Author: By Juan Cardenas

Mixed Martial Arts presents fighters with a different scenario every time they step in an Octagon. Each circumstance and situation forces athletes to grow not only as a fighter, but as a person.That happened to Brandon Moreno, who suffered his first loss in more than 5 years when he took on Sergio Pettis in Mexico last August. Moreno wanted to return to action by the end of 2017, but circumstances pushed his return to the Octagon to this Saturday.Now he has the opportunity to be featured on the first fight card the UFC has ever hosted in Chile.The wait hasn’t been ideal but Moreno and … Read the Full Article Here

Mixed Martial Arts presents fighters with a different scenario every time they step in an Octagon. Each circumstance and situation forces athletes to grow not only as a fighter, but as a person.That happened to Brandon Moreno, who suffered his first loss in more than 5 years when he took on Sergio Pettis in Mexico last August. Moreno wanted to return to action by the end of 2017, but circumstances pushed his return to the Octagon to this Saturday.Now he has the opportunity to be featured on the first fight card the UFC has ever hosted in Chile.The wait hasn’t been ideal but Moreno and … Read the Full Article Here

UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway arrives in Detroit on an auspicious day in the Hawaiian calendar. Nov. 28 is Hawaii’s former Independence Day (Kuokuoa in Hawaiian), and it’s a symbolically important date for the ancient Hawaiian warrior caste that have a unique living representative in Holloway.And while connections between the Motor City and the 50th state might not seem obvious at first, the two have a further connection in the Detroit Seamount – at 82 million years old, it is one of the oldest seamounts of the Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain. The Detroit Seamount, as la … Read the Full Article Here

If the name Cynthia Calvillo sounds familiar on the UFC 210 card, it’s because you just heard Bruce Buffer declare her a first-round winner by submission at UFC 209.Cynthia Calvillo made her UFC debut on March 4, submitting Amanda Cooper on the UFC 209 main card. Now she’s building on that successful launch with a second fight in a five week span, with a spot on the UFC 210 main card in Buffalo on April 8.
RELATED: Check out Calvillo’s main card fight against Pearl Gonzalez | Fighter bioFor some, this accelerated schedule might sound special or remarkable. Not for … Read the Full Article Here

If the name Cynthia Calvillo sounds familiar on the UFC 210 card, it’s because you just heard Bruce Buffer declare her a first-round winner by submission at UFC 209.Cynthia Calvillo made her UFC debut on March 4, submitting Amanda Cooper on the UFC 209 main card. Now she’s building on that successful launch with a second fight in a five week span, with a spot on the UFC 210 main card in Buffalo on April 8.
RELATED: Check out Calvillo’s main card fight against Pearl Gonzalez | Fighter bioFor some, this accelerated schedule might sound special or remarkable. Not for … Read the Full Article Here

FORTALEZA, BrazilIt is just past midnight when coach Rafael Cordeiro begins the session in the workout room of the Hotel Gran Marquise in Fortaleza.Several fighters and coaches are gathered to support three names: Kelvin Gastelum, Shogun Rua and Beneil Dariush, all of whom will see action Saturday night at UFC Fight Night Fortaleza.More than 5,000 miles separate the Kings MMA gym in Huntington Beach, California from the small, hot room in Fortaleza, but the energy is the same tonight as it is on any day.Professor Cordeiro orders five rounds, mixing shadow boxing and grappling followed by a min … Read the Full Article Here