by Bob Phelan | Jul 16, 2017 | MMA
International fight week is typically a time when the UFC puts all their promotional efforts into giving the fans a stacked pay-per-view card and maybe another decent event or two leading up to it. Right in the middle of summer. The NBA, NFL, and NHL are in the...
by Bob Phelan | Jun 5, 2017 | MMA
The UFC finally got their legs under them last month with a great night of fights at UFC 211 and now they have their first truly great main event. UFC 212 in Rio de Janeiro might not have had the depth of the event in Dallas but it had what could very well be the...
by Bob Phelan | May 15, 2017 | MMA
MMA fans finally got what they’ve been waiting for all year, and what they’re always waiting for, a great UFC Pay-Per-View. There have been great fights and even great cards (hopefully y’all checked out that FOX card last month) so far in 2017 but...
by Bob Phelan | Apr 10, 2017 | MMA
Its been a rough start to the year for the UFC but it looked like UFC 210 on April 8th in Buffalo, New York was going to be the start of another upswing. The top two fights were significant in their respective divisions and there were some potentially fun fights...
by Bob Phelan | Mar 5, 2017 | MMA
Following the most successful year in the UFC’s history things are surely not going according to plan for the company’s new owners WME-IMG. 2017 has been lackluster to say the least. With Conor McGregor on hiatus, Ronda Rousey looking like she’s...
by Bob Phelan | Jan 1, 2017 | MMA
UFC 207 was being promoted as one thing and one thing only. The return of Ronda Rousey. Every teaser, TV spot, commercial featured her and her only. And that makes sense from the UFC’s perspective. She was their brush with the mainstream before Conor McGregor...