blistering first-round KO of Japanese contender Takeya Mizugaki at UFC 178 in September of 2014. Then came another tragic setback, his third ACL surgery. Once again, Cruz was stolen away from fight fans, stallin … Read the Full Article Here

The D’Arce choke.For almost every UFC fan in the world, it’s pronounced as one syllable with a soft C as “darce”. To the Renzo Gracie BJJ black belt the choke is affectionately named after, Joe D’Arce pronounces it “dee-are-see”. The owner and operator of D’Arce Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu on Long Island did not invent the move, but D’Arce did use the arm triangle variation to great effect in his grappling competition days. While not flashy or as rare as a flying-anything submission, the D’Arce choke is still exotic, having only been used 15 … Read the Full Article Here