The expectation heading into UFC on Fox 15’s main event between Luke Rockhold and Lyoto Machida was that it would be a tight, ultra-competitive affair. Both men appeared, at least on paper, to be evenly matched. Not so much, as it turns out. The Brazilian started the fight promisingly enough, connecting with several bravado-inducing shots […]
The expectation heading into UFC on Fox 15’s main event between Luke Rockhold and Lyoto Machida was that it would be a tight, ultra-competitive affair. Both men appeared, at least on paper, to be evenly matched. Not so much, as it turns out. The Brazilian started the fight promisingly enough, connecting with several bravado-inducing shots […]
Saturday night was a coming-out party for one of the hottest up-and-coming fighters in the women’s strawweight division. That party was for Paige VanZant, who took advantage of mainstream exposure in her fight with Felice Herrig to turn in her best performance to date. Dominant in her bout, VanZant mixed up her attacks on Herrig […]
Saturday night was a coming-out party for one of the hottest up-and-coming fighters in the women’s strawweight division. That party was for Paige VanZant, who took advantage of mainstream exposure in her fight with Felice Herrig to turn in her best performance to date. Dominant in her bout, VanZant mixed up her attacks on Herrig […]
With his dominant win over hometown hero Jim Miller at UFC on Fox 15, Beneil Dariush established himself as a force at 155 pounds. While besting Miller might not mean quite as much as it did three or four years ago, it still matters an awful lot. Particularly noteworthy was the manner in which the […]
With his dominant win over hometown hero Jim Miller at UFC on Fox 15, Beneil Dariush established himself as a force at 155 pounds. While besting Miller might not mean quite as much as it did three or four years ago, it still matters an awful lot. Particularly noteworthy was the manner in which the […]
Welcome to the big time, Aljamain Sterling. There were glimmers of his potential before, but never had they been converted so kinetically as they were Saturday night at UFC on Fox 15. Sterling pushed the pace against a respected and successful UFC veteran in Takeya Mizugaki, never giving the more seasoned fighter the space to […]
Welcome to the big time, Aljamain Sterling. There were glimmers of his potential before, but never had they been converted so kinetically as they were Saturday night at UFC on Fox 15. Sterling pushed the pace against a respected and successful UFC veteran in Takeya Mizugaki, never giving the more seasoned fighter the space to […]
The light heavyweight division is shallow in terms of capable bodies in the UFC, so every win is huge. That can especially be said about Ovince Saint Preux‘s performance Saturday night. He scored a big knockout win over Patrick Cummins. Saint Preux, a former collegiate football player, has been successful since coming to the UFC. […]
The light heavyweight division is shallow in terms of capable bodies in the UFC, so every win is huge. That can especially be said about Ovince Saint Preux‘s performance Saturday night. He scored a big knockout win over Patrick Cummins. Saint Preux, a former collegiate football player, has been successful since coming to the UFC. […]
The UFC middleweight division continues to grow more interesting with each fight. Chris Weidman sits at the top, with a number of challengers pushing him to take the title. Ronaldo Souza is ranked in the No. 1 position, but the UFC can supplant him with Luke Rockhold after his recent performance. With that in mind, […]
The UFC middleweight division continues to grow more interesting with each fight. Chris Weidman sits at the top, with a number of challengers pushing him to take the title. Ronaldo Souza is ranked in the No. 1 position, but the UFC can supplant him with Luke Rockhold after his recent performance. With that in mind, […]