It is easy to forget an athlete in the world in professional sports. One bad year or an injury can remove him from the conversation of who is the best in his field. Former light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans is in such a position. Six years after his stint as champion, perhaps it is time for […]
It is easy to forget an athlete in the world in professional sports. One bad year or an injury can remove him from the conversation of who is the best in his field. Former light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans is in such a position. Six years after his stint as champion, perhaps it is time for […]
The UFC’s heavyweight title is an undomesticated beast. The sport’s biggest, baddest fighters have tried to tame her, and again and again, they’ve failed. When a heavyweight seizes the belt, it’s inevitable he will cough it up within two fights. That’s a fact. The most consecutive title defenses in UFC heavyweight history is two, a […]
The UFC’s heavyweight title is an undomesticated beast. The sport’s biggest, baddest fighters have tried to tame her, and again and again, they’ve failed. When a heavyweight seizes the belt, it’s inevitable he will cough it up within two fights. That’s a fact. The most consecutive title defenses in UFC heavyweight history is two, a […]
Fabricio Werdum kicked down the king’s door, marched into the king’s castle and took the king’s throne. It was only fitting that Werdum be the man to remind us that no one is unbeatable. Cain Velasquez, a heavyweight tornado, had effortlessly torn through every opponent in his path. Outside of a lone knockout loss to […]
Fabricio Werdum kicked down the king’s door, marched into the king’s castle and took the king’s throne. It was only fitting that Werdum be the man to remind us that no one is unbeatable. Cain Velasquez, a heavyweight tornado, had effortlessly torn through every opponent in his path. Outside of a lone knockout loss to […]
UFC 188 brought a strange sort of clarity to the grand scheme of the heavyweight division. Showcasing two of the finest heavyweights competing today—Fabricio Werdum and Cain Velasquez—the UFC’s latest event proved the more things change, the more things stay the same in the big boys’ division. Prior to his latest fight in Mexico City, […]
UFC 188 brought a strange sort of clarity to the grand scheme of the heavyweight division. Showcasing two of the finest heavyweights competing today—Fabricio Werdum and Cain Velasquez—the UFC’s latest event proved the more things change, the more things stay the same in the big boys’ division. Prior to his latest fight in Mexico City, […]
In October 2013, UFC heavyweight Cain Velasquez dispatched his greatest rival with disturbing ease. Junior dos Santos, the second-best heavyweight in the world, didn’t even come close to giving the champ a fight. With contemporary challengers looking both helpless and hapless, attention turned to Velasquez’s place in the sport’s history. It was clear he stood […]
In October 2013, UFC heavyweight Cain Velasquez dispatched his greatest rival with disturbing ease. Junior dos Santos, the second-best heavyweight in the world, didn’t even come close to giving the champ a fight. With contemporary challengers looking both helpless and hapless, attention turned to Velasquez’s place in the sport’s history. It was clear he stood […]
The heavyweight division is a dangerous land these days. Supercharged with explosive knockout artists, high-octane pressure cookers and some of the last legends of the sport, the weight class doesn’t need much to garner attention. But with rising title contenders like Andrei Arlovski and Stipe Miocic pushing towards the crown, the heavyweight pastures look even […]
The heavyweight division is a dangerous land these days. Supercharged with explosive knockout artists, high-octane pressure cookers and some of the last legends of the sport, the weight class doesn’t need much to garner attention. But with rising title contenders like Andrei Arlovski and Stipe Miocic pushing towards the crown, the heavyweight pastures look even […]