Tag: Embrace

Ronda Rousey Would Be Wise to Embrace the Villain Role

Being a villain seems to come naturally for UFC women’s bantamweight champion “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey. Being the likable, inspirational figurehead of women’s MMA just doesn’t suit her rough-edged, periodically profane persona. To those in Rousey‘s circle, she may be a sweetheart, but she hasn’t been coming off as such to the public—especially not lately.   TUF […]

Being a villain seems to come naturally for UFC women’s bantamweight champion “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey. Being the likable, inspirational figurehead of women’s MMA just doesn’t suit her rough-edged, periodically profane persona. To those in Rousey‘s circle, she may be a sweetheart, but she hasn’t been coming off as such to the public—especially not lately.   TUF […]

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Why MMA Fans Need to Embrace Lighter-Weight Fights

Love them or hate them, you can’t deny the quality of the action provided by the fights in the lighter weight classes. A look at MMA‘s archives will show a number of fights in the featherweight, bantamweight and flyweight divisions that all did their part in highlighting exactly how they hold their own with those […]

Love them or hate them, you can’t deny the quality of the action provided by the fights in the lighter weight classes. A look at MMA‘s archives will show a number of fights in the featherweight, bantamweight and flyweight divisions that all did their part in highlighting exactly how they hold their own with those […]

Why ESPN Will Never Fully Embrace MMA, Will Always Clash with UFC

MMA still has a lot of hurdles to cross when it comes to mainstream acceptance. The sport is still banned in New York and has plenty of detractors across the world who don’t understand the sport. It doesn’t help that one of those detractors…

MMA still has a lot of hurdles to cross when it comes to mainstream acceptance. The sport is still banned in New York and has plenty of detractors across the world who don’t understand the sport. It doesn’t help that one of those detractors is ESPN, the sports conglomerate famous for its coverage and SportsCenter. What […]

Will ESPN Ever Fully Embrace MMA?

Mixed martial arts is steadily entering the mainstream with each passing event. Fighters are being interviewed on more talk shows, casual fans are recognizing more athletes, but there remains one last obstacle before MMA can be considered a legitimate,…

Mixed martial arts is steadily entering the mainstream with each passing event. Fighters are being interviewed on more talk shows, casual fans are recognizing more athletes, but there remains one last obstacle before MMA can be considered a legitimate, high profile sport. More coverage on ESPN. For a long time, the worldwide leader in sports […]

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Will ESPN Ever Fully Embrace MMA?