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 | Aug 14, 2019 | MMA
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...
by Bob Phelan | Aug 22, 2018 | MMA
We’re almost two thirds of the way though 2018 so this isn’t exactly going to be awards for the first half of the year but much like the film industry, MMA tends to “save the best for last” by stacking events towards the end of the year. The UFC loves to...
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...
