Brent Brookhouse Archives: 02/2012

In a predictable bit of noise following Frankie Edgar’s loss of his UFC lightweight championship to Ben Henderson at UFC 144, fans and even UFC…

This Saturday night sees a return to action for Strikeforce and, perhaps most importantly, the return of “big time” women’s MMA. Not to take anything…

Dan Henderson was tweeting during UFC 144 and a few days later a few of his tweets about Quinton Jackson during his fight with Ryan…

There was a very nice uptick in the ratings for the UFC 144 edition of the preliminary bouts on FX. After pulling in less than…

Frankie Edgar is 14-2-1 in his career, he holds wins over Jim Miller, Tyson Griffin, Mark Bocek, Hermes Franca, Sean Sherk, BJ Penn (twice) and…

Close fights carry with them the inherent problem of a significant group of viewers feeling that the loser will be robbed, and that is the…

As with every major show, Bloody Elbow will be here to bring you live results, play by play and commentary for UFC 144: Edgar vs.…

As with every major show, Bloody Elbow will be here to bring you live results, play by play and commentary for UFC 144: Edgar vs.…

Azusa Nishigaki will be bringing some local flavor to UFC 144 when she works as an Octagon girl for tonight’s return to Japan. Nishigaki was…

Ryan Bader is facing Quinton Jackson tonight at UFC 144 in what was scheduled as a light heavyweight bout. Jackson missed weight by a pretty…

Quinton Jackson missed weight last night for tonight’s UFC 144 bout with Ryan Bader and he did so badly, coming in at 211 pounds for…

The UFC 144 weigh ins took place late tonight with the fighters hitting the scales to make their bouts official. There were no snags anywhere…

Jake Shields brings the first two fight losing streak of his career into the cage when he faces Yoshihiro Akiyama at UFC 144. He’s a…

It says something about PRIDE’s impact on the sport that there are still UFC vs. PRIDE debates after all this time. With the UFC set…

UFC 144 is drawing near and that means everyone is eager to give their picks for the evening’s action, especially the lightweight title main event…

I recorded a segment for Press Row with Jordan Breen over at Sherdog last night and during the discussion of all things UFC 144 and…

Ryan Bader is trying to climb his way back into the land of the contenders following an understandable loss to Jon Jones and a horrible…

On today’s Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey conference call, Scott Coker announced that Derek Brunson did not pass his medicals and thus has been removed from…

With UFC 144 going down this Saturday, one of the most interesting storylines of the event is the promotion’s ability to succeed in Japan. Zach…

Greg Jackson trained fighters have started to carry with them a bit of a stigma. To many fans, Jackson’s ability to get some (but certainly…