Anthony Pettis: Analyzing the Mental Road Toward a Comeback

This isn’t the first time Anthony Pettis has lost. He does have two losses under his belt, so he has proven he has been able to bounce back. However, there is something different about this loss. Maybe it was because he was coming into the fight as a heavy favorite against an opponent whom most […]

This isn’t the first time Anthony Pettis has lost. He does have two losses under his belt, so he has proven he has been able to bounce back. However, there is something different about this loss. Maybe it was because he was coming into the fight as a heavy favorite against an opponent whom most […]

Anderson Silva Cleared to Spar, May Have to Overcome ‘Mental Block’

Former longtime UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva is allowed to resume full contact training in the gym, but his return to the Octagon is probably still a ways off.  The surgeon who repaired Silva’s badly broken left leg after a UFC 168 loss to Chris Weidman in December, Dr. Marcio Tannure, told MMA Fighting‘s Guilherme […]

Former longtime UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva is allowed to resume full contact training in the gym, but his return to the Octagon is probably still a ways off.  The surgeon who repaired Silva’s badly broken left leg after a UFC 168 loss to Chris Weidman in December, Dr. Marcio Tannure, told MMA Fighting‘s Guilherme […]

UFC 167 Notebook: Dana White’s Antics, GSP’s Mental State and the NSAC

LAS VEGAS — Nostalgia was certainly in the air this week here in the fight capital of the world. The 20th anniversary of the Ultimate Fighting Championship meant a lot to the folks who work at Zuffa. They weren’t there in the early days, but they’ve nurtured the company and the sport as a whole […]

LAS VEGAS — Nostalgia was certainly in the air this week here in the fight capital of the world. The 20th anniversary of the Ultimate Fighting Championship meant a lot to the folks who work at Zuffa. They weren’t there in the early days, but they’ve nurtured the company and the sport as a whole […]