Liddell Down But Not Out

After Quinton Jackson handily unseated him from his throne with a brutal knockdown after just 2 minutes in the Octagon, followed by 3 humiliating rounds getting pummelled by Keith Jardine, light heavyweight champ Chuck Liddell had MMA fans and fellow fighters alike believing his 7-fight winning streak was little more than a fluke. His royal [...]

End of the Road for Tank?

UFC veteran David “Tank” Abbott ran out of gas before the clock counted down the first minute in his Elite XC Showtime bout Saturday night, February 16, against relative newcomer Kimbo Slice. Until then, Slice had only seen 19 seconds of actual fight-time, a single match to his name, whereas Tank hadn’t seen a single [...]

American Psycho Out of Commission

We won’t be seeing American Psycho Stephen Bonnar in the Octagon anytime soon. Bonnar was scheduled to fight Matt Hamill in UFC Fight Night 13, but now it appears he’ll still be in the thick of a grueling six-month recovery from an injury he suffered yesterday in Las Vegas, Nevada during Jiu-Jitsu training. Tearing ligaments [...]

UFC Muddy Waters to Start New Year

Although GSP established himself as one of the top performers in the UFC at the 2007 year end pay per view by destroying Matt Hughes, are there fighters in the UFC now that are must see TV? I will start off with my least favorite division, the heavyweights.  I may be slightly biased here because I [...]

Big John to Put the Latex On One Last Time

If you are a fan of Big John McCarthy you wont want to miss this weekends fight between Roger Huerta and Clay Guida at The Ultimate Fighter 6 Finale.  This is the last time you could ever hear Big John announce to the fight world that 2 fighters are about to “Get it On!”  McCarthy [...]

Sport Science on TLC Says Rampage Hits Hard

So I just got done watching the new show Sports Science on TLC.  This episode they were studying which impact in sports was most devestating to the recipient of the hit.  This study showed that a slam by Rampage Jackson was the equivalent of 3.5 times that of being in a car accident. This just [...]

New Division in UFC Needed?

This post does not refer to a new weight class needed by the UFC, but possibly a new division for the old Pride fighters.  With the relatevely low amount of success the incoming Pride fighters have had in the octagon should the UFC create a ring division? There is no doubting that there is a large [...]