UFC Vegas 94: UFC Apex; Las Vegas, Nevada The way the UFC started was matching one art form against another. And for more than the zillionth time a grappler fought a striker. Between two tough Brazilian strawweights, it was Virna Jandiroba making the most of her opportunity. In her first UFC main event she only […]
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UFC: In business one needs to be steadfast. Almost to the point of being cocky in some’s views. That’s a large part to the success of CEOs. In the very beginning of the UFC’s Fertitta’s and Dana White run, there was no huge issue with allowing fighters to move freely. As long as they got […]
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UFC: It’s a tale as old as time. Weight cutting is horrible, especially for a fighters internal organs. And if any organization, or commission for that matter; truly cared about “their athletes” well being, they’d put an end to it on a dime. Period. Ask an athlete who is moving up how they feel, you […]
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UFC 303: T-Mobile Arena; Las Vegas, Nevada “We’re starting to run out of superlatives when talking about Alex Pereira” was the way JON ANIK described the two-division champion post-fight. And no sentence is more true. Thanks to a real head kick dead… move over Leon Edwards, he successfully defended the light heavyweight strap for the […]
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PFL 6 2024 Regular Season: Sanford Pentagon; Sioux Falls, South Dakota Who said things were supposed to be easy? This time around it’s not an easy path to a title for Brendan Loughnane. The 34-year old Englishman took the PFL featherweight strap back in 2022. Already having clinched a playoff spot, he snagged the number […]
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Top Rank Boxing: All things come and go. Hence is life. As fun as the run at TOP RANK BOXING has been for Shakur Stevenson, it seems like it’s coming to the end. At least that’s the vibes the spidey-sense is getting. The now three-divisional, two-division champion, and Olympic silver medalist has been brought along […]
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Super Lightweight… Welterweight? A bad trait of boxers who have their fathers as their trainers is they’re too close to the action. The ability to see the much grander picture get blurred. Does it outweigh all the positives? Well, that’s on a case by case basis. But it seems one such fighter is on the […]
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Bellator Champions Series Dublin: 3Arena; Dublin, Ireland Sometimes it’s better to fly under the radar. In an absolutely massive step up in talent, the Dagestani who trains at ATT, Ramazan Kuramagomedov has flipped the script at welterweight in Bellator. In the massive upset he has taken the strap off of Jason Jackson. It was his […]
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PFL 5: 2024 Regular Season; Huntsman Center, Salt Lake City, Utah Well once again it was the typical striker versus grappler matchup. And Mads Burnell used heavy grappling as the difference in his win over the local Clay Collard. To the tune of six takedowns where he not only controlled the action on the mat, […]
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PBC Boxing; MGM Grand Garden Arena: Las Vegas, Nevada Las Vegas has always been home to amazing finishes in the sweet science. And in the 100th fight card in the confines of the MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA, it was another spectacular finish. Picking up his 28th knockout in thirty-fights is again Gervonta Davis. And for […]
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UFC Louisville: KFC Yum! Center; Louisville, Kentucky Even the great ones miss a call at times. After all, we’re all only human. However, arguably one of the best referees in all of combat sports, JASON HERZOG is part of the story on this night. Whereas judges are not allowed to speak on their cards, referees […]
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First Direct Arena: Leeds, England It’s a magical thing to watch two perfect foils go at each other. Although this rematch scrap between Jack Catterall and Josh Taylor didn’t bring flashbacks to HAGLER-HEARNS or GATTI-WARD, there’s no denying the excitement it had. And yet again no matter how you at home scored it, judging once […]
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Kingdom Arena: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia It’s taken boxing fans a quarter of a century to get what they’ve wanted. One name, one face in the biggest division in boxing. But because of a decision by the IBF, undisputed will only last a mere fourteen-days. A decision mind you that is totally their prerogative. The back-and-fourth […]
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PFL – Bellator Championship Series: Accor Arena; Paris, France In a way it was deja vu for the 30-year old Patrick Mix. Although this time… what a trip for the young man from Upstate New York. In the main-event he once again defeats Magomed Magomedov. This time via split decision (48-47 2x, 49-46), after submitting […]
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