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UFC 214 – Cris Cyborg vs. Tonya Evinger, Tyron Woodley. vs. Demian Maia Predictions

This title fight is possibly the best possible MMA match-up in UFC history. Both Chris Cyborg and Tonya Evinger have maintained good records over the last few years. Let’s begin with Cyborg. Following Ronda Rousey’s departure, she reclaimed her MMA title and has sharpened her game, which includes her power to KO opponents. Apart from her reputation as a slugger she also poses a threat to all her opponents who are often taken down just for that reason. Cyborg is on a winning streak, 18 of them in a row, and this could continue although Evinger is potentially the one who could end that run.

Evinger had an amazing run in the Invicta FC and after three straight wins she took the bantamweight title against Irene Aldana (knockout) and held on to it for two years. Both Cyborg and Evinger enter the cage with winning streaks so this is likely to be a close contest. Cyborg at 145 pounds does hold an advantage against Evinger at 135 pounds. She is an efficient striker and what is noteworthy is the fact that she landed 66 percent of her strikes in two UFC bouts. Evinger on the other hand is good from the clinch and is known to score with trips. She also has a long reach.

That said, Cyborg still has an upper hand in the clinch given her physical strength and the ability to peel off, step back and unload a few serious punches. While Evinger is a fighter, Cyborg can still bag another title and win by TKO.

Tyron Woodley. vs. Demian Maia

The UFC 214 welterweight is another interesting fight to watch and places a couple of wagers. Demian Maia has a great chance of claiming this UFC title. Let’s say he a bit unfortunate for being put into difficult fights by the UFC, which his fans believe is an attempt to get him out of the title race. However, he has managed to pack in a few wins over stiff competition. This time around the stiff competition comes from Tyron Woodley.

Woodley is known for his knockout power but earlier did not manage to pull in a winning streak. His losses to Jake Shields, Rory MacDonald and Nate Marquardt are something he hadn’t been able to completely brush off. However, he did win by a KO against Robbie Lawler at UFC 201 in June 2016 and then retained it at UFC 205 and 209 against Stephen Thompson. This is definitely a confidence booster and has him labeled as the best 170-pound opponent. Woodley could have this one in the bag by unanimous decision.

Cris Cyborg on Renewing UFC Contract: ‘Let’s See How It’s Going to Work’

Cris Cyborg appears to be meeting the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) halfway. After years of hostility between Cyborg and UFC President Dana White, things have simmered down significantly. With Cyborg fighting for a title tomorrow night (July 29) and White admitting he made mistakes, the former Strikeforce and Invicta FC champion is warming up to […]

UFC 214 Official Weigh-In Video

To the bewilderment of mixed martial arts (MMA) fans and media members across the world, tomorrow’s (Sat., July 29, 2017) stacked UFC 214 from the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, appears to be poised to go off without a hitch (fingers crossed), something that unfortunately hasn’t been the norm for a Jon Jones-headlined card in recent […]

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The all-time great, who was only beaten by himself and his outside-of-the-cage problems with drugs, will have yet another attempt at a comeback when he meets archrival Daniel Cormier, the stalwart champion who has won four fights in “Bones’” absence but was still beaten by the troubled ex-champ, in the UFC 214 main event. The co-main event features a closely-matched welterweight title affair between power slugger Tyron Woodley and peerless grappling whiz Demian Maia, why consensus women’s No. 1 pound-for-pound star Cris Cyborg meets former Invicta champ Tonya Evinger for the women’s featherweight belt in the event’s third title fight.

The fighters weighed in according to California’s increasingly strict weigh-in standards this morning, the results of which can be seen here. Now, the fighters will square off in the final media event of the UFC 214 build-up when the ceremonial weigh-in begins shortly at 8:00 p.m. EST. Watch the video streaming live right here:

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Five Reasons UFC Ratings Are Tanking In 2017

It’s no secret that the UFC is having a tough run in the first seven months of 2017. After a banner year in 2016 with multiple pay-per-view (PPV) events eclipsing the coveted one-million buy threshold, new owners WME-IMG are finding out just what it’s like to run the world’s biggest MMA promotion in a time […]

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It’s no secret that the UFC is having a tough run in the first seven months of 2017.

