LAS VEGAS — An excursion to the Grant Sawyer Building for a Nevada Athletic Commission meeting is always a good source of entertainment. The Sawyer Building is home to many government offices. It is a stone’s throw from Fremont Street, which is another kind of entertainment entirely. The Sawyer Building, across from Cashman Field, is […]
LAS VEGAS — An excursion to the Grant Sawyer Building for a Nevada Athletic Commission meeting is always a good source of entertainment. The Sawyer Building is home to many government offices. It is a stone’s throw from Fremont Street, which is another kind of entertainment entirely. The Sawyer Building, across from Cashman Field, is […]
Last week’s Nevada State Athletic Commission meeting didn’t quite turn out to be the star-studded circus we all expected. Unfortunately, even this card was subject to change. At one point, it was thought that Chael Sonnen, Vitor Belfort and Wanderlei Silva might all appear—forced to face the music for a variety of drug-related infractions. In the […]
Last week’s Nevada State Athletic Commission meeting didn’t quite turn out to be the star-studded circus we all expected. Unfortunately, even this card was subject to change. At one point, it was thought that Chael Sonnen, Vitor Belfort and Wanderlei Silva might all appear—forced to face the music for a variety of drug-related infractions. In the […]
Jose Aldo kicks hard, ladies and gentlemen. The UFC featherweight champion carved his spot in the sport of MMA by overwhelming his opponents with a speedy, powerful and precise striking game, and his best offensive weapon might just be his chopping, damaging low kicks. Just ask Ricardo Lamas. Lamas, the most recent challenger to Aldo’s […]
Jose Aldo kicks hard, ladies and gentlemen. The UFC featherweight champion carved his spot in the sport of MMA by overwhelming his opponents with a speedy, powerful and precise striking game, and his best offensive weapon might just be his chopping, damaging low kicks. Just ask Ricardo Lamas. Lamas, the most recent challenger to Aldo’s […]
We’ve known for years that Alistair Overeem marches to the beat of his own electronic dance music. For a dozen fights immediately preceding his arrival in the UFC, he walked a relatively solitary path, absconding with the Strikeforce heavyweight title to flit between promotions in Europe and Asia. At times he appeared aloof—as if he […]
We’ve known for years that Alistair Overeem marches to the beat of his own electronic dance music. For a dozen fights immediately preceding his arrival in the UFC, he walked a relatively solitary path, absconding with the Strikeforce heavyweight title to flit between promotions in Europe and Asia. At times he appeared aloof—as if he […]
Most of the juiciest talk leading up to UFC 168 has had nothing to do with middleweight champion Chris Weidman. As usual, the industry at large remains in the thrall of Anderson Silva. We’ve puzzled over Silva’s monosyllabic answers to media inquiries and what they could possibly tell us about his motives, his future and […]
Most of the juiciest talk leading up to UFC 168 has had nothing to do with middleweight champion Chris Weidman. As usual, the industry at large remains in the thrall of Anderson Silva. We’ve puzzled over Silva’s monosyllabic answers to media inquiries and what they could possibly tell us about his motives, his future and […]
Friday was not, by his own admission, a good day for Tim Kennedy. When he woke up in the morning, Kennedy was scheduled to face Lyoto Machida, himself freshly removed from the light heavyweight division. Machida is heading down to light heavyweight, and judging by recent photos that have surfaced on that magical thing we […]
Friday was not, by his own admission, a good day for Tim Kennedy. When he woke up in the morning, Kennedy was scheduled to face Lyoto Machida, himself freshly removed from the light heavyweight division. Machida is heading down to light heavyweight, and judging by recent photos that have surfaced on that magical thing we […]