Josh Barnett, the popular and controversial UFC heavyweight, has taken another job in Hollywood, which will supersede his job as a fighter for the immediate future. The news came out Tuesday night on the cable TV program UFC Tonight (h/t Dave Meltzer of MMAFighting.com). Josh Barnett is filming a movie this summer and won’t fight […]
Josh Barnett, the popular and controversial UFC heavyweight, has taken another job in Hollywood, which will supersede his job as a fighter for the immediate future. The news came out Tuesday night on the cable TV program UFC Tonight (h/t Dave Meltzer of MMAFighting.com). Josh Barnett is filming a movie this summer and won’t fight […]
Laying low in mixed martial arts isn’t always a bad thing. It allows a fighter to regroup from an injury, patch holes in their game or build upon a win streak to claim a worthy divisional stake. But it’s important to know when to escape obscurity and unveil the final product. If not, the sport’s […]
Laying low in mixed martial arts isn’t always a bad thing. It allows a fighter to regroup from an injury, patch holes in their game or build upon a win streak to claim a worthy divisional stake. But it’s important to know when to escape obscurity and unveil the final product. If not, the sport’s […]
The latest installment of Bleacher Report’s Monthly Men’s MMA Rankings is here for April 2015. March did not sport too many events, with just two UFC events and relatively sparse showings from both World Series of Fighting and Bellator…but boy, plenty wound up happening. UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis and Bellator bantamweight champion Joe Warren were […]
The latest installment of Bleacher Report’s Monthly Men’s MMA Rankings is here for April 2015. March did not sport too many events, with just two UFC events and relatively sparse showings from both World Series of Fighting and Bellator…but boy, plenty wound up happening. UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis and Bellator bantamweight champion Joe Warren were […]
Between UFC 176′s Aldo vs. Mendes, UFC 175′s Weidman vs. Machida, UFC 171′s Hendricks vs. Lawler and UFC Fight Night 40′s Brown vs. Silva, 2014 was a pretty good year to watch fights. Still in its early goings, the succeeding year has struggled to provide the same quality. Bitter rivals took center stage to welcome 2015, as […]
Between UFC 176′s Aldo vs. Mendes, UFC 175′s Weidman vs. Machida, UFC 171′s Hendricks vs. Lawler and UFC Fight Night 40′s Brown vs. Silva, 2014 was a pretty good year to watch fights. Still in its early goings, the succeeding year has struggled to provide the same quality. Bitter rivals took center stage to welcome 2015, as […]
There is an art to matchmaking in combat sports. While some fights come together with natural ease, most bouts come about through a hectic process of evaluation. Several aspects need to be graded on each side of the table before committing to the matchup. Whether or not a fight makes sense in the divisional scheme, […]
There is an art to matchmaking in combat sports. While some fights come together with natural ease, most bouts come about through a hectic process of evaluation. Several aspects need to be graded on each side of the table before committing to the matchup. Whether or not a fight makes sense in the divisional scheme, […]
Ladies and gentlemen, Bleacher Report MMA is back in the rankings business! Welcome to the first installment of our new MMA rankings series. Near the start of each month, our panel comprised of Hunter Homistek, Riley Kontek, Nathan McCarter and Steven Rondina will submit ballots for each major men’s division. Fighters receive points from each ballot […]
Ladies and gentlemen, Bleacher Report MMA is back in the rankings business! Welcome to the first installment of our new MMA rankings series. Near the start of each month, our panel comprised of Hunter Homistek, Riley Kontek, Nathan McCarter and Steven Rondina will submit ballots for each major men’s division. Fighters receive points from each ballot […]