Author: By Matt Parrino

 
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The landscape of the women’s bantamweight division has changed drastically in the past eight months. Ronda Rousey, the division’s longtime queen, has been out of action since losing the title to Holly Holm at UFC 193.Holm quickly became the new face of the division, but her time on top was short-lived. “The Preacher’s Daughter” lost the title to Miesha Tate, who in turn dropped the championship to Amanda Nunes at UFC 200. Holm continued her run of bad fortune Saturday night in Chicago, dropping a unanimous decision to Valentina Shevchenko (49- … Read the Full Article Here

Holly Holm is the former women’s bantamweight champion and one of the best women’s boxers that have ever stepped into a ring. That’s all well and good. But what makes Holm the main event attraction she is today is the simple fact that she was the women to end the undefeated reign of Ronda Rousey. Rousey never even went to a decision before she faced Holm. She put together one of the greatest runs in the history of the sport, and “The Preacher’s Daughter” brought that to a screeching halt with the iconic head kick finish at UFC 193. Now Holm begins her own … Read the Full Article Here

CHICAGOThe moment the lights started to go out late in the fifth round against Miesha Tate at UFC 196, Holly Holm – rapidly losing consciousness, along with her UFC bantamweight title – found herself on the other end of things.Just four short months earlier, Holm was on top of the world after putting an end to the dominant championship reign of Ronda Rousey in devastating knockout fashion. But after Tate choked out Holm to claim the championship, she was the one left lying in the Octagon.Clearly, Holm is disappointed that she lost her belt. Nobody wants to drop the title one … Read the Full Article Here

 
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In perhaps the most intriguing stylistic matchup in recent UFC history, Brock Lesnar returns to the Octagon in the co-main event of UFC 200 to take on super striker Mark Hunt in a heavyweight epic.Lesnar is a wrestling machine. The former Division I national champion has the third-highest takedown accuracy (55 percent) in heavyweight history. He has been defying the odds ever since the first time he put on the four-ounce gloves. His ground and pound is scary. He has landed 162 significant strikes in his career and 68 percent of those have come on the ground. That percentage … Read the Full Article Here

 
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The first meeting between Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz since their UFC 196 war went about as expected. They both showed up late, McGregor dominated the conversation and then they had an intense staredown to finish the festivities. Tickets go on sale July 15 for what is trending to be the biggest fight in UFC history — UFC 202 in Las Vegas, at the brand new T-Mobile Arena. McGregor expressed his excitement as he checked out the new Vegas digs ahead of what he’s hoping to be a much different result against Diaz. “The last contest was a great fight,” McGregor … Read the Full Article Here

It’s never a sure thing, but the strawweight title fight between Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Claudia Gadelha is as close as it gets to a can’t-miss war. Jedrzejczyk holds the record for most significant strikes landed in a strawweight bout (220 vs. Valerie Letourneau at UFC 193). She also has the mark for second-most with 126 landed against Jessica Penne in her first title defense.RELATED: Joe Rogan previews Jedrzejczyk vs Gadelha | Joe Silva and Sean Shelby break down Fight Night Las Vegas | Vegas Cheat Sheet & TUF Finale Cheat Sheet | Buy tickets to one of … Read the Full Article Here