Tag: Never

Jeff Hougland Talks Never Surrendering, Journey to UFC, and More

Garrett Derr: Let’s talk about the beginning stages of your career. You began with four straight losses following just one win. How hard was this to overcome? Did you have second thoughts about calling it quits? Jeff Hougland: “Definitely. …

Garrett Derr: Let’s talk about the beginning stages of your career. You began with four straight losses following just one win. How hard was this to overcome? Did you have second thoughts about calling it quits? Jeff Hougland: “Definitely. After the third or fourth loss, I thought maybe this sport wasn’t for me after all. […]

Top 5 UFC Fights That Never Happened

The Ultimate Fighting Championship does its part in listening to the fans in order to ensure that some of the most exciting and anticipated matchups come to fruition. Sometimes, however, you just cannot make them all happen. There are always going to b…

The Ultimate Fighting Championship does its part in listening to the fans in order to ensure that some of the most exciting and anticipated matchups come to fruition. Sometimes, however, you just cannot make them all happen. There are always going to be matchups that are exciting to some fans but not to others. But […]

Why MMA in the Olympics Would Never Work

MMA fighters carry themselves with such a great deal of pride that one would think most of them would jump at the chance to represent their country in the Olympics. Think of the captivating scene as Jon Jones enters the cage with his USA shorts. Standi…

MMA fighters carry themselves with such a great deal of pride that one would think most of them would jump at the chance to represent their country in the Olympics. Think of the captivating scene as Jon Jones enters the cage with his USA shorts. Standing across from Jones with the flag of the Netherlands […]

Modernizing the Traditional: 5 Techniques We Never Thought We’d See in MMA

Mixed martial arts: “mano a mano,” “as real as it gets”—our sport has always been premised on separating fact from fantasy, showing that while flamboyance and technical elegance may turn heads in Hollywood fight scenes, th…

Mixed martial arts: “mano a mano,” “as real as it gets”—our sport has always been premised on separating fact from fantasy, showing that while flamboyance and technical elegance may turn heads in Hollywood fight scenes, they have little to do with live combat. As fans, MMA‘s gritty realism is not something we accept begrudgingly; rather, […]

Quinton Jackson, Testosterone and the Never Ending Battle Against PEDs

They stand across from each other, staring their opponent dead in the eyes. Each knows what the other wants to do. They both think they can outsmart the other man. It’s the fiercest battle in sports, and the participants don’t need to shoot…

They stand across from each other, staring their opponent dead in the eyes. Each knows what the other wants to do. They both think they can outsmart the other man. It’s the fiercest battle in sports, and the participants don’t need to shoot a jump shot, lift a weight or throw a single punch. Athletes […]

Diaz Camp: Condit Never Wanted Rematch, Accepted Bout After Hearing Test Results

Carlos Condit might have accepted a rematch, but Nick Diaz’s camp doesn’t believe the UFC interim champ ever intended on actually fighting. After a controversial decision at UFC 143, there was talk of an immediate rematch between Condit and…

Carlos Condit might have accepted a rematch, but Nick Diaz’s camp doesn’t believe the UFC interim champ ever intended on actually fighting. After a controversial decision at UFC 143, there was talk of an immediate rematch between Condit and Diaz, but Condit’s camp turned down the offer and admitted they weren’t interested in a rematch. […]