With Cain Velasquez, Jon Jones, and Georges St. Pierre as champions, you don’t have to argue about the influence of wrestling in MMA. In the post-Gracie early days, wrestlers such as Mark Coleman, Mark Kerr, Kazushi Sakuraba dominated the sport. Then we had more well-rounded fighters like Matt Hughes and Chuck Liddell who used strong [...]
TweetDana White just keeps finding himself with scuttled main events, as Georges St. Pierre injured his knee in training this week. While it is not a very serious injury, GSP will be unable to main event UFC 137 next week against Carlos Condit. BJ Penn vs Nick Diaz has been promoted to the main event, [...]
TweetRemember when Brittney Palmer (the WEC ring girl who was brought into the UFC fold along with all the other WECers) was seemingly fired by Dana White, then not fired, then left the UFC? She’s mostly pursuing her art career right now, and recently sort of returned to the ring girl shtick with this video [...]
TweetJon Jones will fight for the 4th time this calendar year when he faces Lyoto Machida at UFC 140. This is probably the most interesting style matchup in modern MMA and should be a very entertaining battle. Jones is feeling good about his chances at figuring out the Machida riddle. Some people might be thinking [...]
TweetAnderson Silva has gone 14-0 in the UFC, beating dangerous fighters like Rich Franklin, Dan Henderson, Forrest Griffin, Vitor Belfort, and more. The average UFC fan has never seen The Spider lose. Here are the 3 legit losses of Anderson Silva’s career (with a few cameos by Wanderlei Silva): Anderson Silva vs Luiz Azeredo: [...]
TweetBeating Demetrious Johnson, Urijah Faber, Scott Jorgensen, Joseph Benavidez, and Brian Bowles in his last 5 fights have cemented Dominick Cruz’s place as the best bantamweight fighter in the world and a top pound for pound candidate. Here’s how the current bantamweight division breaks down: 1: Dominick Cruz Record: 19-1 (won last 10) Recent opponents: [...]
TweetJose Aldo continues to rule the featherweight world, though his recent performances against Kenny Florian and Mark Hominick have left many questioning whether Aldo is as unbeatable as previously thought. Featherweight has been a division that changes greatly, as fighters like Mike Brown, Marlon Sandro, Josh Grispi, and others have been replaced. Here’s our view [...]
TweetFor awhile, Joe Son was known as the guy who fought in the UFC and got repeatedly punched in the balls by Keith Hackney. Then he was in the Austin Powers movie, playing a parody of the Oddjob character from James Bond. Unfortunately, Joe Son went from being a mildly amusing footnote in sports history [...]
TweetFrankie Edgar showed everyone he is worthy of sitting atop the 155 pound division by finishing Gray Maynard last Saturday. Edgar is now free to take on different opponents after facing Maynard twice in 2011 and BJ Penn twice in 2010. Here’s our view of how the lightweight division breaks down after recent events: 1: [...]
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