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UFC 221 Walkout Songs The UFC is back on pay-erview this weekend, live from the Perth Arena in Perth, Australia. UFC 221 is topped by an interim middleweight title clash between former champ Luke Rockhold and likely subject of Cuban genetic experiments Yoel Romero, two men well-established in the...
“The road to athletic greatness is not marked by perfection, but by the ability to constantly overcome adversity and failure.” – Nike Mixed Martial Arts GOAT, Georges St-Pierre What does it mean to be the greatest? Does it mean that one has to be the biggest, fastest, and strongest person in thei...
So, Lyoto Machida got the job done. On Saturday night in his hometown of Belem, Brazil, against an unbeaten former college football star who the UFC were clearly hoping to build off Machida’s name, ‘The Dragon’ showed there was still some fire in his belly, eking out a split decision victory over...
The heaviest division in the UFC recently put its title on the line at UFC 220. Current champion, Stipe Miocic, took on scary knockout artist, Francis Ngannou in the night’s main event. Stipe dominated, winning by unanimous decision, and breaking the record for most consecutive title defenses in ...
This past weekend showcased some exciting MMA fights. Plenty of knockouts, submissions and tightly contested decisions have caught the attention of the MMA world. While those who won celebrate and those who lost go back to the drawing board, fans want to know: what’s next? Armchair Matchmaker tak...
Finally, a super-fight that is warranted, and one fans deserved.
After UFC 220 this past weekend, the champion of the UFC’s light heavyweight division has not changed. Daniel Cormier was able to defeat Volkan Oezdemir by a second round TKO to retain his title. The 205 pound weight class is pretty shallow when it comes to worthy contenders at the moment. Many b...
UFC on FOX 27 walkout songs The UFC returns to Big FOX this week with UFC on FOX 27! The event goes down live at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, NC. The main event is a middleweight bout between perennial Top Ten fighters Renato “Jacare” Souza and Derek Brunson. All over the card, people are wa...
What are some of the fights to make now, following UFC 220?
This past weekend showcased some exciting MMA fights. Plenty of knockouts, submissions and tightly contested decisions have caught the attention of the MMA world. While those who won celebrate and those who lost go back to the drawing board, fans want to know: what’s next? Armchair Matchmaker tak...
Since Michael Bisping won the middleweight title at UFC 199 in 2016 after knocking out Luke Rockhold, the title has been up for grabs a total of two times. The first of them being Bisping’s first title defence against Dan Henderson at UFC 204. Bisping’s second defence came at UFC 217 against Geor...
The last week has showcased some exciting MMA fights. Plenty of knockouts, submissions and tightly contested decisions have caught the attention of the MMA world. While those who won celebrate and those who lost go back to the drawing board, fans want to know: what’s next? Armchair Matchmaker tak...
UFC St. Louis is in the books, and the main card delivered worthwhile fights and interesting narratives moving forward. After every fight night, fans take stock of which fighters left particularly positive or negative impressions, shifting their support for the future. Let’s review some of the st...
Being clogged up the way it has been for the last 14 months because of the current champions inactivity, the UFC’s lightweight division has been pretty crazy since the title changed hands at UFC 205 in November of 2016. When Conor McGregor won the belt that night, becoming the UFC’s first fighter...
The UFC’s men’s featherweight division has arrived in the “Blessed Era” as Max Holloway has solidified himself as a legit champion after dethroning Jose Aldo at UFC 212, and then defeating him again the exact same way at UFC 218. Outside of Max Holloway, there are many great fighters in the 145 p...
The UFC’s bantamweight division is stacked with talent, but in the last two years, three men have been on top of that mountain. Between 2016 and 2017, the title changed hands three times – the first time coming in January of 2016 when Dominick Cruz defeated TJ Dillashaw by a split decision to bec...