First Win At Flyweight For Thug Rose

First Win At Flyweight For Thug Rose

UFC Vegas 89: UFC Apex; Las Vegas, Nevada Looking to become a two-division champion is a big thing on the mind of Rose Namajunas. But first she needed to get a victory. And she secured her first win at flyweight after a 49-46 2x, 48-47 unanimous decision over the eighth ranked Amanda Ribas. Was it […]

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 Highs And Lows For Polish Power

Highs And Lows For Polish Power

UFC Vegas 88: UFC Apex; Las Vegas, Nevada In a main event that had two fighters with lots of highs and lows coming into the contest, something had to give. Unfortunately for the birthday boy Tai Tuivasa it ended with him going to sleep just 4:08 into the opening round. And his slide has extended […]

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 Hard Work Pays Off For The Assumed Gatekeeper

Hard Work Pays Off For The Assumed Gatekeeper

UFC Vegas 87: UFC Apex; Las Vegas, Nevada Well much like the little engine that could proved so does Jairzinho Rozenstruik. Hard work pays off. Thought of as a heavyweight with some skill, and lots of power, but just not enough for the ultimate glory by some. The jury is still out on whether that’s […]

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 One Hitter Quitter For PFL King

One Hitter Quitter For PFL King

PFL vs Bellator Champ vs Champ: Kingdom Arena; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia The PFL might have purchased Bellator, but in the first ever major MMA event in Saudi Arabia, one thing was certain. Although Bellator fighters have not seen action in a long time, there was no rust in them. As a matter of fact, they […]

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 Looking At The Future At Featherweight

Looking At The Future At Featherweight

UFC 298: Honda Center; Anaheim, California The Byrd’s said it best. “To everything turn, turn, turn. There is a season turn, turn, turn”. And now the UFC featherweight division is looking at the future post Alexander Volkanovski title reign. While fans like to look at “The Madden Curse”, “The SI Curse”, “Drake betting on you”; […]

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 No Cage Rust For The Joker

No Cage Rust For The Joker

UFC Vegas 86: UFC Apex; Las Vegas, Nevada Well maybe this old dog does have something left in him. Jack Hermansson, away from the octagon for 14-months due to injuries made his middleweight return. And in that he stopped the charging hype train of Joe Pyfer. It shows that there was no cage rust for […]

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 Might Have Solved The Chimaev Question

Might Have Solved The Chimaev Question

UFC Vegas 85: UFC Apex; Las Vegas, Nevada Was this main event of 185ers a barn burner? No. They aren’t always. But it did provide a storyline, if the company decides to go one way. And it might have solved the what’s next for BORZ?, should they decide on going a different direction. And it […]

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 We Might Have The 300 Main Event

We Might Have The 300 Main Event

UFC 297: Scotiabank Arena; Toronto, Ontario Canada It’s good to be champion. And now the new UFC middleweight champion has a couple of options at his feet. But we might have the main event for the highly anticipated April 13th UFC 300 card. With one of those having a built in rivalry that goes way […]

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 Light Heavyweight Rivalry Settled For Now

Light Heavyweight Rivalry Settled For Now

UFC Vegas 84: UFC Apex; Las Vegas, Nevada The dangerous 31-year old Russian Magomed Ankalaev made it look simple against the SBG IRELAND fighter Johnny Walker this time. When they met just three-months ago the Russian’s illegal knee ended the fight as a no-contest. This time he he used an exclamation point in the light […]

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 Welterweight Could Be In Trouble

Welterweight Could Be In Trouble

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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 Lightweight Next Year Will Be Insane In The UFC

Lightweight Next Year Will Be Insane In The UFC

UFC Austin: Moody Center; Austin, Texas It didn’t take long at all for the UFC’s lightweight division to be flipped. And that tends to happen when a veteran puts his ranking slot on the line versus a rising threat. After Arman Tsarukyan made quick work of Beneil Dariush he proved just why everyone at 155 […]

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 The Guy Is Back On Fire; Pereira Grabs Another Belt

The Guy Is Back On Fire; Pereira Grabs Another Belt

UFC 295: Madison Square Garden; New York City Let’s not make any mistakes here. The UFC’s ninth two-division champion is a dangerous man. But if we are being honest there was a circumstance here. Nonetheless, the guy is back atop a division. Alex Pereira in just eleven mma fights is proving to be even better […]

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 Avoiding Damage Leads To Win For Almeida

Avoiding Damage Leads To Win For Almeida

UFC Sao Paulo: Ibirapuera Arena; Sao Paulo, Brazil No matter how you cut it, a win is a win. And while Jailton Almeida kept his red hot winning streak going (now at 15); avoiding damage leads to it. Although it was far from a pretty performance if ground control isn’t your thing. There were many […]

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