Brent Brookhouse Archives: 05/2013

For a period of time there were concerns that UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva wanted to take time off from mixed martial arts and pursue…

Nick Diaz became one of the focal points of a recent conversation UFC president Dana White had with the media. Diaz, who has claimed to…

The long fight to get mixed martial arts legalized in New York may not be as close to over as many thought earlier this year.…

What do you get when you rematch two fighters who have already fought once and seen one fighter prove a much higher quality? Well, you…

Shannon Knapp, president of Invicta FC, announced that Brett Atchley has been banned from all events going forward. This is a major situation as Atchley…

With the Bloody Elbow story coming out earlier today about the alleged improper behavior from women’s MMA manager Brett Atchley, more personalities in the women’s…

Knuckle Up #469: Eugene S. Robinson, heretofore known as [HOST], rains equal doses of contempt on ROCKHOLD and BELFORT in his rabid redux of the…

It was announced ahead of his fight this past weekend at UFC on FX 8 that John Cholish would be retiring from the sport of…

Georges St. Pierre has landed a role in one of the biggest movies we’ve yet seen a UFC star associated with according to his latest…

Saturday night sees the UFC return to FX with a card headlined by Vitor Belfort and Luke Rockhold. The fight will be Rockhold’s first in…

Speculation last week between major names in boxing journalism had Floyd Mayweather’s Showtime PPV bout with Robert Guerrero doing “well under” one million PPV buys.…

Daniel Cormier is in one of the most unique spots of any fighter in the world. He could easily challenge for the UFC heavyweight title…

One of the largest obstacles facing Bellator in attempting to become a top-tier mixed martial arts promotions, at least in terms of public opinion, is…

Chris Lytle had one of the more unlikely successful UFC careers in memory. A fighter who never felt particularly “great” at any aspect of the…

Junior dos Santos is likely one win away from getting a shot to regain the UFC heavyweight title that he lost to Cain Velasquez. He’ll…

2013 hasn’t exactly been kind to Donald Cerrone. Aside from the loss to Anthony Pettis, he also fell while rock climbing and almost had to…

Were Jon Jones a boxer he would compete at heavyweight. That would seem to be a pretty minor statement, except that, for some reason, people…

The estimates for UFC 159’s performance on pay-per-view and they are very much average for Jon Jones. Dave Meltzer is reporting at MMA Fighting that…

Floyd Mayweather vs. Robert Guerrero was certainly a major event in the sports landscape. Media coverage and general interest (through metrics like web traffic..etc) certainly…

John Dodson has proven to be one of the best fighters to come out of The Ultimate Fighter in several seasons, something that was very…