It feels as though Carlos Condit has been gone for years. In truth, it’s only been 14 months, but so much wholesale change has occurred in his absence that, when Condit returns on Saturday to take on Thiago Alves at UFC Fight Night 67, it’ll be to a welterweight division where anything seems possible. Last […]
It feels as though Carlos Condit has been gone for years. In truth, it’s only been 14 months, but so much wholesale change has occurred in his absence that, when Condit returns on Saturday to take on Thiago Alves at UFC Fight Night 67, it’ll be to a welterweight division where anything seems possible. Last […]
Bas Rutten, a former UFC heavyweight champion and a three-time King of Pancrase, will be inducted this July into the UFC Hall of Fame, promotion officials announced Friday. The UFC announced the induction in a statement released to reporters on Friday. The news was subsequently reported by Dann Stupp of MMAJunkie.com. Rutten, 50, who now […]
Bas Rutten, a former UFC heavyweight champion and a three-time King of Pancrase, will be inducted this July into the UFC Hall of Fame, promotion officials announced Friday. The UFC announced the induction in a statement released to reporters on Friday. The news was subsequently reported by Dann Stupp of MMAJunkie.com. Rutten, 50, who now […]
If Sam Alvey landed in hot water last weekend at UFC Fight Night 65, at least it was in the most Sam Alvey way possible. The happy-go-lucky middleweight starched Dan Kelly in just 49 seconds during an undercard bout on Saturday, before getting on the mic to challenge happy-go-lucky middleweight Elias Theodorou to—wait for it—a […]
If Sam Alvey landed in hot water last weekend at UFC Fight Night 65, at least it was in the most Sam Alvey way possible. The happy-go-lucky middleweight starched Dan Kelly in just 49 seconds during an undercard bout on Saturday, before getting on the mic to challenge happy-go-lucky middleweight Elias Theodorou to—wait for it—a […]
The UFC is crawling with contenders and top fighters everywhere you look, which is what you’d expect from the biggest and best promotion in the world of MMA. Right now, we have plenty of contenders in every division, but there are more lurking in the shadows. We call these fighters dark horses. By “dark horse,” […]
The UFC is crawling with contenders and top fighters everywhere you look, which is what you’d expect from the biggest and best promotion in the world of MMA. Right now, we have plenty of contenders in every division, but there are more lurking in the shadows. We call these fighters dark horses. By “dark horse,” […]
Michael Johnson still has a long road in front of him before he earns a shot at the UFC lightweight title. Given his forward progress against Edson Barboza at Fight Night 61, however, he seems capable of covering that distance fairly expeditiously. Johnson’s pressure told the tale on Sunday, as he got in Barboza’s face […]
Michael Johnson still has a long road in front of him before he earns a shot at the UFC lightweight title. Given his forward progress against Edson Barboza at Fight Night 61, however, he seems capable of covering that distance fairly expeditiously. Johnson’s pressure told the tale on Sunday, as he got in Barboza’s face […]
Kelvin Gastelum missed weight for his showdown with Tyron Woodley at UFC 183 by eight pounds. That’s unacceptable, and the UFC has taken action. Per a report by Combat (h/t to Guilherme Cruz of MMA fighting), UFC president Dana White has ordered Gastelum to move back up to middleweight, a weight class the 23-year-old once […]
Kelvin Gastelum missed weight for his showdown with Tyron Woodley at UFC 183 by eight pounds. That’s unacceptable, and the UFC has taken action. Per a report by Combat (h/t to Guilherme Cruz of MMA fighting), UFC president Dana White has ordered Gastelum to move back up to middleweight, a weight class the 23-year-old once […]