The Independent Voice of Mixed Martial Arts
It is bad enough that UFC veteran and wrestling specialist Ben Askren is going to be boxing internet celebrity menace turned freak show pugilist Jake Paul. Now it is worse because the odds are being released for their match later this year and it doesn’t look good for Mr. Askren or MMA. Jake Paul -155 … Read more
Teammates and friends will become rivals at UFC 251 in July. Number one welterweight contender Gilbert Burns will face off against current champion Kamaru Usman. Usman’s last fight was a last-minute TKO victory over former interim champion Colby Covington and Gilbert completely out classed Tyron Woodley earning him the shot. This very well may be … Read more
Ever since WWE flyweight/bantamweight champion Henry Cejudo called out women’s flyweight champ Valentina Shevchenko for the first inter-gender fight in UFC history people have been quietly hoping. Judging by her many comments today she seems down: Honestly it will never happen in any of the world’s biggest pro fighting organizations but if this gains any … Read more
UFC 236 goes down tomorrow night in Atlanta, Georgia at the State Farm Arena. In the main event we are getting Max Holloway vs Dustin Poirier for the interim lightweight title. In their first go around Dustin beat the debuting Holloway via submission. That was way back in 2012 and a lot has changed since … Read more
November 18th we get a solid Fight Night 121 card with Fabricio Werdum taking on Marcin Tybura in the main event. The odds are fairly reasonable across the board as you can see from the image below from bestfightodds.com. Betting is an iffy affair when it comes to MMA because the number of weapons a … Read more
At first blush, the May 6 fight in Las Vegas between Canelo Alvarez and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. looks fairly competitive. But the Intertops sportsbook has odds for them, review them here, and you’ll see it doesn’t look good for Chavez. At press time, Canelo is a chunky –800 favorite, meaning you’ll have to bet … Read more
UFC 208 takes place on Saturday, Feb. 11 from Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. Holly Holm will challenge Germaine de Randamie for the UFC’s inaugural women’s bantamweight title in the main event. Both ladies had good runs at bantamweight but are now moving up to their more natural weight class. Holm comes in with a decorated boxing … Read more
When UFC Fight Night 93 takes place on Saturday in Hamburg, Germany, Venezuela’s Veronica Macedo (5-0) will be making her Octagon debut against Ashlee Evans-Smith (4-1). Ashlee is 1-1 in the Octagon and is coming off a split decision win over Marion Reneau in February. However, Ashlee is probably best known as the one who … Read more
The UFC held a conference call this week to help promote the upcoming welterweight matchup at UFC 203 between former WWE superstar CM Punk (0-0) and rising prospect Mickey Gall (2-0). Current oddsmakers have Gall a pretty solid favorite at -300, while Punk is of course the underdog at +250. While it will be Punk’s … Read more
Andrei Arlovski meets fellow former UFC heavyweight champion Josh Barnett this weekend in the UFC Fight Night 93 headliner from Hamburg, Germany. Light heavyweights Alexander Gustafsson and Jan Blachowicz face-off in the co-headliner. For all you gamblers out there who aren’t busy playing the Vegas Casino or your local Slot machine, you may be looking to lay some … Read more