-This looked like a pretty quality show on paper, with one of the best main events of the year in Max Holloway vs. Brian Ortega for the Featherweight title, a solid co-main event between Valentina Shevchenko and Joanna Jedrzejczyk for the Flyweight title, and the likes of Jimi Manuwa, Thiago...
MMA Review: #652: UF...
posted by Newman
-This was the UFC’s first trip to Calgary since the ill-fated UFC 149 back in 2012 and this one at least looked far better than that show, with Poirier/Alvarez, Aldo/Stephens and Jedrzejczyk/Torres looking especially cool. UFC on Fox: Alvarez vs. Poirier II 07/28/18 Calgary, Alberta -Your...
MMA Review: #637: UF...
posted by Newman
-Well, where to start with this one? What was originally the most loaded card of 2018 thus far turned into the most weird for a TON of reasons; firstly Tony Ferguson was forced out of his title unification fight with Khabib Nurmagomedov and replaced by Max Holloway of all people. Then Conor...
MMA Review: #619: UF...
posted by Newman
-Despite some mixed feelings around the main event – more on that later – the UFC’s return to Madison Square Garden was still probably the biggest show of 2017, with three title fights and the return of probably the best fighter in MMA history in Georges St-Pierre. Not as big as 2016’s...
MMA Review: #600: UF...
posted by Newman
-All of the video packages coming into this one were hyping it as the card of the year (thus far) and on paper at least they weren’t wrong, with two title fights, a Welterweight title eliminator and one of the year’s most intriguing Featherweight clashes on tap. Sure, we lost Henry Cejudo...
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