Editorials, hot takes, and in-depth analysis from voices that follow every punch in the sport.
It’s became a growing trend over the past few years, as more and more households are fitted with high-speed internet connections and the technological savvy youth continue to find new sources to view live sporting online, streaming is becoming and bigger problem by the day. To put it simply, if y...
When you hear Friday Night Fights most will reflect on the glory days of boxing but as of last week Friday’s prime time slots will be loaded with a smorgasbord of mixed martial arts action. On FX the Ultimate Fighting Championship presented The Ultimate Fighter Live with Spike TV counter-programm...
How many times have you thought to yourself, I could do a better job judging this fight? Or what if this fight were judged like PRIDE was? Well MMAFighting.com spoke with Dana White about his opinions on judging today and his thoughts on the half-point system. “We get into half-points? They bette...
UFC continues to garner more and more fans in the land down under with the biggest live gate for a Fight Night card in history with $2.2million earned with 14,532 in attendance to witness the night of action topping the $1.1million for last years Fight Night 24 headlined by Alexander Gustafsson e...
Nobody knew how the UFC was going to be received in the land of the rising sun when UFC 144 went down at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. Since the glory days and the eventual collapse of Pride FC, many have said the sport was dead and buried. Just over 20,000 hardcore Japanese […]
Las Vegas, Nevada – Two months into 2012, and there are already some mouth-watering UFC championship fights on tap. In April, light heavyweight king Jon Jones will defend his crown against No.1 contender and bitter rival Rashad Evans, in May heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos is expected to c...
“I don’t know what Miesha thinks being ‘Pampered and Protected’ means, but I suggest she invests in a dictionary.” By ‘Rowdy’ Ronda Rousey: I read recently on Miesha’s blog that she thinks that she has the heart of a champion because in her first MMA bout was getting punched till she got a bloody...
The last time we saw Diego Sanchez compete in the lightweight division, he fought a gutsy twenty plus minutes against then-champion BJ Penn. Sanchez was determined the loser via doctor’s stoppage that night, but with Penn mired between the welterweight division and retirement it may be time for S...
Nick Diaz is one of the most polarizing figures in combat sports, the proudest man from the Stockton California “209” area code is willing to break every rule in the book but this time he broke the wrong rule. For the second time in his career the former Strikeforce welterweight champ tested posi...
Word is now making rounds in the MMA world that we are set for Carlos Condit vs. Nick Diaz 2. UFC President Dana White has now gone as far as to confirm the bout on twitter. While a rematch for the interim welterweight championship and right to fight Georges St. Pierre when GSP returns is […]
Thought it was interesting when I saw this poll on the UFC.com website, asking fans who they thought won the UFC 143 Main Event. At the time it was 47% “Condit won,” 47% “Diaz won,” and “too close to judge” had 6%. It made me wonder if we could see a Diaz vs. Condit 2 […]
UFC 143 went down last night featuring Carlos Condit earning the UFC welterweight championship, out-pointing former Strikeforce champ Nick Diaz unanimously on the judges’ score cards. As I am required to do as a part of my agreement with Joe Silva to do his job I’ll give you my thoughts on who th...
Let’s face it, we all think we can do the job better than the ones making the huge amounts of coin scoring fights right? Tonight MMASucka presents a trial-run of a new concept, a judging panel with Jeremy Brand, Trevor Deuck & Justin Faux scoring round-by-round beginning with the FX telecast. Wel...
Well, it’s 2012 and if you’re a conspiracy theorist then you probably think we’ll be nothing more than smoke and ashes by this time next year but let’s enjoy this year of fights for what it’s worth. This year we wasted no time getting into the thick of things with a Zuffa, LLC event each […]
“Oh my god. How embarrassing is that?” These were the words that came from the table next to mine after Chael Sonnen’s first cringe-inducing interview of Saturday evening. The one where he had compared himself to cigarettes before turning to the camera in David Caruso-like fashion and claimed tha...