The Beaten Path: 5 WMMA Prospects to Keep Your Eye on by Division

Women’s MMA is rapidly growing due to Invicta FC, the UFC and the popularity of this season’s The Ultimate Fighter. Stars like Ronda Rousey, Miesha Tate and Cris “Cyborg” Justino are helping to bring light to the sport, while the young up-and-comers are putting on great fights to keep fans interested. It wasn’t long ago that women […]

Women’s MMA is rapidly growing due to Invicta FC, the UFC and the popularity of this season’s The Ultimate Fighter. Stars like Ronda Rousey, Miesha Tate and Cris “Cyborg” Justino are helping to bring light to the sport, while the young up-and-comers are putting on great fights to keep fans interested. It wasn’t long ago that women […]

The Beaten Path: 5 MMA Prospects to Watch in October

Our job here at the Beaten Path is to steer the casual fan toward the next wave of MMA stars. October is not short of up-and-coming talent, as promotions such as Bellator, Cage Warriors, CFA, RFA, Legacy FC, Maximum FC, Vale Tudo Japan, Road FC, One FC, Deep, XFC, PXC and World Series of Fighting […]

Our job here at the Beaten Path is to steer the casual fan toward the next wave of MMA stars. October is not short of up-and-coming talent, as promotions such as Bellator, Cage Warriors, CFA, RFA, Legacy FC, Maximum FC, Vale Tudo Japan, Road FC, One FC, Deep, XFC, PXC and World Series of Fighting […]

Bisping: ‘I Can Beat Everyone That Has Beaten Me,’ Talks Munoz and Philippou

In an interview with Steph Daniels of Bloody Elbow, middleweight contender Michael Bisping says he would relish the opportunity to take on fighters who previously beat him. “I would love to rematch all the guys that have a victory over me. Chael is one of them, Rashad, Henderson, Vitor… I’d love to fight them all.” […]

In an interview with Steph Daniels of Bloody Elbow, middleweight contender Michael Bisping says he would relish the opportunity to take on fighters who previously beat him. “I would love to rematch all the guys that have a victory over me. Chael is one of them, Rashad, Henderson, Vitor… I’d love to fight them all.” […]

The Beaten Path: MMA Prospects Who Have Advanced Most in 2013

MMA prospecting is a fun, rewarding and relatively low-risk hobby. You put your metaphorical money on your metaphorical horse and hope it all pans out in your favor. This slideshow from The Beaten Path prospect series here at Bleacher Report is going to do something a little different. Of all the various prospects in the […]

MMA prospecting is a fun, rewarding and relatively low-risk hobby. You put your metaphorical money on your metaphorical horse and hope it all pans out in your favor. This slideshow from The Beaten Path prospect series here at Bleacher Report is going to do something a little different. Of all the various prospects in the […]

The Beaten Path: Breaking Down the Next Wave of UFC’s Top Prospects

The prospect discussion doesn’t center only on the sport’s minor leagues. The UFC machine is always on the lookout for fresh grist, either from other promotions or its own mechanisms, like The Ultimate Fighter. We here at The Beaten Path—well, we’re not the bragging types, but we think a lot about prospects and we watch […]

The prospect discussion doesn’t center only on the sport’s minor leagues. The UFC machine is always on the lookout for fresh grist, either from other promotions or its own mechanisms, like The Ultimate Fighter. We here at The Beaten Path—well, we’re not the bragging types, but we think a lot about prospects and we watch […]

The Beaten Path: One-Armed Prospect Nick Newell and a Complex Road to Stardom

In this story, the one-armed man is the hero. And yet, even with that clear starting point, Nick Newell’s narrative is a delicate one to tell. There’s a fine line to walk. Newell wants to be a star in MMA in spite of—not because of—the disability with which he was born. But disentangling the two […]

In this story, the one-armed man is the hero. And yet, even with that clear starting point, Nick Newell’s narrative is a delicate one to tell. There’s a fine line to walk. Newell wants to be a star in MMA in spite of—not because of—the disability with which he was born. But disentangling the two […]