Jacare Souza isn’t the middleweight division’s squeakiest wheel. His is a weight class flush with noisemakers, and for much of the last few years, guys like Vitor Belfort, Chael Sonnen and Michael Bisping have gotten more than their share of the grease. With the rest of our attentions focused on protracted drama between Anderson Silva […]
Jacare Souza isn’t the middleweight division’s squeakiest wheel. His is a weight class flush with noisemakers, and for much of the last few years, guys like Vitor Belfort, Chael Sonnen and Michael Bisping have gotten more than their share of the grease. With the rest of our attentions focused on protracted drama between Anderson Silva […]
We constantly hear discussion of Ronda Rousey or Jon Jones being the UFC’s biggest pay-per-view draw. But who really has the correct answer? With Brock Lesnar and Georges St-Pierre—easily the UFC’s highest-selling stars of the past decade—out of the spotlight, a void has been left for Rousey, Jones and others to step in and stake […]
We constantly hear discussion of Ronda Rousey or Jon Jones being the UFC’s biggest pay-per-view draw. But who really has the correct answer? With Brock Lesnar and Georges St-Pierre—easily the UFC’s highest-selling stars of the past decade—out of the spotlight, a void has been left for Rousey, Jones and others to step in and stake […]
MMA attracts a certain kind: the kind that doesn’t mind violence or, like, not getting paid enough, and things like that. As much as the sport has grown, at its center, a lot of the guys are outlaws and misfits. Outstanding athletes and highly skilled and courageous human beings, yes, but also misfits. Ditto a […]
MMA attracts a certain kind: the kind that doesn’t mind violence or, like, not getting paid enough, and things like that. As much as the sport has grown, at its center, a lot of the guys are outlaws and misfits. Outstanding athletes and highly skilled and courageous human beings, yes, but also misfits. Ditto a […]
Just in case anyone was wondering, UFC president Dana White wants us all to know the state of his company is strong, thank you very much. “Business has never been better for us,” White told Yahoo’s Kevin Iole this week, bolstered by healthy live-gate figures from the UFC’s recent shows in New Zealand and San […]
Just in case anyone was wondering, UFC president Dana White wants us all to know the state of his company is strong, thank you very much. “Business has never been better for us,” White told Yahoo’s Kevin Iole this week, bolstered by healthy live-gate figures from the UFC’s recent shows in New Zealand and San […]
Ronda Rousey is the biggest star in the known universe. This may not be the most truthful statement ever written. But it feels that way, here in one of the many rooms that make up the Mandalay Bay Events Center. Rousey, clad in a gray Marilyn Monroe shirt, black leather jacket, designer Chuck Taylors and […]
Ronda Rousey is the biggest star in the known universe. This may not be the most truthful statement ever written. But it feels that way, here in one of the many rooms that make up the Mandalay Bay Events Center. Rousey, clad in a gray Marilyn Monroe shirt, black leather jacket, designer Chuck Taylors and […]
MMA is a pretty surprising business. Go ahead, try and argue it isn’t. How many times have you seen a guy, on the fringes of his own consciousness and easy pickings for an opponent, come back and knock that opponent out with a hail Mary shot out of nowhere? How many times have you gone […]
MMA is a pretty surprising business. Go ahead, try and argue it isn’t. How many times have you seen a guy, on the fringes of his own consciousness and easy pickings for an opponent, come back and knock that opponent out with a hail Mary shot out of nowhere? How many times have you gone […]