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The following is my report on UFC 66 posted ten years ago this week… UFC 66: LIDDELL VS. ORTIZ 2 DECEMBER 30, 2006 AIRED LIVE ON PPV -The pregame show was disappointing, with a repeating […]
For the second time, Mirko Cro Cop has called an end to his professional fighting career. He says this time it’s for good. Just days after winning the Rizin Grand Prix tournament in Japan, Cro […]
A LONG HUG AND A LOT OF THANKS While Dana White had said that Ronda Rousey was in a better state following her loss to Amanda Nunes last Friday than she was a year ago […]
UFC 207 was this past Friday, and it was a wild event. Let’s get to the rundown. UFC 207 GOOD: Ray Borg vs. Louis Smolka Borg came in heavy, which is disappointing because he’s […]
Alex Oliviera was the victim of some destructive knees to the head from Tim Means’s in UFC 207’s prelim opener. Unfortunately for Means and fortunately for Oliveira, referee Dan Miragliotta stepped in quickly as the […]
Dominick Cruz suffered his first loss in over a decade to Cody Garbrandt last night. Speaking at the post-fight press conference, Cruz admitted he knew Garbrandt was a serious contender and that it is now […]
The Ronda Responsibility If Ronda Rousey losing her invincibility at UFC 193 to the foot of Holly Holm was the dramatic twist in her epic, getting pummeled in 48 seconds by Amanda Nunes at UFC […]
ROUSEY POST-FIGHT Ronda Rousey was notable in her silence during the buildup to UFC 207 on Friday night. Perhaps nothing spoke louder than her performance, or lack thereof, in her fight with Amanda Nunes that […]
Though it wasn’t the second round finish he promised, Cody Garbrandt managed to defeat longtime Bantamweight Champion Dominick Cruz via unanimous decision and claim the title for himself. During the post-fight press conference, Garbrandt welcomed […]
Dana White, on the UFC 207 post-show on FS1, defended himself against the criticism that Amanda Nunes, the champion, was disrespected by all of the focus being on Rousey in the lead-up to UFC 207. […]
The following are highlights of the panel discussion on the UFC 207 post-show on FS1 discussing the Amanda Nunes dominant quick victory over Ronda Rousey: •Miesha Tate: “I told you guys [Nunes] is the hardest […]
UFC 207 December 30, 2016 Las Vegas, Nevada from T-Mobile Arena Live on UFC Fight Pass (7:30 PM ET), Fox Sports 1 (8:00 PM ET), and pay-per-view (10:00 PM ET) UFC closes out their year […]
UFC 207 – Preview The final UFC pay-per-view of the year is taking place on a rare Friday night card due to Saturday being New Years Eve. Ronda Rousey makes her return in a battle […]
The UFC brings its New Year’s event to the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada for UFC 207. Ronda Rousey makes her long awaited comeback when she challenges Amanda Nunes for her bantamweight title. The […]
ROUSEY AND NUNES MAKE WEIGHT, OTHERS DON’T The official and public weigh-ins for UFC 207 both went down on Thursday and, while Ronda Rousey’s appearances on the scales were uneventful, two of the usual suspects […]
This year is coming to a close, and 2016 was quite the eventful year, in both good ways and bad ways. This was true in the world of sports as well as the real world. […]
USADA’s latest victim is a familiar name to the suspended fighters list. Josh Barnett has been flagged for a potential USADA violation after allegedly failing an out-of-competition test taken on Dec. 9, according to a […]
How would you grade UFC’s handling of the Featherweight Title situation? How would you have handled it differently? MATT ECHOCHARD, MMATORCH CONTRIBUTOR The UFC didn’t really have much of a choice but to strip the […]
UFC’s Christmas gift to fans of giving away a recent pay-per-view for free appears to have been a huge success. Saturday night’s rebroadcast of four fights from UFC 206 did 4.7 million viewers on Fox […]
How would you grade UFC’s handling of the Featherweight Title situation? How would you have handled it differently? ROBERT VALLEJOS, MMATORCH CONTRIBUTOR Intrinsically, I have no issue with stripping Conor McGregor of the Featherweight Title. […]
REPORT: FERGUSON VS. NURMAGOMEVOD FOR INTERIM TITLE? After a month of much uncertainty regarding the UFC Lightweight Title picture, some clarity now looks to be forming. Bloody Elbow has cited reports from Russian website Izvestia.ru […]
The Nevada State Athletic Commission has ruled Cain Velasquez unfit for fighting this Friday night, so his match against Fabricio Werdum is off UFC 207. Velasquez had said previously he was scheduled for surgery after UFC […]
FROM ADOLESCENCE TO TEENAGER TO ADULT, UFC’S MATURATION In 2016 the UFC had to be a big boy. Both their media relations and business practices showed that at age 23, the UFC has now matured into […]
APPEARANCE OF ROUSEY GETTING SPECIAL TREATMENT, CODDLING CONTINUES Ronda Rousey and Amanda Nunes will not take part in the UFC 207 media session next week. Rousey has been unusually silent in the build up for […]
CYBORG WARNS ABOUT DANGERS OF WEIGHT CUTTING Cris Cyborg has revealed the cause of her USADA violation. In a post on Facebook, Cyborg stated that she used a diuretic called spironolactone that her doctor prescribed […]
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