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Ladies and gentlemen, international fight week is well under way and the culmination of such will be the epic pay-per-view event this Saturday of UFC 290 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The main event will see Alexander Volkanovski take on the gritty Yair Rodriguez in a match slated to unify ...
The Ultimate Fighter (TUF): Season 31 returned this week for the sixth time this season with a familiar theme to the last five episodes: Will Conor McGregor‘s team pick up its first win of the season? Now may be as good a time for the McGregor’s team of prospects as ever. This week’s episode will...
UFC 290 will make headlines around the world. This may be due to the high profile clash for the featherweight belt between Alexander Volkanovski and Yair Rodriguez, or perhaps it will be because of the battle for the flyweight crown as current champ Brandon Moreno takes on Alexandre Pantoja. Robe...
UFC 290 marks the featherweight return of the widely regarded GOAT of the 145lbs division, Alexander Volkanovski. Aside from Conor McGregor, Volkanovski has defeated every UFC featherweight champion to exist. At featherweight, the Aussie is undefeated in his career, dominating a 15-fight winning ...
Australia has a long history in MMA, however, they haven’t always produced champions like the US or Brazil. It’s a rarity in the UFC to not have a Brazillian champion in at least one division, however, with Australians, it’s the opposite. It’s rare to have a champion. There are plenty of phenomen...
Featherweight is a division where several men can lay a claim to being the greatest to ever do it. First of all, you have the Brazilian King, Jose Aldo who utterly dominated the featherweight division since its inception. Then you have the man who took Aldo’s place as the long-reigning monarch of...
Who are the MMASucka staff picking to win at UFC on ESPN 48: Strickland vs. Magomedov?
July is shaping up to be an exciting month in combat sports, from MMA to boxing, there is plenty to watch. With five UFC events, including two PPV’s, Bellator vs. Rizin and a blockbuster boxing match-up, there’s a lot to keep your eyes on. We take a look at the top five fights to watch […]
In a fight where the deck was stacked against him, Chepe Mariscal (14-6 MMA, 1-0 UFC) made good on his UFC debut when he won a unanimous decision over the previously unbeaten Trevor Peek (8-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC). Mariscal took the fight on 10 days’ notice, up a weight class and in a venue in […]
The much anticipated and highly advertised UFC Fight Pass Invitational 4 is set to take place tonight from Las Vegas, Nev. The show will feature a pair of monumental super fights as well as an Absolute Tournament that will see the winner take home a $30,000 cash prize. Fight fans can catch the UF...
Gatekeeping has often been thrown around as something with negative connotations in an MMA context, yet it should not be branded as an insult or a derision of a fighter’s abilities. A gatekeeper is a fighter that sets the benchmark of skill needed in order to be defeated. The gatekeeper may have ...
The Ultimate Fighter (TUF): Season 31 returned this week for the fifth episode of the season. Team McGregor is, again, in search of their first win of the season, but this time will have to do it against an old friend of their head coach’s in BRAVE CF bantamweight champion and longtime John Kavan...
The UFC is back at the Apex this weekend for an intriguing middleweight encounter as Sean Strickland looks to make it two in a row against Dagestan’s Abusupiyan Magomedov in the main event. With twelve fights slated for the night, there are plenty of ways for fight fans to win big.
Former rivals and opponents Anderson Silva and Jake Paul may end up meeting again. This time, however, it won’t be in a ring, it will be in a boardroom. Silva has recently come out and confirmed his support for the Fighter’s Union that was proposed by Youtuber turned boxer, Paul. Silva’s support ...
Who are the MMASucka staff picking to win at UFC on ABC 5: Emmett vs. Topuria?
The Octagon is coming to Jacksonville, Florida on Saturday for UFC on ABC 5. Surging featherweight blue-chip prospect Ilia Topuria will look to remain unbeaten when he fights Josh Emmett, who is coming off his interim title loss to Yair Rodriguez. It’s No. 5-ranked Emmett vs. No. 9-ranked Topuria...