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The UFC is set to kick off its 2020 slate with UFC 246, which will take place Saturday night from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Headlining the event will be a welterweight bout between Conor McGregor, who is making his long-awaited return to action and veteran fan favorite Donald Cerro...
Making the Grade is a new feature on MMA Sucka where I’ll be grading upcoming cards, events that just occurred, big fights and much more. Today, we’re going to take a look at the fights for Saturday night and grade UFC 246’s PPV portion of the card. UFC 246 features a huge contest between Conor […]
The calendar has flipped to 2020 and it’s another year in the books for KSW. The organization completed its 16th year of entertainment with six events. Furthermore, the six events entailed 53 bouts with nine being for titles. As a result, there were three interim title fights, one inaugural title...
A lot has changed from 2018 to 2019 in the UFC. Robert Whittaker lost his middleweight title to Isreal Adesanya. Max Holloway lost his title after three title defenses to Alexander Volkanovski. Herny Cejudo became a two-division champion and Weili Zhang shocked the world to become the women’s str...
The 2010s are now behind us and what a decade it was. MMA has reached new heights and there were too many jawdropping moments in the decade to count. We here at MMASucka wanted to do our part and contribute to the best of 2010s discussions. Eight of our writers have come together and voted […]
We’re back for the first UFC Matchmaker of the year. This feature will include fighters who competed in December of last year. We will look at potential match-ups for Aspen Ladd, Geoff Neal, Chase Hooper and Chan Sung Jung. Aspen Ladd Aspen Ladd was one of the hottest undefeated prospects coming ...
The MMA Sucka 2019 Awards are here! 2019 is over and done with and what a year it was. The MMA Sucka Awards will showcase some of that action. We saw some fantastic fights and the emergence of some amazing new talent. We witnessed a host of new champions, the return of Conor McGregor, and […]
As still a relatively new sport, MMA is still in a transition period. Unlike our counter-part, boxing, which has reportedly been around since 1681, MMA is still trying to figure things out. There are a number of things that should be changed to improve the sport, some from a rules point of view a...
The Bellator 237 main event between Fedor Emelianenko and Quinton Jackson is nearly two decades in the making. Both “The Last Emperor” and “Rampage” have fought for every major organization, but their paths have yet to cross — until now. With both fighters beyond their prime, you would not expect...
MMA rankings are a constantly shifting landscape, as hot new fighters rise and aging legends retire. Fighters can put together nearly unstoppable win streaks, then seemingly never recover from a devastating loss – or spend a long time-fighting in the mid-cards, then be suddenly propelled into sta...
In June of 2019, the French minister of sports Roxana Maracinenu announced to the world that in 2020, France would be, at long last, legalizing the sport of MMA. With that date rapidly approaching, it’s clear that the UFC’s debut in Paris is looming. With this in mind, today we’ll be planning out...
Jairzinho Rozenstruik (10-0) has just come off a blood and guts battle against seasoned veteran Alistair Overeem (45-18) and has called his shot against former title challenger Francis Ngannou (14-3). This fight could be interesting as Rozenstruik seems to be at the point where Ngannou was before...
Alexander “The Great” Volkanovski (20-1) is taking on UFC Featherweight Champion Max Holloway (21-4) for the Featherweight title at UFC 245 in Las Vegas on the 15th of December. While Holloway is hoping for his fourth successful title defence he is possibly facing the biggest threat to his throne...
We’re back with another monthly matchmaker and it’s been a quiet month in the UFC. We had the epically stacked UFC 244 from New York and two Fight Night trips to Moscow and Sau Paolo. In this edition, we look at potential match-ups for Darren Till, Kevin Lee, Magomed Ankalaev and Jan Blachowicz. ...
‘Blonde Fighter’, Katlyn Chookagian is without doubt, one of the biggest threat to flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko. With only two losses on her professional record, both by split decision, Chookagian is now the clear front runner for a title shot. We look at why she deserves a title shot,...
This is the third instalment of ‘UFC Monthly Matchmaker’. With a number of big fights this past month we have a lot to choose from. November’s feature will include Dan Hooker, Niko Price, Kron Gracie, Maycee Barber and Chris Weidman. Auckland’s Own, Dan Hooker Dan ‘The Hangman’ Hooker increased h...