MMA

Fall Fight Preview
The UFC is in the midst of a stretch of 16 straight weekends with a fight card on the schedule. While every other sports league has suffered from the Coronavirus pandemic the UFC has found a way to not only effectively manage their events but has thrived in these...

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...

UFC Fight Island Preview
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 sport in...

UFC 248 Preview
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...

Mixed Feelings Upon Conor McGregor’s Return
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 notable...

UFC 244 Preview
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 biggest...

Best UFC Fighters To Never Win A Belt
After watching the main event of UFC on ESPN+ 16, Donald Cerrone vs. Justin Gaethje, I got to thinking how they are both great, must see fighters. I think they'll both be legends when we look back at the history of the sport in 10 or 20 years. Always entertaining and...

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...