Tag: Champion

Worst-Case Scenario for Each UFC Champion in the Next 12 Months

Every champion must face a worst-case scenario head-on every once in a while. Some get injured, some have bad nights and others show up physically when they know they never showed up mentally on fight night. These things happen, and for some current UF…

Every champion must face a worst-case scenario head-on every once in a while. Some get injured, some have bad nights and others show up physically when they know they never showed up mentally on fight night. These things happen, and for some current UFC champions, it happened int 2012. Will it happen in 2013? If […]

UFC 153 Fight Card: Is Erick Silva a Future Champion at Welterweight?

At UFC 153, Erick Silva will face an opponent in Jon Fitch that embodies (by far) the toughest challenge of his MMA career. The fight should reveal much about the up-and-comer, who has never been charged with a task so trying, but has passed lesser cha…

At UFC 153, Erick Silva will face an opponent in Jon Fitch that embodies (by far) the toughest challenge of his MMA career. The fight should reveal much about the up-and-comer, who has never been charged with a task so trying, but has passed lesser challengers with flying colors.  In fact, Silva has looked so […]

Jacob Volkmann: ‘I Consider Chael Sonnen the True Champion at Light Heavyweight’

Jacob Volkmann is finally set to face off against fellow lightweight Shane Roller at UFC on FX: Browne vs. Bigfoot in front of a hometown crowd. Just over a month ago, Volkmann, Roller and many other UFC fighters were being told they’d have to li…

Jacob Volkmann is finally set to face off against fellow lightweight Shane Roller at UFC on FX: Browne vs. Bigfoot in front of a hometown crowd. Just over a month ago, Volkmann, Roller and many other UFC fighters were being told they’d have to live to fight another day with the cancellation of UFC 151. […]

UFC 152 Preview: Can Vitor Belfort Upset Champion Jon Jones?

Vitor Belfort has battled every kind of fighter imaginable. He’s been in the cage with strikers like Alistair Overeem, wrestlers like Randy Couture and submission specialists like Kazushi Sakuraba. But Vitor Belfort, for all his experience, has n…

Vitor Belfort has battled every kind of fighter imaginable. He’s been in the cage with strikers like Alistair Overeem, wrestlers like Randy Couture and submission specialists like Kazushi Sakuraba. But Vitor Belfort, for all his experience, has never fought anyone like Jon Jones. The conventional wisdom is that Belfort will be able to control the […]

UFC Champion Jon Jones: Is Jonny Really Too Big to Be a Light Heavyweight?

Déjà vu: “The strange sensation that something one is now experiencing has happened before:”  That’s a feeling I’ve experienced a lot lately, especially in discussions about the UFC Lightweight Champion Jonny &#82…

Déjà vu: “The strange sensation that something one is now experiencing has happened before:”  That’s a feeling I’ve experienced a lot lately, especially in discussions about the UFC Lightweight Champion Jonny “Bones” Jones. The statement, “Jon Jones is too big to be a Light Heavyweight” seems to get repeated over and over again like a […]

Rousey vs. Kaufman: Bantamweight Champion Must Dominate to Rise to Superstardom

It’s an indisputable fact that Strikeforce women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey is MMA’s newest star of the moment. In the five months since defeating Miesha Tate for the championship, she’s modeled in ESPN The Magazine&#8…

It’s an indisputable fact that Strikeforce women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey is MMA’s newest star of the moment. In the five months since defeating Miesha Tate for the championship, she’s modeled in ESPN The Magazine’s “Body Issue,” appeared on Conan O’Brien’s TBS talk show and had her own Showtime All Access special. She’s also become […]