Tag: Need

Why MMA Fans Need to Embrace Lighter-Weight Fights

Love them or hate them, you can’t deny the quality of the action provided by the fights in the lighter weight classes. A look at MMA‘s archives will show a number of fights in the featherweight, bantamweight and flyweight divisions that all did their part in highlighting exactly how they hold their own with those […]

Love them or hate them, you can’t deny the quality of the action provided by the fights in the lighter weight classes. A look at MMA‘s archives will show a number of fights in the featherweight, bantamweight and flyweight divisions that all did their part in highlighting exactly how they hold their own with those […]

MMA: The Fighters and Fans Need Another Organization with Pride

As it stands right now, if you are a fighter or a fan, and if you don’t like what Dana White is offering you, then that’s just too bad, because his is essentially the only show in town, so you better get with the program and start singing &…

As it stands right now, if you are a fighter or a fan, and if you don’t like what Dana White is offering you, then that’s just too bad, because his is essentially the only show in town, so you better get with the program and start singing “All Hail to the Chief” or go […]

UFC on Fuel TV 5 Prospect Watch: 13 Things You Need to Know About Jimi Manuwa

Welcome to the UFC, “Poster Boy” Jimi Manuwa. Arguably one of the most dangerous light heavyweight prospects in Europe right now, the Nigerian-English phenomenon cut his teeth in his home country before signing on to a UFC contract this pas…

Welcome to the UFC, “Poster Boy” Jimi Manuwa. Arguably one of the most dangerous light heavyweight prospects in Europe right now, the Nigerian-English phenomenon cut his teeth in his home country before signing on to a UFC contract this past summer. Now, Manuwa looks to make a major statement in the UFC’s light heavyweight division […]

UFC 152 Results: Do MMA Fans Just Need to Stop Hyping Fighters for a While?

Denis Kang, Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou, Gerald Harris, Houston Alexander, Brandon Vera and now Jimy Hettes and Charles Oliveira.  All of these men (and far too many others to list) were once considered next big things or were indisputably the heir-a…

Denis Kang, Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou, Gerald Harris, Houston Alexander, Brandon Vera and now Jimy Hettes and Charles Oliveira.  All of these men (and far too many others to list) were once considered next big things or were indisputably the heir-apparents to their respective weight-class titles. Of course, none of them lived up to expectations.  They […]

UFC 152: Jon Jones, Rest of World Need a Break from Each Other

“No, no. Dig up, stupid!” As is so very often the case, The Simpsons shows us the way. In the episode that produced the quote above, a group of characters trap themselves in a hole after digging too deeply…

“No, no. Dig up, stupid!” As is so very often the case, The Simpsons shows us the way. In the episode that produced the quote above, a group of characters trap themselves in a hole after digging too deeply for buried treasure. One of the characters in said hole offered that advice on how to escape. Coincidentally, I think that was the same […]

The A-Z on Anderson Silva: 26 Things You Need to Know About the UFC Legend

Anderson Silva is the most successful UFC fighter of all time. He’s stood across the cage from another human being, usually a snarling pitbull of a man, 14 times in his UFC career. Every time, ten times in title fights, he’s walked out of t…

Anderson Silva is the most successful UFC fighter of all time. He’s stood across the cage from another human being, usually a snarling pitbull of a man, 14 times in his UFC career. Every time, ten times in title fights, he’s walked out of the cage with his head held high. Many of the UFC’s […]