Hot takes, editorials, and opinion pieces from our team on the biggest stories in MMA.
Matt Mitrione hung with Travis Browne through round one before an eye poke in the waning moments of the round. He suffered another eye poke in the second, but kept the fight close enough through the end of the round. (Mitrione and Browne landed a near identical number of strikes through two, thou...
As soon as Bruce Buffer finished “AND STILL,” MMA Twitter began debating the third round of the welterweight title fight between Robbie Lawler and Carlos Condit. Everyone agreed in awarding rounds one and four to Condit and rounds two and five to Lawler, including the judges. It was that pesky th...
It’s the last episode of 2015 for the Eye of the Storm MMA Podcast, so let’s give out some awards! Hosts Justin Pierrot and Christiaan Allaart give out a bevy of awards, even if the trophies are more akin to the Marvel No-Prize. Knockout of the year? We’ve got it. Submission of the year? You […]
Over the holiday weekend, an Ask Me Anything on Twitter spawned a discussion about whether the ten-point must system is appropriate for MMA. (Used correctly, the ten-point must system does as well a job [if not better] than any other system that’s been used or proposed.) This led to a thought abo...
Break out the adult beverages! It’s the Eye of the Storm MMA Podcast, After Dark! Hosts Justin Pierrot and Christiaan Allaart break down all the big happenings, from Conor MacGregor defeating Jose Aldo to the thugnificent beatdown placed by Rose Namajunas upon Paige Van Zant. Christiaan also argu...
Old-time gambler Pug Pearson spoke of the “choking point.” The choking point was on display during a skins game he played against three competitors. At the 18th tee, Pearson was up two holes on one man, one hole on another, and even with the third. Pearson teed off first and hit a drive that rico...
We’re finally less than a week away from watching Jose Aldo and Conor McGregor test their skills against one another at UFC 194. It’s not just a big fight; it’s a mega fight. It’s the kind of fight that has you salivating from the day it’s announced, and the anticipation only gets worse until it […]
Cathal Pendred retired this week. It’s neither a blow to the UFC, nor its fans. Pendred compiled a 17-4-1 pro MMA record. He went 4-2 in the UFC, with a lucky decision or two and leaving on a two-fight skid. Pendred was a beneficiary of the Conor McGregor tidal wave that pushed the UFC into the […]
This past weekend was action packed for combat sports fans. From WSOF, to Bellator, to UFC, to K-1, to Boxing, to ONE Championship and more. With all these events, there were plenty of fights that piqued the interest of the critics and made social media go wild. Some of the staff members from MMA...
With arguably the biggest upset in all of MMA, in which Holly Holm defeated Ronda Rousey in a one sided affair, it seems that the women’s bantamweight division has seemingly risen from the dead. Before UFC 193, the talks were always about who would be next in line for Ronda and who could be the […]
Bisping: Belfort is a “hypocrite” and a “dirty scumbag” The number seven ranked UFC middleweight Michael Bisping has been sidelined since July 18. In his absence, “The Count” has been keeping himself busy talking about fights on FOX Sports’ UFC Tonight, as well as some analyst duty on event night...
Inside Etihad Stadium, in Melbourne, Australia, former professional boxer Holly Holm did the unthinkable when she knocked out women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey via headkick and follow up punches in the second round. Holm, a significant underdog, utitlized her superior footwork and striki...
Hello Ronda, I won’t ask how you’re doing because, well, I think anybody with a shred of empathy and any knowledge of you would have a basic understanding how you’re doing. I don’t think your fight with Holly Holm went the way most people expected, let alone yourself. Losing sucks, there’s no way...
Six months ago I wrote an article about how Ronda Rousey is not worth celebrating. The article pointed out Rousey’s character flaws like her Sandy Hook trutherism, her insensitivity to trans people (specifically towards Fallon Fox and Cris ‘Cyborg’ Justino), her bullying of an Ultimate Fighter pr...
The UFC returned to Sao Paulo on Saturday night, and brought with them a great night of fights, sans Viscardi Andrade-Gasan Umalatov. In the main event, Vitor Belfort knocked out Dan Henderson for a second time, showing no new wrinkles in his game. For Henderson, he has dropped six of his last ...
Mixed martial arts has taken lots of forms over the years, from the Gracie challenge matches in Brazil to the creation of the UFC in the United States and the rise of PRIDE in Japan. MMA fights have taken place with a myriad of time restraints (or lack thereof), in rings, in cages, and with vario...