Tag: Forget

Chris Weidman: It’s Easy to Forget How Good He Really Is

Chris Weidman is the UFC middleweight champion of the world, and he will defend that title for the third time this weekend at UFC 187 against Vitor Belfort. Yet, we seem to be forgetting how good Weidman actually is. Weidman saw a quick rise in this sport. The Serra-Longo fighter was much hyped when he […]

Chris Weidman is the UFC middleweight champion of the world, and he will defend that title for the third time this weekend at UFC 187 against Vitor Belfort. Yet, we seem to be forgetting how good Weidman actually is. Weidman saw a quick rise in this sport. The Serra-Longo fighter was much hyped when he […]

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Anthony Johnson vs. Daniel Cormier: Can They Make Us Forget About Jon Jones?

Despite the toll taken by injuries and pending criminal cases, UFC 187 remains one of 2015’s most outstanding cards. The event is stacked like few others in this age of oversaturation. Topping the bill is a fight between Anthony “Rumble” Johnson and Daniel Cormier to crown a new UFC light heavyweight champion for the first […]

Despite the toll taken by injuries and pending criminal cases, UFC 187 remains one of 2015’s most outstanding cards. The event is stacked like few others in this age of oversaturation. Topping the bill is a fight between Anthony “Rumble” Johnson and Daniel Cormier to crown a new UFC light heavyweight champion for the first […]

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Anderson Silva and the Awful Sound I’ll Never Forget

First, there was the sound. If I am somehow lucky I live to a ripe and forgetful old age—and even if that old age is filled with joy and laughter—I do not imagine a time will come when I forget the sound that forced the conclusion of UFC 168.  It was nothing and yet it […]

First, there was the sound. If I am somehow lucky I live to a ripe and forgetful old age—and even if that old age is filled with joy and laughter—I do not imagine a time will come when I forget the sound that forced the conclusion of UFC 168.  It was nothing and yet it […]

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GSP: Forget All Rumors, I’m Happy and Well

The Georges St-Pierre news feed has been a heightened Watergate of epic mixed martial arts proportion. It’s been a he-said, she-said saga of bombastic rumors surrounding GSP’s personal life and professional prognosis heading into the future. Now while Dana White put many of the rumors to rest in a recent telephone interview with Los Angeles […]

The Georges St-Pierre news feed has been a heightened Watergate of epic mixed martial arts proportion. It’s been a he-said, she-said saga of bombastic rumors surrounding GSP’s personal life and professional prognosis heading into the future. Now while Dana White put many of the rumors to rest in a recent telephone interview with Los Angeles […]

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Forget Nike: Ronda Rousey Has a Higher Celebrity Ceiling Than UFC Star Jon Jones

Ronda Rousey is the hottest thing going in the sport of mixed martial arts. With apologies to Jon Jones, recent recipient of Nike’s engraved invitation to immortality, Rousey’s is the act with the most impact right now. Jones’s is a c…

Ronda Rousey is the hottest thing going in the sport of mixed martial arts. With apologies to Jon Jones, recent recipient of Nike’s engraved invitation to immortality, Rousey’s is the act with the most impact right now. Jones’s is a carefully crafted celebrity. His management has taken an approach similar to that of pretty much […]

UFC 145: Call Jon Jones Arrogant, Just Don’t Forget to Call Him UFC Champ

It wasn’t too long ago that the adjective most used to describe UFC light heavyweight Jon Jones was humble. These days you would be hard-pressed to find anything written about Jones that uses that word in any way other than “the once-humble…

It wasn’t too long ago that the adjective most used to describe UFC light heavyweight Jon Jones was humble. These days you would be hard-pressed to find anything written about Jones that uses that word in any way other than “the once-humble Jon Jones.” The current overused descriptions of Jones seem to be cocky and […]