If there is a dividing line separating MMA into two eras, it likely belongs in the year 2001. The new millennium brought sweeping changes to the sport. The UFC, once banned throughout the land and forced into the Deep South or states with no athletic commissions, suddenly had a shiny new veneer. Though little had […]
If there is a dividing line separating MMA into two eras, it likely belongs in the year 2001. The new millennium brought sweeping changes to the sport. The UFC, once banned throughout the land and forced into the Deep South or states with no athletic commissions, suddenly had a shiny new veneer. Though little had […]
Nine years. Featherweight champion Jose Aldo hasn’t lost in nearly nine years. He’s riding an 18-fight win streak and boasts a career record of 25-1. Along the way he’s beaten the likes of Cub Swanson, Urijah Faber, Kenny Florian, Frankie Edgar and Chad Mendes twice. Mendes threw everything he had and then some at the […]
Nine years. Featherweight champion Jose Aldo hasn’t lost in nearly nine years. He’s riding an 18-fight win streak and boasts a career record of 25-1. Along the way he’s beaten the likes of Cub Swanson, Urijah Faber, Kenny Florian, Frankie Edgar and Chad Mendes twice. Mendes threw everything he had and then some at the […]
Jose Aldo’s latest title defense at UFC 179 will have little impact on his legacy. Sure, Chad Mendes might be able to stamp his place in history by putting an end to Aldo’s 17-fight winning streak in front of what could be 11,000 of the champion’s countrymen. Perhaps Aldo runs through Mendes once more, ruining […]
Jose Aldo’s latest title defense at UFC 179 will have little impact on his legacy. Sure, Chad Mendes might be able to stamp his place in history by putting an end to Aldo’s 17-fight winning streak in front of what could be 11,000 of the champion’s countrymen. Perhaps Aldo runs through Mendes once more, ruining […]
At UFC 179, Chad Mendes will attempt to become Team Alpha Male’s second active UFC champion. Five consecutive wins, with four coming via knockout, have earned Mendes a rematch with 145-pound titleholder Jose Aldo. In his first meeting with the Brazilian, Mendes was knocked out in the opening round, but the finish was preceded by […]
At UFC 179, Chad Mendes will attempt to become Team Alpha Male’s second active UFC champion. Five consecutive wins, with four coming via knockout, have earned Mendes a rematch with 145-pound titleholder Jose Aldo. In his first meeting with the Brazilian, Mendes was knocked out in the opening round, but the finish was preceded by […]
The UFC rankings panel has done pretty well to include all the best UFC competitors in the official rankings. However, for one reason or another, some elite UFC fighters have been omitted. Some, such as Georges St-Pierre and Nick Diaz, were removed from the rankings due to inactivity. Others, including Mike Pyle and Masanori Kanehara, […]
The UFC rankings panel has done pretty well to include all the best UFC competitors in the official rankings. However, for one reason or another, some elite UFC fighters have been omitted. Some, such as Georges St-Pierre and Nick Diaz, were removed from the rankings due to inactivity. Others, including Mike Pyle and Masanori Kanehara, […]
Stories sell in individual sports. Without 20 other people to take a piece of the blame or share a piece of the glory in your athletic pursuit of choice, you need to have something about you that resonates. If you don’t, you’ll be forgotten in a blink. And that story should be something beyond acting […]
Stories sell in individual sports. Without 20 other people to take a piece of the blame or share a piece of the glory in your athletic pursuit of choice, you need to have something about you that resonates. If you don’t, you’ll be forgotten in a blink. And that story should be something beyond acting […]