UFC 187, on paper, was one of the very best combat sports cards of the year. With two title fights on top and exciting fighters sprinkled throughout, I had every hope that this event would deliver a solid night’s entertainment. Best card of the year, it turns out, was faint praise. By the time Anthony […]
UFC 187, on paper, was one of the very best combat sports cards of the year. With two title fights on top and exciting fighters sprinkled throughout, I had every hope that this event would deliver a solid night’s entertainment. Best card of the year, it turns out, was faint praise. By the time Anthony […]
UFC on Fox 15, a card that lived up to every bit of its promise, was all about renewal. From time to time the combat sports world must refresh itself with young challengers emerging from the battered remains of their predecessors. This was one of those nights. The Machida era, well and truly, has finally […]
UFC on Fox 15, a card that lived up to every bit of its promise, was all about renewal. From time to time the combat sports world must refresh itself with young challengers emerging from the battered remains of their predecessors. This was one of those nights. The Machida era, well and truly, has finally […]
On a normal fight night I tend to wake up, look at the clock and dread the 14 listless hours I know I’ll spend waiting for the fights to finally begin. Those are truly wasted hours too—after all, nothing fills the emotional void quite like face punching. Perhaps that’s what made this random UFC Fight […]
On a normal fight night I tend to wake up, look at the clock and dread the 14 listless hours I know I’ll spend waiting for the fights to finally begin. Those are truly wasted hours too—after all, nothing fills the emotional void quite like face punching. Perhaps that’s what made this random UFC Fight […]
Not much of consequence happened at UFC Fight Night 62 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Not much of consequence could have. It’s become tradition for the UFC to travel to Brazil, find the cupboard bare of fighters with even a semblance of name recognition and simply toss together a collection of random parts and hope […]
Not much of consequence happened at UFC Fight Night 62 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Not much of consequence could have. It’s become tradition for the UFC to travel to Brazil, find the cupboard bare of fighters with even a semblance of name recognition and simply toss together a collection of random parts and hope […]
Five minutes flies by in a flash, at least in most contexts. It’s the length of time it takes to heat a standard microwave dinner. Five minutes is fleeting. Five minutes is transitory. What’s five minutes? But for UFC challenger Robbie Lawler, five minutes on March 15, 2014 was ultimately unforgettable. For four rounds at […]
Five minutes flies by in a flash, at least in most contexts. It’s the length of time it takes to heat a standard microwave dinner. Five minutes is fleeting. Five minutes is transitory. What’s five minutes? But for UFC challenger Robbie Lawler, five minutes on March 15, 2014 was ultimately unforgettable. For four rounds at […]
For some time now, fans and officials have been pondering how to fix many of the problems currently in the sport of MMA. Be it judging inconsistencies, fighters “coasting” by maintaining a top position without trying to improve said position for a finish, or just being overly tentative, the sport is still trying to come […]
For some time now, fans and officials have been pondering how to fix many of the problems currently in the sport of MMA. Be it judging inconsistencies, fighters “coasting” by maintaining a top position without trying to improve said position for a finish, or just being overly tentative, the sport is still trying to come […]