A career spent traversing the terrain of combat sports is a risky route to travel, and mixed martial arts is as unforgiving as it gets. Where those who compete in other major professional sports across the mainstream landscape have the potential to enjoy lengthy and possibly lucrative careers, the men and women who ply their […]
A career spent traversing the terrain of combat sports is a risky route to travel, and mixed martial arts is as unforgiving as it gets. Where those who compete in other major professional sports across the mainstream landscape have the potential to enjoy lengthy and possibly lucrative careers, the men and women who ply their […]
Heavy hands are going to be thrown when Roy Nelson and Daniel Cormier step into the Octagon at UFC 166 on Oct. 10, but bombs of the verbal variety are already being launched. While the two heavyweights are set to collide next month in Houston, the “war of the words” is well under way. In the tactical […]
Heavy hands are going to be thrown when Roy Nelson and Daniel Cormier step into the Octagon at UFC 166 on Oct. 10, but bombs of the verbal variety are already being launched. While the two heavyweights are set to collide next month in Houston, the “war of the words” is well under way. In the tactical […]
Anderson Silva wouldn’t like Chris Weidman when he’s angry. For months, MMA experts have been lining up to sing Weidman’s praises. During an official promo for UFC 162, lightweight contender Gray Maynard called Weidman “a beast.” Commentator Joe Rogan labeled him as the “perfect fighter to defeat Anderson Silva.” UFC welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre predicted he […]
Anderson Silva wouldn’t like Chris Weidman when he’s angry. For months, MMA experts have been lining up to sing Weidman’s praises. During an official promo for UFC 162, lightweight contender Gray Maynard called Weidman “a beast.” Commentator Joe Rogan labeled him as the “perfect fighter to defeat Anderson Silva.” UFC welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre predicted he […]
Ronda Rousey put the MMA world into a tizzy on Thursday, when she hinted that she had “two years left” in the fight business. After all, she is one of MMA’s youngest, brightest stars, and suggesting she will be gone sooner than later is a scary prospect for women’s MMA fans and the UFC as […]
Ronda Rousey put the MMA world into a tizzy on Thursday, when she hinted that she had “two years left” in the fight business. After all, she is one of MMA’s youngest, brightest stars, and suggesting she will be gone sooner than later is a scary prospect for women’s MMA fans and the UFC as […]
Mauricio “Shogun” Rua had been scheduled to make his 2013 debut at UFC 162, but an injury to opponent Antonio Rogerio Nogueira pushed that debut back. Now, the Brazilian is set to headline a new card and face a new opponent. At UFC on Fox Sports 1 Boston this August, he will take on Chael Sonnen. […]
Mauricio “Shogun” Rua had been scheduled to make his 2013 debut at UFC 162, but an injury to opponent Antonio Rogerio Nogueira pushed that debut back. Now, the Brazilian is set to headline a new card and face a new opponent. At UFC on Fox Sports 1 Boston this August, he will take on Chael Sonnen. […]
A few weeks back, I posited that there was zero chance the UFC would allow Roy Nelson to leave the fold and sign with rival Bellator. Let me say for the record that when I call Bellator a “rival” of the UFC, I’m doing so out of the kindness of my own heart. The two […]
A few weeks back, I posited that there was zero chance the UFC would allow Roy Nelson to leave the fold and sign with rival Bellator. Let me say for the record that when I call Bellator a “rival” of the UFC, I’m doing so out of the kindness of my own heart. The two […]