UFC on Fox 7: What to look for
There are plenty of story lines to go around for the UFC’s seventh foray in to national television. Gilbert Melendez’s first fight inside the UFC after…
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UFC Primetime: Rousey vs Carmouche Episode II
As the fight nears and the hours go by, inching us closer and closer to a historical UFC event, Zuffa continues to do what it does best and hype the absolute hell out of their next big fight…
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Exclusive: Frank Shamrock Discusses His Lifetime of Fighting, And the Healing Process of Writing ‘Uncaged’
(Order it on Amazon.com right here.) By Brian J. D’Souza With his fight career behind him, and the MMA promotion…
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New Athletic Commission Chairwoman Could Be Key to MMA in New York
After the UFC’s lobbying efforts failed to get MMA legalized in New York, Zuffa’s Marc Ratner vowed not to…
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What the Heck Is Going on in New York? MMA’s Legal Gray-Area in the Empire State
(A nice little Sunday at the Underground Combat League. / All photos courtesy of the author.) By Jim Genia…
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Then and Now: What has changed in MMA since 2005?
A long term dynamic develops in every sport that sticks around for a while. A section of the fan base will inevitably compare the play of today to their heroes from yesteryear. Whether it is the baseball fan that longs for the day where they didn’t have to worry about someone using performance enhancing drugs after every home run, or the football fan that yearns for the era of hard hitting and less complaining in the NFL. One thing is a common factor; this group wishes things would go back to
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Five Things the UFC Needs to Fix If They Want to Continue Their Upward Trajectory
(When Zuffa purchased the UFC, Dana White actually had hair. There is no punchline, just a fact worth mentioning.)…
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CagePotato Tribute: The 50 Worst Fighters in UFC History
Every great sport has been built on the backs of men who absolutely sucked at it — athletes…
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MMA Link Club: Natasha Wicks' return, Chad George's Mission, and Brendan Schaub's Ghost Adventure
– Felice Herrig talks XFC fight against Patricia Vidonic (TheFightNerd)”Fight Nerd reporter Hiroko Yamamura spoke with WMMA superstar Felice Herrig at Bellator 60, moments after her teammate Pat Curran dethroned Joe Warren for the Bellator featherweight title. Herring talked about watching her teammate win, her next XFC fight against Patricia Vidonic, her thoughts on the new popularity of WMMA after the Tate vs Rousey fight, the importance of making weight in WMMA, and more.”- Brendan Schaub To Join ‘Ghost
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What’s wrong with JMMA?
Once upon a time, the center of the Mixed Martial Arts universe was the land of the rising sun. During the late 90’s / early 2000’s while MMA was struggling to be a legitmate sport in North America, it was a hot ticket in Japan with many options to watch. PRIDE of course was the best known and most popular brand of MMA to come from the country, but pioneers Shooto, Pancrase, and RINGS paved the way. Many of the greatest fighters this sport has ever seen made their name in PRIDE, but many of those same
