Jed Meshew
The Iron Bank: Floyd Mayweather vs Conor McGregor and their Game of Thrones counterparts
In just a few days, one of the dumbest things in modern sports will take place: Floyd Mayweather, Jr. an undefeated all-time great boxer, will box Conor McGregor, an MMA fighter with the same number of boxing matches as you, dear reader; and yet, all indications suggest that this will be the most lucrative fight […]
Sonnen added to USADA testing pool, says return is unlikely due to level of testing
Chael Sonnen might be on the comeback trail. Sonnen was suspended two years ago by the Nevada Athletic Commission after testing positive for the banned substances anastrozole and clomiphene on May 24th in a random drug test in Las Vegas ahead of his scheduled UFC 175 fight against Wanderlei Silva. Since then, Sonnen has been […]
Queen of the Quick Kill: Megumi Fujii inducted into ‘The Michael Bisping Hall of Almost Fame”
Megumi ‘Mega Megu’ Fujii Stats & Numbers: Height: 5′ 3″Reach: 61″Stance: SouthpawDOB: April 26, 1974 Career Record: 26 – 3 (1 TKO, 19 Sub, 6 Decision)VS Champions/Contenders: 6 – 0 Black belt in JudoBlack belt in Brazilian Jiu-JitsuInternational Master in Sambo3rd place ADCC under 60 kg, 20053rd place ADCC under 60 kg, 2007 Why is […]
The Uncrowned King: Kid Yamamoto inducted into ‘The Michael Bisping Hall of Almost Fame’
You can read the rules for induction into the Michael Bisping Hall of Almost Fame here. Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto Stats & Numbers: Height: 5′ 4″Reach: 66″Stance: SouthpawDOB: March 15, 1977 Career Record: 18 – 6, 2 NC (13 KO/TKO, 2 Sub, 3 Decision)VS Champions/Contenders: 2 – 2 K-1 HERO’s 2005 Middleweight Grand Prix Tournament winnerFastest recorded […]
The Great Dane: Martin Kampmann inducted into ‘The Michael Bisping Hall of Almost Fame’
This is the newest inductee into the Michael Bisping Hall of Almost Fame. You can read the rules for induction here. Martin ‘Hitman’ Kampmann Stats & Numbers: Height: 6′ 0″Reach: 71.5″Stance: Orthodox Career Record: 20 – 7 (8 KO/TKO, 7 Sub, 4 Decision, 1 DQ)UFC Record: 11 – 6 (5 sub, 2 KO)VS Top 10 […]
The Michael Bisping Hall of Almost Fame: MMA contenders that never were
Since the beginning of civilization (and probably long before that) human beings have been concerned with being the best fighter. Over the ages that competitive spirit was redirected into sport and eventually we arrived to an area where men and women fought to be the biggest badass of people similarly sized to themselves. But being […]
UFC 197 Opinion: The week everything went crazy
This past weekend, Daniel Cormier pulled out of his scheduled Light Heavyweight title defense against Jon Jones with a leg injury. However shortly after Cormier’s announcement, Jones issued a statement saying he was willing to fight a short notice opponent on the card and the UFC was ultimately able to replace Cormier with no. 6 […]