Well the big winners last night were (in order): The fans, the UFC, and Randy Couture. The fans got to see an amazing show — yeah most of the match ups were so-so and so were most of the fights — but that one amazing match, Randy Couture coming out as an overwhelming longshot and […]

About to start. I hope the PPV works! Here’s the card with my picks. Leave your picks in the comments. Jason Lambert vs. Renato “Babalu” Sobral — Babalu by submission Update [2007-3-3 22:29:24 by Kid Nate]: They’re in the ring. Lambert is looking pretty good. Babalu looks trim and mean. Babalue picks him apart standing […]

Well in spite of myself — since the card looks to be filled with mis-matches — I’m getting excited about UFC 68. Mainly because I want to see Renato “Babalu” Sobral add to his highlight reel. As Todd Martin of the L.A. Times said in their new  MMA Top 10 feature wherein he ranked Sobral […]

According to Stephan Marceau overt at Fight Opinion, he sees the the Holman vs. Hamill fight as such: Rex “Big Dog” Holman vs Matt “The Hammer” Hamill I dont know much about Rex Holman, except that he is also an NCAA wrestling sensation (as Matt Hamill also is). This is also the battle of the […]

If you look at the odds for the fights at UFC 68 from the different odds makers, most of them make sense:  Matt Hughes has about an 87% of winning, Rich Franklin’s around 83% or so, Couture is biting on the heels of 30% (which is more than fair), but Rex Holman is at 28 […]

Alright, Saturday is getting closer and closer and I’ve hardly said a word about the upcoming UFC. I guess that’s because PRIDE 33 was such a great event and there have been so many hot match-ups rumored. Anyway, on to the show (click on fighter’s names to see their fight history on Sherdog Fight Finder […]

The Houston Chronicle’s Steve Sievert raises questions about Wanderlei Silva’s future: The loss raises some real questions about Silva, who has long been one of MMA’s most compelling and competitive fighters. However, he’s now been KO’d in consecutive bouts and is a pedestrian 2-3 in his last five outings. In his last two fights, Silva, […]

Here’s the card and my pics: 1. Jason Ireland vs. Joachim Hansen Hansen in 2 by sub 2. Kazuo Misaki vs. Frank Trigg I’m rooting for Misaki but picking Trigg by TKO in 3 3. James Lee vs. Travis Wiuff Picking Wiuff by UD. 4. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou Little Nog by […]

IFL had an event in Atlanta last night. From Fight Report: The Wolfpack, coached by Matt Lindland and based in Portland, Ore., and Pitbulls, coached by Renzo Gracie and based in New York, won their 2007 International Fight League debuts in front of 5,057 at The Arena at Gwinnett Center in Duluth, Ga. UFC veteran […]

FightOpinion is running the final running order for Saturday’s PRIDE 33 event.   1. Jason Ireland vs. Joachim Hansen    2. Kazuo Misaki vs. Frank Trigg    3. James Lee vs. Travis Wiuff    4. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou    5. Hayato “Mach” Sakurai vs. Mac Danzig    6. Sergey Kharitonov vs. […]

Takanori Gomi, the #1 Lightweight Fighter in the world. Honestly, I think Diaz can take this guy. Gomi has a great record and has fought top competition but Diaz has a major size advantage — he’s three inches taller and naturally about 15 pounds heavier. Gomi may have bulked up for the fight but I […]

I thought I’d go way way back today and talk a little bit about the history of the sport. From the beginning of my interest in MMA in the mid-1990’s, I always thought it was ironic that two of the biggest schools of fighting — as represented by the superstars of the day Royce Gracie […]

MMAWeekly has just posted their latest top ten fighter rankings so I thought I’d use it to rank the various organizations — who’s got the best fighters in each division? Pride clearly dominates the Heavyweight division, with 7 of the top 10 fighters although less dramatically now that UFC has Cro Cop. The Emelianenko brothers’ […]

I bagged on this fight over the weekend, but I gotta admit I’m starting to get excited. Henderson is probably more natural at 185lbs than at 205lbs but he’s incredibly strong and showed in their first fight six years ago that he can hang with Silva. To me the key to the win for Henderson […]

Two big events in Japan yesterday, Shooto’s “Back to Our Roots” event and DEEP’s 28th Impact. Plus I randomly caught some Bodog fighting on the Ion Channel last night. I haven’t been keeping up with the Japanese action (except for PRIDE) to the degree that I used to which is frustrating as Japan is still […]

Looking at the next PRIDE 33 lineup and the next few UFCs it seems like the fighting gods are frowning on making the best matchups. Which is teh suck since it’s great matchups that make the sport. In PRIDE 33 (Feb 24) we’ve got numerous mismatches — Stephen Quadros has a great rundown on Budovideo: […]

Frank Shamrock was the second fighter to join my all time favorites list. Royce Gracie was the first. Frank was always a good fighter — I’d been impressed with his Pancrase wars with Bas Rutten, Masa Funaki, Allan Goes, etc — but Frank was only one of many fighters I was keeping an eye on. […]

I love a good ground war and always enjoy a flashy striking battle but my favorite move is definitely the slam. Thanks to the miracle of YouTube I can share some of my favorites. The great Quinton “Rampage” Jackson: This is a nice historical survey of slams and takedowns — lots of old 1990’s UFC […]

My friends at SB Nation are justifiably proud of their network of sports blogs, but I’ve been harping on the glaring, gaping bloody hole in their coverage — the fastest growing sport in the land, Mixed Martial Arts. Well it’s put up or shut up time because they have given me a blog. It’s an […]

There's a lot to unpack in this edition of the MMA Hangover, beginning with a rare moment involving UFC CEO Dana White.