Name: José Aldo Organization: UFC Division: Featherweight Record: 21–1 Last Fight: vs Chad Mendes (won by KO) Next Fight: TBA Title: UFC Featherweight Champion Reason for nomination: Who is 5’7” , 145 pounds, and when you hear Run This Town you know an ass whooping is coming ? José Aldo that’s who. Since he stepped into...
UFC on Fox 2 : Thoughts and Analysis
So the UFC on Fox 2 card happened this past weekend and I must say I enjoyed it, which strangely puts me in the minority. A lot of MMA fans have overreacted that the fights on the main card weren’t amazing, and they weren’t, but they were relevant. The main event between Phil Davis and Rashad Evans went exactly how I thought it would with...
UFC on FX 1: Good Card Ruined By Fickle Fans
The main event of UFC on FX 1 was between two of my favorite lightweights Melvin Guillard and Jim Miller. The fight was about 2 minutes and showed both men’s strengths– Melvin’s powerful boxing and Jim Miller’s ju-jitsu. After being rocked, Jim Miller was able to get Melvin’s back during a scramble and choke him out. Now this was a...
UFC 142: Scarface Is Back and Other Thoughts
UFC 142 like the last UFC: Rio was a incredibly epic night topped off by Jose Aldo absolutely killing Chad Mendes dead. Over Aldo’s last 2 fights questions arose that he had lost his killer instinct even though he won his two previous fights. Well all those questions were to put rest when he hit Mendes with a beautiful knee and followed up...
Gina Carano: Turning Punches and Kicks Into TV and Flicks
Gina Carano has gone well beyond being in ESPN as an MMA fighter. With her winning smile and good looks Gina Carano has achieved mainstream success with appearances in Maxim and now GQ . Many people debate about her using MMA as a stepping stone towards mainstream success. To an extent I have to agree but I also know that you can only fight...
UFC 141: The End of “The Next Big Thing”
On Friday night, we witnessed the end of one Heavyweight’s career and a new chapter in another. Brock Lesnar retired Friday night after Alistair Overeem kicked the soul out of his liver. It was a brutally beautiful ending to a fight where Lesnar looked out of his element during the whole fight. I personally thought that at some point...