UFC 187, on paper, was one of the very best combat sports cards of the year. With two title fights on top and exciting fighters sprinkled throughout, I had every hope that this event would deliver a solid night’s entertainment. Best card of the year, it turns out, was faint praise. By the time Anthony […]
UFC 187, on paper, was one of the very best combat sports cards of the year. With two title fights on top and exciting fighters sprinkled throughout, I had every hope that this event would deliver a solid night’s entertainment. Best card of the year, it turns out, was faint praise. By the time Anthony […]
UFC on Fox 15, a card that lived up to every bit of its promise, was all about renewal. From time to time the combat sports world must refresh itself with young challengers emerging from the battered remains of their predecessors. This was one of those nights. The Machida era, well and truly, has finally […]
UFC on Fox 15, a card that lived up to every bit of its promise, was all about renewal. From time to time the combat sports world must refresh itself with young challengers emerging from the battered remains of their predecessors. This was one of those nights. The Machida era, well and truly, has finally […]
On Saturday, legendary Croatian striker Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic returns to the Octagon for the first time since 2011. He is 40 years old and has been fighting since 2001. Over the past few years, he became an afterthought. He is a considerable underdog to Gabriel Gonzaga, the man who changed the trajectory of his […]
On Saturday, legendary Croatian striker Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic returns to the Octagon for the first time since 2011. He is 40 years old and has been fighting since 2001. Over the past few years, he became an afterthought. He is a considerable underdog to Gabriel Gonzaga, the man who changed the trajectory of his […]
On a normal fight night I tend to wake up, look at the clock and dread the 14 listless hours I know I’ll spend waiting for the fights to finally begin. Those are truly wasted hours too—after all, nothing fills the emotional void quite like face punching. Perhaps that’s what made this random UFC Fight […]
On a normal fight night I tend to wake up, look at the clock and dread the 14 listless hours I know I’ll spend waiting for the fights to finally begin. Those are truly wasted hours too—after all, nothing fills the emotional void quite like face punching. Perhaps that’s what made this random UFC Fight […]
With a win over former light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida, Luke Rockhold is possibly in line for a middleweight title shot between the winner of Chris Weidman and Vitor Belfort. Rockhold and Machida are set to collide on April 18th in the main event for UFC on Fox 15. It’s the biggest fight of Rockhold’s […]
With a win over former light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida, Luke Rockhold is possibly in line for a middleweight title shot between the winner of Chris Weidman and Vitor Belfort. Rockhold and Machida are set to collide on April 18th in the main event for UFC on Fox 15. It’s the biggest fight of Rockhold’s […]
UFC 189’s promotional “world tour” wrapped up in Dublin on Tuesday, with Jose Aldo, Conor McGregor and the excitement for their featherweight title fight all still alive and well. But there were some touchy moments there, right? During the 11-day promotional swing through 10 cities and across three continents, McGregor‘s pursuit of the 145-pound title […]
UFC 189’s promotional “world tour” wrapped up in Dublin on Tuesday, with Jose Aldo, Conor McGregor and the excitement for their featherweight title fight all still alive and well. But there were some touchy moments there, right? During the 11-day promotional swing through 10 cities and across three continents, McGregor‘s pursuit of the 145-pound title […]