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Financial resources are going to be a considerable element when acquiring free agents for the UFC during the Covid-19 pandemic. However, Dana White has never been one to become stagnant when growing the UFC. Fighter’s contracts have always been this mysterious artifact that rarely end up visible ...
The time to doubt Justin Gaethje is over. In fact, it’s been over for some time now. It should not take his interim lightweight title win to realize Justin Gaethje is a force of nature. For much too long Gaethje has been framed as a dumb brawler. Unfortunately for these doubters, and many of his ...
It is always a treat when a UFC event is held in the middle of the week and Wednesday night’s UFC Fight Night 171 was no different. It was a fun night of fights and an intriguing event overall. With it in the rear-view mirror now, however, it is time to look ahead to what is […]
One of the positives for MMA athletes is that a loss does not derail your career. For the losing fighters at UFC 249, the future has some exciting possible matchups. Check out the matches to make for the winners here. Let’s look at the fights to make for the other fighters on the card. The Under...
UFC 249 brought live sports back with a bang on Saturday evening. The card was so stacked with prominent fighters and exciting fights that the UFC 249 Post-Fight Matchmaker had to be split up into two articles. This second article covers the night’s main card. Here is a look at who the stars of t...
UFC 249 delivered as many watched to see the first sporting event in almost two months. The card was viewed as one of the best pay per views in recent memory. One of the best parts of the fight game is that immediately after an event, the speculation begins on what fights are going to […]
UFC 249 brought live sports back with a bang on Saturday evening. The card was stacked, having exciting fights and prominent fighters throughout the card. So much so, in fact, that the UFC 249 Post-Fight Matchmaker had to be split up into two articles. This first article covers the night’s prelim...
Francis Ngannou (14-3) and Jairzinho Rozenstruik (10-0) will be fighting on May 9th at UFC 249. Originally both men were slated to fight as the main event for UFC on ESPN 8 Ngannou vs. Rozenstruik. Thankfully it’s not five rounds anymore because if everyone gets what they want, five rounds aren’t...
Dominick Cruz‘s immediate title shot upon his return at UFC 249 has added more controversy to the bantamweight title picture. Cruz’s title shot comes as a result of Jose Aldo‘s forced withdrawal from his bout with Henry Cejudo. However, there is one fighter in the 135-pound division, Aljamain Ste...
Fans across the world have been eagerly awaiting for the UFC’s first card in Africa for a while now. With a bevvy of talent coming from the continent, the maiden voyage to the continent should be imminent. UFC president Dana White even mentioned bringing a UFC Performance Institute there, so it s...
Israel Adesanya, the last Stylebender, has burst on to the MMA scene. He’s risen to the top of the middleweight division in a one and a half year span. For context, even Conor McGregor took longer than that by almost a year. That makes a compelling case that Israel Adesanya is the biggest superst...
We’re back for yet again for another Fantasy Matchmaking piece. You can find the first three pieces in the series here. This matchmaking piece features a cross-promotional fight between two confident bantamweights, a throwback fight which would have been money and a fight between a world champion...
This is the third piece in a series of Fantasy Matchmaking. The first piece teased Tony Ferguson vs Max Holloway, with the second looking at Chael Sonnen vs Conor McGregor. This piece will look at an all British showdown, a potential karate-style masterclass and an intergender fight that has some...
This is the second edition in the Fantasy Matchmaker series. We will be looking at anyone in this series, current and former fighters as well as those that compete in different promotions. This fantasy matchmaking edition will feature two of the best trash-talkers in history, an undefeated champi...
As we know, crossover fights, inter-weight class fights and fights including retired fighters are not a thing at the highest level of MMA. It is so frustrating because some of the best match-ups out there may never happen as a result of this. We play with some fantasy matchmaking for the first ti...
UFC Matchmaker – Men’s Featherweight division The UFC‘s men’s featherweight division is undoubtedly amongst the strongest within the organisation. However, after Alexander Volkanovski handily dethroned ex-champion Max Holloway, matchmaking has never been tougher in the division in which Conor McG...