Carla Esparza Winning UFC Strawweight Title Has Made the Division More Exciting
Despite holding the title, new UFC strawweight champ Carla Esparza still stands as an underdog against most of her challengers. This is a first for the division and thus makes for some exciting storytelling. Carla Esparza's UFC 274 co-main-event fight...
What’s Next: UFC 274 Winners
UFC 274 was a hotly anticipated card that ultimately hit a couple of speed bumps. When it was on, it was on: Michael Chandler stole the show with a front kick for the ages, and Charles Oliveira proved that,...
What’s Next: UFC 274 Losers
Charles Oliveira missed weight for his lightweight title fight with Justin Gaethje at UFC 274. Gaethje was submitted in the first round and now Charles Oliveira will be challenging for the vacant lightweight title in his next fight. Who...
Dear MMA Media: Stop Asking Dana White Matchmaking Questions the Night Of the Fight
If you are in the MMA media sphere, or even if you've simply been following MMA, and specifically the UFC, for a very long time, you know the drill. You know very well that UFC President Dana White does...
Redemption Stories Galore: UFC 274 is Everything We Love About MMA
That headline is probably a little too positive for today's skeptical, cynical, downright negative sports fan — and I say sports fan, because the culture of negativity, at least in online fandoms, is far from unique to just MMA. But...
UFC 274: Oliveira Looks to Reach Rarefied Air Against Electrifying Gaethje
Charles Oliveira will look to take a step closer to toward the upper-echelon of pound-for-pound greats while Justin Gaethje looks to usher in his era at UFC 274. https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1521543018834063360?s=20&t=WjfAlEvGF7JDWJJOkew9-Q After putting together a ten fight win-streak in the ultra competitive lightweight...
UFC 274: Michael Chandler Meets Tony Ferguson in Critical Crossroads Bout
Two of the UFC's exciting lightweights in Michael Chandler and Tony Ferguson will collide in a pivotal bout for the future of their careers when they meet at UFC 274. https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1478848784960344065?s=20&t=WjfAlEvGF7JDWJJOkew9-Q When Michael Chandler said "I'm not here for a long...
UFC 274: Namajunas and Esparza to Show Evolution in Rematch for Strawweight Title
Eight years since their first encounter, strawweight champion Rose Namajunas and former champion Carla Esparza will meet again in a bout expected to show their evolution as fighters at UFC 274. https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1518309300304711680?s=20&t=WjfAlEvGF7JDWJJOkew9-Q When discussing what's changed for Rose Namajunas since 2014,...
The Weight Cutting Chronicles: UFC 274 — Second Stints
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....
Road to the Rematch Kicks Off The Ultimate Fighter 30
The thirtieth season of The Ultimate Fighter opened up with Juliana Miller having a tearful phone call with her mom and grandmother, who she noted as "going downhill fast." Then cut to 43-year old Bobby Maximus, who called the...
