Let me paint a picture for you: Two fighters have fought for the full three rounds to exhaustion. They’re standing in the center of the cage with the referee, waiting for the judges score cards to come in. The cage announcer calls out, “30-27, 29-28, and 29-28 for the winner by Unanimous Decision…Joe Warren!” With [...]

Zach steps back to examine what just might be the most heretical question in sports…

Houston, we have a problem… Or rather Nevada, and any other state that currently sanctions Mixed Martial Arts competition. We have a growing problem of ringside judges determining fight outcomes as draws. Normally I would wouldn’t touch this topic because draws were few and far between. But it’s not normal anymore. Draws are being handed [...]

Zach breaks down the stories from Paris-Roubaix, the Malaysian Grand Prix and the Champions League in this week’s edition…

Steroids. Not a word you want associated with you or your sport. Just ask Major League Baseball. The MLB had such a huge problem with steroids that many people have deemed the years between 1992-2006 “The Steroid Era.” And that’s exactly what’s happening in the world of Mixed Martial Arts. In yet another failed steroid [...]

Zach survives a harrowing week to wrap up thoughts on the Cricket World Cup, the Tour of Flanders and the state of tennis heading into clay season…

Ha ha ha… After the third quarter ended in the Spurs and Suns game, they showed Denver Nuggets player Ty Lawson talking to a teammate in the locker room as they get ready to play the Lakers in less than an hour. The teammate’s pregame fuel of choice? A McDonalds cheeseburger or quarterpounder. It’s hard [...]

The Mixed Martial Arts Top 10 Rankings are back, and here to stay. Sorry about the HUGE gap between this list and the last time I ranked the fighters, but I was trying to find the best way to present them. Rankings will be out on the first of every month from here on out. [...]