Editorial: 2021 New year’s fight resolutions – UFC Women’s Flyweight edition
Before UFC 255, the storyline for women’s flyweight would be whether or not anyone could beat Valentina Shevchenko, period, let alone within the next several…
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Editorial: 2021 New year’s fight resolutions – UFC Women’s Strawweight edition
It’s a hard act to follow. UFC 248 may have been about the middleweights, and Israel Adesanya’s first title defense, but it was Weili Zhang…
Editorial: 2021 New year’s fight resolutions – UFC Featherweight edition
Featherweight feels a lot like heavyweight these days, minus the blubbering. Over the last five years, the division has seen four different belt holders. Granted,…
Editorial: 2021 New year’s fight resolutions – UFC Bantamweight edition
Personal opinion: of all the divisions, men’s bantamweight is the most dynamic. That doesn’t mean I think it’s the best, most talented, or most competitive.…
Editorial: New year’s fight resolutions – UFC Flyweight edition
This one’s easy: keep it around. This isn’t like cool music, where a relationship among artists runs it natural course. These are the world’s most…
Obscure fighter of the week: Paul Taylor
Everyone and their Affliction shirt remembers Gabriel Gonzaga knocking out Mirko Filipovic in one of the sport’s all time upsets. But the card was more…
Dana White says Greg Hardy looked ‘damn good’ in loss to Marcin Tybura
It’s been one year since Greg Hardy made his UFC debut. The former defensive end entered the Octagon with the specter of an ugly assault…
Editorial: Tony Ferguson and the legacy that wasn’t
What type of guy is Tony Ferguson, dear Bloody Elbow reader? Is he the type of guy to hand out report cards to his teachers?…
UFC 256 sober play-by-play: Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Brandon Moreno and the art of total war
No amount of cliches can accurately capture what Deiveson Figueiredo and Brandon Moreno were able to do this weekend for UFC 256. Beyond just a…
UFC 256: Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Brandon Moreno Toe-to-Toe Preview – A complete breakdown
Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Brandon Moreno this December 12, 2020 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada, as the main event of the UFC 256…
Editorial: Tony Ferguson and Charles Oliveira are the flawed contenders lightweight needs
There was a time, not that long ago, when the lightweight hierarchy made total sense. The B.J. Penn era ended just in time for the…
Editorial: Why the coronavirus presents a unique risk to UFC fighters
When Cody Garbrandt pulled out of UFC 255, his bicep tear was the big story until he later revealed that he also tested positive for…
Editorial: How the ‘violence gremlin’ Deiveson Figueiredo beat Alex Perez with everything
Deiveson Figueiredo is now 3-0 for the year. That’s two blistering finishes over MMA’s Dan Marino (Joseph Benavidez), and now he just choked out one…
UFC 255: Valentina Shevchenko vs. Jennifer Maia Toe-to-Toe Preview – A complete breakdown
Valentina Shevchenko vs. Jennifer Maia this November 21, 2020 at ‘UFC 255 – ‘FIGUEIREDO VS PEREZ’, from the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada, United…
The Sideboard: Deiveson Figueiredo and the art of submission brawling
By now, we know who Deiveson Figueiredo is and how we wants to win. He’s a strange brew of pressure brawling and scramble madness. His…
Editorial: Rafael dos Anjos’ next fight should be for the title
UFC Vegas 14 was surrounded by uncertainty. Between Islam Makhachev’s staph infection, how Paul Felder would look after semi-retiring, and whether the drop back down…
Editorial: Thanks to Paul Felder, Dana White is once again rescued by his fighters
I don’t know Paul Felder, but he seems like a do-right kind of guy. And being such, when the UFC lost Islam Makhachev due to…
Editorial: Why aren’t we talking about Raoni Barcelos?
If UFC Vegas 13 was your first time seeing Raoni Barcelos, then hopefully you got your money’s worth. Sure, it was one-sided. Opponent Khalid Taha…
Editorial: Denied his first career, Glover Teixeira is fighting for his second one
Like most people, I picked Thiago Santos to beat Glover Teixeira. And not because I think Santos is an elite fighter. In MMA, it’s often…
Video: Women’s boxer Carly Holman brutally KO’s her opponent 28 seconds into the fight
You can always find a fight knockout, but rarely will you find knockouts like this. Carly Holman, who fights in the light welterweight division, competed…