Michael Bisping Needs Impressive Win over Cung Le to Prove He Still Belongs

Say this much for Michael Bisping: The man is a professional. From the outside looking in, it’d be easy to greet Bisping’s latest assignment with one of the brash Brit’s trademark sneers. Cung Le? In China? As the headliner of an early-morning fight card airing only on the UFC’s Internet subscription service? Surely Bisping deserves […]

Say this much for Michael Bisping: The man is a professional. From the outside looking in, it’d be easy to greet Bisping’s latest assignment with one of the brash Brit’s trademark sneers. Cung Le? In China? As the headliner of an early-morning fight card airing only on the UFC’s Internet subscription service? Surely Bisping deserves […]

10 Most Impressive MMA Performances Through the 1st Half of 2014

The 2014 MMA calendar is 50 percent completed, so it is time to look back at the highlights of the past six months. Many outstanding performances have already gone down inside and outside the Octagon. From Ronda Rousey‘s first knockout win against Sara McMann to TJ Dillashaw’s surprise victory over Renan Barao, MMA fans have […]

The 2014 MMA calendar is 50 percent completed, so it is time to look back at the highlights of the past six months. Many outstanding performances have already gone down inside and outside the Octagon. From Ronda Rousey‘s first knockout win against Sara McMann to TJ Dillashaw’s surprise victory over Renan Barao, MMA fans have […]

UFC 171 Results: Ranking the 5 Most Impressive Performances

UFC 171 promised much and arguably exceeded all of our expectations. From top to bottom, the card delivered like few do. We are still in the first quarter of 2014, but it would be a surprise if Saturday night’s event from the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, failed to make the shortlist for card […]

UFC 171 promised much and arguably exceeded all of our expectations. From top to bottom, the card delivered like few do. We are still in the first quarter of 2014, but it would be a surprise if Saturday night’s event from the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, failed to make the shortlist for card […]

UFC 162: Most Impressive Performances from Las Vegas

UFC 162 was not only the most electrifying card of 2013, but perhaps one of the best in the organization’s history. And that isn’t solely due to Chris Weidman’s knockout of Anderson Silva  The last few pay-per-view events have been fairly lackluster. UFC 161, in particular, stands out as a real stinker with nine of the 11 […]

UFC 162 was not only the most electrifying card of 2013, but perhaps one of the best in the organization’s history. And that isn’t solely due to Chris Weidman’s knockout of Anderson Silva  The last few pay-per-view events have been fairly lackluster. UFC 161, in particular, stands out as a real stinker with nine of the 11 […]

UFC 161 Results: Most Impressive Performances from Winnipeg

UFC 161 was destined to be a dud once the interim bantamweight title bout between current champ Renan Barao and top contender Eddie Wineland fell apart.  To make things even worse, Antonio Rogerio Nogueira had to pull out of his fight with Mauricio “Shogun” Rua due to a nagging back injury. Chael Sonnen stepped up to […]

UFC 161 was destined to be a dud once the interim bantamweight title bout between current champ Renan Barao and top contender Eddie Wineland fell apart.  To make things even worse, Antonio Rogerio Nogueira had to pull out of his fight with Mauricio “Shogun” Rua due to a nagging back injury. Chael Sonnen stepped up to […]

UFC 159 Results: The Most Impressive Performances from Newark

At the top of the UFC 159 fight card on Saturday, the champion Jon Jones, as expected, defended his belt once again and ran through Chael Sonnen, the least likely championship contender in the entire division. As predictable as that win was, others on …

At the top of the UFC 159 fight card on Saturday, the champion Jon Jones, as expected, defended his belt once again and ran through Chael Sonnen, the least likely championship contender in the entire division. As predictable as that win was, others on the card were less so and brought out of their protagonists […]