Hot takes, editorials, and opinion pieces from our team on the biggest stories in MMA.
UFC on Fox 6 is now in the books and you’d be hard-pressed to find someone who didn’t think the event delivered on all counts. Both TJ Grant and Ryan Bader shone on the undercard; Ricardo Lamas and Anthony Pettis made their case for title shots in their respective weight classes, and the Demetrio...
When the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) linked arms with media conglomerate FOX I daydreamed of the possibilities. This sport that I watched grow from an ugly, violent duckling had transformed into a beautiful swan that would be featured as a major sport alongside National Football League (...
Bellator makes its way to Oklahoma for its second fight of season eight with one title fight and five tournament quarter final match-ups. That one title fight will be the main event of the evening as welterweight champion Ben Askren puts his title on the line against the season six welterweight t...
Demetrious Johnson and Joseph Benavaidez put it all on the line at UFC 152 with five rounds of non-stop, back-and-forth action that was hard to follow with the naked eye. During and after the fight the pair of world-class flyweights weren’t greeted with respect and adulation, they were vociferous...
Anger. That was the first thing I experienced when I saw that the cage was being banned in Western Australia. As a resident of Victoria, the only other state to forbid caged combat sports I have tried to do my little part to educate the masses on the safety benefits of using a cage. It […]
I came across an article written by Doug Elfman of the Las Vegas Journal where he did an interview with Ronda Rousey. In the interview she made some interesting comments regarding George St-Pierre and why he is so famous. Apparently in Ronda’s world it has nothing to do with being the welterweigh...
Eddie Alvarez is having the biggest fight of his career and he can’t even throw a punch at his opponent. I was in attendance for Eddie’s most recent fight, the highly publicized potential last Bellator fight for Alvarez, at Bellator 76 in Windsor, Ontario. Since then, the tension between Alvarez ...
After over two decades of supplying combat sports Strikeforce finally got a lethal dose of arsenic and mercifully went to sleep. If I were to summarize Strikeforce in a handful of words, I would say it’s a story of a promotion that struggled with excessive growth – They become too big to be small...
Last night the 2012 World MMA Awards took place at The Joint at Las Vegas’ Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. This years show was once again hosted by Chael Sonnen and Molly Qerim, who also hosted the 2011 show. All of todays top MMA stars were in attendance, as well as Jerry Springer, Eric Roberts, Steve...
This weekend marks the death of Strikeforce, and after the promotion’s final event most of the fighters are expected to make their way over to the UFC. I say most and not all because there are many who are fighting for their jobs with Zuffa this weekend, but there have already been a few who have...
The last hurdle has been cleared for Alistair Overeem’s return to the Octagon. The Nevada State Athletic Commission gave their go-ahead for “The Demolition Man” to take on Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva on February 2nd. Now that his licensing issues are behind him, Overeem can go back to focusing on inf...
In March of 2011 it was a great day. The sun was shining, the birds were chirping and I had the day off so I joined up with a few of my partners in crime to spend an afternoon with a few adult beverages and cast a line in to do a little fishing. We […]
Firas Zahabi and Tri-Star gym have long been a staple of mixed martial arts in Canada. Home to decorated UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre, Tri-Star was to go-to place for any Canadian talent looking to make a serious splash in the mixed martial arts world. Montreal is the home to some...
Francis Carmont (20-7) fought to a controversial split decision victory at UFC 154 against Tom Lawlor. The Montreal based fighter is attempting to help UFC matchmaker Joe Silva out by calling out his next opponent. Carmont took to his official Facebook page and called out two top middleweight fig...
On December 8, 2012 UFC Lightweight Champion Benson Henderson defended his belt against Nate Diaz at UFC on FOX 5 in Seattle, Washington. With the demise of Strikeforce and their last event happening on January 12, the Strikeforce Lightweight Champion Gilbert Melendez will make the move over to t...
When it came to MMASucka voting, ideas were all over the place. When it came to fighter of the year, or fight of the year, things were close. That was until we got to knockout of the year. There was one knockout which stood above the rest, one which was heads and shoulders more damaging, violent,...