Rising light-heavyweight Daniel Cormier is tough alright, and then there’s lightweight Jamie Varner, whose display of a superhuman will to chew through pain was one of the top spectacles at UFC 173. It’s no secret that Cormier has had issues […]
The self aggrandizing megalomaniacal smugness of Chael Sonnen must be stopped before the smarmy hubris oozing from his poison grin turns MMA into just another laughable curiosity that was once cool. Jon Jones and Chris Weidman are two warriors of […]
Former UFC light heavyweight champion Vitor Belfort was submitted by Jon Jones when they last met at UFC 152 but apparently he didn’t take it too personally. Now he is asking for a bit of help. Belfort was recently tapped […]
Crack your knuckles in anticipation, here comes a good one: A Brazilian fighter with a past marked by failed drug tests replaces a Brazilian fighter who fails to take a drug test. Vitor Belfort will step into the Octagon in […]
Just as fashion trends, slang terms, catchphrases and haircuts are imitated, so too are fighting styles. The maneuvering of T.J. Dillashaw is no exception. His strategy of constant motion and angular attacks to draw title defender Renan Barao into defensive […]
Three-time UFC title challenger Chael Sonnen is bad at being the good guy — simply because he hasn’t had the practice. Sonnen has made a career out of being a loud-mouthed, trash-talking braggart whose rants are exaggerated to mythic proportions, […]
Potential light heavyweight contender Daniel Cormier just got one step closer to feasting on UFC champion Jon Jones‘ bones. Cormier out-wrestled and eventually submitted Dan Henderson at UFC 173, placing himself in an optimal position to soon fight for the […]
The jump from the MMA spotlight to the Hollywood big screen was a short one for UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey as well as for her contemporary Gina Carano. The other thing happening for both fighters is the […]
Many people consider UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones to be unbeatable. So far his record proves those people right, but after T.J. Dillashaw defeated bantamweight champion Renan Barao at UFC 173, the MMA world is reminded that anything is […]
Esteemed Journalist Luke Thomas of MMA Fighting was recently asked by a viewer of his weekly webcast if Jiu-Jitsu opponents ever resort to tickling one another in order to gain advantage. Thomas was not especially stimulated by the question, but […]
The reigning light heavyweight champion of the UFC has a different concept of fun than that of the average citizen. Jon Jones might enjoy an afternoon on the Xbox or perhaps a game of Frisbee in the park, but on […]
