Conor McGregor: Is He Just Another Proud Irish Fighter, or Is He Something More?

When asked by a reporter why he was a boxer, Irish featherweight champion Barry McGuigan answered simply and honestly: “I can’t be a poet. I can’t tell stories.” But he could fight. From 1981 to 1989, McGuigan amassed a record of 35-3 with 28 wins by KO/TKO. He only fought in America twice, but his loss […]

When asked by a reporter why he was a boxer, Irish featherweight champion Barry McGuigan answered simply and honestly: “I can’t be a poet. I can’t tell stories.” But he could fight. From 1981 to 1989, McGuigan amassed a record of 35-3 with 28 wins by KO/TKO. He only fought in America twice, but his loss […]

5 Quick Facts for Each Main Card Fighter at UFC Fight Night: Boston

UFC Fight Night: Boston continues a star-studded January of highly-anticipated fights as it features a main event of Conor McGregor vs. Dennis Siver, along with a co-main event clash featuring top lightweights Benson “Smooth” Henderson and Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone.  McGregor has been marching through the 145-pound division ever so loudly and has set his sights […]

UFC Fight Night: Boston continues a star-studded January of highly-anticipated fights as it features a main event of Conor McGregor vs. Dennis Siver, along with a co-main event clash featuring top lightweights Benson “Smooth” Henderson and Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone.  McGregor has been marching through the 145-pound division ever so loudly and has set his sights […]

Donald Cerrone Is Rewriting the Playbook on What It Means to Be a UFC Fighter

Third-ranked UFC lightweight Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone is pegged to make the quickest turnaround of his mixed martial arts career when he faces former lightweight champion, and adversary, Benson Henderson at UFC Fight Night: Boston.  Cowboy, who’s no stranger to taking a fight on short notice, does it one more time when he fills in for […]

Third-ranked UFC lightweight Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone is pegged to make the quickest turnaround of his mixed martial arts career when he faces former lightweight champion, and adversary, Benson Henderson at UFC Fight Night: Boston.  Cowboy, who’s no stranger to taking a fight on short notice, does it one more time when he fills in for […]

Jon Jones Goes to Rehab: Another Odd Chapter for Great Fighter, Flawed Human

We’ve all spent considerable time during Jon Jones‘ six-and-a-half-year run in the UFC trying to figure out if he is the man he portrays himself as. In the wake of news this week, via Steven Marrocco of MMAJunkie.com, that the fight company’s brilliant but often perplexing light heavyweight champion checked into a drug rehabilitation clinic after […]

We’ve all spent considerable time during Jon Jones‘ six-and-a-half-year run in the UFC trying to figure out if he is the man he portrays himself as. In the wake of news this week, via Steven Marrocco of MMAJunkie.com, that the fight company’s brilliant but often perplexing light heavyweight champion checked into a drug rehabilitation clinic after […]

Donald Cerrone Continues to Define What It Means to Be an Ultimate Fighter

Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone needs the UFC as much as the UFC needs him.  As UFC President Dana White pointed out in a 2013 interview with the Daily Mail, “Fighting is in our DNA.” The phrase is echoed by UFC-branded merchandise.  It’s catchy. It conveys a badass message.  And for Cerrone, it’s 100 percent true.  The 25-6 […]

Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone needs the UFC as much as the UFC needs him.  As UFC President Dana White pointed out in a 2013 interview with the Daily Mail, “Fighting is in our DNA.” The phrase is echoed by UFC-branded merchandise.  It’s catchy. It conveys a badass message.  And for Cerrone, it’s 100 percent true.  The 25-6 […]

Sorry Haters: UFC Champion Jon Jones Is the Greatest Fighter of All Time

Controversy, as always, is swirling around Jon Jones (20-1). On Thursday, it was a hallway war of words. What it will be tomorrow, no one can say. The UFC light heavyweight champion has managed to stuff a career’s worth of drama into just a few short months in the lead up to his fight Saturday with two-time […]

Controversy, as always, is swirling around Jon Jones (20-1). On Thursday, it was a hallway war of words. What it will be tomorrow, no one can say. The UFC light heavyweight champion has managed to stuff a career’s worth of drama into just a few short months in the lead up to his fight Saturday with two-time […]