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The Fifa World Cup kicks off this Sunday in Qatar. The winter world cup has caused controversy for a number of reasons, taking place part-way through the season in Europe, there are human rights issues surrounding Qatar itself as well as concerns around LGBTQ rights in the country. The tournament...
What are five fights to make after UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira?
Who is the GOAT of kickboxing? Who are the top 10 greatest kickboxers of all time? A contentious and polarizing question due to a multitude of factors. Kickboxing has various titles and had changing rules over time. However, there are some all-time greats who rise above the rest. We are ranking t...
After turning himself into one of the sport’s all-time greats, Frankie Edgar ends his career looking up at the ceiling of Madison Square Garden. Edgar knew this was his retirement fight coming into UFC 281. He was in a spot where he wasn’t going to win a title ever again, or compete for one, and […]
Floyd Mayweather has made a career out of retirement by taking on a pantheon of the weird and wonderful in exhibition fights. Next in line is British YouTuber Deji. Better known as the brother of KSI, he has been boxing just as long as his sibling; but less successfully. He has taken three losses...
This weekend at UFC 281 the world will be treated to another lightweight bout for the ages. Dustin Poirier will finally meet Michael Chandler as the pair face off for a chance to become the number one contender in the division. With another amazing lightweight fight happening it got us thinking, ...
The UFC visited London twice this year. The first event in March was a roaring success, and produced what Dana White called “the biggest Fight Night in UFC history”. Headlined by Tom Aspinall vs Alexander Volkov, the show acted as springboard for the peripheral British talent in the promotion, no...
This week’s MMASucka podcast focuses on one fundamental question: Is Bellator Still the Number Two MMA Promotion? The podcast crew, Frazer Krohn and Tim Wheaton go in-depth as to why Bellator are struggling to maintain their spot as the number two MMA promotion. It’s clear for all to see and has ...
Since UFC’s creation, hundreds upon thousands of fights have taken place in the octagon. The octagon is a testament to the hard work and determination of the legends who have never quit. It is ridden with history, from the famous clash between Khabib and McGregor to the iconic show given by the i...
And NEW! Islam Makhachev displayed absolute dominance at UFC 280 on his way to a second-round submission over former champion, Charles Oliveira. After a one-sided first round in favour of the Russian, Makhachev dropped Oliveira and consequently submitted him with an arm triangle at 3:16 of the se...
Here are ten UFC versus Bellator fights that need to happen in 2023.
Pound-for-pound rankings are always contentious. We have to consider how well a fighter would do if there were no weight classes, so pound-for-pound rankings are often judged on skill and strength of schedule. Long-time pound-for-pound kings include Georges St-Pierre, Jon Jones and Anderson Silva...
On Tuesday, October 4, the Bellator MMA rankings were updated. This comes following the Bellator 286 event, which was headlined by Patricio Pitbull, who earned a five-round unanimous decision victory against Adam Borics. Pitbull remained atop the Bellator pound-for-pound rankings after the title ...
Bo Nickal made another statement last night on Dana White’s Contender Series when he took out Donovan Beard in just 52 seconds. He dropped Beard with the first punch he threw, then chained various submission attempts together before finally ending the fight with a perfectly-executed triangle chok...
UFC president Dana White sits down to celebrate his friend’s birthday. Everyone at the table is rich. What do you get the man who has enough money to buy everything he could ever want? More money, of course. Dana White was criticized a little while back for gifting $250k to Kyle Forgeard of Nelk...
UFC 279 is now one for the history books and it will certainly be in the minds of many for a number of years. After a chaotic fight week which saw three bout changes on the main card, two weight misses and a fight weight change at the last minute, we finally got 13 fights […]