UFC 135: The Less Celebrated Career of Matt Hughes Approaches Finality
There are few athletes in the entire spectrum of professional sports who have the consistent relevance that UFC Hall of Famer Matt Hughes has had…
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UFC 135: Our Strange Obsession With Jon Jones’ Identity
Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Yogi Berra once said “half this game is 90% mental.” The old adage is comical in a literal sense,…
UFC 139: Dan Henderson vs. Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua A Nostalgic Fantasy Showdown
The spring of 2007 was riddled with plenty of mystery and intrigue among hardcore mixed martial arts’ fans. Pride’s second to last event, Pride 33,…
UFC Veteran Tito Ortiz Plays Role of Media, Questions Victor Ortiz at Post-Fight Presser
The media frenzy surrounding the controversial ending to the Floyd Mayweather vs. Victor Ortiz boxing bout this weekend has no bounds. Even mixed martial arts…
UFC Fight Night 25: Forgotten Alan Belcher Jogs Our Memories With Vicious Performance
Sixteen months is a long time for anyone to wither away on the sidelines. For 27-year-old UFC middleweight Alan Belcher, it must have seemed like…
UFC Fight Night 25: Jake Ellenberger Knocks Jake Shields Into Unfamiliar Territory
Jake Ellenberger’s demeanor leading up to his UFC Fight Night 25 main event bout with former Strikeforce middleweight champion Jake Shields wasn’t what fans might…
UFC Fight Night 25: Jake Shields vs. Jake Ellenberger Preview
For most fans Saturday night, UFC Fight Night 25 is nothing more than eleven irrelevant match-ups leading up to a showdown between former UFC welterweight…
Legacy Fighting Championships 8 Results: Jorge Patino Edges Pete Spratt, Craig Defeats Schambari
For the first time in five years, Jorge Patino knows what it feels like to start a winning streak. He narrowly edged out UFC veteran…
Legacy Fighting Championships 8 Preview
Your options for mixed martial arts action this weekend are being greatly overshadowed by one of the bigger boxing events of the year in Floyd…
B.J. Penn’s Preemptive Strike Causes Overblown Situation With the UFC
UFC President Dana White is at it again. This time, he’s taking offense to criticism by former UFC lightweight champion B.J. Penn that the UFC forced him…
UFC Holds All the Power in Contract Negotiations With Dan Henderson
In July, former PRIDE champion and UFC veteran Dan Henderson entered the cage at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, Illinois against Fedor Emelianenko, considered…
UFC 139: Cung Le’s Main Event Status Makes Little Sense
A little over one month ago at UFC 133 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, fans were enjoying the sight of Vitor Belfort bombarding Japanese judoka Yoshihiro Akiyama…
Strikeforce Grand Prix Results: Daniel Cormier Is Kind of a Big Deal
Daniel Cormier. Some said he entered the sport too late, others felt he was undersized, and a select few thought he would bore us to…
Strikeforce Grand Prix: Antonio Silva vs. Daniel Cormier Preview
In the first of two Strikeforce World Grand Prix semifinal match-ups, Brazilian giant Antonio Silva (16-2) will battle vaunted former Olympic wrestler Daniel Cormier (8-0).…
UFC Throws Curveball at Bellator’s Plans to Move to Spike TV
Back in August after the UFC announced that it had inked an historic deal with Fox, one of the major questions rooted from the news…
UFC 137: Nick Diaz vs. B.J. Penn Official
One day after Dana White stripped former Strikeforce welterweight champion Nick Diaz of the opportunity to face Georges St. Pierre for the UFC welterweight title…
Brock Lesnar, Alistair Overeem at Career Crossroads Leading Into UFC 141 Showdown
Yesterday, the UFC announced that professional wrestler turned mixed martial artist Brock Lesnar would return to the Octagon on December 30th in Las Vegas, Nevada…
Brock Lesnar vs. Alistair Overeem Official for December 30 UFC Event
According to the Los Angeles Times, professional wrestler turned mixed martial artist Brock Lesnar will return to the Octagon on December 30th at the MGM Grand Garden…
UFC’s Return to Japan a Wasteful Vanity Act
After months of speculating whether the UFC was serious about heading back to the Land of the Rising Sun, UFC Asia marketing director Mark Fischer officially…
UFC on Fox: UFC Smartly Sacrifices Pay-Per-View Buys for the Bigger Picture
One of the major talking points in the weeks following the announcement of the UFC on Fox deal back in August was the logistical nightmare…