Yair Rodriguez stepped into the cage on Saturday night with only five professional fights and less than $400 to his name. Standing across from him was Charles Rosa, one of the most intriguing prospects in the featherweight division. Looking across the open sea of Octagon canvas, Rodriguez saw opportunity where most see fear. He was […]
Yair Rodriguez stepped into the cage on Saturday night with only five professional fights and less than $400 to his name. Standing across from him was Charles Rosa, one of the most intriguing prospects in the featherweight division. Looking across the open sea of Octagon canvas, Rodriguez saw opportunity where most see fear. He was […]
UFC 188 was a decent card on its own, but it was still merely the bridge between the hyper-stacked UFC 187, which featured two big title bouts, and UFC 189, home to the most hyped fight in modern UFC history, Jose Aldo vs. Conor McGregor. The full card is as follows: Main Card Jose Aldo […]
UFC 188 was a decent card on its own, but it was still merely the bridge between the hyper-stacked UFC 187, which featured two big title bouts, and UFC 189, home to the most hyped fight in modern UFC history, Jose Aldo vs. Conor McGregor. The full card is as follows: Main Card Jose Aldo […]
Mixed martial arts has a new heavyweight champion in Fabricio Werdum now that UFC 188 has ended. The Brazilian Jiu Jitsu ace stopped Cain Velasquez in with a textbook guillotine choke to become the undisputed champion. MMA fans had the opportunity to see a bout between two of the best lightweights in the sport who […]
Mixed martial arts has a new heavyweight champion in Fabricio Werdum now that UFC 188 has ended. The Brazilian Jiu Jitsu ace stopped Cain Velasquez in with a textbook guillotine choke to become the undisputed champion. MMA fans had the opportunity to see a bout between two of the best lightweights in the sport who […]
The Tortoise and the Hare was always one of my favorite Aesop’s Fables growing up. It was a story ingrained with the moral that speed doesn’t always win the race. Sometimes slow and steady is the way to go. The same moral can be taken away from the UFC 188 heavyweight title fight between Fabricio Werdum […]
The Tortoise and the Hare was always one of my favorite Aesop’s Fables growing up. It was a story ingrained with the moral that speed doesn’t always win the race. Sometimes slow and steady is the way to go. The same moral can be taken away from the UFC 188 heavyweight title fight between Fabricio Werdum […]
Fabricio Werdum kicked down the king’s door, marched into the king’s castle and took the king’s throne. It was only fitting that Werdum be the man to remind us that no one is unbeatable. Cain Velasquez, a heavyweight tornado, had effortlessly torn through every opponent in his path. Outside of a lone knockout loss to […]
Fabricio Werdum kicked down the king’s door, marched into the king’s castle and took the king’s throne. It was only fitting that Werdum be the man to remind us that no one is unbeatable. Cain Velasquez, a heavyweight tornado, had effortlessly torn through every opponent in his path. Outside of a lone knockout loss to […]
Most MMA pundits didn’t think it could be done. The notion of Cain Velasquez falling down—and not getting back up—was something our binary brains registered as inconceivable. The chink in Velasquez’s seemingly impenetrable armor was that he’d been out of action for 20 months, due to injury upon injury. And also the fact that Velasquez, despite his infamous […]
Most MMA pundits didn’t think it could be done. The notion of Cain Velasquez falling down—and not getting back up—was something our binary brains registered as inconceivable. The chink in Velasquez’s seemingly impenetrable armor was that he’d been out of action for 20 months, due to injury upon injury. And also the fact that Velasquez, despite his infamous […]