by Bob Phelan | Jul 15, 2020 | MMA
2020 has been a tumultuous year to say the least but somehow there has still managed to be a lot of great MMA. Despite losing more than a month from March 14th to May 9th due to the Coronavirus pandemic the UFC has been able to put on a bunch of shows to make up for...
by Bob Phelan | Feb 28, 2019 | MMA
It’s the tale of two UFC Pay-Per-View’s back to back. February’s UFC 234 was paper thin, relying solely on the top two fights – a middleweight championship bout between Robert Whittaker and Kelvin Gastelum as well as a star making performance from...
by Bob Phelan | Feb 11, 2018 | MMA
There is a pattern emerging as we enter the second full year of UFC ownership under WME/Endeavor. Their style of running the company appears to be to load up two or three cards a year as some sort of super events, one centered around International Fight Week in Las...
by Bob Phelan | Nov 5, 2017 | MMA
UFC 217 looked like the best MMA event of the year on paper. The promotions second time visiting Madison Square Garden following the monumental UFC 205 in late 2016 with three title fights that seemed even better than last year’s trio. In practice it was even...
by Bob Phelan | Jan 1, 2017 | MMA
UFC 207 was being promoted as one thing and one thing only. The return of Ronda Rousey. Every teaser, TV spot, commercial featured her and her only. And that makes sense from the UFC’s perspective. She was their brush with the mainstream before Conor McGregor...