So I started off the year strong and have stumbled since, culminating in a 4-7 mark last weekend in Belem. Gross. It’s time to reverse that trend and start putting up some quality numbers in this series. Let’s get it. Yoel Romero vs. Luke Rockhold – for the UFC interim middleweight title, at least for …
Machida Wins, Anders Learns Lyoto Machida collected his first victory in more than three years, returning home to Belem to earn a split decision win over talented upstart Eryk Anders Saturday’s main event. It was a close, tactical contest throughout, with Machida using his familiar evasive style to keep Anders guessing and avoid getting cut …
Since this is becoming the sole piece that I seem to write here from week-to-week (I’ll work on that, I promise), I’m going to skip the intro and get right to the goods. Here are my picks for Saturday’s Fight Night event in Belem, Brazil. Lyoto Machida vs. Eryk Anders This just feels like a …
Saturday’s event on FOX is another one of those cards everyone says it’s terrible and not worth watching, but as per usual, I beg to differ. Look, I’m not going to try to convince you that this is some stacked event and you’re a jerk if you aren’t hyped to see Gregor Gillespie do his …
Saturday night at UFC 220, reigning heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic exploited the holes in “one in a million” challenger Francis Ngannou’s skill set to grind out a demoralizing unanimous decision victory, setting the record for the most consecutive successful title defenses in the division in the process. From the outset, Miocic used his wrestling, putting …
Before getting to the predictions for this card, I want to jump up on my soapbox for a quick minute. There has been the usual chatter about how weak this card is beyond the two championship fights and a lot of criticism about the other three bouts that make up the main card and while …
Here we go – once more into the breach for another year for UFC fight predictions. The 2018 campaign kicks off with a familiar theme hovering overhead as fight week issues forced not one, but two bouts to be pulled from today’s line-up in St. Louis. First it was Zak Cummings slipping in the tub …
1. And Still Cris Cyborg retained her featherweight title with a unanimous decision victory over Holly Holm to close out UFC 219. One official scored the fight 49-46 for the Brazilian champion while the two remaining judges – Dave Hagen and Chris Lee – had the fight 48-47, giving Holm the opening two rounds, meaning the …
Here we go, fight fans – it’s the last UFC event of the year and it’s a good one! Featuring a championship main event between the most dominant female fighter of the past decade (Cris Cyborg) and a former champion who has already knocked off an icon once before (Holly Holm), UFC 219 is a …
Khabib Nurmagomedov is a terrific fighter. The undefeated Dagestani lightweight has been hovering around the top of the division for years and is universally regarded as a potential champion. Truth be told, if not for a series of injuries and a weight cut gone sideways back in March, the 29-year-old standout might already have UFC …