UFC Deserves Credit for Taking Steps to Clean Up Sport

Damned if they don’t, damned if they do. That’s the feeling I had at the conclusion of Wednesday’s Ultimate Fighting Championship news conference on performance-enhancing drugs. For years, observers of mixed martial arts have scoffed at the UFC’s seemingly lackadaisical efforts to control PEDs. Rightly so. While it was never an official stance, it felt […]

Damned if they don’t, damned if they do. That’s the feeling I had at the conclusion of Wednesday’s Ultimate Fighting Championship news conference on performance-enhancing drugs. For years, observers of mixed martial arts have scoffed at the UFC’s seemingly lackadaisical efforts to control PEDs. Rightly so. While it was never an official stance, it felt […]

Frankie Edgar: Why Champion UFC Lightweight Deserves More Credit

Frankie Edgar has been in four UFC lightweight title bouts, and fans have doubted his ability to win each and every one of them. Whether it was because his stand up wasn’t good enough to hang with BJ Penn’s, or his wrestling was inferior to…

Frankie Edgar has been in four UFC lightweight title bouts, and fans have doubted his ability to win each and every one of them. Whether it was because his stand up wasn’t good enough to hang with BJ Penn’s, or his wrestling was inferior to Gray Maynard’s—there has always been some reason for fans to […]

Michael Bisping Doesn’t Get the Credit He Deserves

Michael Bisping may never be a UFC champion. He might not ever fight for the title. And I probably wouldn’t even consider him a top-five middleweight in the UFC. That said, after his dominant victory over Jason Miller, I’m once again astoni…

Michael Bisping may never be a UFC champion. He might not ever fight for the title. And I probably wouldn’t even consider him a top-five middleweight in the UFC. That said, after his dominant victory over Jason Miller, I’m once again astonished at how little credit Bisping gets from fans for what has actually been […]

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Michael Bisping Doesn’t Get the Credit He Deserves

MMA: Brock Lesnar and 11 Fighters Who Deserve More Credit Than They Get

They may not be the best of the best, or maybe they are currently title holders, but some fighters just don’t get the credit they deserve for whatever rhyme or reason. Some fighters just go about their business, without making a lot of noise. Oth…

They may not be the best of the best, or maybe they are currently title holders, but some fighters just don’t get the credit they deserve for whatever rhyme or reason. Some fighters just go about their business, without making a lot of noise. Other fighters may make so much noise, that their accomplishments get […]

UFC Betting

MMA: Brock Lesnar and 11 Fighters Who Deserve More Credit Than They Get