The One Reason to Watch the TUF 10 Finale
Who are we kidding? The biggest fight on Saturday’s Ultimate Fighter Finale isn’t the main event between up-and-comer Jon Jones and TUF vet Matt Hamill. Nor is it the series’ championship bout between Roy Nelson and ex-NFL player Brendan Schaub. It’s the months-in-the-making, bottom-of-the-card clash between Houston Alexander and Kimbo Slice. And no disrespect to Alexander, but they could stick... [Read More...]
GSP can learn a lot from Dan Hardy
I really respect Georges St. Pierre. He’s a terrifically talented fighter and a great ambassador for the UFC and the sport of mixed martial arts. He is, by all accounts, a genuine human being, polite, respectful, well-spoken. And pretty darn dull. Just once I’d like to see the welterweight champ display a little edginess, get fired up about something. Anderson Silva is the same way but... [Read More...]
The Current Heavyweight Crisis
Sixty-five million years ago, the biggest, baddest animals on the planet were wiped out by an intergalactic pebble. Today, their top-of-the-food-chain contemporaries – the UFC heavyweight fighter – are facing their own extinction level event. No fewer than three of the promotion’s best 265-pound bruisers have been sidelined with illnesses and injuries, placing the future of the entire weight... [Read More...]
Trading One Mistake For Another: Attempting to make sense of the Strikeforce championship dilemma
Saturday night’s “Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers” event will correct one mistake while making another. On one hand, Jakes Shields and Jason “Mayhem” Miller will square off for the long-undefended and recently vacated middleweight belt. On the other, light heavyweight champion Gegard Mousasi will face Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou in a non-title bout. I’m sure the decision to take Mousasi’s... [Read More...]
Catchweight Confusion: The Kimbo and Rich divisions
There are currently five weight classes in the UFC. Rich Franklin is not one of them. Neither is Kimbo Slice. Although you’d never know it from the recent trend toward catchweight bouts to accommodate these fighters. Franklin, who has yo-yoed between middleweight and light heavyweight, fought back-to-back bouts at 195 pounds, going 1-1 against Wanderlei Silva and Vitor Belfort, respectively. The... [Read More...]
