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With traditional revenue models on the decline, over-the-top streaming might just be the future of Sports Entertainment. Nearly eight months after the announcement that the UFC and ESPN reached a five-year $1.5 billion media rights agreement, the largest MMA promotion in the world made its debut ...
Hardened fight fans would have been forgiven for approaching Jake Hager’s transition from professional wrestling to mixed martial arts with some trepidation. After CM Punk’s highly-publicized yet ultimately fruitless foray into “real fighting” with the UFC, which consisted of two emphatic defeats...
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...
Daniel Cormier won the UFC heavyweight title against the longest reigning heavyweight champion in UFC history, Stipe Miocic. He becomes the 5th UFC fighter to win belts in two divisions, and the 2nd to hold two UFC belts simultaneously. Despite this amazing accolade, Cormier spent little time to ...
“My name is Jacob Kasper. I walk around at 220 pounds and have measurements very similar to Jon Jones. I was a Division 1 All-American this year, and 5th at the Olympic Trials. I have no striking background, I just think I could give a good look for Daniel Cormier, and help out a fellow […]
The Boys at the Hammer feature weekly coverage of all things MMA. They have one of the premier radio shows in the world of MMA broadcast weekly on Wednesday nights on 93.3 FM, CFMU and here at MMASucka. UFC Fight Night 128: Barboza vs. Lee goes down this Saturday night in Atlantic City, New Jerse...
UFC President Dana White was recently asked in an interview with Sirius XM’s Kevin Harvick of the chances of former UFC Heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar (5–3 (1) MMA) making a return to the octagon in the near future in which he replied with “They’re very, very, very good.” "They're very, very, ...
With the UFC’s current state of pay-per-view sales seeming to lose steam, Brock Lesnar could be the boost the UFC needs. And there’s growing cause to believe he might be coming back. UFC President Dana White said on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio that the odds that Lesnar makes a UFC return are “very, ver...
Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey signs with WWE.
If Ronda Rousey did make her way to the WWE, how should she be booked?
MMA’s connection to American pro wrestling continued Sunday evening, thanks to King Mo Lawal, Colby Covington, Bobby Lashley, and Stephan Bonnar all being involved in an Impact Wrestling pay-per-view event that took place in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. With the success of the Money Fight, it looks l...
On August 22, 2017, the UFC was notified by US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) of a potential anti-doping violation in regards to UFC Lightweight Champion; Jon Jones. This was reportedly stemming from a sample collected following his weigh-in on July 28th, 2017 prior to his UFC 214 fight against Danie...
UFC-hall-of-famer Stephan Bonnar entered The Main Event Zone for a new interview.
He is ‘The Samoan Submission Machine’ Samoa Joe Long-time fan-favorite Samoa Joe is finally living what some people in the business would call the dream. He has quickly risen up the ranks of the WWE and has now secured himself a shot at the WWE Universal Championship. Ater becoming the NXT Champi...
There is a rumor floating around that the “Messiah of the Back Breaker”, Roderick Strong, is the one that is going to take down the current NXT Champion, the Glorious one, Bobby Roode. Could this be a good thing? It has been reported that Roderick Strong has made quite the impression on Triple H ...
“The Kiwi Buzzsaw” Travis Banks has become a huge sensation over the past year in the world of professional wrestling and the fans could not be more proud of this man right now. He has overcome the odds of many as he has fought to the top to become a man people talk about regularly. […]