Report: Brock Lesnar Returning To UFC After Wrestlemania
Recently there’s been a lot of speculation that former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar will be returning to…
Mirko Cro Cop Returns To MMA With August 23 Bout Against Satoshi Ishii In Japan
‘Retired’ MMA legend Mirko ‘Cro Cop’ Filipovich has not competed in the cage since being submitted by Oleksiy Oliynyk at Legend Fight Show 2, back in…
Oddsmakers place Jon Jones as overwhelming favorite versus Dan Henderson
News comes as no surprise that oddsmakers have Current UFC Light Heavyweight favorite as an early -565 betting favorite over his next next opponent, Dan Henderson. Jones comes in high off the heels of a three-fight title-defense streak, in which he bested a former UFC champ in every match. Victories over Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, Lyoto Machida, and finally Rashad Evans have started the debate over Jon Jones being the best Light Heavyweight ever, already. No one has been able to get inside the
Left Kick, Cemetery: Mirko Cro Cop’s Greatest Hits
(I dare you to mock this picture.) It’s hard to define someone like Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic, a man…
Guest Blog: Guram Gugenishvili – The Rising Star from Georgia
Daniel Fletcher with the latest in his Rising Star series, this time on the man who has run rampant through the M-1 Global and European heavyweight divisions, Guram Gugenishvili
Blogkick: The Top 10 Fighters of All Time
Now I won’t even begin to preach this list as matter of fact. As with more or less any top 10 list, it is completely subjective and unique to the person making it, and there is no list that everyone will be able to agree on, especially on such a debatable topic as the one I’m about to delve into. However, i have tried to be as fair as possible and take each fighter’s accomplishments into account with as equal measure as his counterparts. And that is mostly what my list is attempting to reflect:
BlogKick: MMA Needs One Super League
MMA is currently structured according to the media and entertainment aspect of it, and less so the sporting. There is no ‘MMA League’ like that of the NFL or Premiership, where all the top teams in that respective sport play each other at least once a year. The closest equivalent MMA has is the UFC. The UFC certainly boasts the most stacked and impressive roster out of any MMA promotion, but there are still so many great fighters out there that never get to fight each other.
The Fletch Blog: Why Mirko Cro Cop Should Beat Frank Mir
Daniel Fletcher examines why he believes that any form of a rejuvenated Mirko Filipovic should have the tools in the toolbox to put away the mercurial Frank Mir in their upcoming fight.
Fletch also analyses Mirko’s record, and various attributes that both fighters have that will be factors in their bout.
Overeem talks K-1, Dream and Strikeforce
Thanks to Nick Thomas on Bloody Elbow for quotes.
Shogun's Ready To Face The Spider
Mauricio “Shogun” Rua holds an impressive record of 19-4 with 17 of those wins coming via stoppage. He holds impressive wins over top fighters such as: Rampage Jacksons, Ricardo Arona, Alistair Overeem, Chuch Liddell and Shogun’s latest victory was over the undefeated Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida for the Light Heavyweight Championship. Even though Rashad Evans is going to be the first fighter to try to take the belt away from Shogun, he is open to fight anyone espeically the UFC Middleweight Champion