Category: MMA

Anderson Silva gets his day, and nobody dominated his day quite like Anderson Silva

Perhaps it was an extra slap in the face that the UFC decided to announce Anderson Silva would be inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame on the same night Kamaru Usman tried to get his title back
By Chuck Mindenhall March 20, 2023

Jon Jones is back, which means …well, it’s complicated

It’s been a long, meandering, contradictory, asterisked, glorified, bloodshot, largely troubled road for Jones as he comes back at UFC 285.
By Chuck Mindenhall March 3, 2023

Will UFC 281 reveal that it’s been Alex Pereira’s story all along?

Alex Pereira didn’t just beat Adesanya at some early juncture of Izzy’s career—he beat him twice—and now the ghost has followed him to UFC 281
By Chuck Mindenhall November 8, 2022

The Nate Diaz Story – BT Sport Production

tremendous work over there. Narrated by Ariel Helwani
By Chuck Mindenhall September 19, 2022

Sorting out the UFC’s featherweight division

If you took a handful of feathers and threw them into the air, it would look more orderly than what’s going on in the UFC’s featherweight division.
By Chuck Mindenhall July 17, 2022

Some fights just don’t live up to expectations, and it’s okay to be bummed

One of my favorite pastimes is to sit back and take in the debates following a big fight night, especially among those select few who feel compelled to tell other fans how they should feel.  Saturday night’s main event between Israel Adesanya and Jared Cannonier at UFC 276 wasn’t a…
By Chuck Mindenhall July 6, 2022

Oh yes, the good old days of covering MMA

I started thinking about the good old days of MMA journalism, back when content wasn’t mostly headline pollution
By Chuck Mindenhall April 7, 2022

Did Julianna Pena just pull off the greatest upset of all time? No really, I’m asking…

This weekend at UFC 269, Julianna Pena pulled off an upset over Amanda Nunes as a nearly 7-to-1 underdog at the book, which many saw as the greatest upset in UFC history. It very well could’ve been.
By Chuck Mindenhall December 12, 2021

If it sounds like a broken record, it’s because that’s what Charles Oliveira does best

Charles Oliveira's had a turbulent ride through the UFC record books on the way to his first title defense at UFC 269.
By Chuck Mindenhall December 9, 2021
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