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There are fights we as fans would like to see but never will.Either for cross-promotional reasons or because of Father Time, these fights are forever relegated to being “what ifs” discussed at the water cooler (or dinner table if you’re fortunate enoug…
There are fights we as fans would like to see but never will.
Either for cross-promotional reasons or because of Father Time, these fights are forever relegated to being “what ifs” discussed at the water cooler (or dinner table if you’re fortunate enough to have a wife/family into MMA).
So which fights that transcend promotional barriers—and even time itself—would we like to see? Read and find out!
Fedor Emelianenko’s management may want to see him and former UFC champion Cain Velasquez go at it in Moscow, but there’s no reason for Dana White to make it happen.M-1, the group representing Emelianenko (and it’s worth noting that Fedor is also part …
Fedor Emelianenko‘s management may want to see him and former UFC champion Cain Velasquez go at it in Moscow, but there’s no reason for Dana White to make it happen.
M-1, the group representing Emelianenko (and it’s worth noting that Fedor is also part owner), feels that the time is right for the UFC and M-1 to hold a show in Moscow, headlined by Emelianenko and Velasquez.
With Emelianenko returning to the winning column and the UFC seeking to expand overseas, it’s a match made in heaven, right?
Wrong.
In reality, Dana White shouldn’t get anywhere near this deal.
First, neither UFC nor Velasquez have anything to gain from the fight.
The UFC doesn’t need to get involved with the morally questionable hornet’s nest that is M-1. So in that aspect, the fight doesn’t make sense. Why co-promote with such a sordid group?
Concerning the expansion to Russia: While the fight with Velasquez and Emelianenko would help the UFC’s popularity, they already have a deal with FOX, so overseas expansion will come in time.
Also, Fedor’s aura (which was once his main selling point) has been stripped from him. He’s 1-3 in his last four fights and is no longer seen as the unstoppable killing machine that he once was.
If Velasquez beats Fedor, so what? He beat a guy who was over the hill.
But if he loses? Then it invalidates the UFC’s whole heavyweight division and the notion that all UFC heavyweights are better. Dana White’s Twitter would be receiving hate for centuries (well maybe not that long, but you get the idea).
The UFC will be risking a lot to gain nothing. The last thing they need is to make that fight happen. It’s likely just M-1’s last attempt at giving Fedor Emelianenko some relevance in a changing MMA landscape.
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Fedor Emelianenko’s management wants to put their man against former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez in Moscow, Russia.The UFC has declined (maybe it was too Rocky III for them).However, it’s a fun fight to speculate about. How would Fedor fair…
Fedor Emelianenko‘s management wants to put their man against former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez in Moscow, Russia.
The UFC has declined (maybe it was too Rocky III for them).
However, it’s a fun fight to speculate about. How would Fedor fair against Cain? Would Emelinanenko’s submissions prevail or would Velasquez’s blend of high-level wrestling and kickboxing prove too much for him?
Ryan Bader is scheduled to fight former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, but is he ready?Bader is coming off a win over the perennial journeyman, Jason Brilz. Brilz was once hyped as a contender after a very strong showin…
Ryan Bader is scheduled to fight former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, but is he ready?
Bader is coming off a win over the perennial journeyman, Jason Brilz. Brilz was once hyped as a contender after a very strong showing over Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, but has since lost two straight.
Bader’s victory over Brilz may have given the former collegiate wrestler’s hype train some steam, but this is unwarranted.
Why?
The biggest win in Bader’s career was over a Noguiera who didn’t live up to expectations. Aside from that, Bader has lost to every step-up in competition he has faced.
Yes, he’s beaten guys like Kieth Jardine and Carmelo Marrero, but he’s lost to fighters like UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones (which is forgivable) and an aged Tito Ortiz (which is not).
Jackson is certainly a higher caliber fighter than the only kind of fighters that Bader has beat; he won’t have an easy time with “Rampage.”
Both Bader and Jackson have wrestling backgrounds, so their wrestling skills will negate each other. This means it’ll be hard for Bader to take Jackson down, or even press Jackson against the cage a la Rashad Evans at UFC 114.
The real reason this fight is a mismatch is the wide skill difference in striking.
Even though Bader has six (T)KO victories to his credit, his stand-up is still stiff and a bit awkward; he looks like a wrestler trying too hard to throw bombs, rather than a refined mixed martial artists.
Jackson’s striking, on the other hand, is far more fluid. He has excellent head movement and great power.
This will present a nightmare matchup for a Bader with a questionable chin (what decent fighter did Ortiz drop with a punch before Bader?) and subpar striking.
Jackson will earn a (T)KO victory in the first round as the match-makers anticipate. Jackson is a bigger draw and he needs to get back in the win column after his loss to Jones.
Putting the fight in Japan is just an added bonus.
The UFC will get “Rampage” back in the mix and instill Japanese fans with a sense of nostalgia, seeing a victorious Jackson.
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Whether or not the UFC is going to make a restaurant one day, it’s fun to speculate about ideas—be they realistic or absurd—that could be implemented.A UFC restaurant would not likely be successful as most sports-themed restaurants aren’t (…
Whether or not the UFC is going to make a restaurant one day, it’s fun to speculate about ideas—be they realistic or absurd—that could be implemented.
A UFC restaurant would not likely be successful as most sports-themed restaurants aren’t (read: poor food, and lame memorabilia on the walls) but perhaps with these ideas the UFC Restaurant could become the exception to the rule of sports restaurants being terrible.
So what specific ideas could be fun in a UFC restaurant? Read and find out!
MMA is the last thing that people think of when watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade…until now.The floats at the parade encompass a wide variety of movies, shows and other things in pop culture. They range from Bart Simpson, to the Pillsbury D…
MMA is the last thing that people think of when watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade…until now.
The floats at the parade encompass a wide variety of movies, shows and other things in pop culture. They range from Bart Simpson, to the Pillsbury Doughboy, to Spider-Man.
However, one aspect of society that isn’t catered to in the parade (and will almost certainly never be) are MMA fans.
So, if we were given a choice, what MMA-fighter floats would we like to see at the parade?