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By all accounts, the UFC lightweight division has come a long way over the years. Once considered the black sheep of the UFC’s ever-evolving divisions, box office draws were hard to come by until a certain BJ Penn put the “smaller” fighters on the map. It is now arguably the most star-studded col...
On March 2nd, featherweight prospect Zabit Magomedsharipov will encounter his first legitimate step up in difficulty since joining the UFC in late 2017. With three of his four appearances in the UFC ending in submission (and the lone decision netting a Fight of the Night bonus), fans and pundits ...
What are the top five fights to make after UFC on ESPN 1: Ngannou vs. Velasquez?
UFC Fight Night 145 Walkout Songs UFC Fight Night 145, the first European show of 2019, goes down this weekend live from O2 Arena in Prague, Czech Republic! In the main event, Polish powerhouse Jan Blachowiz will step into the cage for Brazilian bruiser Thiago “Marreta” Santos. Underneath the pai...
The UFC middleweight division was left in a strange position following UFC 234. After UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker was ruled out of the main event due to an injury, UFC middleweights Israel Adesanya and Anderson Silva were then moved up to the main event of the night in Melbourne, A...
UFC on ESPN 1 Walkout Songs In the main event, Cain Velasquez returns to the cage for the first time in almost 30 months as he takes on Francis Ngannou at heavyweight. Underneath the pair, all over the card, people are wanting to make a mark with promoters and fans. With uniforms now de rigeur […]
The UFC system of ranking fighters is currently poisoning the entire promotion. This truth is inescapable when one looks at the state of the UFC’s lightweight division: Dustin Poirier, Al Iaquinta and Tony Ferguson are all waiting on a title shot. All three have been fairly adamant that they won’...
2018 was an incredibly successful year for RIZIN. Not only was it a year of exciting fights and finishes, but they also managed to sell out the famous Super Saitama Arena twice. First was RIZIN 13, headlined by now RIZIN bantamweight champion Kyoji Horiguchi vs. Tenshin Nasukawa in a kickboxing m...
Since making the jump to Bellator in the summer of 2017, Ryan Bader has completely run through the competition. In addition to going 2-0 at light-heavyweight, he’s also gone 3-0 as a heavyweight. Knowing this, Bellator has a tall order in front of them. They need to provide competition for a man ...
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 ...