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Recap of UFC 287 in Miami

UFC 287 is in the books and the main card ended with a bang…literally. In a rematch for the middleweight championship, Defending champion Alex Pereira was trying to defeat challenger and former champion Israel Adesayna for a fourth straight time, the first two victories in kickboxing and then winning the middleweight title a few months back in the UFC. Before we get to that ma ...

Repeat Champions in All Major College and Professional Sports Leagues

Now that the University of Georgia Bulldogs have won their second consecutive NCAA football championship, they’ve accomplished something that has been proven to be very difficult to achieve not just in college football but in all other sports; repeating as champions. Repeat Champions in NCAA Football Not since 2011 and 2012 has a collegiate team won the title in successive ...

Are Non-Champion UFC Fighters Underpaid?

Recently the UFC held a fight card which was UFC Fight Night 216: Cannonier vs. Strickland. This article is not about the results of that fight but instead about what those fighters earned as a salary for the night. UFC President Dana White has no qualms about making public the dollar amounts his organization makes per fight card and what he is paying his fighters. Dana White ...

History of UFC Champions in MMA

For the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) the month of March has begun and they are offering up perhaps their biggest month in history that will be highlighted by some great cards and five championship fights. It begins on March 6 with UFC 259 that will see champions Amanda Nunes, Jan Blachowicz, and Stipe Miocic all defending their respective weight class belts on the same ...

Upcoming Collaboration with Elite Sports

I'm very excited to announce an upcoming collaboration with the popular martial arts brand Elite Sports. A sister brand to Born Tough, they are a brand that provides a premium product without breaking the bank when it comes to martial arts gear, apparel, and accessories. As a person who has never used a product of theirs, I hope to provide an unbiased, truthful review of two di ...

The GOAT Race is Over in MMA for Now

If there is an argument on who the greatest MMA fighter of all-time is that discussion was slammed shut following Khabib Nurmagomedov’s dominating victory over Justin Gaethje at UFC 254 on October 24. With his 28th MMA victory without a defeat, the undisputed lightweight champion left no doubt that there has never been anyone better. My pick for the fight was a knockout by Jus ...

The Unresolved Legacy of Floyd Mayweather

There was a time not so long ago when the most revered and supposed "baddest" men and women on the planet wore 10oz gloves, danced and circled each other without the fear of being kicked, elbowed, taken down or choked out. These were our most celebrated fighters and our standard-bearers of toughness—the champions of boxing. Some of them were true athletic geniuses, modern-day d ...

Absolute G.O.A.T. - UFC 250

If you had any doubts as to who is the greatest female mixed martial artist in history, that answer was definitively provided on June 6 at UFC 250 when the current two-division champion Amanda Nunes successfully defended her featherweight championship by obliterating challenger Felicia Spencer with a brutal unanimous decision.

UFC 249 Head-Scratchers

While COVID-19 has halted sports activity around the world, it failed to stop the UFC from staging an event this past weekend in my city of residence, Jacksonville, Florida.

Judge This: A New System for Judging MMA Fights

On February 22, the UFC held an MMA card titled UFC Fight Night: Felder vs. Hooker. What was expected to be a brutal and possible fight of the year between Paul Felder and Dan Hooker lived up to its billing. However, the split decision victory for Dan Hooker was met with yet again a judging controversy.