Mike Fagan Archives: 01/2010

It’s the biggest card of the year, and I remember all of twenty minutes. It was a perfect storm: I had just moved back to…

After nine long seasons, the Ultimate Fighter was looking a little stale.  Yeah, the UFC revealed Roy Nelson as season 10’s token ringer.  Yeah, Quinton…

Click picture for full image. LESNAR <> MIR Lots of relics on this one. Eddie Sanchez. Soa Palelei. Colin Robinson. Mike Wessel. Jake O’Brien. Randy…

What can you say about the UFC that hasn’t already been said about the Borg, katamari balls, and the threat of international communism?   Let’s…

THIS ISN’T RUSSIA.  IS THIS RUSSIA?  THIS ISN’T RUSSIA. “I got very very sick, it was a challenging time for me. I thought that my…

“You’re walking right towards the back hand, mate!  Get off his back hand!  It’s absolutely pathetic!” A fighter may never receive advice as apropos as…

Toby Imada didn’t just pull off a swank submission.  When he wrapped Jorge Masvidal in an inverted triangle choke, he gave fans a reason to…

Candidates for Breakout Fighter of the Year were in no short supply for 2009.  Jon Jones.  Marius Zaromskis.  Cain Velasquez.  Mo Lawal.  Junior dos Santos. …

This was about as close as Diego Sanchez came to hitting B.J. Penn all weekend. Few people gave Diego a shot to beat B.J. as…

IF YOU WILL NOT FIGHT, THEN YOU WILL MEET YOUR DESTINY “There is only one champion, so I believe this fight must happen.” – Yoshizo…

Of the nominated fights, Brian Bowles’s knockout of Miguel Torres wasn’t the biggest upset from a gambling perspective (that would belong to Mackens Semerzier’s triangle…

As 2009 headed into July, Zuffa appeared to reach the endgame in their quest to control the entirety of MMA’s elite talent.  UFC 100 blew…

What a difference a small cup of urine makes. On June 22nd, the California State Athletic Commisison released a statement announcing Josh Barnett testing positive…

For the second straight year, Joe Rogan takes home the Bloody Elbow Reader Award for Commentator of the Year. What Rogan might lack in broadcasting…

Can someone please explain to me why we continue to resist the five round non-title fight? Last night’s Fight Night main event between Gray Maynard…

Jamie Varner put it best in the post-fight interview: S— happens. Varner looked sharp from the opening bell, after nearly a year out of the…

After five minutes eroding his ring rust, Urijah Faber emphatically staked his return to the WEC cage.  The Sacramento crowd started hot from the opening…

Some might complain that Team Black House is not so much a camp as much as it is a Ed Soares’s ridiculous collection of talent. …

CLICK THUMB FOR FULL IMAGE JARDINE > LIDDELL > W SILVA > JARDINE What is this crap? FightLines: FAQ Oh snap, we’re back.  Did we…

In the aftermath of UFC 108, we’ve had to suffer from all sorts of I-told-you-so’s from Dana White to Kevin Iole to Mike Chiapetta. A…