UFC 259: Yan and Sterling Seek Career Breakthroughs on Saturday
Petr Yan wants to usher in a new era of dominance in the bantamweight division, but Aljamain Sterling wants to prove it was his time all along at UFC 259. https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1366782600803663880?s=20 In a division as competitive as bantamweight, to say you...
Writer vs. Fighter: UFC 259
It's that time again, for us to pit those who scribe with those who punch in a match-up (of picks, we're not insane!). Last week saw Cageside Press founder Mike McClory get one back for the writers when he...
UFC 259 Prediction: Megan Anderson Will Pull Off the Upset of Upsets
Amanda Nunes enters UFC 259 with an 11-fight winning streak, which includes capturing two UFC titles and six title defenses in both the featherweight and bantamweight divisions. Her seventh title defense will test her as she faces Megan Anderson,...
The Weight Cutting Chronicles: UFC 259 — Middleweights Become Light Heavyweights
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....
Weekly MMA Prospect Report: ONE Heavyweights in Action
ONE Championship has never had the deepest of heavyweight divisions, but a couple of future stars are in action at Fists of Fury 2. That and more in this edition of the Weekly MMA Prospect Report. ONE Championship: Fists of...
Prospect Watch: Brazil’s Matheus Mendonca
Brazilian bantamweight Matheus Mendonca is the latest fighter to watch out of the South American MMA hotspot. Tale of the Tape Fighting out of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil Age: 22 Weight class: Bantamweight Height: 5’6” Training out of Chute Boxe Diego Lima Record: 6-0 1 KO/TKO,...
UFC 259: Three Title Fights, Three Predictions
On paper, UFC 259 is absolutely stacked. The rare three title fight card is capped off by a Light heavyweight title fight that pits current middleweight champion Israel Adesanya against the 205lb champion Jan Blachowicz. Opening up the trilogy of...
Holding On to Gold: Which UFC Titles Will Change Hands in March?
Between now and the end of the month, five title fights split between two PPV cards are planned for the UFC. That's a level of activity among the championship ranks rarely seen in years gone by. The fact that...
What’s Next: UFC Vegas 20 Winners
After watching the fight card dwindle down to just 9 fights, hopes were still high for an exciting night of finishes at UFC Vegas 20. Although we didn't get that at all, we did get some meaningful results that...
What’s Next: UFC Vegas 20 Losers
The Ciryl Gane train kept pushing down the tracks at UFC Vegas 20 with a unanimous decision victory over Jairzinho Rozenstruik. In the co-main event, Magomed Ankalaev also won a decisive victory over Nikita Krylov. Today we will talk...