Tag: Improve

Nevada Commission Moves to Improve Judging, Should Look at TRT Next

Chances are that the Nevada State Athletic Commission was planning its upcoming regulatory “workshop” long before UFC 167. Still, when the NSAC announced this week it will hold an event on Dec. 2 to “solicit comments from interested persons” on any “proposed regulation” regarding combat sports, the timing seemed…awkward. It had been less than 48 […]

Chances are that the Nevada State Athletic Commission was planning its upcoming regulatory “workshop” long before UFC 167. Still, when the NSAC announced this week it will hold an event on Dec. 2 to “solicit comments from interested persons” on any “proposed regulation” regarding combat sports, the timing seemed…awkward. It had been less than 48 […]

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UFC on Fox 3: Lavar Johnson Must Improve His Submission Defense to Be Contender

Lavar Johnson is a powerful and dangerous striker, but his submission defense better improve if he wants to challenge the elite fighters. He narrowly escaped a weak Americana attempt from Pat Barry at UFC on Fox 3 on Saturday night. Barry is not a grea…

Lavar Johnson is a powerful and dangerous striker, but his submission defense better improve if he wants to challenge the elite fighters. He narrowly escaped a weak Americana attempt from Pat Barry at UFC on Fox 3 on Saturday night. Barry is not a great submission artist—OK, he is a terrible submission fighter. He has […]

UFC 145: 5 Things Brendan Schaub Needs to Improve

With a loss to Ben Rothwell at UFC 145, Brendan Schaub dropped to 4-3 for his UFC career.  Just one short year ago, Schaub had reeled off four straight wins and positioned himself rather close to the heavyweight title. As a wise man once said, &#8…

With a loss to Ben Rothwell at UFC 145, Brendan Schaub dropped to 4-3 for his UFC career.  Just one short year ago, Schaub had reeled off four straight wins and positioned himself rather close to the heavyweight title. As a wise man once said, “The times they are a-changin’.” It would be in the […]

UFC 145 Results: 5 Things Mark Hominick Needs to Improve on

A lot can change in a year. Just ask Mark Hominick. Fifty-one weeks ago he was in a cage with Jose Aldo, fighting like a maniac to try and wrestle the featherweight title from a seemingly invincible champion. He didn’t, and went on to lose two mo…

A lot can change in a year. Just ask Mark Hominick. Fifty-one weeks ago he was in a cage with Jose Aldo, fighting like a maniac to try and wrestle the featherweight title from a seemingly invincible champion. He didn’t, and went on to lose two more fights on top of it. Three losses in […]

UFC 145 Results: 5 Things Stephen Thompson Needs to Improve on

The most significant problem Thompson had with Brown was how much damage he sustained once the fight hit the ground. Brown would fold him up and rain down punches and elbows, most of which “Wonderboy” seemed content enough to take. For a ga…

The most significant problem Thompson had with Brown was how much damage he sustained once the fight hit the ground. Brown would fold him up and rain down punches and elbows, most of which “Wonderboy” seemed content enough to take. For a gatekeeper like Brown, in no way known for his particularly excellent ground-and-pound, to […]

4 Ways Dana White Can Improve Strikeforce

Dana White seems to think of Strikeforce as an afterthought. If he didn’t then the Strikeforce event on March 3 wouldn’t fall on the same date as the second UFC card on FX. Even with the important matchup between Miesha Tate and Ronda Rouse…

Dana White seems to think of Strikeforce as an afterthought. If he didn’t then the Strikeforce event on March 3 wouldn’t fall on the same date as the second UFC card on FX. Even with the important matchup between Miesha Tate and Ronda Rousey being the main event, the UFC card is being promoted above […]