There’s no denying it. Fedor Emelianenko, Josh Barnett, Dana White, Scott Coker and many, many more have made these past few weeks some of the most newsworthy in recent MMA history. And yet, yours truly neglected to comment on any of it. Not a word. So what’s my excuse? You see, the UFC was finally coming to Philadelphia, my Philadelphia, and honestly, I couldn’t focus on much else while cloaked in such thick layers of anticipation and anxiousness. I even declined to write up my standard predictions this time around, and I’ll tell you why: No expectations.

The dust and remnants following the uber-hyped UFC 100 have finally settled and as one might imagine, quite a few storylines have emerged from the bloody rubble. At the center of the most hotly debated topic in town is none other than former WWE superstar turned failed NFL lineman turned UFC heel, Brock Lesnar.

If you thought Roy Jones Jr. would give up on competing in mixed martial arts just because the UFC (rightly) turned down his offer to tangle with Anderson Silva, you were wrong. However It seems there really isn't much room in MMA for Jones Jr., at least not yet.

When Affliction teamed up with Goldenboy Promotions and started talking about doing hybrid Boxing/MMA events, many in the MMA world voiced their feelings that this was a bad idea. Roy Jones Jr., I guess, didn’t read about that, so he decided to have his promotional company, Square Ring Promotions, beat Affliction/Goldenboy to the punch [...]

With the regulation of MMA in Pennsylvania yesterday, and South Dakota last week, along with the expected regulation of MMA in South Carolina in the not too distant future things are look promising for the legalization of MMA in the USA. However, the one major stand out to still have an outright ban on MMA [...]

A lot has gone on in the world of MMA in the last four weeks:

Mauricio Rua looked less than impressive in getting back in the win column against the aging, and clearly out of gas Mark Coleman.
Dan Henderson fought Rich Franklin at Light Heavyweight to garner yet another decision victory. This victory locked in his [...]

I know, I know, “GreaseGate” is still raging on like a forest fire but this post has nothing to do with such matters, so follow one of these links if you’re still looking to add your two cents to that whole mess.
Lately, I can’t help thinking that those who are simply fans of great MMA, [...]

Despite pushing the idea that opponent Georges St. Pierre would lose their highly anticipated rematch because he was a “quitter” who could therefore be broken once more, it was BJ Penn who called it quits on Saturday night after absorbing an absolute shellacking at the hands of the man they call “Rush.” You can argue [...]

Sorry Ireland. But your beer and whiskey are still way better than ours, and I still really want to visit St. James Gate some day, so I hope you don’t hold this sub-par UFC event against me personally, okay? We cool?
UFC 93 is officially in the books and while I can’t say it was the [...]

In the wake of his thunderous knockout loss to Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, some folks around the MMA blogosphere have been talking up Wanderlei Silva’s need to drop down to the middleweight class. Sam Caplan of Five Ounces of Pain outlines the case:
“…Forget about considering the move, it’s time to just go ahead [...]

Lots to talk about so let’s get to it: “The Ultimate 2008” delivered and delivered huge. The order of the bouts was all over the place but I can’t complain. The show was well paced and absolutely packed with fireworks and surprises. Kudos to the UFC for capping off the New Year strong.
Upset of the [...]

UFC 91 is in the books and before I even get into the main event, I would be remiss if I did not comment on the hustle and flow of the pay-per-view as a whole. I don’t know that I’ve ever seen every single fight of the night on the telecast before, but I’m not [...]

ShoXC “Herman vs. Schall” is likely to be most remembered not for its quick stoppages, but for its poor refereeing. Of the four fights I was able to watch (Herman-Schall, Khalidov-Guida, Lapsley-Stumpf, and Shlemenko-McDaniel) three of the fights saw mistakes by the referee.
In the evening’s main event between Dave Herman and Kerry Schall both fighters [...]

As I write this piece while occasionally sipping from my seasonal Oktoberfest brew, I can only imagine that somewhere, Dana White has an ear-to-ear smile plastered across his evil little face. And I bet Sean Gannon is grinning a bit as well. Despite “Heat” sporting a very strong card which entertained me to the [...]

EDITOR’S NOTE: A petition requesting former UFC middleweight champion Evan Tanner be posthumously inducted into the UFC hall of fame can be signed here. — KK
I once wrote that Evan Tanner’s excursions were, if nothing else, unnecessary, and in my opinion they were. But that is what separates people like Evan Tanner from the rest [...]