MMA 2025 Year in Review: Fighter of the Year
We wrap up our 2025 MMA Awards with perhaps the biggest of them all: Fighter of the Year. This year was a tough one, as one of the biggest candidates on the men's side was coming off a loss, while...
MMA 2025 Year in Review: Comeback of the Year
Our year-end MMA Awards continue, this time with Comeback of the Year (that's comeback in a fight itself, not a career comeback). This year, one fight and one fighter stood out above all the rest, and it doubles up...
MMA 2025 Year in Review: Upset of the Year
In a sport where anything can happen, upsets are absolutely going to happen. No one gave Matt Serra much of a chance against Georges St-Pierre, but for one night, Serra was the best welterweight on the planet. In 2025,...
MMA 2025 Year in Review: Newcomer of the Year
Other sports have "Rookie of the Year" when a player makes it to the big leagues, so why not MMA? Sure, it's a little bit tougher, since you can have a longtime regional vet make a late run to...
Day One on Paramount, What UFC Fans Can Expect
The UFC is now officially on CBS/Paramount+ and we break down what's on the service and what fans can expect when it comes to MMA. The UFC is now officially on Paramount+ and CBS and fans can now access the...
MMA 2025 Year in Review: Event of the Year
One show to rule them all. While any card can punch up, rest assured you won't hear any talk of the Apex in this awards category (save for this sentence, right here). Logically, the bigger the show, the bigger...
MMA 2025 Year in Review: Knockout of the Year
Well folks, the technical grappling may speak to us fight nerds, but big KOs are what combat sports fans hardcore and casual alike love most (arguably at least). There are always plenty to choose from, and we had an...
MMA 2025 Year in Review: Submission of the Year
We had a couple of entries for this year's Submission of the Year category, and somewhat surprisingly, none were of the buggy choke or Twister variety. Not even a standing guillotine. While there are never many of those to...
MMA 2025 Year in Review: Fight of the Year
2025 has come to a close, and it has, as always, been quite the journey. There's never a lack of good fights in mixed martial arts, a sport where anything can happen. That's precisely why we love it. Still, one...
UFC: Farewell to the ESPN Era
On the final day of the ESPN era, we look back on the milestones and the athletes that defined the UFC's time on the network. The UFC aired their first event on ESPN (well, ESPN+ to be specific) on January...
