Jonathan Snowden Archives: 07/2010

Yves Edwards has had the MMA game on lock since 1998, when the skinny kid from Texas impressed Bas Rutten and then the world with…

We are quick to anoint them and quick to watch them fall. It doesn’t take long for a MMA prospect to vault onto the top…

For the last two weeks we’ve been in the summer doldrums, a rare period without any major fight cards. It’s been like an ugly flashback…

Last night Sarah Kaufman gave female MMA its first “Rampage” moment. In the third round Kaufman countered a Roxanne Modaferri armbar attempt by lifting the…

Jake Shields signing a Zuffa contract to compete in the UFC’s welterweight division is a great thing in a lot of ways. Shields is an…

When Jens Pulver finally retires (and with a fight next month in California, retirement seems the furthest thing from his mind) much will be written…

The last time UFC fans saw Chris Wilson in the cage, he was tapping out against Randy Couture training partner Mike Pyle. That was September…

Jake Shields is one of the top fighters in the welterweight division. He combines solid wrestling with a dynamic submission grappling game, making him one…

I remember Ken Shamrock in the glory days. Shredding Pat Smith‘s leg. Tapping the mat three times against Royce Gracie. Showing the integrity to admit…

On September 23, 2006, at UFC 63, Joe Lauzon shocked the world (and especially venerable MMA star Jens Pulver) by knocking the former lightweight champion…

One of MMA’s “Kingpins,” a legendary figure in the sport’s history, is taking your questions in our biggest community interview yet. Frank Shamrock, simply put,…

This post is going to be a little like that ill-fated O.J. Simpson book. You remember, the one about how he committed the double murder?…

There was an interesting exchange yesterday at the Strikeforce: Houston Press Conference, as “King” Mo Lawal and K.J. Noons articulated two rather different approaches to…

Yesterday I proposed the idea that, at any given time, one man will stand above all his peers as the definitive top fighter in the…

Fedor Emelianenko‘s stunning loss to Fabricio Werdum didn’t just change the landscape in the heavyweight division. It meant more to MMA than just the inevitable…

Former Maxboxing (and current Ring Magazine) scribe Doug Fischer thinks so: …the old man is actually training hard and learning the fundamentals of the MMA…

Chael Sonnen is at it again. The wrestler who was once derisively referred to as “boring” has made certain no one will attach that label…

There are a lot of fighters, shows, and even single moments in time that stand out in my memory, events that have crystallized in my…

After the tremendous feedback from our first attempt, I’ve decided to give this another go. Joe Lauzon is one of MMA’s most approachable and down…

It’s been an interesting tenure here at Bloody Elbow. In less than a month I’ve been identified as many things: a Zuffa hater, a Fedor…