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From 2008-2010, Dan Hardy was one of the most polarizing figures in the welterweight division. He was becoming an international star constantly improving after every fight. Fans labeled him as brash and flamboyant, who knew how to get under his opponent’s skin before picking them apart with his b...
My second month in Chiang Mai has been surrounded around my training. This month I’ve kept a lot more to myself — not going out and doing things as much, spending all my down time resting, studying footage or getting massages to recover my sore muscles. I have been using all my energy for my […]
Video: Jon Jones vs Shogun Rua UFC 128 full fight In anticipation of the UFC light heavyweight championship bout between Jon Jones and Glover Teixeira at UFC 172, the organization is showing the full bout from Jones’ claim to the title at UFC 128 against Mauricio “Shogun” Rua. Jones dismantles Sh...
After a two week layoff, the UFC is back and hosts another event outside of the United States. They return to Abu Dhabi for the first time since UFC 112 in what was possibly the worst main event of all-time between Anderson Silva and Demian Maia. They come into Abu Dhabi with a main event […]
UFC Fight Night 39 weigh-in results The fighters taking part in tomorrow’s UFC Fight Night 39 event took to the scale today at the official UFC Fight Night 39 weigh-in festivities. Today’s weigh-ins took place at the Cornish’s East Plaza in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. UFC Fight Night 39 weig...
Let’s be honest: Every now and then it’s fun to get down into the nitty-gritty statistics and see if we can’t perform some MMAth. It helps us analyze future fights and make predictions based on previous history. Fans of all sports do it, so why can’t we? It can help us look for potential trends […]
With the inclusion of a pair of Middleweight bouts and a Bantamweight match-up, May’s ROAD FC 015 card is shaping up to be the ROAD Fighting Championship’s best line-up yet. A headlining bout between Joachim Hansen (23-11-1) and Seo Doo-Hwan (9-7) was recently announced by the promotion. Now, Iss...
UFC 174 – scheduled for June 14th at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, BC – finally has a main event, and it’s a title fight to boot. Demetrious Johnson will be defending his UFC Flyweight Title against Ali Bagautinov at the top of the promotion’s June pay-per-view event. The news was announced earlier ...
The Ultimate Fighter 18 went down in history as being the first season to include female fighters. Eight women and eight men lived and trained side by side, struggling for the one goal of winning the tournament and being signed to the UFC. TUF 20 will be the first season to feature an all-women c...
Did you miss last month’s RUFF 12 event in Shanghai, China? Well, here’s your chance to relive the action from all eleven bouts below. RUFF 12 full fight videos The main event featured a clash between former UFC veteran Azamat Gashimov, and rising Chinese star, Lu ZhenHong. Gashimov’s experience,...
There are always young, up-and-coming fighters to watch around the world. Unfortunately, most mixed martial arts fans don’t get to know these diamonds in the rough unless they are in the UFC. That is where MMASucka.com decided to get involved to bring you this “Five fighters to watch from…” featu...
UFC 174 has finally had a main card fight announced, and it’s a doozy. In a bout that has “#1 Contendership” written all over it, Rory MacDonald will be taking on Tyron Woodley in a welterweight match-up. The fight will go down on June 14th at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, BC. UFC officials confirme...
A third different opponent has been found for Sarah Kaufman, after both Shayna Baszler and Amanda Nunes were forced to drop out against her do to injury. The UFC has signed Invicta FC fighter Leslie Smith to step in as the exceptionally short notice replacement for the bout set to go down on the ...
After a three year layoff, top Singaporean prospect Radeem Rahman finally makes his return to competitive action when ONE Fighting Championship makes a pit-stop in Singapore next month. Officials today confirmed with MMASucka.com that Rahman (1-0) will be locking horns with Malaysia’s Raymond Tan...
The MMA Gods seem to be set on Sarah Kaufman not fighting in Quebec City, as her latest opponent, Amanda Nunes, has suffered a hand injury. This is the second opponent to drop out of this bout due to injury – the first being Shayna Baszler. Nunes posted an x-ray of her injury on both […]
**Republished with permission from CombatSportsLaw One issue that separates MMA from other mainstream sports is the accessibility of athlete pay information. The public has ready access to salaries paid to athletes in the NHL, NBA, NFL, MLB. Even individual sports such as golf and tennis have p...