Tag: Sport

UFC: Has MMA Become a McDojo Sport Thanks to Greg Jackson?

The UFC is as real as it gets, as is MMA. However, Greg Jackson’s recent decision to endorse belt rankings in MMA has people questioning that fact.  Specifically, concerned fans point to the recent news as an example of MMA becoming a McDojo…

The UFC is as real as it gets, as is MMA. However, Greg Jackson’s recent decision to endorse belt rankings in MMA has people questioning that fact.  Specifically, concerned fans point to the recent news as an example of MMA becoming a McDojo sport the likes of Karate and Taekwondo.  There’s some merit to their […]

MMA Is a Sport, Not a Brand

Martial arts have existed in many forms for centuries all across the globe, and competition between practitioners dates back to ancient Greece. Mixed martial arts, matching various disciplines against one another, is much younger. The likes of Muhammed…

Martial arts have existed in many forms for centuries all across the globe, and competition between practitioners dates back to ancient Greece. Mixed martial arts, matching various disciplines against one another, is much younger. The likes of Muhammed Ali, Antonio Inoki and “Judo” Gene Lebell are just some of the names that helped pioneer the […]

MMA: In-the-Moment Reactions Can Both Help and Hurt the Growth of the Sport

As fans of mixed martial arts, we are all sometimes prone to hyperbole and overreaction. In the moment, every comeback becomes “the greatest in the history of the sport.” Every new champion is “the future of the weight division.&#8221…

As fans of mixed martial arts, we are all sometimes prone to hyperbole and overreaction. In the moment, every comeback becomes “the greatest in the history of the sport.” Every new champion is “the future of the weight division.” Every green fighter who has run through lesser competition is “a fighter to keep an eye […]

MMA Opinion: 8 Ways to Make the Sport Better

No sport is perfect. Whether it’s the BCS system in college football, overtime rules in the NFL, replay in the NBA or the role the MLB All-Star game plays in the World Series, they all have flaws. MMA is no different in that regard. As fans of th…

No sport is perfect. Whether it’s the BCS system in college football, overtime rules in the NFL, replay in the NBA or the role the MLB All-Star game plays in the World Series, they all have flaws. MMA is no different in that regard. As fans of this fast growing sport, we want it to […]

Has the UFC Made the Sport of MMA into Sports Entertainment?

Mixed martial arts is one part sport, and one part sports entertainment.  Yes, people tune in to watch the world’s greatest fighters compete, but they also tune in for excitement, for thrills and chills, twists and turns, and more “bra…

Mixed martial arts is one part sport, and one part sports entertainment.  Yes, people tune in to watch the world’s greatest fighters compete, but they also tune in for excitement, for thrills and chills, twists and turns, and more “brawling” than you can shake a TapouT shirt at.  There is a fine line between sport […]

UFC 143: Nick Diaz Doesn’t Want Your Sport Mucking with His Fight

Yesterday, two MMA writers got into a heated discussion at the UFC open media workouts in Las Vegas. Aaron “Tru” Teweles and Wade Eck, the proprietor of MMA Heat, couldn’t decide who was tougher or who would beat whom. Tru has a sanct…

Yesterday, two MMA writers got into a heated discussion at the UFC open media workouts in Las Vegas. Aaron “Tru” Teweles and Wade Eck, the proprietor of MMA Heat, couldn’t decide who was tougher or who would beat whom. Tru has a sanctioned fight under his belt, while Eck trains “full contact four days a […]