Calvin Kattar turned it all around
On Jan. 16, 2021, in the first UFC show of the year, Calvin Kattar ate the beating of a lifetime. In the biggest fight of his career, an enormous breakout opportunity against former featherweight champion Max Holloway, Kattar had the door slammed in his face. It wasn’t just that Kattar was completely dominated – Holloway…
Three on the Rise: Jan. 14-15, 2022
Another fight weekend is in the books. Although there were only two finishes on the UFC’s first card of the year, the headliner delivered in every way possible: Calvin Kattar and Giga Chikadze put on a banger that will likely maintain a spot high on Fight of the Year lists throughout 2022, with Kattar becoming…
Three Fights to Watch: Jan. 14-15, 2022
Another fight weekend is here, baby, and we love to see it. MMA is finally back this weekend, with the UFC and ONE putting on their first shows of the year, and other major promotions like Invicta and KSW also coming back with their first offerings of 2022. Almost a month of waiting has come…
Tofiq Musayev is one of Bellator’s most interesting signings in a long time
Bellator’s lightweight division is in a weird spot. After reigning as champion for over two years – and never actually defending the belt – Patricio Pitbull relinquished the title late last year, saying that he didn’t deserve to be 155-pound champion after losing his featherweight title to A.J. McKee. That’s part of the story, at…
UFC Road Map: Jan.-Mar. 2022
We’re just days away from the UFC kicking off its 2022 season, and new bouts are being added every day – just yesterday two world title bouts were announced as in the works for what suddenly looks like an amazing March pay-per-view. With that in mind, what fights should UFC fans be on the lookout…
Five predictions for the UFC’s 2022
The clock is ticking until the 2022 UFC season finally kicks off – Jan. 15 is the day. In preparation, yesterday I profiled five fighters who I think have the potential to break out from the pack in 2022. Now, here’s five more predictions, in a larger scale, for what I think might happen in…
5 UFC breakout candidates for 2022
Over the course of 2021, we saw a number of great talents break through at a high level – Ciryl Gane, Giga Chikadze, Khamzat Chimaev and Sean Brady to name a few. To me, seeing that progression is one of the most fun parts of MMA. And as we look towards 2022, we should always…
The Top 10 Fights of 2021
We’ve gone through the year’s best KOs, and we’ve gone through the year’s best submissions. But now, it’s time to take a look at the fights that ripped the hardest throughout 2021: and buckle up, because there were some real classics. 10. Paul Daley vs. Sabah Homasi, Bellator 257 This list is going to wind…
The Top 10 Submissions of 2021
As we look back at the year that was in MMA, it was easy to put together a list of 2021’s best knockouts – there were some amazing, memorable KOs throughout the year. It wasn’t quite as easy to do the same for submissions, but there were still some great ones to choose from. So…
The Top 10 Knockouts of 2021
With the exception of RIZIN’s traditional New Year’s Eve show, the year 2021 in MMA is, for all intents and purposes, over. 2021 has been an uncommonly memorable year in mixed martial arts, featuring quite a few fights, moments and stories that we’ll remember for many years. And when putting together my list of the…
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