UFC 280: Etihad Arena; Abu Dhabi Like they say “defense wins championships”. In the words of Khabib Nurmagomedov 22 years of training together has brought the heir apparent to his destination. Becoming the new UFC lightweight champion. With Islam Makhachev (who might need a nickname now), tapping Charles Oliveira Nurmagomedov’s father’s plan comes true. As […]
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UFC Vegas 62: UFC Apex; Las Vegas It may not have been as exciting as any of her five-first round knockouts, but Alexa Grasso keeps chugging along in the flyweight division. Since coming up from strawweight, she’s now on a four-fight win streak. Does this grant her the ticket to jump the queue and challenge […]
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UFC Vegas 61 took place at the Apex with zero access to the public. Despite Dana White adamantly denying the rumors of Mark Zuckerberg renting the Vegas arena for the night, it appears as if he did. Zuckerberg could be seen all night, alongside his wife as they sat right next to Dana White, enjoying […]
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UFC Vegas 61: UFC Apex; Las Vegas One of the final goals a fighter has before they can declare themselves ready for a title fight, is to enter the Top-Five. And in a key strawweight match up, Xiaonan Yan had an impressive go at it. Yan Xiaonan survives the main event slot over Mackenzie Dern […]
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UFC 277 will take place on July 30th at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. Headlining the card will be Julianna Pena, who will defend her UFC Women’s Bantamweight title against Amanda Nunes. A second title fight will take place, as Brandon Moreno and Kai-Kara France throw down for the Interim UFC Flyweight Championship. […]
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Last weekend’s UFC card was a banger, and it seems like this weekend’s card will pick up where things left off. This Saturday, UFC London will take place at the famous O2 Arena, headlined by a heavyweight clash. Tom Aspinall will look to continue his impressive run against a powerhouse in Curtis “Razor” Blaydes. As […]
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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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Heavyweights Have Never Been Better There’s always a method to the madness of Dana White. And it’s that madness that has made him; like him or not, one of the most successful promoters in all of sports history. However; with times being as bright as they are right now, it’s a perfect time for Dana […]
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UFC Columbus: Nationwide Arena, Ohio: It took only 5-minutes and 17-seconds for Curtis Blaydes to make a statement. And a big one it was. After handing Chris Daukaus his second straight knockout loss, he quietly and yet bluntly told Daniel Cormier: “I deserve an interim title against Ciryl Gane”. And as he’s become more well […]
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As usual, January was not an active month for the UFC. Thankfully, the two events that did happen in January lived up to the hype. We saw closely-contested title fights, decisive beatdowns, contenders showing up after long layoffs, and so on. Whereas January was a slow month with tons of breaks, February is when things […]
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