5 UFC Fighters Who Will Fight for a Title This Year

The UFC’s revolving contender door opens and closes on queue. From budding superstars to red-hot veterans, there’s really no telling who will rise to prominence in just one year of action. Most of them will only have one shot to capture promotional gold, which is why their journey to the top is one full of […]

The UFC’s revolving contender door opens and closes on queue. From budding superstars to red-hot veterans, there’s really no telling who will rise to prominence in just one year of action. Most of them will only have one shot to capture promotional gold, which is why their journey to the top is one full of […]

Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs. Rose Namajunas Could Be a Dream Matchup in a Year or Two

In combat sports, it takes the two individuals in the fight to create special moments. Mixed martial arts has seen its fair share of those moments to build some of the stars that we see today. Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Rose Namajunas are two strawweights with the potential to develop star power. In a few years, […]

In combat sports, it takes the two individuals in the fight to create special moments. Mixed martial arts has seen its fair share of those moments to build some of the stars that we see today. Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Rose Namajunas are two strawweights with the potential to develop star power. In a few years, […]

Bold MMA Predictions for 2015: A Good Year for Punks, PEDs, Plaintiffs & Parity?

In a rare show of solidarity, the MMA community nearly unilaterally told 2014 not to let the door bump its behind on the way out. It had not been a good dozen months for the sport, and we were eager for change. We’d hoped for better things from the new year, but so far it […]

In a rare show of solidarity, the MMA community nearly unilaterally told 2014 not to let the door bump its behind on the way out. It had not been a good dozen months for the sport, and we were eager for change. We’d hoped for better things from the new year, but so far it […]

UFC in 2014: What We Learned from the Year That Was

2014 was not the best year for MMA. In particular, it wasn’t the best year for the UFC, but as goes the biggest tree in the forest, so goes the rest of the forest. It was a bizarre year rife with injuries, discontent among fighters and fans and even the occasional bout of litigation being […]

2014 was not the best year for MMA. In particular, it wasn’t the best year for the UFC, but as goes the biggest tree in the forest, so goes the rest of the forest. It was a bizarre year rife with injuries, discontent among fighters and fans and even the occasional bout of litigation being […]

MMA in 2014: Headlines That Defined the Year

2014 will not go down as an easy year in MMA history. At the risk of sounding hyperbolic, it’s difficult to remember another calendar turn when there was such a range of bad news. Cash flow was down, injuries were up, and high-profile arrests seemed weirdly plentiful. As we thunder toward the home stretch, however, […]

2014 will not go down as an easy year in MMA history. At the risk of sounding hyperbolic, it’s difficult to remember another calendar turn when there was such a range of bad news. Cash flow was down, injuries were up, and high-profile arrests seemed weirdly plentiful. As we thunder toward the home stretch, however, […]

MMA in 2014: Fight of the Year

2014 was a down year in terms of business for mixed martial arts. But the action in the cage was better than ever, for the most part. There were classic fights from the championship level on down to the lowest of preliminary bouts. We even got the MMA version of a unicorn—and entire Ultimate Fighting […]

2014 was a down year in terms of business for mixed martial arts. But the action in the cage was better than ever, for the most part. There were classic fights from the championship level on down to the lowest of preliminary bouts. We even got the MMA version of a unicorn—and entire Ultimate Fighting […]