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The UFC finally announced the location of fight island, Yas Island in Abu Dhabi. Yas Island is a 2500 hectare island. It is a popular island and popular tourism project in Abu Dhabi. Yas Island is far from an oceanic island as many fans believed in the build-up. However, it is an interesting plac...
UFC 250 was an important night in the history of the organization, featuring a historic title defense and important fights with title implications. It was held at the UFC Apex and was the second consecutive pay-per-view without an audience. The UFC 250 Post-Fight Matchmaker will determine the nex...
If there was any doubt about which division was the best in MMA, UFC 250 clarified that. The bantamweight division was the highlight of the night with not one, but two knockout of the year contenders. Along with, a stellar submission victory by Aljamain Sterling. If you’re looking for the statist...
The UFC returns to the Apex once again in Las Vegas as the women’s featherweight title is on the line at UFC 250. In the main event, UFC women’s bantamweight and featherweight champion Amanda Nunes looks to make history. With two titles to her name, Nunes looks to become the first simultaneous ch...
Who are the MMASucka staff picking to win on the main card of UFC 250: Nunes vs. Spencer?
It seems as if retired life isn’t suiting Alexander Gustafsson and he is set for a return to the UFC on the July 25th card on Fight Island. As we previously told you, MMA retirement is not forever and in that article, we suggested Gustafsson may unretire soon. The three-time light heavyweight tit...
Roosevelt Roberts put a stamp on his grudge match with Brok Weaver last Saturday when he submitted him in Round 2. Roberts improved to 4-1 in the UFC and 10-1 overall with the win. “It was a good win,” he told MMASucka. “I felt like I went out there and showed a lot of my […]
The Cannabis Chronicles is a series that gets fighters’ opinions on cannabis in MMA. We speak to fighters to understand their view on the pros and cons marijuana has in the sport of MMA. On Tuesday, June 2nd we spoke with Eryk Anders to get his take on the subject. Everyone Uses Cannabis Bloody E...
With the UFC back in the swing of things, we’ll be seeing more of the Making the Grade articles. Last weekend we focused on the UFC Apex card, featuring Tyron Woodley and Gilbert Burns. I mistakenly picked Tyron Woodley in that fight, but I went 4-0 on the remaining fights. We’ll see how it goes […]
Following Henry Cejudo‘s shock retirement and subsequent relinquishment of his bantamweight title, the belt is now vacant. Dana White announced his plans to have Jose Aldo and Petr Yan compete for the title. However, the two most deserving contenders happen to be fighting at UFC 250 this weekend…...
The same question is asked on every sports show around the world, who is the GOAT of this sport and that sport? For basketball, many consider the answer to be Michael Jordan, for football, Tom Brady, for golf, Jack Nicklaus, and for baseball, Babe Ruth. The question about who is the MMA GOAT ha...
Casey Kenney had arguably his best UFC showing yet on Saturday when he vanquished Louis Smolka in the first round of their UFC Las Vegas bantamweight scrap. Kenney submitted Smolka, a former top-10 flyweight, with a one-arm guillotine choke at the 3:03 mark of the bout. Kenney improved to 3-1 in ...
The UFC brought the octagon back to its home of Las Vegas on Saturday for UFC on ESPN 9. The event took place at the UFC’s new Apex facility, the same place the Contender Series is hosted. The main event featured a welterweight bout between the former champion Tyron Woodley and rising contender G...
UFC 250 goes down this weekend and although it is headlined by a women’s featherweight bout, the men’s bantamweight division will be highly showcased. With four bantamweight bouts set to take place on the card, we take a look at each of them in turn, make a prediction and outline the impact of ea...
UFC Fight Night 176 took place at the UFC APEX on Saturday night that featured some historic finishes and a potential changing of the old guard. This post-fight matchmaker matches up the main card winners with the fighters that they should face next. UFC Fight Night 176 Post-Fight Matchmaker Mack...
After a brief break, the UFC returns tonight and they will be taking the octagon back home to Las Vegas for UFC on ESPN 9. It will be yet another event with no crowd as the card will take place at the UFC Apex. In the main event, former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley makes his return to ...