2010 Bloody Elbow Reader Awards: Fight of the Mid-Year
I missed the first two rounds of this fight live. The Chicago Blackhawks had defeated the Nashville Predators in game 5 of their quarterfinal series…
Mike Fagan Archives: 07/2010
2010 Bloody Elbow Reader Awards: Knockout of the Mid-Year
Rule number one about pulling guard: never jump into a standing guard position. This comes from the book of unwritten guard pulling rules. Written just…
The Week in Quotes: July 18th – 24th
CHAEL SONNEN: I’M NOT AS STUPID AS I LOOK “At the end of the day, he’s still going to be better than me.” – Chael…
2010 Bloody Elbow Reader Awards: Submission of the Mid-Year
Was it hubris? A technical mistake? A glitch in the cyborg software? Few gave Fabricio Werdum a chance when he stepped into the cage against…
2010 Bloody Elbow Reader Awards: Card of the Mid-Year
We’ve seen a lot of quality cards through the first six months of 2010. Leonard Garcia and Chan Sung Jung put on a barnburner as…
FightLines: UFC Heavyweights
Click for full image Lesnar <> Mir Brock Lesnar may be two fights away from strangling the heavyweight division Georges St-Pierre style. Let’s say, for…
Skill vs. Technique and the Little Things I Liked From Brock Lesnar and Shane Carwin at UFC 116
A lot has been made about the skill – or lack thereof – in the heavyweight title fight between Brock Lesnar and Shane Carwin at…
The Week in Quotes: June 27th – July 3rd
I STAND BEFORE YOU A HUMBLE CHAMPION…AND I’M STILL THE TOUGHEST S.O.B. AROUND, BABY “Frankly I’d be happy if it goes longer, then I can…
FightMetric Report for Brock Lesnar vs. Shane Carwin at UFC 116
You thought Shane Carwin’s first round performance against Brock Lesnar was dominating? Just wait until you check out the numbers. FightMetric released their report for…
UFC 116 Post Fight Recap and Analysis – Brock Lesnar Submits Shane Carwin
-I don’t know how you can walk away from this unimpressed by Brock Lesnar. Everyone said, including those picking Lesnar, that Shane Carwin’s power could…
UFC 116 Results: Brock Lesnar Submits Shane Carwin With Arm Triangle in Round Two
Epic. Shane Carwin hits hard. A left uppercut clipped Lesnar and hurt him in the first. Brock reeled and backed up into the fence. Carwin…
UFC 116 Results: Chris Leben Triangles Yoshihiro Akiyama Late in Round Three
This might be the most ridiculous fight of 2010. And Chris Leben might have something wrong with him. This fight went all over the place.…
UFC 116 Results: Chris Lytle Submits Matt Brown From Reverse Triangle/Crucifix Position
The first time Chris Lytle met Matt Brown, he submitted Brown in the second round. Lytle looked to repeat that very same finish in the…
UFC 116 Results: George Sotiropolous Outworks Kurt Pellegrino Over Three Rounds
“Iron Man” proved to be Batman’s kryptonite tonight. Sotiropoulos came out to the timeless Black Sabbath song and controlled Kurt Pellegrino for fourteen-and-a-half minutes. The…
UFC 116 Results: Brendan Schaub Makes Short Work of Chris Tuchsherer
It looks like training with Brock Lesnar can do so much. It didn’t take long for Brendan Schaub to finish off Chris Tuchsherer. After the…
UFC 116 Results: Ricardo Romero Survives Early Scare to Submit Seth Petruzelli
It looked like Seth Petruzelli would continue his Kimbo killing ways, then Ricardo Romero found an armbar. Petruzelli started off fast, throwing effective strikes that…
Dana White Will Cut Chuck Liddell From the UFC Before Letting Him Back Inside the Octagon
At risk of this getting sucked into the UFC 116 black hole, Dana White has apparently put his foot down with regards to Chuck Liddell’s…