Hot takes, editorials, and opinion pieces from our team on the biggest stories in MMA.
Cory Sandhagen may have been the biggest loser at UFC 259 without even stepping into the Octagon. The bantamweight title was up for grabs at UFC 259 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on March 6th between Petr Yan and Aljamain Sterling. In the 4th round of the bout, Yan landed a blatantly illegal […]
Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines “pound-for-pound” as, “used when comparing a pound of one thing with a pound of something similar.” The most-debated topic in all of combat sports, be it boxing or MMA, is, “Who belongs on the P4P list?” Sugar Ray Robinson revolutionalized the term making boxing...
Canelo Alvarez (55-1-2, 37 KOs) made quick work of Avni Yildirim over the weekend to retain his WBA (Super), WBC, and The Ring super middleweight titles. Alvarez landed 67 punches in three rounds of action before the fight was stopped. Seemingly untouchable in the sport of boxing, it is hard to i...
This episode is unlike the others. Get down and deep with Jeremy Brand and Dan Rose. MMASucka Live – Pound for Pound Rankings First, we go over this upcoming weekend’s fight card — UFC Vegas 20. It is flying highly under the radar, largely because the casual fan likely doesn’t know all the fighte...
Pound for Pound rankings is pretty subjective. That said, MMA Sucka Live is going to be issuing our Pound for Pound rankings on our show, and then dropping the lists on MMA Sucka. This is the first edition of the rankings and will update them on a monthly basis. MMA Sucka Live Pound for Pound […]
I’m Not Surprised, Nate Diaz is wrong about McGregor and Poirier “I think Conor dropped the ball … thought it was a big old joke honestly,” Nate Diaz said, in an interview, with ESPN‘s Ariel Helwani, regarding Dustin Poirier vs. Conor McGregor. “He’s playing switching up his whole role and playin...
We start with Petr Yan vs. Aljamain Sterling at UFC 259 and then: Cory Sandhagen, Cody Garbrandt, TJ Dillashaw, Jose Aldo, Henry Cejudo, and Dominick Cruz. The bantamweight division is a top 10 filled with hungry knockout artists and veteran former champions. Who will be champion in one year’s ti...
UFC 258 is now one for the books. With a card that saw four finishes and six decisions, the card was solid. In the main event, we saw Kamaru Usman retain his welterweight title with a solid third-round knockout of former teammate, Gilbert Burns. The co-main saw up and comer Maycee Barber suffer h...
UFC 258 took place in the Apex Center last night in Las Vegas, NV. You can find the results of the entire card, here, but today we’re focusing on a few specific items from the fights. In short, we’re taking a look at what was the good, the bad, and the ugly from UFC 258. […]
We all like watching Nate Diaz fight. He’s game, always brings it, provides interesting and funny pre-fight antics and can turn it on when it really matters. The Ultimate Fighter Season five winner and younger brother of former Strikeforce champion, Nick Diaz has stepped up in the past and provid...
With the Super Bowl tonight, the entire world has their eyes and minds on American football as the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers compete to raise the Lombardi Trophy. It is a pinnacle event of athleticism and strength. Similarly to football players, MMA fighters constantly express a...
The UFC is the undeniable pinnacle of an MMA fighter’s career, or so is the apparent general consensus. It holds the biggest talent pool out of any promotion, with fighters from other promotions time and time again struggling to fully transition into the prestigious company, and MMA rankings cons...
The UFC is the undeniable pinnacle of an MMA fighter’s career, or so is the apparent general consensus. It holds the biggest talent pool out of any promotion, with fighters from other promotions time and time again struggling to fully transition into the prestigious company, and MMA rankings cons...
Alistair Overeem is one of the best mixed martial artists to ever grace the heavyweight division. His resume speaks for itself. He’s defeated Vitor Belfort, Fabricio Werdum, Brock Lesnar, Junior Dos Santos, and Andrei Arlovski. He’s won championships in Strikeforce, DREAM, K-1, and PRIDE. He has ...
With UFC 257 being a historic one for the books, we play matchmaker. In the main event, Dustin Poirier upset the odds to defeat Conor McGregor by second-round TKO. The debuting Michael Chandler impressed massively with a first-round TKO over Dan Hooker. Further down the main card, Joanne Calderwo...
Saturday night, Dustin Poirier took on the biggest star the sport of MMA has ever seen, Conor McGregor, and knocked him out. Certainly, there’s no way to take away from this achievement. McGregor was heavily favored by both fans and analysts and was widely seen as a bad matchup for Poirier. Poiri...