Cain Velasquez wasn’t the only victim of Mexico City’s high altitude at UFC 188 on June 13. Lightweight contender Gilbert Melendez claims being 7,382 feet above sea level had a major impact on his performance against Eddie Alvarez, according to Marc Raimondi of MMA Fighting. Melendez, who has years of experience competing in five-round bouts, […]
Cain Velasquez wasn’t the only victim of Mexico City’s high altitude at UFC 188 on June 13. Lightweight contender Gilbert Melendez claims being 7,382 feet above sea level had a major impact on his performance against Eddie Alvarez, according to Marc Raimondi of MMA Fighting. Melendez, who has years of experience competing in five-round bouts, […]
It’s safe to say that Saturday evening was not Jessica Penne‘s night. In the first UFC title challenge of her career, the former Invicta FC atomweight champion took on UFC strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk in the main event of UFC Fight Night 69. What resulted from that bout is something that will have Penne scurrying back to […]
It’s safe to say that Saturday evening was not Jessica Penne‘s night. In the first UFC title challenge of her career, the former Invicta FC atomweight champion took on UFC strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk in the main event of UFC Fight Night 69. What resulted from that bout is something that will have Penne scurrying back to […]
Most MMA pundits didn’t think it could be done. The notion of Cain Velasquez falling down—and not getting back up—was something our binary brains registered as inconceivable. The chink in Velasquez’s seemingly impenetrable armor was that he’d been out of action for 20 months, due to injury upon injury. And also the fact that Velasquez, despite his infamous […]
Most MMA pundits didn’t think it could be done. The notion of Cain Velasquez falling down—and not getting back up—was something our binary brains registered as inconceivable. The chink in Velasquez’s seemingly impenetrable armor was that he’d been out of action for 20 months, due to injury upon injury. And also the fact that Velasquez, despite his infamous […]
Vitor Belfort may have been brutally dispatched by Chris Weidman at UFC 187, but the Brazilian still feels like he has another title run left in him. Speaking with Brazil’s Sensei SporTV (h/t MMA Fighting‘s Guilherme Cruz for the translation and transcription), Belfort said he still has what it takes to be a UFC champion. “When […]
Vitor Belfort may have been brutally dispatched by Chris Weidman at UFC 187, but the Brazilian still feels like he has another title run left in him. Speaking with Brazil’s Sensei SporTV (h/t MMA Fighting‘s Guilherme Cruz for the translation and transcription), Belfort said he still has what it takes to be a UFC champion. “When […]
John Makdessi, the lightweight fighter who lost by TKO to Donald Cerrone Saturday at UFC 187, underwent surgery to repair his fractured jaw, even as he wondered about his future as a fighter. Makdessi‘s manager, Hector Castro, confirmed the operation was a success in a report published Monday evening by Ariel Helwani of MMA Fighting. […]
John Makdessi, the lightweight fighter who lost by TKO to Donald Cerrone Saturday at UFC 187, underwent surgery to repair his fractured jaw, even as he wondered about his future as a fighter. Makdessi‘s manager, Hector Castro, confirmed the operation was a success in a report published Monday evening by Ariel Helwani of MMA Fighting. […]
Over the past five years, Mark Hunt has morphed from an also-ran whom the UFC tried to pay to stay away from the Octagon into a heavyweight contender who could always be counted on for an exciting fight and, if the stars aligned, an out-of-nowhere walk-off knockout punch. It was a good role. And it […]
Over the past five years, Mark Hunt has morphed from an also-ran whom the UFC tried to pay to stay away from the Octagon into a heavyweight contender who could always be counted on for an exciting fight and, if the stars aligned, an out-of-nowhere walk-off knockout punch. It was a good role. And it […]