UFC 296: T-Mobile Arena; Las Vegas, Nevada The 170-pound division across all combat sports is looked at as a legacy division. (Although in boxing, it’s 147-pounds). But after a dud of a main event in the UFC’s final act of 2023, welterweight could be in trouble. This is far from the first or last fight […]
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The UFC goes back to the Apex in Vegas this Saturday night. One of the featured fights is a welterweight match on the main card that may just play a role in the wide-open division. Joaquin Buckley, a dark horse contender in the welterweight division, takes on Andre Fialho. You may know Buckley for his […]
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UFC delivered yet another killer card this past Saturday in Newark. The main event featuring Henry Cejudo and Aljamain Sterling was one of the closest decisions the UFC has ever seen. Both fighters had their moments. Neither fighter was truly able to take over and dominate the fight. A split decision win for Sterling allowed […]
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UFC 286: O2 Arena; London, England They say to be the man you must beat the man. But when you accomplish that in back-to-back fights, it’s quite the feet. Especially when you do it against a fighter like Kamaru Usman. The hype was getting to a high pitch on how high up the ladder of […]
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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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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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An Original Who’s Seen It All There comes a time in every athlete’s career when they must take a hard look at the facts, and make changes. Angela Hill is now at that fork in the road. She’s 37-years old and in an underrated and tough strawweight division, the outlook isn’t as pretty as her […]
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Deerfield Beach, Florida: Normally in a fight camp, a fighter relies heavily on his teammates to move and act like the upcoming opponent. Sometimes though; a fighter brings in outside help. But, it’s never really secretive who the mimic is. For this battle; Burns brings in unnamed sparring partners. And that’s the way he’s keeping […]
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Miami, Florida Well, if you were thinking things were anywhere near squashed between Colby Covington and Jorge Masvidal; you’d be wrong. Late last night the two Floridians cross paths again, and things went sideways as Covington and Masvidal round six went down at PAPI STEAK. The incident actually happened outside on the Miami street at […]
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The time is coming when Dustin Poirier may need to make another move. Whether it’s for a one off against Nate Diaz at 170, or to eventually wrap up his career. He’s come up short in grabbing the lightweight strap twice. But could Poirier beat Kamaru Usman and swipe the welterweight one. That’s a tricky […]
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Kamaru Usman is a competitors competitor. “The Nigerian Nightmare” has never doubted the fighting skills of Khamzat Chimaev. What Usman is though, is cools on Chimaev being next up. “I mean, this guy hasn’t even fought in the Top-10. He hasn’t even beaten anyone yet. So, I mean, Covington is still standing in the way. […]
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UFC 272: T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas: For 25-minutes Colby Covington did what he knows best. Use a smothering and controlling wrestling game to stifle an opponent. He took the three-scorecards easily from Jorge Masvidal 49-46, 50-44, 50-45. And then in true “Chaos” fashion has set up to fight another former ATT teammate; Dustin Poirier. But […]
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UFC 268: Every yin needs its yang. Whether you like the “in cage persona” of Colby Covington or not is inconsequential. He and Kamaru Usman are as close as mirror images can be. And before the sun sets on their careers, although Usman is up 2-0, they will trilogy. And maybe even do it a […]
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