2020 First Half MMA Awards

2020 First Half MMA Awards

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...
Surveying the UFC Championship Landscape

Surveying the UFC Championship Landscape

The UFC’s schedule has been pretty lackluster for most of 2019 but things look to be picking up towards the end of the year so I figured now was as good a time as ever to check in with each of the weight classes and see how things are going at the top of the...
2019 First Half MMA Awards

2019 First Half MMA Awards

The top two fights on this weekend’s UFC on ESPN 3 event are great but we’re pretty much right at the half way point for the year so its time to take a look back at the best of 2019 to date. Even if Junior Dos Santos vs. Francis Ngannou and Joseph...
The Evolution of the UFC Interim Championship Belt

The Evolution of the UFC Interim Championship Belt

There was a time when interim UFC championship belts were few and far between. That time is long gone. Now they’re handed out like candy. This weekend we have reached peak interim as we’ll have two interim championship fights on the same night for the...
The UFC’s Pay-Per-View Problem

The UFC’s Pay-Per-View Problem

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...
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