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UFC: Just Say No — to an Immediate Heavyweight Title Fight for Jon Jones

The allure of Jon Jones moving to heavyweight has been in place so long, it's almost hard to remember when exactly it started. Sometime during the dominant but troubled champion's first run atop of the 205lb weight class, no...
LFA Kevin Natividad

Welcome to the UFC: Kevin Natividad

UFC Vegas 9 goes down on September 5, with a heavyweight main event. Brazilian Augusto Saki will look to improve to 5-0 inside the octagon against legend and staple Alistair Overeem. In a big featherweight bout, Ricky Simon was...
Ovince Saint Preux UFC Vegas 7

The Weight Cutting Chronicles: UFC Vegas 9

Like it or not, weight-cutting is deeply rooted in mixed martial arts. MMA adopted its weight-cutting from the sport of wrestling, where it is presumed to be very advantageous to be the biggest and strongest in your weight class....
Brock Lesnar weighs in at UFC 200

Brock Lesnar Is Now A Free Agent — What MMA Fights Make Sense?

Brock Lesnar is now a free agent following his WWE contract expiring. If the Beast were to come back to MMA, what fights would make sense? Brock Lesnar has long teased a return to MMA ever since his last win...
William Knight Contender Series

Redemption: Second Chances on Dana White’s Contender Series — William Knight

Dana White’s Contender Series began back in 2017. Since then, the Contender Series has produced some big-name upcoming stars like Dan Ige, Sean O’Malley, Geoff Neal, Maycee Barber, and Edmen Shahbazyan. In short, it has been a huge success. A...
Ricardo Lamas UFC Vegas 8

What’s Next: UFC Vegas 8 Winners

Aleksander Rakic defeated Anthony Smtih via unanimous decision in the main event of UFC Vegas 8. Ricardo Lamas competed for perhaps the final time in the UFC, or anywhere else for that matter. Today we will take a look...
Aleksandar Rakic and Anthony Smith UFC vegas 8

What’s Next: UFC Vegas 8 Losers

After the fights this past weekend kicked off with four straight submissions, the UFC Vegas 8 card closed with six straight decisions. Those decisions came in a wide variety in terms of the level of competitiveness. Whether those fights...
Cody Brundage

DWCS 2020 Week 5 Breakdown and Predictions

Week five of Dana White's Contender Series 2020 sees the undefeated Cody Brundage, a Light's Out light heavyweight champ, take on William Knight, who was a Contender Series 2019 developmental deal winner. Meanwhile at lightweight, Tucker Lutz got a...
Diego Sanchez UFC 235

Three “Huh?” Moments in MMA Last Week: Signed and Cut in 24 Hours, Hateful...

An MMA veteran was signed and cut from the UFC in one day, a legend accused another legend of sending hateful emails back in the day, and another fighter is retiring. Huh? Finding the proper response to much of the...
Aleksandar Rakic UFC Vegas 8 weigh-in

Finishing the Fight: UFC Vegas 8

Mixed martial arts fans love a good fight-ending sequence, as often it summarizes the story of the fight in just a few seconds. Getting the finish is a definitive end to a fight that makes a statement: “I was...