UFC Fight Night 61 could be recapped with one word: upsets. According to the final odds posted by Odds Shark, nine straight winners were considered underdogs when the final odds posted. Of course that meant Frank Mir had his hand raised in the final match of the evening. Despite four straight losses, a layoff that […]
UFC Fight Night 61 could be recapped with one word: upsets. According to the final odds posted by Odds Shark, nine straight winners were considered underdogs when the final odds posted. Of course that meant Frank Mir had his hand raised in the final match of the evening. Despite four straight losses, a layoff that […]
The UFC’s first trip to Brazil in 2015 will be remembered as a night of memorable upsets. Underdogs made statements with notable upsets in every fight but the night’s first at UFC Fight Night 61: Bigfoot vs. Mir, including 37-year-old Marion Reneau, who submitted 10th-ranked women’s featherweight Jessica Andrade on Sunday. In the same vein, […]
The UFC’s first trip to Brazil in 2015 will be remembered as a night of memorable upsets. Underdogs made statements with notable upsets in every fight but the night’s first at UFC Fight Night 61: Bigfoot vs. Mir, including 37-year-old Marion Reneau, who submitted 10th-ranked women’s featherweight Jessica Andrade on Sunday. In the same vein, […]
Heading into UFC Fight Night 61 with four consecutive losses, Frank Mir needed a win over Antonio Silva in a big way on Sunday. The UFC has kept other fighters around following five defeats in a row; however, given his age and the fact that he doesn’t have anything left to prove, Mir may have […]
Heading into UFC Fight Night 61 with four consecutive losses, Frank Mir needed a win over Antonio Silva in a big way on Sunday. The UFC has kept other fighters around following five defeats in a row; however, given his age and the fact that he doesn’t have anything left to prove, Mir may have […]
Heading into UFC Fight Night 61 with four consecutive losses, Frank Mir needed a win over Antonio Silva in a big way on Sunday. The UFC has kept other fighters around following five defeats in a row; however, given his age and the fact that he doesn’t have anything left to prove, Mir may have […]
Heading into UFC Fight Night 61 with four consecutive losses, Frank Mir needed a win over Antonio Silva in a big way on Sunday. The UFC has kept other fighters around following five defeats in a row; however, given his age and the fact that he doesn’t have anything left to prove, Mir may have […]
Despite moving up a weight class on short notice, Benson Henderson impressed in his welterweight debut at UFC Fight Night 60. The former lightweight champion initially had some trouble with the much larger Brandon Thatch, as Rukus tossed Henderson to the ground multiple times in the second stanza. However, Henderson was eventually able to wear […]
Despite moving up a weight class on short notice, Benson Henderson impressed in his welterweight debut at UFC Fight Night 60. The former lightweight champion initially had some trouble with the much larger Brandon Thatch, as Rukus tossed Henderson to the ground multiple times in the second stanza. However, Henderson was eventually able to wear […]
We were in some rarefied air Saturday night for UFC Fight Night 60. No, really. Broomfield, Colorado, is 5,420 feet above sea level. That’s more than a mile. That sort of altitude leaves even the best athletes searching for breath. So when Benson Henderson stepped in to face Brandon Thatch on two weeks’ notice—and in […]
We were in some rarefied air Saturday night for UFC Fight Night 60. No, really. Broomfield, Colorado, is 5,420 feet above sea level. That’s more than a mile. That sort of altitude leaves even the best athletes searching for breath. So when Benson Henderson stepped in to face Brandon Thatch on two weeks’ notice—and in […]