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Posted on January 26, 2015 by Ked Becker
Sometimes fights are stopped too early and sometimes too late. In a perfect world, of course, all fights would have been stopped exactly on time. But realistically judges usually have to decide (in a split second) between stopping the fight or letting it continue when the fighter seem to be really hurt but might still […]
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Posted on January 1, 2015 by jcs
As a recap, most “Fighter of the Year” awards on other sites are really “Breakout Fighter of the Year” awards in that fighters who win, were usually not top fighters in the beginning of the year, but became so by the end of the year. A fighter like this can and has won our FotY awards, […]
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Posted on January 1, 2015 by jcs
As a recap, most “Fighter of the Year” awards on other sites are really “Breakout Fighter of the Year” awards in that fighters who win, were usually not top fighters in the beginning of the year, but became so by the end of the year. A fighter like this can and has won our FotY awards, […]
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Posted on October 4, 2014 by Ked Becker
The winner of the fight between Rory McDonald and Tarec Saffiedine might get a title shot. Rory McDonald is the #2 welterweight, so this is almost the biggest fight anyone can get in the division. On the other hand, Tarec Saffiedine has fought only one time this year and one time last year. He didn’t […]
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Posted on June 17, 2014 by jcs
There have undoubtedly been thousands and thousands of articles and posts on the Internet regarding the 10-point must system and how it should be abolished from combat sports, MMA in particular. Partly, because it has produced so many questionable decisions, perhaps mostly because it was developed with the sport of boxing in mind — most MMA […]
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Posted on June 4, 2014 by Ked Becker
There seem to be a consensus that Jon Jones should fight Alexander Gustafsson next, as they had a very close fight and it was the first and only time Jon Jones was in some danger. That’s why there is such a strong reaction to Jon’s’ reluctance to take on this fight. I don’t share this enthusiasm […]
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Posted on April 18, 2014 by oleg
A video of young boys wrestling a bear surfaced in December. One of the boys was rumored to be the undefeated UFC lightweight contender Khabib Nurmagomedov. Recently, Khabib confirmed that he is the boy in the video: http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2014/4/18/5627866/ufc-khabib-nurmagomedov-secret-video-bear-fight-mma-news This is just awesome. Confirms my feelings that Nurmagomedov is the next lightweight champion. Here’s a hilarious […]
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Posted on April 18, 2014 by oleg
It’s become customary for MMA news sites to report fighter payouts after major events. Unfortunately, only a handful of US state athletic commissions publish the salary info. For international events, or in US states which do not report fighter payouts, the salary info is not available. This doesn’t stop folks from still reporting fighter […]
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Posted on April 12, 2014 by Ked Becker
A while ago I wrote about the uselessness of accusing the fighters of not fighting in an exciting way or not trying to finish fights. I said that the rules encourage safe fighting and that as long as the rules would not change safe fighting will continue to be a significant part of the sport. […]
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Posted on February 15, 2014 by Ked Becker
Gegard Mousasi, born in Tehran to an Armenian family, grew up in the Netherlands from the age of 4. He began his professional MMA career at 2003 at the age of 17, and fought in various organizations including M-1, Rings and DEEP at middleweight before debuting in Pride in 2006 at 20 years old. After a win […]
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