Canelo VS GGG 3; T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas Although Gennady Golovkin said in the ring, he still is champ at 160 and has plans to go back; it won’t be what happens. And Golovkin will not return because as a true pro, he can see the writing on the wall. Time has done to him, […]
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UFC Vegas 60: UFC Apex; Las Vegas When top level fighters meet, you’re just about guaranteed something fun. And on full display was the grit and determination of Yadong Song. He was pop shotted, sliced, and had to worry about takedowns. However it was Cory Sandhagen breaking a two-fight losing streak. And now that Sandhagen […]
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UFC 279: T-Mobile Arena; Las Vegas If this was the fight that had been planned from the get-go; it could have been a loser leave town fight. However, it might just turn out being the winner exiting. Because Nate Diaz ready to walk away from the UFC. After securing his first submission win since doing […]
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PBC on FOX PPV: Crypto.com Arena; Los Angeles, California Sometimes when you expect a big fireworks display, you get a couple of sparklers instead. Such is life in sports. Between both Andy Ruiz and Luis Ortiz had the futures of their careers just about stamped in The Golden State. Although he is very much still […]
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UFC Paris: Accor Arena; Paris, France There are just times when an athlete “should win”. It’s called a “Hollywood Story or a Cinderella Ending”. The UFC was not the first major MMA organization to come to the City of Love. That was Bellator. But with the UFC roster and Ciryl Gane in particular, they gave […]
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Boxing; Give Fans What They Want, It’s Time For Undisputed It’s been two-decades and change since there was one name atop boxing’s big boy division. That name being Lennox Lewis. And now all the powers that be need to do something everyone has been clamoring for. It’s time for an undisputed heavyweight champion. Perhaps we […]
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UFC 278: Vivint Arena; Salt Lake City, Utah In the world of thunderous head kicks out of nowhere, move over Holly Holm; you now have company. With the inevitable setting in Leon Edwards head kicked his way into the record books as well by grabbing victory from defeat. He avenged his loss to Kamaru Usman […]
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PFL 9: Copperbox Arena; London, England A decade ago just across the street from the Copperbox Arena, Kayla Harrison became world-wide; taking her first Olympic Gold. She then snagged another one. This year in the PFL, she’s looking to become the first three-time PFL champion. And she’s just one-win away from doing so, as Harrison […]
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Brooklyn, New York Earlier this month for the first time in a while the PFL returned to Gotham. And during that trip some personalities came to the borough of Kings for a very important reason. To give back. Anthony Pettis, Renan Ferreira, Lilian Garcia, and Randy Couture came to speak to some very troubled youth […]
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Not every athlete gets to walk away the way they imagined when they started down a professional path. David Lemieux is not the first, and sadly won’t be the last to call it a career on a tragic note. David Lemieux walks away from the sport he loved after his father was innocently gunned down […]
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UFC San Diego: Pechanga Arena; San Diego Sure, the heavier divisions in combat sports have the brutal power. However when the ranked fighters of a lighter division are all due to fight each other within a month, it means one thing. Well… two things. The margin for error is reduced dramatically, and bantamweight is getting […]
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PFL 8: Motorpoint Arena; Cardiff, Wales We may have seen the end of a legend in MMA. Or at least the realization that that day is coming quickly. Rory MacDonald, fell shocking to 2-4 in the PFL. And it appears he has lost the zip to his fastball. Perhaps all the cage wars finally are […]
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Bellator 284: Sanford Pentagon; Sioux Falls, South Dakota Goiti Yamauchi, like many in the MMA community grew up idolizing the “Gracie” mystique. In his 33rd-fight he finally first main event slot and it came against Neiman Gracie. So what happens when a pair of Brazilian jiu-jitsu blackbelts clash? The fight pretty much stays on the […]
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UFC Vegas 59: UFC Apex; Las Vegas In a key light heavyweight fight in the UFC, it was like to ships passing each other in the night. The tenth-ranked Thiago Santos is holding off a “gatekeeper type” image. And Jamahal Hill was tested in the win over Santos like never before. And it came in […]
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