Update 7:52 PM EST The dream is officially dead. The repeal failed to reach the Assembly floor before the final session. Hope will begin anew when the New York state Congress reconvenes in 2016. It’s official: No MMA in New York this year. h/t @GormleyAlbany — Mark La Monica (@LaMonicaMark) June 25, 2015 Update 8:16 […]
Update 7:52 PM EST The dream is officially dead. The repeal failed to reach the Assembly floor before the final session. Hope will begin anew when the New York state Congress reconvenes in 2016. It’s official: No MMA in New York this year. h/t @GormleyAlbany — Mark La Monica (@LaMonicaMark) June 25, 2015 Update 8:16 […]
Eddie Alvarez and Gilbert Melendez both took the scenic route to the UFC. For better or worse, Alvarez and Melendez each spent the heart of their careers toiling in smaller organizations, where they both became lightweight champions and gained reputations as fearsome, all-action fighters. Had their UFC 188 co-main event gone down a few years […]
Eddie Alvarez and Gilbert Melendez both took the scenic route to the UFC. For better or worse, Alvarez and Melendez each spent the heart of their careers toiling in smaller organizations, where they both became lightweight champions and gained reputations as fearsome, all-action fighters. Had their UFC 188 co-main event gone down a few years […]
In October 2013, UFC heavyweight Cain Velasquez dispatched his greatest rival with disturbing ease. Junior dos Santos, the second-best heavyweight in the world, didn’t even come close to giving the champ a fight. With contemporary challengers looking both helpless and hapless, attention turned to Velasquez’s place in the sport’s history. It was clear he stood […]
In October 2013, UFC heavyweight Cain Velasquez dispatched his greatest rival with disturbing ease. Junior dos Santos, the second-best heavyweight in the world, didn’t even come close to giving the champ a fight. With contemporary challengers looking both helpless and hapless, attention turned to Velasquez’s place in the sport’s history. It was clear he stood […]
Vitor Belfort may have been brutally dispatched by Chris Weidman at UFC 187, but the Brazilian still feels like he has another title run left in him. Speaking with Brazil’s Sensei SporTV (h/t MMA Fighting‘s Guilherme Cruz for the translation and transcription), Belfort said he still has what it takes to be a UFC champion. “When […]
Vitor Belfort may have been brutally dispatched by Chris Weidman at UFC 187, but the Brazilian still feels like he has another title run left in him. Speaking with Brazil’s Sensei SporTV (h/t MMA Fighting‘s Guilherme Cruz for the translation and transcription), Belfort said he still has what it takes to be a UFC champion. “When […]
It’s been nearly two years since UFC fans last saw their heavyweight champion in action. That would be a long time on the sideline for any professional athlete, but to gain real perspective on the curious career trajectory of Cain Velasquez, let the following fun fact sink in: The last time Velasquez fought somebody besides […]
It’s been nearly two years since UFC fans last saw their heavyweight champion in action. That would be a long time on the sideline for any professional athlete, but to gain real perspective on the curious career trajectory of Cain Velasquez, let the following fun fact sink in: The last time Velasquez fought somebody besides […]
With about a month left before a rigid new outfitting deal between Reebok and the UFC chases third-party sponsors out of the Octagon, opposing sides in MMA’s ongoing uniform debate no longer even seem to be having the same conversation. Last week, the fight company announced what it called “a historic unveiling” on June 30 […]
With about a month left before a rigid new outfitting deal between Reebok and the UFC chases third-party sponsors out of the Octagon, opposing sides in MMA’s ongoing uniform debate no longer even seem to be having the same conversation. Last week, the fight company announced what it called “a historic unveiling” on June 30 […]