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McGregor immediately injured in UFC 329. Leaves arena without talking to anyone

Has there ever been a more well-known MMA fighter in the history of the sport? Most would say no, there hasn't been. Conor has been away from the Octagon for 5 years

McGregor UFC return not attracting as much attention as anticipated

Maybe it's because the man got into so much trouble in the past 5 years, maybe it is because most people kind of got sick of his big mouth and those that didn't

My experience with cutting weight for MMA fights

I don't talk about it a great deal because I ended up retiring with a losing record after just 3 professional fights, but there was a time a long time ago that I

UFC Freedom 250 gives us one of the best fights of all time

I had my reservations about this event because I knew it was going to be missing a lot of the electricity of a normal stadium event that UFC would normally have.

Thoughts on MVP's foray into MMA

The Rousey vs. Carano event is on Netflix as I type this. I have it open on the wall on my large monitor and thus far they have done a decent job with the overall

Gina Carano lost 100 lbs to prepare for fight with Ronda Rousey

This will likely be getting talked about in great detail but I am going to mention it anyway because it is such an amazing story. When Gina Carano got word of the

Sean Strickland pulls off the impossible and wins middleweight championship

Although I didn't watch a great deal of it, I did pop in every now and then to see a bit of UFC 328. The bookies didn't really give Sean Strickland much of a chance

The Calm before the Storm: Not much talk of anything UFC in the news

To me and I think a lot of other people, this is definitely a good thing. I kind of like when I go to my sport site and see that the "combat" section is

Global Fight League (GFL) a good idea that was poorly managed into the ground

I was one of the people that was genuinely excited when it was announced that a new fight promotion was coming along to compete with UFC, which is an organization

Nate Diaz to fight Mike Perry on Rousey v. Carano card

Nate Diaz is one of my favorite fighters of all time. Even though he has lost a lot of times he always brings the heat and always has an exciting fight. There is

UFC ruins yet another event: This time with the BMF belt

As promised, I did not watch UFC 326. I am officially burned out when it comes to UFC. I have been taking a peek at other promotions but just like if I was to eat

Its looking like Jon Jones will be fighting at the White House

Jon Jones is one of those fighters that a lot of people used to like a lot, but then they started to seriously dislike him when he started doing a lot of talking

Nate Diaz on Rousey undercard? Yes please!

The rumors are already flying as the press and hype about the Ronda Rousey vs Gina Carano fight by Jake Paul's MVP has been very successful. Almost anyone that cares

UFC hosting another major event just one week after Paramount premiere

I suppose we should have seen this coming. Paramount my actually flood the market with even more events than UFC did before the $7.7 billion broadcast rights shift

Don't feed the Jack Doherty troll fight

I don't know a great deal about Jack Doherty other than the fact that he purely represents a lot of what is wrong in the world. He got his rise to fame by being

PFL ditches tournament system and now there is no reason to watch them

When Pro Fighters League (PFL) announced they were entering the MMA scene with a huge bankroll I got excited because I would really like to see UFC have more competition

Armored MMA: Unfortunately it is extremely lame

When I first heard about this I didn't believe it was real but yes, it is real. People get all decked out in full armor and use medieval weapons and shields and

After UFC 322 event, I think I am done with watching this sport live entirely

I have written several posts about how I think the UFC has gotten stale for many reasons but I was also kind of excited about this event that took place over the

For me, the women's fight is the real Main Event at UFC 322

I just finished an article a few days ago talking about how UFC has lost a lot of its luster in my eyes because of an overabundance of events and I still think that

UFC is less fun now reason 1: There are too many events

I started to notice it about 6-8 months ago. My friends were no longer really discussing UFC events or even any of the champions. We used to really look forward