UFC Vegas 17: Rob Font “Made Rehab My New Sport” Ahead of Return from...
"I'm excited to be back. It's been way too long," Rob Font said this week ahead of UFC Vegas 17. "I'm getting tired of these damn year-off layoffs." It has indeed been a year since we last saw Rob Font....
UFC Vegas 17: Anthony Pettis on Sports Psychology, Fighting Out Contract
Anthony Pettis has a nice little bookend to the pandemic era in MMA. Having competed on the first UFC card back from hiatus in May, he now fights on the final event of 2020, UFC Vegas 17 this Saturday....
UFC Vegas 17: After Dec. 5 Fight Cancelled, Taila Santos Returned to Brazil to...
Taila Santos has had something of a rocky road getting to her fight with Gillian Robertson this weekend. Or, more accurately, the fight itself is a detour, with Santos originally being booked opposite Montana De La Rosa earlier this...
UFC Vegas 17: Marcin Tybura Knows Biggest Advantage Over Hardy Is On the Ground
Polish heavyweight Marcin Tybura has been paired up with the infamous Greg Hardy this weekend at UFC Vegas 17. Both fighters enter the bout on win streaks, with Tybura (20-6) having won all three of his fights so far...
UFC Vegas 17: Chito Vera Believes Jose Aldo Has Slowed, but “You Cannot Count...
Chito Vera says nothing has changed since his win over popular UFC bantamweight Sean O'Malley earlier this year. "There's no difference. I'm still the same person, I still do the same thing which is work hard every day," Chito...
UFC Vegas 17: Stephen Thompson Responds to Gatekeeper Talk
Ahead of this Saturday's UFC Vegas 17, there has been plenty of talk around Stephen Thompson's place in the welterweight division. More than a few G-bombs dropped. "Gatekeeper." Despite his status as a two-time title challenger who has continued to...
UFC Vegas 17: Thompson vs. Neal Weigh-In Results
If there was a theme to 2020 for mixed martial arts, it boiled down to one word. No, not coronavirus, or COVID-19, but change. And in order to succeed in the face of change, adaptability. That was the key...
The Weight Cutting Chronicles: UFC Vegas 17
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....
UFC Vegas 17: Working with Team Tyson, Greg Hardy Sees Future in Boxing
As the "Prince of War" Greg Hardy looks to ascend to "King of War" status, Poland's Marcin Tybura is the next man in the way. Hardy (7-2, 1NC) had a rocky start to his UFC career. But inside the cage,...
UFC Vegas 17’s Geoff Neal: From Hospital to Headliner in Months
Geoff Neal has gone from facing a life-threatening illness to topping a UFC card in a matter of months. Back in August, Neal (13-2) was hit with an infection that went septic, and wound up hospitalized with heart failure (the...