Jonathan Snowden Archives: 03/2011

Earlier today a rumor spread through the MMA community that Russian legend Fedor Emelianenko had been cut from his Strikeforce contract. The move would have…

If the old Brock Lesnar was a Baptist preacher, full of fire and brimstone, angry about the strange world he found outside his Minnesota hunting…

Yesterday we met Brock Lesnar, one of two coaches on the new season of The Ultimate Fighter. Lesnar has done it all in his athletic…

Junior dos Santos didn’t want to be in The Ultimate Fighter house. He wasn’t thinking at all about Brock Lesnar, the UFC’s most popular and…

Brock Lesnar doesn’t go anywhere without drawing eyeballs. When you stand 6’3″ and weigh 270 pounds it’s bound to attract notice. Even more so when…

Amir Sadollah, it seems, is turning the corner. The likable winner of the seventh season of The Ultimate Fighter has always had the public relations…

The bro hug. It’s a product of the times – softer, friendlier, more tolerant. In the midst of combat, two men aren’t afraid to come…

Last night was triple trouble for sports fans without much of an active social life. In the NCAA tournament, teams were fighting to stay alive,…

What does it take to be a star in the Ultimate Fighting Championship? Not just to headline pay per views or grace the cover of…

Imagine, if you will, competing for the first time as a professional fighter. The nerves, the niggling fear, the exciting burn of adrenaline as the…

After 12 years of promoting regional shows all around the world, M-1 Global is finally stepping onto the big stage with their Showtime debut Friday.…

Anthony Johnson is an enormous man. Standing 74 inches tall, his weight can swing well into the 220’s when he isn’t fighting. Big by any…

Saturday’s was supposed to be a showcase bout for Urijah Faber. Already heavily marketed as the WEC’s poster boy, Faber’s fight with Eddie Wineland was…

Jon Jones just became the youngest champion in UFC history, beating Mauricio Rua in the third round of Saturday’s UFC light heavyweight title bout. But…

For a month the UFC has been giving Jon Jones the hard sell. He’s been all over the media in New York, been featured prominently…

Urijah Faber is fighting for a reason. For a place on the UFC’s seminal reality show The Ultimate Fighter. To justify the years of hype…

Last year we identified a problem, one the UFC has been pondering for some time. Where are all the new stars? Since the UFC exploded…

Saturday night one of the very best fighters in the world will compete at UFC 128. Unless he finishes his fight with Team Quest’s Ian…

Now that the sport of mixed martial arts, at the highest level, is run by a single business entity controlling almost every top fighter in…

There’s a lot to be excited about as the MMA landscape changes once again, recent events forcing all of us to rethink what is possible.…