As the current slate of champions and superstars are competing on the biggest stages and showcases in MMA, another wave of fighters are battling their way up the proverbial ladder to break through. Labels like “prospect” or “next generation” are oftentimes attached to these surging talents and those descriptors certainly apply to Aljamain Sterling. The […]
As the current slate of champions and superstars are competing on the biggest stages and showcases in MMA, another wave of fighters are battling their way up the proverbial ladder to break through. Labels like “prospect” or “next generation” are oftentimes attached to these surging talents and those descriptors certainly apply to Aljamain Sterling. The […]
Saturday’s UFC 179 pay-per-view from Ginasio do Maracanazinho in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, has a solid fight card, but MMA fans are focused on the UFC Featherweight Championship bout between Jose Aldo and Chad Mendes. Aldo and Mendes first met at UFC 142 when Mendes was knocked out in the first round. The rematch was […]
Saturday’s UFC 179 pay-per-view from Ginasio do Maracanazinho in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, has a solid fight card, but MMA fans are focused on the UFC Featherweight Championship bout between Jose Aldo and Chad Mendes. Aldo and Mendes first met at UFC 142 when Mendes was knocked out in the first round. The rematch was […]
UFC featherweight contender Chad Mendes will get his second crack at champion Jose Aldo at UFC 179 this evening, but that doesn’t mean he hasn’t been listening to the banter of rising star Conor McGregor. During Wednesday’s edition of UFC Tonight, Money said he actually looks forward to a showdown with The Notorious sooner than later. Mendes […]
UFC featherweight contender Chad Mendes will get his second crack at champion Jose Aldo at UFC 179 this evening, but that doesn’t mean he hasn’t been listening to the banter of rising star Conor McGregor. During Wednesday’s edition of UFC Tonight, Money said he actually looks forward to a showdown with The Notorious sooner than later. Mendes […]
Don’t get me wrong, Jose Aldo has been a very good champion for the UFC. Aldo, in fact, is the only featherweight titlist the Octagon has ever known. By the time the UFC absorbed the WEC at the end of 2010, he’d so firmly entrenched himself as the best 145-pounder in the world, executives merely […]
Don’t get me wrong, Jose Aldo has been a very good champion for the UFC. Aldo, in fact, is the only featherweight titlist the Octagon has ever known. By the time the UFC absorbed the WEC at the end of 2010, he’d so firmly entrenched himself as the best 145-pounder in the world, executives merely […]
Tarec Saffiedine may just be the best-kept secret in the UFC welterweight division. Over the past several years, the Belgian striker has quietly climbed the 170-pound rankings to solidify himself as one best fighters in the weight class. While running under the proverbial radar, the 28-year-old Brussels native not only established himself as one of […]
Tarec Saffiedine may just be the best-kept secret in the UFC welterweight division. Over the past several years, the Belgian striker has quietly climbed the 170-pound rankings to solidify himself as one best fighters in the weight class. While running under the proverbial radar, the 28-year-old Brussels native not only established himself as one of […]
Conor McGregor, the loquacious 26-year-old Irishman with a silver tongue, golden fists and cash-green dreams, had less than two minutes to style on poor Dustin Poirier at UFC 178. Then it was all over, a left hand just missing Poirier‘s head but the attached elbow doing no such thing, leaving the No. 5 featherweight in […]
Conor McGregor, the loquacious 26-year-old Irishman with a silver tongue, golden fists and cash-green dreams, had less than two minutes to style on poor Dustin Poirier at UFC 178. Then it was all over, a left hand just missing Poirier‘s head but the attached elbow doing no such thing, leaving the No. 5 featherweight in […]