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The iconic term “Dana White Privilege” was first uttered by Tony Ferguson in the build-up to his fight with Michael Chandler at the UFC 274 press conference. Since then, the term has gone on to become widely popular with the fan base and has come to mean a fighter who is undeserving of the percei...
There is a mostly unavoidable cycle in sports where the young rookie takes aim at the veterans, garners experience, and hits a peak all before becoming the very same veteran they sought to take out in the early phases of their career. In fighting, that cycle consumes just about all fighters, with...
Alexander Volkanovski fell short of history last October in Abu Dhabi following his knockout loss to lightweight champion Islam Makachev. After the loss was the agreement to defend his featherweight title in February, meaning “The Great” would look for his seventh defence at featherweight while a...
UFC 297 has just wrapped up and we have a new UFC Middleweight champion of the world – Dricus Du Plessis. After an exciting, razor-close title fight – judges deemed Du Plessis the victor via split decision. With this, “Still Knocks” becomes the 4th holder of the middleweight championship since No...
Dricus du Plessis became the UFC middleweight champion when he took a split decision over Sean Strickland at UFC 297 on Saturday. Strickland and du Plessis went back and forth for 25 minutes, with Strickland out-landing the challenger and du Plessis landing big power shots. Two judges scored the ...
UFC 300 is just around the corner and we can expect a huge card with it being such a historic event. We already have a number of great fights announced and with UFC president, Dana White dropping fight news on a regular basis, we can expect nothing but fireworks from here on out. So, the […]
We are slowly approaching that date: the biggest UFC event of all time – UFC 300. April 13th, 2024. With the return of one of the biggest prospects in MMA – Bo Nickal (fights Cody Brundage), a featherweight debut for Aljamain Sterling (vs Calvin Kattar), massive lightweight contest between Charle...
A massive night for the Light Heavyweight division this Saturday night goes down from Canada as Artur Beterbiev puts his unified Light Heavyweight titles on the line against Liverpudlian Callum Smith. Smith is likely the greatest challenge that Beterbiev has ever faced in his career and as his 39...
It happens nearly every week. On a Saturday night, you sit down on the couch and grab your beverage of choice to watch a fight, be it MMA, kickboxing, or boxing. The routine is more or less the same every fight night. An entire evening of pugilism boils down to its main event. You can […]
Josh Emmett has called his shot. The number six ranked featherweight, Emmett took to Twitter on Wednesday morning and wants a number one contender fight against the former champion Max Holloway. What’s next..? 👀https://t.co/T9AKXCxnev pic.twitter.com/ti27a1EoGN — JOSH EMMETT (@JoshEmmettUFC) Jan...
Recently, an image was doing the rounds on MMA Twitter: an infographic that displayed the social media accounts of each champion of the UFC. While many focused on the total followers or lack thereof for the likes of Sean O’Malley, Islam Makhachev, and Alex Pereira, one champion slipped under the ...
Annually, we release 10 outlandish predictions for the year ahead and have fun predicting what might happen in this crazy sport we all love. Last year’s full article can be found here, however, in this piece, we’ll look at how close (or far away) we were in our predictions. 2023 Predictions 1. Ci...
The UFC’s Heavyweight division has felt like it has been in a perpetual state of limbo for years now, and with the departure of Francis Ngannou from the division and the arrival of Jon Jones to the fold, it seems to have ground to a halt. This article will lay out the main problems that the Heavy...
MMASucka gives you 18 recommendations for fighters who should compete at the milestone UFC 300.
Now that Colby Covington has finally been expelled from the welterweight division title picture following his one-sided defeat to Leon Edwards at UFC 296, the question on the lips of fans across the world has been, “who is next for the 170 lbs champ?”. There are a few names that are being floated...
What more can anyone say about Colby Covington’s performance over the weekend during UFC 296? While “Chaos” and his supporters had hoped for a championship belt underneath the Christmas tree, Covington walked away from the T-Mobile Arena with just a lump of coal to show for his performance. The a...