UFC Vegas 69: UFC Apex; Las Vegas In time all kingdoms fall. It’s the circle of life. For a long time now the UFC’s women’s 125-pound division has been ruled by a sniper in Valentina Shevchenko. It’s hard to imagine that she won’t sit atop it forever. But that won’t be the case. Especially now […]
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UFC 284: RAC Arena; Perth, Australia Sometimes when you find yourself on the short end of the stick, you actually win in the long run. And that comes from the lessons you learn. So whether there is a flip-flop of pound-for-pound or not is inconsequential. Both Islam Makhachev and Alexander Volkanovski however have proved why […]
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UFC Vegas 68: UFC Apex; Las Vegas The UFC’s enigma is not in any danger of being released by Dana White. However, things once again went sideways quickly for “The Black Beast” in another disappointing Derrick Lewis fight. But Derrick Lewis did fall to 5-5 in main event slots and 26-11 1 no contest overall […]
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Bellator 290: The Forum; Englewood, California So it’s an end of a 20-year era with Fedor Emelianenko for the second and final time hanging up the gloves. But even more history was made in the fight. Ryan Bader became the only one to beat him twice. And he did so again by 1st round TKO […]
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UFC 283: Jeunesse Arena; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil They say be careful for what you wish for, because you might just get it. And everyone’s wish is to be a champion. Well now the hunter becomes the hunted as Jamahal Hill whitewashes Glover Teixeira to become the new light heavyweight champion in a 50-44 unanimous […]
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UFC Vegas 67: UFC Apex, Las Vegas The heart of a fighter really shows through when they take short notice fights. And due to another injury to Kelvin Gastelum, that’s what “TARZAN” did. At least the UFC didn’t push him or Nassourdine Imavov to drop down to 185. While 205 might not be where either […]
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Capital One Arena: Washington, DC; PBC Boxing- Showtime PPV It matters not what you think of him as a human being. At least for this second. But, Gervonta Davis is one bad young man. And it seems the more “chaos” is around, the better he does. And not necessarily the domestic violence kind. There are […]
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RIZIN 40: Bellator vs RIZIN: Saitama Super Arena; Saitama, Japan There have been plenty of cross promotions in the past. But for Bellator’s head man Scott Coker, this one turned out really special. It was a 5-0 clean sweep on the main card for them over Nobuyuki Sakakibara‘s RIZIN FF. And closed with one of […]
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UFC Vegas 66: UFC Apex; Las Vegas The UFC has now closed the book on the year 2022. It’s been a year that has seen multiple divisions flip. And that brings options moving forward; which is a good thing, and an exciting thing. The options for middleweight Jared Cannonier are decent for him. Not only […]
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New Plan For Joseph Benavidez If He Has His Way When one retires from something the amount of time on their hands usually comes as a surprise. But there’s a new plan for Joseph Benavidez if things play out right. Now that the smoke has cleared fully from a future Hall Of Fame career, the […]
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UFC Orlando: Amway Center; Orlando, Florida It was really starting to look like the gatekeeper at welterweight was “Wonderboy”. However, at least on this night Stephen Thompson finds the fountain of youth. As he kept the pace high and slowly broke down the bigger Kevin Holland. But what does it all mean for his future? […]
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UFC Vegas 65: UFC Apex; Las Vegas No matter where one is in one’s MMA journey, one must master one thing early on. Listening. And at FORTIS MMA Kennedy Nzechukwu is doing it quite well. The huge light heavyweight with an 83-inch reach was pushed in his first-main event early by Ion Cutelaba. And then […]
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Bellator 288: Wintrust Arena; Chiago, Illinois It’s safe to say that this will not be the last time that Corey Anderson and Vadim Nemkov face one another. But after the rematch due to the accidental head clash, Vadim Nemkov looks complete as light heavyweight champion. And he’s a million dollars richer too boot winning the […]
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UFC 281: Madison Square Garden; New York City Well Israel Adesanya played with fire, and he got burned. Whether you think referee Marc Goddard’s stoppage was early or not is inconsequential. He actually saved him from getting crumbled viciously even though Adesanya tried to roll with some of the strikes at the fence. And yes, […]
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