by Bob Phelan | Jul 15, 2020 | MMA
2020 has been a tumultuous year to say the least but somehow there has still managed to be a lot of great MMA. Despite losing more than a month from March 14th to May 9th due to the Coronavirus pandemic the UFC has been able to put on a bunch of shows to make up for...
by Bob Phelan | Jun 29, 2020 | MMA
Back when the Coronavirus pandemic first hit the US in March UFC president Dana White was quite dismissive of it. In fact he literally dismissed ESPN’s Marc Raimondi when he asked him a question about it at a press conference for UFC 248. Despite every other...
by Bob Phelan | Mar 2, 2020 | MMA
Its not very often that a fighter on a two fight losing streak (and having lost three out of four) gets a title shot and rarer still that its arguably the most deserving challenger. But that is indeed the case as middleweight is in a weird spot after interim champion...
by Bob Phelan | Jan 15, 2020 | MMA
If you would have told me a few years ago that I wouldn’t be excited for a Conor McGregor fight I wouldn’t have believed you. This is the same Conor McGregor that announced his presence in the UFC by winning his first seven fights, six by knockout, against...
by Bob Phelan | Oct 29, 2019 | MMA
For the longest time while he was on a three year hiatus following his historic rematch with Conor McGregor, Dana White kept insisting that Nate Diaz wasn’t a “needle mover”. It seemed clear that his already iconic personality combined with his feud with the...