by Bob Phelan | May 14, 2018 | MMA
UFC 224 – This past weekend was the UFC’s yearly Pay-Per-View event held in Brazil. On paper this was the weakest such event in recent memory but as it tends to be in these situations it was actually a really fun night of fights in practice. UFC 224 tied the...
by Bob Phelan | Feb 11, 2018 | MMA
There is a pattern emerging as we enter the second full year of UFC ownership under WME/Endeavor. Their style of running the company appears to be to load up two or three cards a year as some sort of super events, one centered around International Fight Week in Las...
by Bob Phelan | Nov 5, 2017 | MMA
UFC 217 looked like the best MMA event of the year on paper. The promotions second time visiting Madison Square Garden following the monumental UFC 205 in late 2016 with three title fights that seemed even better than last year’s trio. In practice it was even...
by Bob Phelan | Oct 8, 2017 | MMA
It should be simple. Conor McGregor has held the UFC lightweight championship since he knocked out Eddie Alvarez last November at UFC 205. He took some time off to pursue the big money boxing match against Floyd Mayweather in August and is looking to make his return...
by Bob Phelan | Aug 22, 2017 | MMA
Well it looks like the fight is actually going to happen. Barring a last minute injury or some other craziness one of the best boxers in the history of the sport is going to step into the ring with Mixed Martial Arts’ biggest star in an attempt to reach 50-0....
by Bob Phelan | Jul 30, 2017 | MMA
The biggest rivalry in Mixed Martial Arts history finally got its long awaited sequel over the weekend as Jon Jones returned from his PED suspension to reclaim his light heavyweight championship belt from Daniel Cormier. Two and a half years in the making and multiple...
