The Independent Voice of Mixed Martial Arts
UFC announced today that Legacy Fighting Alliance events will air on its Fight Pass streaming service. The LFA came about after the Legacy Fighting Championship and Resurrection Fighting Alliance organizations merged. LFA was airing on AXS TV but after today’s announcement that is no more. Check out the video package for the LFA’s Fight Pass … Read more
I never thought this would happen. Given the way CM Punk left WWE and all of the negative things he said about the company it was not something anyone expected. CM Punk has indeed returned to WWE television albeit not in the ring as a wrestler. He is much smaller than he was when he … Read more
UFC 1 was the first MMA show I had ever seen and I watched it on the relatively new PPV format. Unedited, Uncensored, Unleashed! That was the tag line. I had taken martial arts since 1977 (5 years old) and I just knew karate would crush all but as we saw I was dead wrong. … Read more
Jorge Masvidal may have beaten Nate Diaz for the BMF title but it was under questionable circumstances, kind of. The UFC 244 main event bout was stopped by a doctor between rounds 3 and 4 for damage above and below his eye. Masvidal has been vocal about the dominance he showed in the three rounds … Read more
Tyson Fury is an accomplished heavyweight boxer to say the least so when he mentioned that he might compete in mixed martial arts interests were peaked. Dana White came out publicly after hearing this and said he did not think it was possible, let alone reasonable for Fury to compete in the UFC. He has … Read more
Sometimes cooler heads prevail. When it comes to doctor stoppages in MMA – that usually doesn’t happen. We agree that the ending to the Nate Diaz vs Jorge Masvidal bout was disappointing but in hindsight it was justifiable. Just take a look at this photo of the damage Masvidal did to Diaz’s eye. It’s hard … Read more
Can we just take a minute to appreciate just how awesome the Tommy Toe Hold show has been? In case you don’t know who Tommy Toe Hold is we will break it down. He’s a poorly animated, well written, and relentlessly entertaining parody show host. If you are just discovering him through us then you … Read more
UFC 244 is green lit for takeoff tomorrow. The weigh ins were held this morning and only one fighter missed weight. Thankfully it wasn’t for a bout on the main card. Jennifer Maia came in at 127.2 for a flyweight fight with Katlyn Chookagian. The mark for that weight class in a non title bout … Read more
What would a UFC event be without controversy? Answer. A miracle. The latest controversy revolves around a towel, Kelvin Gastelum, his elbow, and a shoulder. It occurred during his official weigh in this morning for his UFC 244 middleweight bout with Darren Till. In the video below, Gastelum weighs in behind a towel and everything … Read more
Brock Lesnar must be in heaven. At WWE Crown Jewel, champ Brock Lesnar got some small measure of revenge. He battled the man who demolished him and took away his UFC heavyweight belt back in 2010. This time around the scripted scrap called for Brock to come out on top and he submitted Cain in … Read more