Imagine this unlikely scenario—a week before the Super Bowl the entire roster of the Seattle Seahawks comes down with Legionnaires’ disease. The NFC champions, without a doubt, will be medically unable to perform. In short, it’s a national emergency. What would NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell do? Would he ask the San Francisco 49ers to step into the breach, replacing […]
Imagine this unlikely scenario—a week before the Super Bowl the entire roster of the Seattle Seahawks comes down with Legionnaires’ disease. The NFC champions, without a doubt, will be medically unable to perform. In short, it’s a national emergency. What would NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell do? Would he ask the San Francisco 49ers to step into the breach, replacing […]
It wasn’t all that long ago that Rory MacDonald looked like he could be a serious contender for the UFC welterweight title. He was young, strong, aggressive and growing into a man with a scary skill set. His height gave him a reach advantage over many, and he was with one of the best training […]
It wasn’t all that long ago that Rory MacDonald looked like he could be a serious contender for the UFC welterweight title. He was young, strong, aggressive and growing into a man with a scary skill set. His height gave him a reach advantage over many, and he was with one of the best training […]
Before Anderson Silva attempts to regain his UFC middleweight title from Chris Weidman in the main event of UFC 168, eight other combatants will vie for glory in the cage. With another title fight on the card, a heavyweight bout with major championship implications, a bout between rising featherweight contenders, and a pair of grappling […]
Before Anderson Silva attempts to regain his UFC middleweight title from Chris Weidman in the main event of UFC 168, eight other combatants will vie for glory in the cage. With another title fight on the card, a heavyweight bout with major championship implications, a bout between rising featherweight contenders, and a pair of grappling […]
The face of women’s MMA right now is Ronda Rousey, the brash, armbarring Olympic-level judoka who is the undefeated UFC champion. She is 7-0 with all of her wins coming by way of first-round armbar. At some point or another, there will be a changing of the guard in terms of the face of WMMA. […]
The face of women’s MMA right now is Ronda Rousey, the brash, armbarring Olympic-level judoka who is the undefeated UFC champion. She is 7-0 with all of her wins coming by way of first-round armbar. At some point or another, there will be a changing of the guard in terms of the face of WMMA. […]
Over the past year, former UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos has twice stepped in the cage with current champ Cain Velasquez for championship fights. Ten rounds. And I don’t think I’m alone in this, but those rounds were among the most one-sided I can remember between any fighters who have competed against each other […]
Over the past year, former UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos has twice stepped in the cage with current champ Cain Velasquez for championship fights. Ten rounds. And I don’t think I’m alone in this, but those rounds were among the most one-sided I can remember between any fighters who have competed against each other […]
Tuesday’s news that the UFC’s traditional Super Bowl weekend event—held not in Las Vegas this time around, but in Newark—would feature a pair of lower-weight title fights was met with rave reviews from hardcore fans of mixed martial arts. And why not? Dominick Cruz has been out of action for nearly two years, and we’re […]
Tuesday’s news that the UFC’s traditional Super Bowl weekend event—held not in Las Vegas this time around, but in Newark—would feature a pair of lower-weight title fights was met with rave reviews from hardcore fans of mixed martial arts. And why not? Dominick Cruz has been out of action for nearly two years, and we’re […]