HYDEN BLOG: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly from UFC 235
UFC 235 was this past weekend and it was a stacked card. Let’s get right to the rundown. UFC 235 GOOD- Pedro Munhoz stops Cody Garbrandt This was a wild fight. Garbrandt got dropped but […]
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HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from Bellator 217 and UFC Fight Night 145, and Georges St-Pierre retires
Bellator 217 and UFC Fight Night 145 were this past weekend. Let’s get to the rundown of that before finishing with some thoughts on the retirement of Georges St-Pierre. Bellator 217 GOOD- Richie Smullen vs. […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from Bellator 215, Bellator 216, and UFC on ESPN 1
Bellator 215, Bellator 216, and UFC on ESPN 1 were all this past weekend. Let’s get right to the rundown. Bellator 215 GOOD- Austin Vanderford submits Cody Jones Jones slips early and Vanderford took advantage, […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly from UFC 234
UFC 234 was this past weekend. There was a last minute fight cancellation involving UFC Middleweight Champion Robert Whittaker, who was supposed to defend against Kelvin Gastelum, but Whittaker had to pull out due to […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly from UFC Fortaleza
UFC Fight Night 144 on ESPN+ was this past weekend. Let’s get right to the rundown. UFC Fight Night 144 GOOD- Sarah Frota vs. Livia Renata Souza There were some really big strikes landed in […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly from Bellator 214
Bellator 214 was this past weekend, it featured the finals of the Bellator Heavyweight Grand Prix. Let’s get right to the rundown. Bellator 214 GOOD- Adel Altamimi submits Brandon McMahan McMahan got an early takedown […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly from UFC Fight Night 143
UFC Fight Night 143 was this past weekend, as the UFC made their ESPN and ESPN+ debut. It featured a champion vs. champion fight. Let’s get right to the rundown. UFC Fight Night 143 GOOD- […]
HYDEN BLOG: UFC 232 Buyrate Comes in at 700,000
UFC 232 is reported to have done around 700,000 buys on pay-per-view. To recap, that’s the show that featured UFC Bantamweight Champion Amanda Nunes defeating UFC Featherweight Champion Cris Cyborg to become a two-division champ. […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Semantics of Accolades
NOTE- There were no events this past weekend so I’m going to delve into a little sports talk debate and sports philosophy that I believe in that may or may not be of interest to […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC 232
UFC 232 was this past weekend and it featured some huge title fights. Let’s get right to the rundown. UFC 232 GOOD- Alexander Volkanovski stops Chad Mendes Mendes had some nice moments during this fight, […]
HYDEN BLOG: MMA news and notes to finish the year
No events this week and Christmas is here so I’ll just hit upon some news I found important this past week. Jon Jones might possibly have tested positive during a drug screening recently, except maybe […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from Bellator 212, Bellator 213, and UFC on FOX 31
Bellator 212, Bellator 213, and UFC on FOX 31 were both this past weekend. Let’s get right to the rundown. Bellator 212 GOOD- Derek Campos vs. Sam Sicilia Campos could have been finished in the […]
HYDEN’S BLOG: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly from UFC 231
UFC 231 was this past weekend, and it featured two title fights. Let’s get right to the rundown. UFC 231 GREAT- Thiago Santos stops Jimi Manuwa This fight started fast right out of the gate, […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from Bellator 210 and UFC Fight Night 142
Bellator 210 and UFC Fight Night 142 was this past weekend. Let’s get right to the rundown. Bellator 210 GOOD- Juan Archuleta vs. Jeremy Spoon Archuleta completely and utterly dominated this fight. He landed some […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC Fight Night 141, and some Liddell-Ortiz 3 Thoughts
UFC Fight Night 141 was this past weekend, let’s get to the rundown as well as some quick thoughts on Chuck Liddell vs. Tito Ortiz 3. UFC Fight Night 141 GOOD- Li Jingliang stops David […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from Bellator 209 and UFC Fight Night 140
Bellator 209 and UFC Fight Night 140 both took place this past weekend, let’s get right to the rundown. Bellator 209 GOOD- Adam Keresh stops Kirill Sidelnikov Sidelnikov dropped Keresh early but then Keresh plastered […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC Fight Night 139
UFC Fight Night 139 was this past weekend. Let’s get to the rundown. UFC Fight Night 139 GOOD- Michael Trizano vs. Luis Pena Trizano won the split decision in a very tough fight to score. […]
HYDEN’S BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC 230
UFC 230 was this past weekend. Let’s get right to the rundown. UFC 230 GOOD- Israel Adesanya stops Derek Brunson Brunson tried to take Adesanya down early but it didn’t work and Adesanya started peppering […]
HYDEN’S BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC Fight Night 138 and the Johnson-Askren trade
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HYDEN’S BLOG: Reasons Khabib Nurmagomedov shouldn’t fight Floyd Mayweather, Chris Weidman gets a new opponent, and Eddie Alvarez goes to One Championship
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HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from Bellator 207 and Bellator 208
Bellator ran two shows over the weekend featuring the semi-finals of the Bellator Heavyweight World Grand Prix. Let’s get to the rundown. Bellator 207 GOOD- Mandel Nallo stops Carrington Banks The first round was close […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC 229
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HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from Bellator 206
Bellator 206 was this past weekend, let’s get right to the rundown. Bellator 206 GOOD- Gaston Bolanos stops Ysidro Gutierrez The first round was fine, but in the second round was where he turned it […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from Bellator 205 and UFC Fight Night 137, Mac-Nurmy Press Conference
Bellator 205 and UFC Fight Night 137 were both this past weekend. Let’s get right to the rundown. Bellator 205 GOOD- Veta Arteaga submits Denise Kielholtz Arteaga kept trying for the takedown over and over […]
HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC Fight Night 136, B.J. Penn fighting again, Cody Stevens & eyepokes
UFC Fight Night 136 was this past weekend. Let’s get to the rundown. UFC Fight Night 136 GOOD- Thiago Alves vs. Aleksei Kunchenko There was some good action throughout this fight. It was a close […]