The Week in Quotes: November 21 – 27th
SURELY, YOU CAN’T BE SERIOUS. I AM SERIOUS. AND DON’T CALL ME SHIRLEY. “Just show up and put on a good performance.” – UFC matchmaker Joe…
Mike Fagan Archives: 11/2010
Dan Henderson vs. Renato ‘Babalu’ Sobral ‘Rings: King of Kings 1999’ Video
Renato Sobral earned a title shot for the Strikeforce light heavyweight title when he defeated Robbie Lawler at Strikeforce’s show at the Nokia Theater in…
George Sotiropoulos Saves Joe Lauzon From Marc Fennel at UFC 123
Joe Lauzon walked away from UFC 123 with a loss on his record and his arm still intact. He can thank George Sotiropoulos for both.…
Judo Chop: Round Three Exchange Between Lyoto Machida and ‘Rampage’ Jackson
The UFC 123 main event between Lyoto Machida and Quinton Jackson offered a much-appreciated gift to fans of footwork like myself. For two rounds, Machida…
The Week in Quotes: November 14th – 20th
UNLEASH THE DRAGON (IN ROUND THREE) “Part of this game is that you win some and you lose some.” – Lyoto Machida, heading into the UFC…
FightMetric Report for Quinton Jackson vs. Lyoto Machida at UFC 123
Let’s get this right out of the way: this decision was not a robbery. At least not by the judging criteria of the ten-point must…
Fighting by Numbers: Expected vs. Actual TKOs and Submissions
In the last Fighting by Numbers, I introduced a formula which predicted the amount of finishes we should see given the number of fights in each…
‘The Ultimate Fighter 12: Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck’ Live Discussion (Episode 10)
Join Bloody Elbow every Wednesday night to discuss the latest episode of the Ultimate Fighter 12, featuring UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre and Ultimate Fighter…
Dana White Questions Alistair Overeem’s Place as a Top Ten Heavyweight
Dana White is a rankings junkie. There’s no other way around his obsession over who is and who isn’t in the media’s various top ten…
The Week in Quotes: November 7th – 13th
I LOVE YOU, HONEY BUNNY “He is a choker, he choked tonight.” – UFC President Dana White, on Nate Marquardt’s performance against Yushin Okami at UFC…
FightMetric Reports for WEC 52’s Chad Mendes vs. Javier Vazquez, Cub Swanson vs. Mackens Semerzier
Am I the only one that noticed that the WEC brought back Joe Martinez last night? It wasn’t reported at all before the event. It…
‘WEC 52: Faber vs. Mizugaki’ Weigh-In Results
Bloody Elbow will bring you live results as the fighters weigh-in for tomorrow night’s “WEC 52: Faber vs. Mizugaki.” Fighters will take the scale at 7…
‘The Ultimate Fighter 12: Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck’ Live Discussion (Episode 9)
Join Bloody Elbow every Wednesday night to discuss the latest episode of the Ultimate Fighter 12, featuring UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre and Ultimate Fighter…
Burnt Sugar: Rashad Evans Is Tired of Waiting for Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua
Rashad Evans knew it would be a long car ride to meet Mauricio Rua. But now he’s starting to get a little stir crazy in…
Fighting by Numbers: Expected vs. Actual Finishes in the UFC
In the last Fighting by Numbers, I showed rudimentary data breaking down UFC fights by weight class. By itself, the data isn’t very interesting, but that…
The Week in Quotes: October 24th – 30th
BUDDY, FOR YOUR OWN GOOD, YOU GOTTA LET THIS GO “Someone’s going to get backed into a corner.” – Gilbert Melendez, on a co-promoted Strikeforce/Bellator fight…