Why UFC-Style Matchmaking Works And MMA Tournaments Don’t Work

There is something about the word “tournament” that makes MMA fans go bananas. Why? Maybe because the people who watch MMA today are the same people who grew up watching martial arts tournament movies like Enter the Dragon and Bloodsport. F…

There is something about the word “tournament” that makes MMA fans go bananas. Why? Maybe because the people who watch MMA today are the same people who grew up watching martial arts tournament movies like Enter the Dragon and Bloodsport. For the younger generation, maybe it goes back only as far as Mortal Kombat. Never […]

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Why UFC-Style Matchmaking Works And MMA Tournaments Don’t Work

UFC 123: Pondering Dana White’s Impromptu Matchmaking

Following UFC 123, UFC president Dana White was certainly in a peculiar mood.
Maybe it was his main event star Quinton Jackson basically admitting to getting a gift decision after being awarded a split-decision win over Lyoto Machida. Or maybe it is …

Following UFC 123, UFC president Dana White was certainly in a peculiar mood.
Maybe it was his main event star Quinton Jackson basically admitting to getting a gift decision after being awarded a split-decision win over Lyoto Machida. Or maybe it is the fact that the UFC has over 30 events to plan […]

UFC Betting

UFC 123: Pondering Dana White’s Impromptu Matchmaking