Hot takes, editorials, and opinion pieces from our team on the biggest stories in MMA.
It is time to have a very real and difficult conversation about Jon Jones the fighter and person. We need to start treating them as one and the same because with Jon the fighter we don’t know Jon the person because if he was anyone else in the world he would be behind cell doors […]
On Friday, September 24, ONE Championship delivered an 11-bout card full of excitement with ONE: Revolution. 3 Things We Learned From ONE: Revolution A new ONE Lightweight World Champion was crowned in the evening’s main event, but two more World Titles were also on the line. Capitan Petchyindee ...
Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman — all iconic characters of DC Comics. Even still, when these heroes team together with other heroes like The Flash and Cyborg, an iconic team is born — The Justice League. So, which MMA fighters would best fill the role of DC’s iconic super team? Casting MMA Fighter...
The greatest of all time. The GOAT. A debate that wages on throughout every sport. Michael Jordan or LeBron James? Joe Montana or Tom Brady? In mixed martial arts, it is the same, and the ever-popular Joe Rogan has lent his voice to the discussion with his pick for the title. Demetrious Johnson i...
Perhaps the best-known superhero team is The Avengers. The super-powered phenomenon has been loved for decades by comic book fans and has recently gained worldwide notoriety for its movie adaptations. Its most recent roster includes Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk, Thor, Black Widow, Hawkeye, War...
Mixed martial arts is a sport with a violent image. For many, sending children into the ring will raise eyebrows, yet the sport is growing in popularity among young people. How does the sport actually compare to other popular youth sports? How does this influence pundits and commentators? How doe...
There are elite athletes all over the world, and those athletes also compete in every major promotion. They are not confined to any one promotion, no matter how much market share their initials create. Fighters We’d Like to See in ONE The martial arts scene has exploded over the past two decades,...
Bellator 264 returned to the Mohegan Sun Arena Friday night when Gegard Mousasi defended his middleweight championship with a 3rd round TKO victory over John Salter. The middleweight’s next challenger has already been found, Bellator announced after the fight that Austin Vanderford will be next f...
Born in Iran, hailing from the Netherlands, Gegard Mousasi was destined to be well-travelled and to have a life full of perseverance, and that is exactly what his mixed martial arts career has been full of thus far. In a career that has seen him compete in 14 different countries, Gegard Mousasi h...
Simply put, UFC Paris has to happen. There is no better time to construct a UFC Paris card than now, with a wealth of French and European talent ready to take over the game. Dana White and the UFC are always looking to break into new areas and while their rivals, Bellator put on a show in Paris […]
UFC 265 was a card with an action-packed preliminary card and a main card that lived up to the hype capped off by Ciryl Gane capturing France’s first UFC championship. Houston’s own Derrick Lewis came up short and could be in heavyweight purgatory, but several other fighters on the main card may ...
Who do you think is the best combat sports fighter of all time? It’s a question that a lot of people have tried to answer, but no one has come up with a solid answer. Part of the problem is that periods have come and gone since the emergence of cage fighting and the founding […]
In a sport where longevity is scarce, Jose Aldo continues to defy the odds almost 12 years since winning his first featherweight championship at WEC 44. On Saturday, Aldo is set to face fellow ranked bantamweight, Pedro Munhoz. With a win at UFC 265, Aldo has the opportunity to rattle off back-to...
Ciryl Gane has had rapid ascension to a UFC interim heavyweight title shot after just nine professional fights is a testament to how uniquely and convincingly his combination of size, speed, footwork and confidence has dispatched anyone, anywhere so far; a skill set similar to those Muhammad Ali ...
The greatest of all time in most of the UFC’s weight classes have all received immediate rematches, regardless of the manner in which they lost, except Stipe Miocic. Coming off his knockout loss to Francis Ngannou he has just been totally cast aside and he isn’t happy about it. Stipe Miocic Unhap...
Celebrity boxing, combat sports crossover matchups, crazy fights. Hop in the way back machine and go back to a time where Anderson Silva was in his prime and an elder statesman of boxing in Roy Jones Jr. wanted a combat sports crossover event to happen. The only problem is that event never happen...