It is time for the next installment of MMA Aftermath. After every major MMA event, I list five things we were either taught or reminded of by the night of fights. This edition is for UFC 125, which has to be considered another success for Zuffa. Brian …
It is time for the next installment of MMA Aftermath. After every major MMA event, I list five things we were either taught or reminded of by the night of fights. This edition is for UFC 125, which has to be considered another success for Zuffa. Brian Stann is now a star in the UFC […]
Last night at WEC 53, Dominick Cruz (17-1) successfully defended his WEC bantamweight title and became the first UFC bantamweight champion after a dominant performance over Scott Jorgensen. In the post-fight interview, Cruz made it no secret that he wa…
Last night at WEC 53, Dominick Cruz (17-1) successfully defended his WEC bantamweight title and became the first UFC bantamweight champion after a dominant performance over Scott Jorgensen. In the post-fight interview, Cruz made it no secret that he wants to avenge his lone loss to the former WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber. “I’m ready […]
The UFC’s fourth venture to the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec last Saturday night was a tremendous success, with a total attendance of 23,152, producing a live gate of $4,600,000. The main card was decorated with the full array of outcomes̵…
The UFC’s fourth venture to the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec last Saturday night was a tremendous success, with a total attendance of 23,152, producing a live gate of $4,600,000. The main card was decorated with the full array of outcomes—two submissions, one knockout and two decisions—and one of the promotions biggest stars remained champion […]
The UFC’s fourth venture to the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec last Saturday night was a tremendous success, with a total attendance of 23,152, producing a live gate of $4,600,000. The main card was decorated with the full array of outcomes̵…
The UFC’s fourth venture to the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec last Saturday night was a tremendous success, with a total attendance of 23,152, producing a live gate of $4,600,000. The main card was decorated with the full array of outcomes—two submissions, one knockout and two decisions—and one of the promotions biggest stars remained champion […]
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If you insist on framing Saturday night’s dueling MMA action as a head-to-head matchup between Strikeforce and the UFC – and we do, since we’re media types, meaning we can always be counted on to fin…
If you insist on framing Saturday night’s dueling MMA action as a head-to-head matchup between Strikeforce and the UFC – and we do, since we’re media types, meaning we can always be counted on to find the easiest storyline and absolutely beat it to death – then you have to consider it a victory for Scott Coker and Co. Strikeforce came into the evening with the better card on paper and on this night the chalk held up. By virtue of back-to-back-to-back-to-back knockouts (if you count Antonio Silva’s TKO over Mike Kyle, which we do), last night Strikeforce was the metaphorical broken clock that turns up right twice a day, the dog’s ass that finally catches some sun. Meanwhile, every live fight on the UFC’s broadcast of the “Ultimate Fighter” season 12 finale went the distance. Both shows were decent, but after months of incessant bitching we should know by now that MMA fans will take a night full of stoppages over a night of scorecard verdicts every time.
During any given week on this website we give Strikeforce an unending raft of shit on the basis of its general incompetence, so it only seems fair to hand out some props on the rare occasion when the company doesn’t screw up in any obvious way. Good job, Strikeforce. We’d love to sit here and tell you last night’s show was indicative of the promotion “figuring it out” somehow, but frankly it seems like it just got lucky with a bunch of dynamic knockouts. Still, the fact this show went off as well as it did after the original fight card got scrambled by late injuries is sort of remarkable. Now it just remains to be seen how many people actually watched it.
UFC 122 was far from the most anticipated event in UFC history. However, the event did provide a new number one contender in the UFC middleweight division.
The main event of UFC 122 pitted two of the best fighters the division had to offer ag…
UFC 122 was far from the most anticipated event in UFC history. However, the event did provide a new number one contender in the UFC middleweight division.
The main event of UFC 122 pitted two of the best fighters the division had to offer against eachother. At the end of a somewhat lackluster fight, Yushin Okami arose victorious over […]