Although ticket sales for UFC 102 in Portland were less than expected, the UFC delivered with a great card Saturday night at the Rose Garden. We saw two legends go at it, the middleweight division become even less clear and the fastest fight in UFC history.

1. Couture and Nogueira can still throw down.

Randy Couture entered the cage Saturday night at 46 years of age. Nogueira came in with over 30 fights to his name and over 10 years of face smashing. Read More

We have all done it.

We have all chased after something we are passionate about even if there are countless examples of why it will fail.     We put on our happy ears and only hear the good news, the reasons why it will lead to fame and fortune and start investing.

Then it fails miserably and we think – why didn’t anyone tell me this was dumb?   Read More

Two years ago, MMA enthusiasts excitedly predicted a women’s MMA fight between Gina Carano and Chris Cyborg would be the biggest match in women’s fighting history and would be a defining moment in MMA history. While I agree this will be the biggest fight to date for female MMA, the significance of Saturday nights main event looks to have lost all it’s momentum. Outside of the hardcore MMA fan, does anyone know this is happening this Saturday? What about the growing and very important population of female MMA fans? Are they aware this fight is this Saturday? Other than fans who visit the forums and message boards no one is talking about this. Absolutely no one. Not sure what Strikeforce should do, but I know they aren’t doing it.

For a fight that was supposed to be a turning point in Mixed Martial Arts history, it certainly isn’t being promoted as such and at will likely go down as a failure. Here is a promo video for the event after the jump, which I found buried deep on Youtube. Read More

I’ve been a strong supported of Fedor Emelianenko for as long as I’ve known of him. He has always been everyone’s little secret. The casual fan would know Roger Huerta and Micheal Bisping but the die hard fans knew of the great Fedor. We thought we were the only ones who knew about him. How he could never be beaten. How he would fight men 50 lbs heavier and dispose of them in minutes. Fedor was the man. Fedor was King. But Fedor, as of today you are no longer number one. Read More

Seems strange doesn’t it? In a span of two days Affliction went from putting together one of the biggest fights in the history of the sport to a failed organization who had cozied back into bed with its sworn enemy of the last two years – the UFC. How did this turn of events happen so quickly and how come more people aren’t asking ‘How did Affliction get the UFC deal done so quickly?’ Maybe everyone saw it coming, just like Affliction did. Read More

Vitor Belfort. The man who at a very young age was given the moniker  “The Pheonom.” It was fitting actually. The BJJ Black Belt who had incredible Muay Thai and Olympic level boxing skills was feared by all and at 19 years of age, was one of the best in the UFC. At a ripe age of 20 years of age he fought MMA legend Randy Couture for the UFC heavyweight title. He lost, but he was only a kid.

Vitor is now 32 and the last 10 years have been an up and down Read More

If you’ve taken a look at the welterweight Top 10 lately you’re going to find something in common with almost all of them. They have been beaten by Georges St. Pierre. Over the last two years “Rush” has beaten Thiago Alves, Jon Fitch, Matt Hughes, BJ Penn, Matt Serra and Josh Koscheck. Pretty impressive to say the least. The biggest challenge for the UFC will be finding suitable opponents for the Canadian champion to be able to sell to fans the idea that GSP has even the slightest chance of losing. Jake Shields the answer. Read More

Quick, what do Tamdan McCrory, Dong Hyun Kim and Rich Franklin all have in common? If you said they’ve all had walk in songs chosen for them by the UFC you would be correct. All three have had felt the wrath of DJ Dana White who changed up their original song choices to something the UFC deemed more appropriate for the event. Essentially, they are looking to build an atmosphere in the building and have never underestimated the power of the fighters walk out song.

Franklin’s song has been “Those About to Rock” by ACDC and he surprised many when he Read More