WEC 53 Recap and Analysis: Sad Swan Song For the Little Promotion That Could
The swan song for our beloved World Extreme Cagefighting was a bit of a let down, filled with cautious decisions and underwhelming performances. At least…
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Remembering World Extreme Cagefighting: A Noble Experiment, Business Failure
Reed Harris never intended to become a mixed martial arts promoter, but they say life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans. A…
UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture Retires?
The legendary Randy Couture, a former UFC light heavyweight and heavyweight champion, has called it quits after an amazing thirteen year career in the cage.…
Bellator’s Bjorn Rebney: On Losing Money, His New MTV2 Deal, and the Superfight
Today Bellator signed a new television deal with MTV2. Jonathan Snowden sat down with CEO Bjorn Rebney to discuss an exciting new partnership and find…
UFC 124 Analysis: Josh Koscheck Loses His Nerve at the Last Moment
It was like a Rembrandt painting inexplicably finished, not with wispy brushstrokes, but with bright orange spray paint. It was a Mozart piano sonata if…
The Unforgiving Nature of MMA: Josh Koscheck, Georges St. Pierre and a Singularly Brutal Sport
For MMA fighters it is all or nothing. Josh Koscheck prepared for this fight mentally and physically for months. When it is all said and…
UFC Sponsorship Policies and Bad Economy Hurting Fighter Earnings
As the UFC continues to record record profits at events around the world, it’s never been harder, in the post Ultimate Fighter world, for a…
Athletic Commission Tall Tales Come Back to Bite Chael Sonnen in Nevada
In a recent administrative hearing in California, UFC star Chael Sonnen was desperate to get out from under a year long suspension, imposed when his…
Ten Defining Moments: The Career of Georges St. Pierre
Georges St. Pierre is indisputably one of the five best fighters in the history of mixed martial arts. The talented Canadian star is as good…
Why Aren’t All Fighters Fight Fans? Georges St. Pierre and the Culture of Fandom
We watch fights. As fans, that’s what we are supposed to do. For some of us, it’s a sickness. Staying up late for Japanese broadcasts…
Three Ways For Josh Koscheck to Beat Georges St. Pierre at UFC 124
Javier Mendes, Dave Camarillo, and Bob Cook have the hardest job in sports. For the last two months, Josh Koscheck’s primary trainers at the American…
Recap and Analysis: Strikeforce Knocks Out the UFC in the First Round
The first head to head live competition between the UFC and Strikeforce ended early and in dramatic fashion as the upstart promotion from San Jose…
Leonard Garcia Is Four Times Blessed: King of Bad Decisions Does It Again
It’s truly inexplicable. By all rights, Leonard Garcia should be 0-7 in his last seven bouts. Instead, amazingly, he’s 3-3-1. Five of his last six…
LeBron James, Cleveland, and Why MMA Blows Traditional Sports Away
Thursday night, the infamous LeBron James returned to Cleveland, to the scene of the crime. If you’ve been watching repeats of MMA Live instead of…
Stephan Bonnar: The Ultimate Fighter Graduate Who Never Left School
For most fighters, The Ultimate Fighter is intended to be a springboard, the first opportunity to make your name in the world of MMA and…
Georges St. Pierre Outsmarts Josh Koscheck on The Ultimate Fighter
When I first met Georges St. Pierre, he was nothing like what I expected. For one, he was wearing a coat but no tie, looking…
Exclusive Matt Lindland Interview: Team Quest Still in Starring Role
It’s been more than a decade since the three wrestling amigos joined together, putting aside years of training and dedication to their art, to give…
Exclusive: New UFC Fighter Ian Loveland Is Coming to Bang
A 145 pound ball of fury is about to be unleashed on the Ultimate Fighting Championship, as Team Quest fighter Ian Loveland descends on The…
Bombshell Cindy Dandois: Cristiane Cyborg Looks Like a Man and Fights Like a Man
There’s baptism by fire and then there’s Cindy Dandois’s first fight. The striking blonde Belgian was thrown into the deep end, swimming with the sharks…
Five Holiday Fights: Santa Set to Deliver Cage Fighting Action for MMA Fans
Another month, another collection of awesome fights. Have you been naughty? Nice? It doesn’t really matter – you’re getting a great collection of fights this…