After a banner year in 2016 with multiple pay-per-view (PPV) events eclipsing the coveted one-million buy threshold, new owners WME-IMG are finding out just what it’s like to run the world’s biggest MMA promotion in a time of downward-trending PPVs without flagship stars Conor McGregor and Ronda Rousey anywhere close to the octagon.

True, McGregor will return to the ring against Floyd Mayweather, on August 26, but that could be hurting the UFC’s actual numbers more than helping them. We’ll get to that shortly.

Regardless, both the preliminary card television ratings and pay-per-view buyrates for July 8’s UFC 213 from Las Vegas were recently revealed, and the numbers ultimately amounted to some of the most dismal overall viewership turnouts the UFC has ever seen. Now, women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes’ extremely late withdrawal from her championship bout versus Valentina Shevchenko most definitely caused the lack of buys, but the numbers are concerning nonetheless.

Things didn’t get better two weeks later when UFC on FOX 25 aired live from the Nassau Coliseum on July 22. Despite former middleweight champion Chris Weidman securing an emotional headlining win over Kelvin Gastelum in his hometown, the card had the lowest-ever ratings for a UFC on FOX event in overnight ratings, a number that rose to “only” the third-worst of all-time when the time slot spillover numbers for the main event were factored in.

That continued a disturbing decline for big FOX-aired cards in 2017, but those numbers are also simply indicative of the overall trend of the year, where pay-per-view rates have went down drastically in addition to TV-aired events and PPV prelim numbers.

There are several big underlying factors for this sharp and disturbing decline. On the eve of the biggest pay-per-view of the year, let’s take at the five most impactful.

Promoting Only McGregor & Rousey:

The UFC enjoyed their most lucrative two-year stretch in history from 2015-2016, a time when their biggest-ever crossover stars in Rousey and McGregor were winning big fights in dominant fashion. Rousey was being called the most dominant fighter in MMA, and McGregor won both the featherweight and lightweight titles while becoming the sport’s biggest star.

But that time period simply couldn’t be sustained, as Rousey infamously lost the belt to Holly Holm at UFC 193, following it up with another unsuccessful title fight in her 48-second loss to Nunes at 2016’s UFC 207, after which it appears Rousey may never fight in the UFC again.

McGregor is not gone; at least not in the same sense as Rousey. He’s obviously involved in his hyped-up boxing match with Floyd Mayweather, and while the UFC will obviously get a ton of attention and hype from that massive spectacle, it brings up one vital, overarching point – the UFC simply promoted only their top two stars in recent years, and while it clearly worked in that regard, it left them much too dependent on McGregor and Rousey for success, because their other fighters just aren’t bringing in any numbers at all.

If they ever want to get back to the level where they have their big draws and their mid-level stars; say in the time of dominant champions Anderson Silva and Georges St-Pierre where mid-level stars like Rashad Evans and Rampage Jackson could still sell an in-between card for 350-400,000 buys, they’re going to have to diversify their promotional strategy.

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Cris Cyborg Feels Ronda Rousey Beef Was ‘Business’ & ‘Not Personal’

UFC 214’s Cris Cyborg was in magnanimous form once again as she spoke about forgiveness and past rivalries with Ronda Rousey Cyborg has opened up recently about the shaky relationship which she has had with UFC President Dana White and how she is willing to forgive the ‘hurtful’ comments White had made against her. The […]

UFC 214: Who is Tonya Evinger, And Does she Pose a Threat? (Editorial)

The casual MMA fan might not know who Tonya Evinger is. But Cris Cyborg’s UFC 214 opponent isn’t just some run-of-the-mill fighter signed to get destroyed by the Brazilian. Yes, Evinger wasn’t the UFC’s first choice for the bout this Saturday night, but she just might be the biggest threat. The 36-year-old has been fighting […]