The main event of UFC 182 on Saturday night is important for a multitude of reasons. It is a title fight that sits atop the UFC’s big year-ending (and beginning) New Year’s weekend event, and it features the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world, Jon “Bones” Jones. Throw in the fact that both men are […]
The main event of UFC 182 on Saturday night is important for a multitude of reasons. It is a title fight that sits atop the UFC’s big year-ending (and beginning) New Year’s weekend event, and it features the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world, Jon “Bones” Jones. Throw in the fact that both men are […]
The dense plot surrounding the UFC featherweight title got some clarifying edits last Saturday at UFC 180. Prior to Ricardo Lamas’ quick-and-easy victory over Dennis Bermudez, you could make the case that as many as four men were in the hunt for the next shot at the 145-pound championship. With Bermudez now out, at least […]
The dense plot surrounding the UFC featherweight title got some clarifying edits last Saturday at UFC 180. Prior to Ricardo Lamas’ quick-and-easy victory over Dennis Bermudez, you could make the case that as many as four men were in the hunt for the next shot at the 145-pound championship. With Bermudez now out, at least […]
Any given combat sports organization is built upon its champions, and the UFC is no different. A lengthy tenure as a division’s top dog can immortalize a fighter, as we have seen with Georges St-Pierre and Anderson Silva. A brief reign, however, can leave a fighter in a position no different than any other lifelong […]
Any given combat sports organization is built upon its champions, and the UFC is no different. A lengthy tenure as a division’s top dog can immortalize a fighter, as we have seen with Georges St-Pierre and Anderson Silva. A brief reign, however, can leave a fighter in a position no different than any other lifelong […]
Success in today’s mixed martial arts is often driven by popularity contests. Each divisional landscape is fueled by ticket sales, international marketability and overall notoriety, especially in a promotion as prolific as the UFC. The race to the top of superstar mountain is not always a fair and well-planned journey, but fighters need to wiggle […]
Success in today’s mixed martial arts is often driven by popularity contests. Each divisional landscape is fueled by ticket sales, international marketability and overall notoriety, especially in a promotion as prolific as the UFC. The race to the top of superstar mountain is not always a fair and well-planned journey, but fighters need to wiggle […]
Made up of world-class prospects, standouts from The Ultimate Fighter, high-profile acquisitions and budding superstars, the UFC’s future stockpile of main eventers has arguably never looked more fruitful. The promotion’s pay-per-view numbers may not be at an all-time high, but the talent pool is practically spilling over. While the UFC has been ridiculed in the […]
Made up of world-class prospects, standouts from The Ultimate Fighter, high-profile acquisitions and budding superstars, the UFC’s future stockpile of main eventers has arguably never looked more fruitful. The promotion’s pay-per-view numbers may not be at an all-time high, but the talent pool is practically spilling over. While the UFC has been ridiculed in the […]
Welp. There goes Labor Day. And there goes the summer. Time to crack the books, roll out the footballs and get back to business. But first, what did you do for your summer vacation? Everyone loves a little time off. And the hard-working folks in mixed martial arts are no exception. In fact, according to […]
Welp. There goes Labor Day. And there goes the summer. Time to crack the books, roll out the footballs and get back to business. But first, what did you do for your summer vacation? Everyone loves a little time off. And the hard-working folks in mixed martial arts are no exception. In fact, according to […]