Michael Bisping: This Time it’s Personal
Heading into his fight with Vitor Belfort at the start of the year, tenured UFC middleweight contender Michael Bisping laid out his intentions should the fight not go his way.“God forbid, if I fail,...
Alan Belcher: No More Talking
Trash talk and boisterous predictions are standard fare in sports.Someone on one team chirps about their counterpart the day before the big game. A defensive player claims he’s not worried about what...
Jim Miller: In the Memory Making Business
The canvas looked like a Jackson Pollock piece – abstract and violent, no rhyme or reason to the patterns that were created on top of it over the previous 20 minutes, give or take.The artist responsible...
Benson Henderson: The Competitor
A month before the latest in what has been a continual string of “biggest fight of his life” bouts, UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson wasn’t spending his Sunday resting on the couch, engulfed...
Benson Henderson: The Competitor
A month before the latest in what has been a continual string of “biggest fight of his life” bouts, UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson wasn’t spending his Sunday resting on the couch, engulfed...
Jordan Mein: Back for More
On Monday, March 18, Jordan Mein was in the gym training.Considering that he’s a professional fighter that competes in the UFC’s welterweight division, the fact that he was hitting the heavy bag and...
Urijah Faber: Fighting’s Ambassador
Urijah Faber is a company man, and I mean that in the best way possible.I know there are times when people describe a colleague or an employee as “a company man” and the words are dripping with sarcasm,...
Easton Aims to Return with a Fight of the Year Performance
Pull a coin out of your pocket, flip it in the air, and call it. Sometimes you’re right, sometimes you’re wrong. Even when you’re riding a hot streak – two, three in a row – the next one could...
Michael Johnson: A New Year, another Quarter
Last January, UFC lightweight Michael Johnson deemed 2012 “The Year of The Menace,” and set his sights on accumulating enough victories to end the year on the outskirts of the top 10.He likened his...
Outstanding Year Continues with Action-Packed April
Consider last week and this one to be the UFC equivalent of Spring Break.Not the wild and crazy, “We’re going to Cabo!” Spring Break that served as the backdrop for so many MTV specials, bad teen...
The WEC Lives On Inside the Octagon
Every time a former member of the World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) roster competes in the UFC, Twitter lights up with a familiar hashtag: #WECNeverForget.Over the years, the organization with the blue...
Tyron Woodley: Fighting First, Hollywood Second
If you go see Olympus Has Fallen this weekend, keep an eye out for Tyron Woodley. Amidst the explosions and gunfire and Morgan Freeman being Morgan Freeman, the UFC welterweight makes his acting debut...
Strikeforce Alums Poised to be Story of the Year
Every year, one narrative seems to step up and dominate the UFC year.In 2011, the incredible rise of Jon Jones was clearly the “Story of the Year” in the UFC, as the prodigious light heavyweight talent...
Johny Hendricks: Good Lord Willing
No one would have really faulted Johny Hendricks if he had spent the last three months publicly bemoaning the UFC’s decision to book welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre against Nick Diaz this weekend...
Mike Ricci: A Dream Come True
When you’re young and into sports, you envision yourself competing at the highest level.The game of street hockey with your friends isn’t taking place on Caledonia Avenue; you’re playing at Joe Louis...
Antonio Carvalho: Right Where He Belongs
Fighting in Montreal is becoming a regular occurrence for Antonio Carvalho.This weekend, the 33-year-old veteran will make his second consecutive trip to Canada’s second largest city to face off with...
