UFC 183 Post-Fight Notebook: A Weird Week for the UFC Draws to a Close

LAS VEGAS — I arrived fashionably late for UFC 183, just in time for the first preliminary-card bout. But I was also just in time for Bruce Buffer’s special announcement over the MGM Grand Garden Arena’s loudspeakers: The bout between Jimy Hettes and Diego Brandao had been canceled at the last minute due to medical […]

LAS VEGAS — I arrived fashionably late for UFC 183, just in time for the first preliminary-card bout. But I was also just in time for Bruce Buffer’s special announcement over the MGM Grand Garden Arena’s loudspeakers: The bout between Jimy Hettes and Diego Brandao had been canceled at the last minute due to medical […]

The Notebook: McGregor Rises, Judging Still Sucks and Larkin Has Bright Future

Our enduring memory from UFC Fight Night 59 will be Conor McGregor, moments removed from his easy destruction of Dennis Siver, leaping over the Octagon in search of his next foe. McGregor found him. Jose Aldo, located in the second row—next to McGregor‘s stunning girlfriend, no less—stood with a smile on his face. McGregor, held […]

Our enduring memory from UFC Fight Night 59 will be Conor McGregor, moments removed from his easy destruction of Dennis Siver, leaping over the Octagon in search of his next foe. McGregor found him. Jose Aldo, located in the second row—next to McGregor‘s stunning girlfriend, no less—stood with a smile on his face. McGregor, held […]

UFC Fight Night Notebook: McGregor Ignites Boston Crowd En Route to Title Fight

The UFC put on its third event from the TD Garden in Boston on Sunday night. The show was headlined by the promotion’s fastest-rising star, Conor McGregor. The Notorious had a rabid Irish-American crowd on the edge of their seats anticipating his arrival throughout the entire night. His second-round TKO over No. 10-ranked Dennis Siver […]

The UFC put on its third event from the TD Garden in Boston on Sunday night. The show was headlined by the promotion’s fastest-rising star, Conor McGregor. The Notorious had a rabid Irish-American crowd on the edge of their seats anticipating his arrival throughout the entire night. His second-round TKO over No. 10-ranked Dennis Siver […]

UFC 182 Notebook: Jones/Cormier Bad Blood, McGregor Title Shot Next

LAS VEGAS — Of the many UFC “rivalries” over the years, 98 percent of them are fake, created out of thin air for the purpose of selling pay-per-views. We have heard endless stories of fighters who hate each other, only to see them hug after the fight and admit they were just trying to sell […]

LAS VEGAS — Of the many UFC “rivalries” over the years, 98 percent of them are fake, created out of thin air for the purpose of selling pay-per-views. We have heard endless stories of fighters who hate each other, only to see them hug after the fight and admit they were just trying to sell […]

UFC 178 Notebook: The Irish Invade Las Vegas

They came from Ireland, and they took over the MGM Grand. They began arriving in droves on Thursday. That was the moment the MGM slowly, methodically morphed from a ghost town into Dublin, America. This is a normal fight-week process in Las Vegas. Prior to Thursday, you have a few autograph seekers waiting outside the […]

They came from Ireland, and they took over the MGM Grand. They began arriving in droves on Thursday. That was the moment the MGM slowly, methodically morphed from a ghost town into Dublin, America. This is a normal fight-week process in Las Vegas. Prior to Thursday, you have a few autograph seekers waiting outside the […]

UFC Fight Night 50 Notebook: The Fight Card Fans Deserved

The crowd was lively from the first fight of the night to the last at UFC Fight Night 50 at Foxwoods Casino on Friday Night. The UFC loaded the card with hard-hitting heavyweights and some entertaining submission grapplers, and each fight on the main card delivered high quantities of violence. Aside from losing Oliveira vs. Lentz […]

The crowd was lively from the first fight of the night to the last at UFC Fight Night 50 at Foxwoods Casino on Friday Night. The UFC loaded the card with hard-hitting heavyweights and some entertaining submission grapplers, and each fight on the main card delivered high quantities of violence. Aside from losing Oliveira vs. Lentz […]