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 [...]

Unless you’ve fallen off the map or are living under a rock, you now know that Jon “Bones” Jones has become the UFC Light-heavyweight Champion after defeating Maurcio “Shogun” Rua at UFC 128. And if you weren’t boozed up and jumping for joy you might have noticed that the UFC brought Rashad Evans into the [...]

“This is really going to change the face of MMA. Literally creating a sport that could be as big around the world as football. I liken it somewhat to when the NFC and AFC came together to create the NFL.” That was Lorenzo Fertitta when Zuffa, LLC, parent company of the UFC, purchased Pride/FC back [...]

With the losses of Andrei Arlovski and Fedor Emelianenko, the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix took a massive hit. Is it such a huge hit that the Grand Prix has lost it’s luster? Yes. Wait, wait, hear me out. I know what you guys are saying, you tournament purists, that the better man wins and that [...]

Andrei Arlovski has lost four straight fights. At one time he was on top of the world, ranked #2 in the world in the heavyweight division. Now, after the string of losses, people are questioning if he should just give it up altogher and retire from the fight game. It’s not that he’s losing, it’s [...]

Back in August, after UFC 117, UFC President Dana White was asked about a potential match-up between the UFC’s Welterweight Champion, Georges St. Pierre, and it’s Middleweight Champion, Anderson Silva, who had just defended his title for a UFC record 7 times. White responded to the question like he always does, “They’ve got a couple [...]

By all accounts UFC 117 was an astounding success. Dana White got exactly what he wanted out of Anderson Silva, an exciting finish. However, as good of a finish as it was, the fight was lacking. What we as fans didn’t get was an exciting fight. Silva had a career-defining come from behind win, but [...]

Nearly two weeks have passed since Chuck Liddell was brutally knocked out by the hands of Rich Franklin. I’ve waited, thought about it, and have come to the same conclusion I did minutes after the fight: Chuck Liddell is finished. Liddell came into the fight in the best shape I’ve ever seen him in. He [...]