The Independent Voice of Mixed Martial Arts
UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman recently had a birthday and after his destruction of Jorge Masvidal last month the 34 year old has a lot to celebrate. Stephen Thompson shared a video of he and Kamaru dancing to some street drums and it’s enough to brighten your day.
UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs Pettis goes down on March 23rd at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, TN. Anthony Pettis is coming up from lightweight to welterweight which historically doesn’t work out. Most of the time the weight a fighter jumps to is what they walk around at or only have to cut a few … Read more
Anthony Pettis is throwing hands with Stephen Thompson on March 23rd in Nashville, TN. Pettis once captured the UFC lightweight title but that was then and welterweight is now. Before the fight goes down check out the quality hype video the UFC did for the move up.
Stephen Thompson spoke with MMANytt recently and he says the discussions for a bout with Robbie Lawler may actually happen after all. There’s one big roadblock and that’s the ‘yes’ response from Lawler’s side which is holding it up. Thompson vs Lawler would be a very exciting fight given the aggressive styles of the … Read more
Darren Till missed weight ahead of his victory over Stephen Thompson in Liverpool this past weekend. It has since come out that he lost sight at one point because of how much stress his body was under. We didn’t realize how rough it was until this video was released. It is definitely hard to watch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oTXIHsX5gI
Weight cuts can be dangerous. Gabe Ruediger struggled badly on The Ultimate Fighter Season 5 and uttered the now infamous phrase, “put me back in B” after collapsing to the floor dramatically from his time in the sauna. Theatrics or not you could see a small glimpse of the dangers of extreme weight cutting. Losing … Read more
MMAJunkie reported on the sad, sad Reebok “sponsorship” payouts for the UFC Liverpool event. The main event fighters combined for $15K and it is almost criminal. One of the things most fans can agree on is that the dynamic range of sponsorships not only benefited exciting fighters financially but they also made each one unique. … Read more
UFC Fight Night 130 took place Sunday in Liverpool, England. The main event saw an overweight Darren Till earn a split decision victory over Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson in what was supposed to be a welterweight matchup. In the co-headliner Neil Magny defeated fellow welterweight Craig White via TKO in the first round. Here are the … Read more
Many people believe that Darren Till is going to be the next biggest star in the UFC. He was a big underdog in his fight against Donald Cerrone but managed to dominate and finish him in the first round. It was an extremely impressive display but now he has to prove that it was not … Read more
Stephen Thompson recently spoke with BJPenn.com and he said some surprising things. One of which was the possibility of UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley facing former welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre. According to Stephen the odds of that bout happening are pretty small. Do I see Woodley fighting Georges? Hell no. Well, that’s the thing. … Read more