UFC Fight Island Preview

UFC Fight Island Preview

Back when the Coronavirus pandemic first hit the US in March UFC president Dana White was quite dismissive of it. In fact he literally dismissed ESPN’s Marc Raimondi when he asked him a question about it at a press conference for UFC 248. Despite every other...
Surveying the UFC Championship Landscape

Surveying the UFC Championship Landscape

The UFC’s schedule has been pretty lackluster for most of 2019 but things look to be picking up towards the end of the year so I figured now was as good a time as ever to check in with each of the weight classes and see how things are going at the top of the...
Making An MMA Star

Making An MMA Star

There are star athletes in every major sport. Its usually just the best of the best at any given time. Lebron James in basketball. Tom Brady in football. Mike Trout in baseball. Alexander Ovechkin in hockey. Lionel Messi in soccer. Some are boring, some have...
2018 (First Half) MMA Awards

2018 (First Half) MMA Awards

We’re almost two thirds of the way though 2018 so this isn’t exactly going to be awards for the first half of the year but much like the film industry, MMA tends to “save the best for last” by stacking events towards the end of the year. The UFC loves to...
The UFC’s Pay-Per-View Problem

The UFC’s Pay-Per-View Problem

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...
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