The Independent Voice of Mixed Martial Arts
Ben Askren didn’t live up to the hype in his UFC run. He almost got finished by Robbie Lawler in his very first bout but ended up winning controversially via questionable referee stoppage. He was knocked out by Jorge Masvidal in a UFC record 5 seconds in his next fight. In his third bout he … Read more
Ben Askren retiring from the UFC is shocking enough but retiring from MMA altogether took us by complete surprise. It also took Uncle Chael by surprise. Former UFC and Bellator star Chael P Sonnen has one of the most watched MMA related channels on YouTube. He discusses the latest topics of interests and sometimes just … Read more
Do we really need to recap the end of Ronda Rousey’s UFC career? Fine. Dominant mega star gets knocked out, fans who called her the female GOAT say she’s always been overrated, Ronda is obliterated in return title bout, she retires. However, it ended awesomely. She signed with WWE and was featured as a main … Read more
We’re usually hesitant to report retirement announcements because it inevitably turns out not to be true. We get that ‘one more fight’ from the retiree. Randy Couture….Chuck Liddell….anyone… ever. The latest retiree is perennial featherweight contender Chad Mendes. Chad has been competing in the UFC since 2011 and he has fought for the organization’s featherweight … Read more
A simple recap of Jimi Manuwa’s UFC career is one of up’s and down’s ending in a final disappointing 4 fight skid. He made it as far as to face light heavyweight contenders like Alexander Gustafsson, Anthony Johnson, and Ovince St. Preux. He just never could seem to get past the middle of the pack. … Read more
Walking ‘GOAT’ meme and friend of mega star Conor McGregor says the Irishman hasn’t really retired. Recap of said ‘retirement’… We are talking about Artem Lobov when we say ‘GOAT’ for future reference. Here’s what the current Bare Knuckle FC competitor had to say to Ariel Helwani when asked about the ‘retirement’. (Transcript via BJPenn.com). … Read more
I mean come on. Are we really doing this. Conor McGregor announced his ‘retirement’ earlier this month. We’re not saying we don’t believe it but you could surely forgive our skepticism about it. Conor has ‘retired’ before. Remember the ‘thanks for the cheddar’ social media post? People leapt all over it but we waited. Sure … Read more
The Notorious did it again! The millionth announcement about the retirement of Conor Mcgregory made us think about how the MMA fighters are spending their time after leaving the cage. They sure have plenty of time but not all of them have plenty of money to spend. While the lovers of MMA might think that … Read more
Current WWE star and former UFC bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey appeared on Sportscenter recently. She was asked about Conor McGregor’s ‘retirement’ we covered earlier this week… Her response was short and sweet but she did seem supportive, albeit rightfully skeptical. Well, it’s a creative way to retire, and it was a cryptic way to retire. … Read more
There is a reason we didn’t report the initial sexual assault accusations concerning Conor McGregor. Class. Before we begin let us be clear he hasn’t been officially charged and the investigation is just that. Nothing has gone down other than talk. McGregor was hit with said claims stemming from an incident which occurred in Ireland … Read more