The Independent Voice of Mixed Martial Arts
Even with a UFC interim welterweight title in his recent past, a decisive win over Robbie Lawler, and a 7 fight win streak in the organization, it appears that odds makers don’t feel Colby Covington has what it takes to beat undisputed champ, Kamaru Usman. Usman is the winner of The Ultimate Fighter: American Top … Read more
Gina Carano is a beautiful woman there is no denying it but it was her Muay Thai fights and MMA accomplishments that made us fall in love with her. She pioneered mainstream women’s MMA and even participated in the first major card headlined by women. She would lose that 2009 Strikeforce bout with Cris Cyborg … Read more
UFC has never been more popular, and the fight calendar has never been so packed. Over the last 12 consecutive weeks (from September to November), there has been a UFC event held every week. However, the breakneck pace of the organization raises an interesting debate. Are there simply too many shows and is the sport … Read more
Conor McGregor occasionally shares photos of his son we call “mini Mac” in the gym training with him. He recently shared some of his son wearing boxing gloves working the sticks with surprising technique. I feel bad for the first bully that breaks bad with him…who are we kidding. This kid will be in private … Read more
UFC 245 is almost upon us and on paper it is a blockbuster of a card. Three championships will be defended with the headliner being welterweight king Kamaru Usman vs Colby Covington. Featherweight champion Max Holloway will try to ward off challenger Alexander Volkanovski and women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes squares off with former featherweight … Read more
UFC is a world-class sport, although it didn’t start that way. It gained prominence over time, and its viewership and fan base grew as it continued to become a popular sport. It began to draw the attention of big industry players, including video game studies, who started to make video games to capture fans of … Read more
Holy sh…. I’m not sure whether to cry or laugh. UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones and UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya have been firing shots at each other on Twitter. This latest tweet by Jones is particularly savage. Does it get any more Jones than that? We don’t think so. I think everyone is … Read more
B2 has purchased a growing number of regional MMA events with HRMMA at or near the top of the pile. They are celebrating their 11 year anniversary in a big way, too. This Saturday in Elizabethtown, KY HRMMA 112 goes down and features two gamers in the main event. Braedon Ward will throw hands with … Read more
Tito Ortiz (20-12) is going to fight former WWE champion Alberto Del Rio / El Patron (9-5) on December 7th in a legitimate mixed martial arts bout for Combate Americas. Let that settle in. A former UFC light heavyweight champion, Ortiz, against the guy who fought Cro Cop In a mask and got head-kicked in … Read more
Will he or won’t he? Frankie Edgar asked for a bout with Conor McGregor and the Irishman accepted so it was a done deal. Right? Wrong In the past if Conor farted in someone’s direction the bout was considered a lock. After leaving the MMA world to almost take 49-0 Floyd Mayweather the distance in … Read more