UFC 183: Nick Diaz vs. Anderson Silva and Making MMA Fun Again

There have been more downs than ups for the UFC in the past year or so. Really, back so far as 2012 and a television deal with FOX that has been more damaging to product quality than anyone would have anticipated at the time, things have been tough. The world’s top MMA promotion has remained […]

There have been more downs than ups for the UFC in the past year or so. Really, back so far as 2012 and a television deal with FOX that has been more damaging to product quality than anyone would have anticipated at the time, things have been tough. The world’s top MMA promotion has remained […]

UFC Heavyweights in 2015: Making Sense of the 265-Pound Logjam

The UFC’s heavyweights have never really found their stride. For a brief time during the Brock Lesnar Administration, the 265-pound division felt fresh and vital. It felt—for lack of a better word—big. But first diverticulitis and then increasingly difficult competition felled Lesnar, and the heavyweight ranks lapsed back into their old, unstable tricks again. Such […]

The UFC’s heavyweights have never really found their stride. For a brief time during the Brock Lesnar Administration, the 265-pound division felt fresh and vital. It felt—for lack of a better word—big. But first diverticulitis and then increasingly difficult competition felled Lesnar, and the heavyweight ranks lapsed back into their old, unstable tricks again. Such […]

Chael Sonnen: Wanderlei Silva Is Making Bad Choices

Chael Sonnen and Wanderlei Silva were never close friends. By most accounts, they’ve been enemies for a long, long time.  Pegged to fight each other at UFC 175 and put an end to the verbal feud the two men had built in years past, one failed drug test from Sonnen and one averted drug test from […]

Chael Sonnen and Wanderlei Silva were never close friends. By most accounts, they’ve been enemies for a long, long time.  Pegged to fight each other at UFC 175 and put an end to the verbal feud the two men had built in years past, one failed drug test from Sonnen and one averted drug test from […]

Is the UFC Making a Concerted Effort as of Late to Stack PPVs?

The Ultimate Fighting Championship has had quite the hard time fighting off its critics this year. One of the main reasons that many have taken to their pitchforks and torches is the perception that the UFC is not presenting the best fight cards possible to the mixed martial arts community. However, the promotion has recently […]

The Ultimate Fighting Championship has had quite the hard time fighting off its critics this year. One of the main reasons that many have taken to their pitchforks and torches is the perception that the UFC is not presenting the best fight cards possible to the mixed martial arts community. However, the promotion has recently […]

UFC’s New ‘Digital Network’ and Making the Best of an Oversaturated Situation

For a long time now, UFC fans have known a tough decision loomed on the horizon. As the fight company continued to expand its calendar of live events from one year to the next, we understood that eventually we’d have to make some hard-and-fast choices about what to watch and what to miss. The day […]

For a long time now, UFC fans have known a tough decision loomed on the horizon. As the fight company continued to expand its calendar of live events from one year to the next, we understood that eventually we’d have to make some hard-and-fast choices about what to watch and what to miss. The day […]

The Rising Tide: James Krause Making the Most of a Second Chance

Time is perhaps the most interesting of all indicators. We use it to track our journeys, mark connections and stamp occurrences in our in mind for the purpose of memory. While the idea of time is simple in nature, the variety of ways it is used makes it ultimately complex. Rather than just numbers on […]

Time is perhaps the most interesting of all indicators. We use it to track our journeys, mark connections and stamp occurrences in our in mind for the purpose of memory. While the idea of time is simple in nature, the variety of ways it is used makes it ultimately complex. Rather than just numbers on […]