Mark Hunt vs. Roy Nelson: What We Learned from Heavyweight Tilt

The venue was Saitama Super Arena. No, it wasn’t a Pride show, it was UFC Fight Night 52 and it took place in the early hours of Saturday morning.  The card was headlined by Pride throwback Mark Hunt and Roy Nelson. It was a heavyweight bout that featured two of the most durable, deadly one-punch […]

The venue was Saitama Super Arena. No, it wasn’t a Pride show, it was UFC Fight Night 52 and it took place in the early hours of Saturday morning.  The card was headlined by Pride throwback Mark Hunt and Roy Nelson. It was a heavyweight bout that featured two of the most durable, deadly one-punch […]

Report: Mark Hunt Had to Cut 18 Pounds to Make Heavyweight Limit for UFC FN 52

Looks like UFC heavyweight Mark Hunt really let himself go in between fights, something he could regret Friday in Japan.  “The Super Samoan” tipped the scales at a hefty 284 pounds at the end of the day Thursday, so therefore, he would’ve been forced to shed 18 pounds by Friday’s 3 a.m. ET weigh-ins, according […]

Looks like UFC heavyweight Mark Hunt really let himself go in between fights, something he could regret Friday in Japan.  “The Super Samoan” tipped the scales at a hefty 284 pounds at the end of the day Thursday, so therefore, he would’ve been forced to shed 18 pounds by Friday’s 3 a.m. ET weigh-ins, according […]

At What Point Do We Acknowledge Cain Velasquez as the GOAT at Heavyweight?

Cain Velasquez sits currently with a 13-1 record. He is a two-time UFC heavyweight champion and has defended his most recent crown twice. Throughout UFC history, only Randy Couture has won the belt more times, and no one has defended the strap more than twice in a row before dropping it. Velasquez’s potential win against […]

Cain Velasquez sits currently with a 13-1 record. He is a two-time UFC heavyweight champion and has defended his most recent crown twice. Throughout UFC history, only Randy Couture has won the belt more times, and no one has defended the strap more than twice in a row before dropping it. Velasquez’s potential win against […]

Roy Nelson: There’s No Such Thing as the Greatest Heavyweight Ever

UFC heavyweight Roy Nelson doesn’t think former Pride champion Fedor Emelianenko or current UFC titleholder Cain Velasquez qualifies as the best heavyweight fighter ever—but it’s nothing personal, because he doesn’t think anyone else does either. Speaking with FOX Sports, “Big Country” explained why the term “greatest of all time” shouldn’t apply to heavyweight mixed martial […]

UFC heavyweight Roy Nelson doesn’t think former Pride champion Fedor Emelianenko or current UFC titleholder Cain Velasquez qualifies as the best heavyweight fighter ever—but it’s nothing personal, because he doesn’t think anyone else does either. Speaking with FOX Sports, “Big Country” explained why the term “greatest of all time” shouldn’t apply to heavyweight mixed martial […]

Is the Aging UFC Heavyweight Division Turning into a Wasteland?

Andrei Arlovski, ranked No. 14, stunned then No. 4-ranked Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva on Saturday in a heavyweight upset. The win moves Arlovski back up the divisional ladder but also highlights the struggles of the division. Neither of the two headliners are spring chickens. Silva is 34 years old, and Arlovski is 35. That is above […]

Andrei Arlovski, ranked No. 14, stunned then No. 4-ranked Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva on Saturday in a heavyweight upset. The win moves Arlovski back up the divisional ladder but also highlights the struggles of the division. Neither of the two headliners are spring chickens. Silva is 34 years old, and Arlovski is 35. That is above […]

Andrei Arlovski vs. Antonio Silva: What We Learned from Heavyweight Tilt

More than four years after Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva outlasted Andrei Arlovski in their first bout, the 35-year-old Belarusian exacted his revenge Saturday in the Octagon in Bigfoot’s home country of Brazil. Arlovski needed just two minutes, 59 seconds to dispose of the hulking Brazilian with a brutal knockout in the main event of UFC Fight Night […]

More than four years after Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva outlasted Andrei Arlovski in their first bout, the 35-year-old Belarusian exacted his revenge Saturday in the Octagon in Bigfoot’s home country of Brazil. Arlovski needed just two minutes, 59 seconds to dispose of the hulking Brazilian with a brutal knockout in the main event of UFC Fight Night […]