MOORE: Top 10 Busts in MMA History
In most sports, the word “bust” is used quite often, as it usually given to an athlete who had all of this built hype and potential, only to fail, and be a shell of what […]
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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, […]
UFC ON ESPN 1 PREVIEW & PREDICTIONS 2/17: Grocke’s updated odds & predictions for every fight
The Ultimate Fighting Championship makes its main card debut on ESPN on Sunday night. The main event takes place in the heavyweight division where Cain Velasquez makes his return after two and a half years […]
BELLATOR 216 PREVIEW & PREDICTIONS 2/16: Grocke’s updated odds & predictions for every fight
Bellator returns to the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut for the second straight night for Bellator 216. In the main event, the long-awaited showdown between Michael “Venom” Page and Paul “Semtex” Daley finally takes […]
BELLATOR 215 PREVIEW & PREDICTIONS 2/15: Grocke’s updated odds & predictions for every fight
Bellator returns to the States for the first of back-to-back events. Friday night starts a busy weekend for the promotion when Matt Mitrione takes on Sergei Kharitonov in the Bellator 215 main event taking place […]
MCGRATH: Ranking the top ten female flyweights in MMA
1. Valentina Shevchenko (UFC champion) I get the feeling Valentina could dominate the 125-pound division for as long as she wants. Does Amanda Nunes move down? After a dominating performance over Joanna Jedrzejczyk, Amanda Nunes […]
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 […]
UFC 234 PREVIEW & PREDICTIONS 2/09: Grocke’s updated odds & predictions for every fight
UFC continues its overseas travels with a stop at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia for UFC 234. In the main event, Robert Whittaker puts his middleweight championship on the line when takes on […]
BELLATOR NEWCASTLE PREVIEW & PREDICTIONS 2/09: Grocke’s updated odds & predictions for every fight
Bellator travels across the pond to the Utilita Arena in Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England for Bellator Newcastle. In the main event Bellator veteran Patricky “Pitbull” Freire takes on England’s Ryan Scope. After getting stopped […]
UFC 234 MAIN CARD PREVIEW
UFC 234: Whittaker vs Gastelum Main Card Preview Fight #1: Light Heavyweight – Jimmy Crute vs Sam Alvey To start the show, we kick it off with a Light Heavyweight fight. In the red corner, […]
MOORE: Top 10 MMA Fighters With The Most Losses
#10: Jaroslov Poborsky- 48 Losses To start our list we have Jaroslov Poborsky, the only man on the list not from the UK or USA. Poborsky who is 39, still fights and has a record […]
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 […]
MCGRATH: Ranking the top ten female bantamweights in MMA
1. Amanda Nunes (UFC Champion) Nunes is the greatest Bantamweight of all time, the champion has had a dominant run of defeating Cris Cyborg, Valentina Shevchenko twice, Miesha Tate and Ronda Rousey all in a […]
MCGRATH: Making sense of the Khabib-Conor Nevada Commission hearings
October 6, 2019, and April 6, 2019. Mark those dates down on the calendar. Those are very important dates in Mixed Martial Arts world as Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov respectively end their NSAC suspensions […]
UFC FIGHT NIGHT FORTALEZA PREDICTIONS 2/2: Grocke’s updated odds & predictions for every fight
UFC travels to the Arena CFO in Fortaleza, Brazil for UFC Fight Night 144 on Saturday. In the main event, Raphael Assuncao takes on Marlon Moraes. This will be the second time the two MMA […]
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 […]
MOORE: The Top 10 pro-wrestlers that could succeed in MMA
With Jake Hager’s (formerly WWE’s Jack Swagger) success in the Bellator cage, I thought we would take a look at 10 pro wrestlers that could succeed in MMA. This is a list that includes wrestlers […]
MCGRATH: Don’t be so quick to jump off the Aaron Pico bandwagon
The MMA gods don’t care about your hype. Never has this been more evident than Saturday night at Bellator 214. Aaron Pico, featherweight prospect du jour hit another roadblock in his destiny to be the […]
‘I’m a jab guy now, not a job guy’: Jake Hager ready to move on from pro-wrestling losses to MMA wins
We had the opportunity to speak to Jake Hager aka Jack Swagger aka Jake Strong and get his thoughts on starting his new career in MMA ahead of his first fight at Bellator 214 this Saturday. […]
MCGRATH: Ranking the top ten male flyweights in MMA
1. Henry Cejudo Cejudo has already done more for the flyweight division than Demetrius Johnson ever did. Beating TJ Dillashaw the way he did catapulted Cejudo into potentially top five pound for pound status. We shall […]
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- […]
MCGRATH: 8 things I learned attending UFC Brooklyn
Sights and a few things I learned from UFC Brooklyn Admit it. You thought TJ Dillashaw was the superior talent. The superior martial artist, hell maybe you just straight up undervalued what Henry Cejudo is. […]
UFC BROOKLYN PREDICTIONS 1/19: Grocke’s updated odds & predictions for every fight
UFC Fight Night 143 comes to us live from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York on Saturday night. It’s the UFC’s first event of the New Year and their ESPN debut. In the main […]
MEIGS: Greg Hardy has no business fighting this weekend, or ever
Gregory McKarl Hardy, what emotions & thoughts does he draw out of UFC fans or the general public? He was a slightly above average football player with the Carolina Panthers & Dallas Cowboys. Let’s take […]
That Night in Toronto – UFC’s flyweight division was dead on arrival
Follow @mikehiscoe I don’t want your money. You’re a moron, you don’t like fighting and you don’t appreciate great talent or heart if you didn’t like that flyweight fight. – UFC President Dana White UFC’s […]