Author: Riley Kontek

Building Women’s MMA Divisions in the UFC

Women’s MMA is growing, as showcased by the popularity of such fighters as Gina Carano, Miesha Tate and Ronda Rousey. As the sport grows on the women’s side, the UFC is eventually going to need to take notice and include women in the company.There are …

Women’s MMA is growing, as showcased by the popularity of such fighters as Gina Carano, Miesha Tate and Ronda Rousey. As the sport grows on the women’s side, the UFC is eventually going to need to take notice and include women in the company.

There are a number of female fighters that could make up several weight classes in the UFC. Weight divisions with enough competition to get UFC exposure are the featherweight, bantamweight, flyweight and strawweight divisions.  

Here are ten women in each weight division that could get the UFC started.

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TUF Brazil: A Head-to-Toe Breakdown of the Middleweight Final (Spoiler)

For all those keeping track online at UFC.com, The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil is almost finished, and we have two featherweights ready to fight at the finale. Of course, the finale is UFC 147, headlined by coach Wanderlei Silva and late replace…

For all those keeping track online at UFC.com, The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil is almost finished, and we have two featherweights ready to fight at the finale. Of course, the finale is UFC 147, headlined by coach Wanderlei Silva and late replacement Rich Franklin.

Franklin steps in for Silva’s opposing coach Vitor Belfort, who unfortunately injured his hand recently. Nevertheless, fans will be in for a good fight in the main event.

As for the middleweight tournament final, let’s breakdown the fight, which will be fought between Team Belfort’s Cezar “Mutante” Ferreira (4-2) and Daniel Sarafian (7-2).

Note: The final episode has not aired on UFC.com, but reports with the spoilers were released and have been completely accurate thus far. 

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TUF Brazil: A Head-to-Toe Breakdown of the Featherweight Final (Spoiler)

For all those keeping track online at UFC.com, The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil is almost finished, and we have two featherweights ready to fight at the finale. Of course, the finale is UFC 147, headlined by coach Wanderlei Silva and late replacement Rich …

For all those keeping track online at UFC.com, The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil is almost finished, and we have two featherweights ready to fight at the finale. Of course, the finale is UFC 147, headlined by coach Wanderlei Silva and late replacement Rich Franklin.

Franklin steps in for Silva’s opposing coach Vitor Belfort, who unfortunately injured his hand recently. Nevertheless, fans will be in for a good fight in the main event.

As for the featherweight tournament final, let’s breakdown the fight, which will be fought between Team Belfort’s Godofredo “Pepey” (8-0) and Rony “Jason” (10-3).

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UFC 147: Power Ranking Wanderlei Silva’s 10 Best Fights

Wanderlei Silva will find himself in a fight a week from Saturday, as the popular Brazilian takes on rival Rich Franklin. Both previously fought at UFC 99, where Franklin won by unanimous decision.Silva has had a storied MMA career, which saw him domin…

Wanderlei Silva will find himself in a fight a week from Saturday, as the popular Brazilian takes on rival Rich Franklin. Both previously fought at UFC 99, where Franklin won by unanimous decision.

Silva has had a storied MMA career, which saw him dominate Pride and put on exciting fights wherever he went. He is a fan-favorite wherever he goes, as he has fought in such countries as Germany, Japan, Brazil and the United States.

Here are Silva’s best 10 fights leading up to UFC 147. 

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UFC 147: Power Ranking Rich Franklin’s Best UFC Fights

Rich Franklin is a legend of mixed martial arts, as the former school teacher has gone from the classroom to middleweight champion in his illustrious career.Franklin makes his return to the Octagon for the first time since his loss in February of last …

Rich Franklin is a legend of mixed martial arts, as the former school teacher has gone from the classroom to middleweight champion in his illustrious career.

Franklin makes his return to the Octagon for the first time since his loss in February of last year, where he dropped a decision to Forrest Griffin. Franklin, who will be stepping up on short notice to fight Wanderlei Silva in a rematch from earlier in their career, was scheduled to fight Cung Le at UFC 148 before taking this fight.

Here are Rich Franklin’s best fights in the UFC.

 

Note: Only wins were considered in this power ranking.

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12 Fights That Need to Be on the UFC’s Next UK Card

The UFC appears to be returning to the UK in September, which will be the UFC’s first return to the former imperial power since UFC 138. The event will be held in Nottingham, where Dan Hardy originally trained out of.The card will most likely have a nu…

The UFC appears to be returning to the UK in September, which will be the UFC’s first return to the former imperial power since UFC 138. The event will be held in Nottingham, where Dan Hardy originally trained out of.

The card will most likely have a number of local talents on the card, at least the ones who don’t have fights close to the card. Here are 12 fights we should see on the card, using talent from the UK and Europe for most of the fights to get them fighting closer to home. 

Note: These fights will be set in order of a 12-fight card that the UFC usually puts on. Yes, I know it is probably just a Fuel TV card, but this is hypothetical, so don’t mind the star power.  

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