So it is time for another one of these. I know what some of you are thinking, “Wait a minute, this isn’t a UFC card. What’s up with the picks?” I’ll tell you what’s up with the picks. Now that MMA Spartan has branched out under the Sports Nickel umbrel…
Three straight weeks of UFC fights? Is this heaven? No, but that is awesome. And if you count Strikeforce’s event next week (and you should) we’ll have a string of 6 straight weeks of major MMA events. That could either break my record or enhance it greatly. Judging by last week’s score, 8-3, I’m leaning [...] [READ MORE →]
Curious to see how things are getting done now that Chuck Liddell has a front office job in the UFC? I bet you are. I hope they put out more of these. Check out this hilarious video the UFC released on its’ Facebook page.
Hello, people. I’ve been banding about fifty half-baked ideas and writing for the past few weeks, and felt that returning to this format would be a good way to clear my head of at least some of these demons. I used to write a column called the Friday Night Pimpslap, and I’m going to continue [...]
This comes as a bit of a shock. Ricardo Almeida announced his retirement from mixed martial arts on his Facebook page. The 34-year-old Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt walked away from the sport coming off a unanimous decision loss to Mike Pyle at UFC 128. “After much deliberation since my fight at UFC 128 I have [...]
I knew I would rebound, and rebound I did, going 8-4 last Saturday at UFC 128. If it wasn’t for my reach of a pick on Loveland over Benevidez and my belief that Shogun would at least punch Jones, that could’ve easily been 10-2. Oh well. That brings my overall record to 37-31. How glorious [...]
Dana is back with another video blog. This is the first part leading up to UFC Fight Night 24. This one takes you back to Jon Jones’ victory over Shogun Rua and the TUF tryouts. Check it out:
Nothing irritates me more than reading professional sports writing by people who have no idea what they are talking about. Sports Illustrated seems to have one of the worst when it comes to MMA. Yahoo is far and away the worst of course, but that’s like saying the Yankees have made a few bad contracts [...]