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Street-fighter integrity is a rare quality these days. As made clear this past Saturday in London, England, Jorge Masvidal stands alone in the UFC as a bearer of that flag. Jorge Masvidal’s Street-Fighter Mentality As fellow welterweight Leon Edwards now understands, Jorge Masvidal’s code is sim...
The UFC travels to Nashville, Tennessee this weekend for UFC Fight Night 148. The main event will feature a striking battle between two experienced strikers, Stephen Thompson and Anthony Pettis. For Pettis, he will be making his UFC welterweight debut against a very tough opponent in Thompson, th...
Who are the MMASucka staff picking to win on the main card of UFC Fight Night 148: Thompson vs. Pettis? #UFCNashville
The former UFC and WEC featherweight champion Jose Aldo was hospitalized Wednesday due to a severe bacterial infection. The 32-year-old fighter seemed to have had a small cut on his knee where the infection started. Antibiotic treatment was unsuccessful within the first 24 hours according to a re...
Luke Rockhold will be making his return to the Octagon on July 6th at UFC 239. The former UFC and Strikeforce middleweight champion will be stepping up in weight to face the number six light heavyweight contender Jan Blachowicz. Reported by ESPN’s Brett Okamoto on Instagram, this fight is expecte...
MMA is one of the most exciting and jaw-dropping sports in the world and has a hardcore fan following all over the globe. From its early days, when fighters from different weight classes and with different skill sets were thrown against each other to determine which martial art is the best, to th...
TJ Dillashaw is now the former UFC bantamweight champion and has vacated his UFC title. He took to Instagram early Wednesday to announce that he has relinquished the title. He stated that USADA and NYSAC had informed him of adverse findings from his test taken in his fight against Henry Cejudo. T...
Following a report from Democrat and Chronicle, the UFC has confirmed that a welterweight bout between former lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos and former interim lightweight title challenger Kevin Lee has been set to headline an upcoming UFC Fight Night card. The event will be broadcasted li...
Ever wonder how your favorite mixed martial arts promotions turn a profit? Want to know how the UFC got a $4 billion dollar valuation and became part of the largest franchise sale in sports history? Don’t understand why the UFC is throwing out interim titles left and right like they’re on sale? T...
According to the UFC, top lightweights Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone and Al Iaquinta will headline UFC on ESPN+ 8. The card will take place on May 4, 2019, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone Cerrone, a former UFC lightweight title challenger, has spent the majority of the last few year...
It was announced during UFC London that Michael Bisping would be inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame. His long and storied career includes winning The Ultimate Fighter Season 3 and the UFC middleweight title, amongst many other accolades. We at MMASucka published an article outlining the argument ...
According to a report from ESPN’s Ariel Helwani, former UFC heavyweight title challenger Derrick Lewis is set to undergo surgery on his injured left knee next Tuesday. Following his most recent fight, which ended in a second-round stoppage defeat to Junior Dos Santos, it was revealed that Lewis h...
I’ve spent some time singing the praises of underrated fighters, trying to shine light on their talents and entertainment value. But nobody is perfect, it turns out I had been sleeping on one of the best technicians in the sport for years. After John Makdessi put on an absolute clinic vs. Ross Pe...
Jorge Masvidal has long been known as much for a lack of urgency as for his brilliant striking repertoire. Although Masvidal’s fights are mostly skillful, tactical striking affairs, he has been criticized for a habit of refusing to push his advantage, leading to a string of controversial split-de...
The UK fans came out in their thousands this past weekend for UFC London, also known as UFC Fight Night 147. In the main event, Brit Darren Till was brutally knocked out by Jorge Masvidal. In the co-main event, the perennial underappreciated contender Leon Edwards defeated Gunnar Nelson. Further ...
The UFC is returning to London for UFC Fight Night 147 as a couple of welterweight fights headline the card. In the main event, England‘s Darren Till will face UFC veteran, Jorge Masvidal, in what could be an exciting main event. Till will look to rebound from his welterweight title fight loss to...