August 23, 2012
UFC 151 Cancellation and MMA’s Growing Pains:
UFC 151 has been canceled in an unprecedented action by Zuffa in their eleven-plus years of owning the UFC. This was revealed just moments ago in a media conference call with Dana White, in which White took
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August 23, 2012
Thursday Throwdown: I Heard a Rumor Edition:
So, Dan Henderson is hurt. Oh, wait. It should read: “Dan Henderson is hurt?” Because the thing is, nobody really seems to know whether Dan Henderson is hurt. However, that hasn’t stopped the rampant speculation on MMA
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August 20, 2012
Strikeforce: Rousey vs. Kaufman Parting Shots:
Another fight, another first round armbar. If she didn’t execute so predictably perfectly and with such consistent, vicious determination, Ronda Rousey might be boring us by now. We’ve already established that nobody’s going to be beating Rousey
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August 19, 2012
The Unbeatable Ronda Rousey:
One of the first things you learn as an MMA fan is that no one is invincible. Fedor Emelianenko, Chuck Liddell, Lyoto Machida, BJ Penn (as a lightweight, anyway), Matt Hughes, and many more were talked about
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August 14, 2012
UFC 150 Parting Shots:
Apparently, there was a controversial judges’ decision on Saturday night. You guys, uh…you hear anything about that? Well, besides that ugly little piece of business (and I stand by my position that it was a close
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August 11, 2012
The Robbery Myth:
MMA fans are used to awful decisions, or at least they should be by now. Then again, if we’re so well-acquainted with terrible judges’ decisions, shouldn’t we be able to not only recognize the awful ones when
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August 11, 2012
UFC 150 Preview:
I’m sure there’s a joke to be made about deja vu, but we’re all bored of it by now: yet another UFC Lightweight Title rematch is going down tonight. I kind of get the first two; BJ
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August 9, 2012
Thursday Throwdown: Medical Suspensions, Jon Jones, Bad Drivers:
When your website covers a sport where major events only happen a couple times per month, but you have to keep the front page freshly-stocked with content, you end up having to make news out of things
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August 7, 2012
UFC on Fox 4 Parting Shots:
The major storyline of UFC on Fox 4 was that four light heavyweights had a chance to impress the brass enough in a very subjective competition to earn a title shot against Jon Jones- er, sorry- “the
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August 3, 2012
UFC on Fox 4 Preview:
It’s hard to believe, but this weekend will bring the fourth UFC event so far to network television, as Mauricio “Shogun” Rua and Brandon Vera headline the UFC on Fox 4. Actually, the hard thing to believe
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