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UFC on Fox 22: VanZant vs Waterson – Winners and Losers
Events held on Fox are usually affairs that are designed with the expectations of action over everything else, usually with a main event that leads to title contention or a spot close to it. And that’s basically what we got here in Sacramento at this event. While the expected line…
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Angela Hill off UFC 207 due to USADA guidelines
Invicta strawweight champion Angela Hill is going to have to wait a while before returning to the UFC. The current Invicta strawweight champion was slated to return for UFC 207 later this month against Jessica Andrade, but her return was cut short upon receiving the news that she has to…
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Jon Jones suspended for one year by Nevada Athletic Commission
We finally have a decision regarding the future of Jon Jones. As per MMAFighting’s Ariel Helwani, the Nevada Athletic Commission has agreed with USADA and issued a one-year suspension to the former UFC light heavyweight champion. Said suspension will be retroactive to the date of the test failure, which is…
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UFC 206: Holloway vs Pettis – Winners and Losers
When you lose a fight as anticipated as Daniel Cormier vs Anthony Johnson, fans are going to be justifiably upset. Losing a marquee fight to be left with a series of fights that had potential for excitement, but not much major buzz? That’s going to lower expectations tremendously. So in…
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Bjorn Rebney calls Dana White a ‘gluttonous pig’ after Cerrone comments
On this week’s episode of the MMA Insiders podcast, Bjorn Rebney spoke to host Jason Floyd. The former Bellator founder and CEO and current representative of the Mixed Martial Arts Athletes Association discussed the current state of MMA today, as well as some of the problems that the sport still…
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UFC Albany: Lewis vs Abdurakhimov – Winners and Losers
There’s not really a nice but honest way to put it, but this event was not great. When it comes to practicality, it certainly served its purpose. This was mostly lower-ranked fighters trying to develop and move up with a few ranked talents attempting to make big waves in their…
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TUF 24 Finale: Johnson vs Elliott – Winners and Losers
I’ll just come right out and say it – the UFC’s frantic run to end 2016 is exhausting. Weeks upon weeks of one event after the other is one way to burn out fans is a very risky thing for the UFC, as fans have been consistently unimpressed with each…
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Report: Website registry for proposed MMA athlete’s association revealed to be tied to Bjorn Rebney
Perhaps it’s more difficult to keep things under wraps in MMA than some people think. After Monday’s announcement that Georges St Pierre, TJ Dillashaw and others were to reveal an “industry redefining“ announcement, all early guesses seemed to indicate the possibility of a fighter’s association of some sort being formed.…
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UFC Melbourne: Winners and Losers
Another Fight Night event, another series of fights designed to move divisions along and separate the wheat from the chaff. As expected, this card came with low fan expectation since the cancellation of a very anticipated main event between Jacare Souza and Luke Rockhold, yet the event had some bright…
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UFC Melbourne’s Brunson: Winner is ‘definitely one fight away from a title shot‘
Middleweight contender Derek Brunson’s got an idea of what’s in store for him should he win against Robert Whittaker this weekend, and it might be the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. In an interview with Submission Radio, Brunson addressed the possible consequences of a win and…