She may have the hardest name in MMA to pronounce, but it’s worth learning to say it since the newest UFC champion may be sticking around for a while. Joanna Jedrzejczyk (9-0) wrested the women’s strawweight belt away from Carla Esparza (10-3) at UFC 185 in March with a brutalizing striking incursion. Esparza’s wrestling-based attack was no match for […]
She may have the hardest name in MMA to pronounce, but it’s worth learning to say it since the newest UFC champion may be sticking around for a while. Joanna Jedrzejczyk (9-0) wrested the women’s strawweight belt away from Carla Esparza (10-3) at UFC 185 in March with a brutalizing striking incursion. Esparza’s wrestling-based attack was no match for […]
January 3, 2015, in Las Vegas gives us the biggest MMA fight since the rematch between Chris Weidman and Anderson Silva at UFC 168. The main event of UFC 182 features a towering title fight between two essentially undefeated titans in Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier. The fight was originally scheduled for UFC 178 on September 27. But Jones was […]
January 3, 2015, in Las Vegas gives us the biggest MMA fight since the rematch between Chris Weidman and Anderson Silva at UFC 168. The main event of UFC 182 features a towering title fight between two essentially undefeated titans in Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier. The fight was originally scheduled for UFC 178 on September 27. But Jones was […]
News flash! Ronda Rousey and Miesha Tate don’t like each other very much. For the last two years, Miesha Tate and Ronda Rousey have had one of the ugliest, most bitter rivalries in MMA, and it’s an affair that has budded into an all-time great. It’s a feud that has been building steadily ever since […]
News flash! Ronda Rousey and Miesha Tate don’t like each other very much. For the last two years, Miesha Tate and Ronda Rousey have had one of the ugliest, most bitter rivalries in MMA, and it’s an affair that has budded into an all-time great. It’s a feud that has been building steadily ever since […]
Anderson Silva is the greatest fighter in UFC history. Few, at this point, would dare dispute that. It’s hardly worth arguing—seven years and 17 wins speak plenty loudly all on their own in response to naysayers. And more than mere victories, it’s the manner of those triumphs that make Silva special. Few have even been […]
Anderson Silva is the greatest fighter in UFC history. Few, at this point, would dare dispute that. It’s hardly worth arguing—seven years and 17 wins speak plenty loudly all on their own in response to naysayers. And more than mere victories, it’s the manner of those triumphs that make Silva special. Few have even been […]
With Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic no longer at the top of the food chain in the realm of kicking in MMA, a less traditional breed of kickers has stepped to the forefront of this explosive offensive department. Striking legends like Cro Cop and Pedro Rizzo employed a more conventional brand of Muay Thai, with round […]
With Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic no longer at the top of the food chain in the realm of kicking in MMA, a less traditional breed of kickers has stepped to the forefront of this explosive offensive department. Striking legends like Cro Cop and Pedro Rizzo employed a more conventional brand of Muay Thai, with round […]
Ah the little guys. The sub-135-pound scrappy dudes. They’ve come a long way since they gotten into the UFC. But in those three years, they’ve become a mainstay of the promotion and have had two champions— Dominick Cruz and Renan Barao. At the same time, they’ve thrown up some classic matches—such as future flyweight champ […]
Ah the little guys. The sub-135-pound scrappy dudes. They’ve come a long way since they gotten into the UFC. But in those three years, they’ve become a mainstay of the promotion and have had two champions— Dominick Cruz and Renan Barao. At the same time, they’ve thrown up some classic matches—such as future flyweight champ […]