Pat’s Picks — UFC 172
In a light heavyweight division dominated by Jon Jones for almost three years, no one even came close to dethroning the champion before Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 165. Sure there was a close armbar by...
View ArticleUFC 172 Rewind: Jon Jones Destroys Glover Teixeira, Stands as Best Ever
Not only is Jon Jones still the UFC light heavyweight champion, but the man called “Bones” is also the best fighter in the history of mixed martial arts. Saturday night in Baltimore, Jones turned in...
View ArticleUFC: Khabib Nurmagomedov and the Potential Stars to Showcase in Each Division
The UFC needs to start cultivating new stars. There is no one in the industry or watching regularly that is going to argue otherwise, unless they’re simply trying to be a contrarian. On the eve of...
View Article5 Reasons to Watch UFC 177: Dillashaw vs. Barao II
Not a lot of people are excited about UFC 177, this weekend’s pay-per-view offering headlined by a bantamweight championship rematch between T.J. Dillashaw and Renan Barao. Even when this show featured...
View ArticleUFC 177: Dillashaw vs. Barao II Punch Drunk Predictions
With the final fight card of the month poised to hit the Octagon this weekend in Sacramento, the First Annual Keyboard Kimura August Predictions Bragging Rights Challenge (KKAPBRC for short) is coming...
View ArticleUFC 177: 10 Things We Learned Last Night
1. Superstar in the Making TJ Dillashaw is on his way to being a superstar for the UFC. While some will challenge that statement based on pay-per-view buy rates and the fact that he competes south of...
View ArticleUFC Fight Desk: Ronda Rousey faces Bethe Correia at UFC 190 in Rio
If the UFC was going to move forward with a fight for Ronda Rousey, this was the fight to make and Friday, prior to weigh-ins, the organization made it official. On Saturday, August 1 at HSBC Arena in...
View ArticleUFC 186: Sarah Kaufman plans to make a statement in third fight with Alexis...
There are pros and cons to Sarah Kaufman’s UFC 186 encounter with Alexis Davis Saturday night at the Bell Centre. After just over a year on the sidelines since her victory over Leslie Smith, this...
View ArticleUFC 190: Rousey’s Dominance About Champion, Not Her Challengers
Ronda Rousey is an outlier, an anomaly, a glitch in The Matrix. She’s not normal and I mean that in the very best way possible. As the undisputed women’s bantamweight champion readies to defend her...
View ArticleUFC 190 Title View: Ronda Rousey and the Women’s Bantamweight Division
Normally, putting this series together gets me hyped about a division and the possible match-ups that could come together in the future. Writing it about the heavyweights, welterweights, lightweights...
View ArticleUFC 190 Rousey vs. Correia: 5 Reasons to Watch
The UFC returns to pay-per-view this weekend with a seven-fight main card from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, headlined by women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey defending her title against unbeaten...
View ArticleUFC 190: Rousey vs. Correia Punch Drunk Predictions
Another weekend is upon us, which means another UFC event is upon and this weekend, it’s a chance to witness greatness in action as Ronda Rousey steps into the Octagon to defend her women’s...
View ArticleUFC 190 Rousey vs. Correia: 10 Things We Learned Last Night
And Still In Saturday’s main event, Ronda Rousey retained the UFC women’s bantamweight title with a 34-second knockout win over Bethe Correia, finishing the Brazilian challenger with the quickness...
View ArticleUFC 190 Aftermath: Ronda Rousey, A Once in a Lifetime Force of Nature
In team sports, generational players don’t always win; they can be limited by their supporting cast or have their season scuttled by injuries. They need help. Just like Batman needed Robin, Michael...
View ArticleWhy Are People Surprised By Ronda Rousey’s Massive Popularity?
While pay-per-view numbers aren’t available yet, all kinds of trends point to last weekend’s UFC event in Rio de Janeiro where Ronda Rousey needed just 34 seconds to dispatch Bethe Correia and retain...
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