In a post-UFC 125 interview with MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani, Anthony Pettis, who is the No. 1 contender for the UFC lightweight title, explained why he thought Frankie Edgar defeated Gray Maynard on Saturday night and how his life has changed after his “Showtime kick.”
In a post-UFC 125 interview with MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani, Anthony Pettis, who is the No. 1 contender for the UFC lightweight title, explained why he thought Frankie Edgar defeated Gray Maynard on Saturday night and how his life has changed after his “Showtime kick.”
UFC fighters weigh in on their picks for Frankie Edgar vs Gray Maynard. The last WEC Lightweight Champion and now next contender for the UFC Lightweight title, Anthony Pettis is going with Maynard. UFC 125 will take place this Saturday, January 1st live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Watch full video […]
UFC fighters weigh in on their picks for Frankie Edgar vs Gray Maynard. The last WEC Lightweight Champion and now next contender for the UFC Lightweight title, Anthony Pettis is going with Maynard. UFC 125 will take place this Saturday, January 1st live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Watch full video below:
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Filed under: UFC, Strikeforce, Sengoku, BellatorSitting down to write any best-of list is a no-win situation for the writer. There’s always someone who gets left off, and you hear about it. (Sorry Mac Danzig.) Or there’s someone who shouldn’t be there,…
Sitting down to write any best-of list is a no-win situation for the writer. There’s always someone who gets left off, and you hear about it. (Sorry Mac Danzig.) Or there’s someone who shouldn’t be there, and you hear about it. (You’re welcome, Frank Mir.)
But that’s also what makes these lists so great – they always elicit discussion. There’s no right or wrong answers, but all the opinions bring out some great and endless debates, part of what makes sports in general, and mixed martial arts in particular, so fun to talk about.
It’s in that vein that we bring you the best knockouts of 2010, and in a little different style than a typical Top 10 list. Sure, dropping in some fun categories apart from one man’s opinion of the best of the year is a cheap way to list more knockouts – ensuring there are fewer snubs. But despite taking the easy way out, we still hope you’ll enjoy a look back at 25 of the year’s best knockouts. We beseech you: Go easy on the writer. And let the debate begin.
Filed under: UFC, WEC
Breakthrough Fighter is a category that’s easy to talk about but hard to define. What’s the difference between having a good year and a breakthrough year? Is it just a nicer way of saying that you sucked right up until January 1st…
Breakthrough Fighter is a category that’s easy to talk about but hard to define. What’s the difference between having a good year and a breakthrough year? Is it just a nicer way of saying that you sucked right up until January 1st?
These are difficult questions, so to help me answer them I turned to MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani for a spirited, though friendly debate. At least it started out friendly. Then it quickly turned into every other debate we’ve ever had, which is to say long, fierce, and entertaining…from a distance.
By all means, let’s let Ariel start us off.
Ariel Helwani: Look, Ben, I already know what you’re going to say upon hearing my pick for Breakthrough Fighter of the Year: a bunch of fighters won four fights this year. A bunch of guys won titles. A bunch of guys won no. 1 contender spots. A bunch of guys were involved in potential Fight of the Year candidates. A bunch of guys added scintillating knockouts to their highlight reels.
Filed under: Fighting, UFCAt 6-foot-1 and around 240 pounds, Cain Velasquez is no small man in the ordinary world, but among the UFC’s supersized heavyweights, he hardly stands out for his size.
In fact, many heavyweights are either taller or heavier …
At 6-foot-1 and around 240 pounds, Cain Velasquez is no small man in the ordinary world, but among the UFC’s supersized heavyweights, he hardly stands out for his size.
In fact, many heavyweights are either taller or heavier than Velasquez, and most are both. Yet by the end of 2010, it was Velasquez that reigned over the group of monster athletes.
For capturing the UFC heavyweight championship and completing a rapid rise to the top, Velasquez is MMA Fighting’s 2010 Fighter of the Year.
Filed under: WECGLENDALE, Ariz. — This is the WEC 53 live blog for Ben Henderson vs. Anthony Pettis, the main event of tonight’s WEC on Versus event from the Jobing.com Arena.
Henderson defends his lightweight title for the last time against Pettis. …
GLENDALE, Ariz. — This is the WEC 53 live blog for Ben Henderson vs. Anthony Pettis, the main event of tonight’s WEC on Versus event from the Jobing.com Arena.
Henderson defends his lightweight title for the last time against Pettis. The winner will receive a future UFC title shot against the winner of Frankie Edgar vs. Gray Maynard.