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The UFC 246 fight card has been on the receiving end of some heat in the build up to Saturday night. Many fans have been vocal about the return of Conor McGregor not being enough to sell a PPV, and they may be right. The world’s premier promotion has...

It’s a tale as old as time, a fighter launches himself from obscurity on to the worldwide scene, with that comes success, adulation, and money. The crest of the wave they are riding seems like it will never end, but it does, usually with a thudding impact that is...

On May 18th, 2013 Vitor Belfort spun and heel-kicked Luke Rockhold cold in Jaragua do Sul, Brazil. While Belfort’s subsequent championship run didn’t go as planned (and Rockhold’s did), it did set off a stretch of 6 consecutive early-summer events in Brazil, 5 of which have occurred in May....

Although much of the buzz concerning UFC 246 has to do with Conor McGregor, there are a number of potentially exciting fights that are being overlooked. It has happened countless times before – the MMA community directs all of its attention toward the main event and is subsequently blown...

For most high-level MMA fighters, the announcement of a new fight means the kickstarting of an intense training camp. They typically spend the weeks prior to the fight surrounded by a stable of strategic masterminds that provide a game plan and also work to keep their athlete in peak...

After reading the headline, you may want to argue that the list of contenders is more extensive than just the three names mentioned above; but there really are no right or wrong answers in this debate. And for me, the depth of the 115-pound division right now stretches as...

The major stories of 2019 have been covered exhaustively; TJ Dillashaw’s EPO scandal, Jorge Masvidal’s career explosion, the rise of Israel Adesanya, and the list goes on and on. As we enter 2020, it is worth putting a microscope on the current state of MMA in an attempt to...

Although the UFC has recently placed an emphasis on their “developmental deals” with prospects like Chase Hooper and Greg Hardy, the company still primarily signs fighters with well-established records. Contrarily, Bellator MMA is very much in the business of signing highly-touted debutants and cultivating their careers. For example, if...

At UFC 245, Petr Yan showcased just how elite of a bantamweight he is, dispatching hall-of-famer Urijah Faber via third round headkick. Although the finish came in the final round, Faber was beaten and battered for a majority of the fight, suffering gruesome cuts on his face as a...

Holloway returns this Saturday to defend his Featherweight Championship against a new hungry contender, Alex Volkanovski. It will all go down in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the T-Mobile Arena. During the lead up to this fight, Holloway has been asked many questions. But the one that keeps coming up...