April 19, 2012 Thursday Throwdown: Testosterone Mystery Edition: Okay, that title may be a little misleading. I don’t think there’s a whole lot of mystery as to why Alistair Overeem’s testosterone is over a dozen times higher than the average man’s. To expect anything else [+] April 17, 2012 UFC on Fuel 2 Parting Shots: UFC on Fuel 2 broke the six-week break from action in the Octagon in a satisfying way, with plenty of high-paced fights and exciting finishes. The main event, of course, featured Sweden’s own Alexander Gustafsson fighting in [+] April 13, 2012 UFC on Fuel 2 Preview: It’s been six weeks since the last UFC event, which seems like a long time now that we regularly have a live event every one or two weeks. Of course, if you were a fan in the [+] April 12, 2012 TUF Brazil Episode 3: Principles and Preferences: Last week, Vitor Belfort’s charges got off to a good start as Godofredo “Pepey” Oliveira took care of Wagner “Galeto” Campos in the first fight between the two newly-formed squads. Meanwhile, the overall sense of community and [+] April 9, 2012 The Ultimate Follow-Up: Episode 5: The fifth episode of The Ultimate Fighter wasn’t the most riveting piece of entertainment, with a manufactured coach vs. fighter angle, another injury that turns out to be nothing, and a fight that was competitive enough, [+] April 2, 2012 TUF Brazil Episode 2: The Odd One Out: TUF Brazil is officially in full swing now, as the fighters have been drafted into teams and moved into the house. However, as the (kinda catchy) remixed, Portuguese version of the TUF theme song plays, we’re reminded [+] March 31, 2012 Fightmania March Rankings: I’m not going to pretend that March was chock-full of huge MMA fights, but there was some good action. Bellator really stepped up, especially with their first show of the sixth season. Meanwhile, many UFC veterans and [+] March 31, 2012 The Ultimate Follow-Up: Episode 4: Urijah Faber’s squad finally caught a break in the fourth episode of The Ultimate Fighter, as Al Iaquinta won a decision victory over Team Cruz’s Myles Jury. Of course, with Faber having already lost two of this [+] March 29, 2012 Thursday Throwdown: Persecution Complex Edition: When I say “persecution complex”, I mean something like “when you blow off a huge fight to make a movie, go on a Red Bull-and-insanity-fueled road rage episode, continually make headlines by treating female reporters like whores, [+] March 27, 2012 TUF Brazil Episode 1: Modesty and Aggression: The Ultimate Fighter has officially branched out, as the plan to essentially “franchise” the series out to certain countries began with the first episode of The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil, which you can watch online here. Brazilian MMA [+]