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UFC Fight Night 144 Walkout Songs The UFC is back this week, and off to Fortaleza, Brazil for its first show of 2019 on ESPN+. UFC Fight Night 144 will see top-ranked bantamweights Marlon Moraes and Raphael Assuncao wage war in the main event at the . While the card is full of notable names, […]
It looked like Jon Jones might be in trouble again following a drug test that indicated that the MMA fighter had traces of steroid metabolites in his system following his recent fight with Alexander Gustafsson. Jones, who is the current and three-time Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) light-he...
This is part two of a two part series where I will be diving a little deeper into the UFC GOAT discussion, and deciding who I think is the GOAT of each weight class. Part one can be found here. The UFC GOAT of Each Division (Part Two) Disclaimer This piece will only consider fighters […]
This is part one of a two part series where I will be diving a little deeper into the UFC GOAT discussion, and deciding who I think is the GOAT of each weight class. There has been a lot of talk lately about who is the UFC GOAT. For anyone unaware, although I don’t understand […]
With Ronda Rousey finally making a long-awaited debut appearance for the WWE last year, 2019 will undoubtedly be a year that continues the trend of the lines between pro wrestling and UFC being blurred. It is not just in terms of personnel that this process could be accelerated; the mannerisms se...
It was announced last August prior to UFC 229 that Conor McGregor had officially signed a five-fight contract with the UFC. Following what ended in a one-sided defeat by the hands of current UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, the Irishman now has four fights remaining on that contract....
2018 is in the rear-view mirror, which means it’s time to reflect on another whole year of mixed martial arts. Thousands of fights took place across the globe among the sport’s numerous promotions. MMASucka would like to recognize and award the sport’s fighters, promotions and personalities that ...
My wish list for the world of MMA in 2019 2018 proved to be a stellar year across the world of MMA – it was littered with some phenomenal fights card, knockouts, submissions and crucially the likes of Bellator and ONE Championship began to make some sizeable gains in competing with the UFC. Here...
RIZIN 2018 Awards: Event, Entrance, Comeback, Upset, and more In 2018, RIZIN Fighting Federation had their best year yet. Hosting more shows than ever before, RIZIN gained more fan attention than they have ever encountered over the course of twelve months and six stacked events. They topped headl...
This past Saturday at UFC 232, Amanda Nunes made history by knocking out Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino, ending her historic thirteen-year streak of dominance. With the win, Nunes became only the third fighter to capture simultaneous titles in two different divisions. Conor McGregor and Daniel Cormie...
The Greatest Women’s Fighter of All Time The conversation of the ‘Greatest of All Time’ for women’s MMA ran stale some time ago. One aspect that possibly hampers this discussion is the lack of divisions. In North America’s top organizations, UFC & Bellator (there is more than one), there are a co...
UFC 232 Walkout Songs UFC 232, the final PPV of 2018, goes down this weekend live from The Forum in Inglewood, CA! In the main event, Jon “Bones” Jones will step into the cage for the first time since testing positives for PEDs in a rematch against Alexander Gustafsson. Underneath the pair, all o...
Joel Suprenant is a former mixed martial artist who was a large part of the original Team Quest. He previously worked closely with Chael Sonnen as a voice on the podcast ‘You’re Welcome – With Chael Sonnen.’ He contacted MMASucka and asked to share his thoughts regarding UFC 231. ****** In Novemb...
In the sport of mixed martial arts, the last thing a fighter wants to be known for is being a quitter. To make a career in this sport, you need to be some of the toughest people on this planet. Fighters have to go through months of agonizing training, hours of brutal sparring sessions and equal […]
Can Cain Velasquez Save the Heavyweight Division? The UFC‘s heavyweight division is experiencing a bit of a logjam. It doesn’t help that Daniel Cormier didn’t want to give a much-deserved immediate rematch to former champ Stipe Miocic. Instead, Cormier will be fighting Brock Lesnar in a fight tha...
Max Holloway just extended his UFC winning streak to 13 against the highly talented Brian Ortega. Max answered many questions on Saturday night, including the most important one of them all—’Is Max Holloway still able to compete?’ Despite his recent scary and unexplained cognitive ailment, the an...