In a rare show of solidarity, the MMA community nearly unilaterally told 2014 not to let the door bump its behind on the way out. It had not been a good dozen months for the sport, and we were eager for change.
We’d hoped for better things from the new year, but so far it seems 2015 has displayed the same sickly pallor and funky odor of its predecessor. Already we’ve lost some high-profile fights to injury, and the one epic barnburner we did get was immediately overshadowed by a failed drug test.
So, it could be that this whole “new year” thing was just a trick with numbers. That bad news isn’t just going to stop happening because we arbitrarily declare it a season of invigoration and renewal. Go figure.
In any case, we’re still gonna make predictions. Bold ones. Here, Bleacher Report lead writers Chad Dundas (that’s me) and Jonathan Snowden get together to give 2015 its horoscope a little bit early.