An Illustrious List: Ranking the Top Five Trash-Talkers in MMA history
With UFC 158 fast approaching and the trash-talking exploits of title challenger Nick Diaz well-documented by now, time is right to take a look back at…
With UFC 158 fast approaching and the trash-talking exploits of title challenger Nick Diaz well-documented by now, time is right to take a look back at…
Heading into this weekend’s UFC 158 main event, many believe that the only way Nick Diaz can defeat Georges St-Pierre is to get inside his head….
UFC 158 fight week is upon us, and it is time to take a look at some of the great fights on the card. ‘The Natural Born Killer’ Carlos Condit will take on Johny ‘Big Rig’ Hendricks, in a fight which promises fireworks. The winner will be eying up a potential title fight with either GSP or Nick Diaz.
Nick Diaz is an enigmatic recluse. There is no two ways about it. He’s a naturally gifted fighter who could defeat most opponents with little training and dedication. However he does train very hard, and it shows considering…
And just like that one more fighter has been terminated from the UFC.
Recreational drugs have been seeming to become an increasingly problematic issue in MMA. An issue which has left fighters like Nick Diaz and Matt “riddled” with issues…
Carlos Condit knows that an aggressive style got him to championship-level status in MMA. However, it did not get him the UFC interim Welterweight belt because he used a highly elusive, different style to gain the belt against Nick Diaz all the way back in February. He doesn’t think that this style will prevail against Georges St-Pierre on Saturday in Montreal, and states that he will dictate the pace:”I feel like I just have the ability to threaten from any position, whether we’re standing or the fight is
With betting odds just recently coming out for November’s long-awaited return of UFC Welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre, the discussion of his bout with Carlos Condit begins to heat up. Medically cleared to fight yesterday, GSP has come in as a quite sizable favorite over the interim champ Condit. Perhaps this has something to do with the huge amount of controversy stemming from Condit’s acquiring of the interim belt over Nick Diaz. More likely, it has something to do with the long reign of St.
UFC Lightweight and Welterweight fighter Diego Sanchez recently spoke to the MMA Hour with some highly interesting comments regarding some of the controversial bouts in the UFC this year. This may not seem out of the ordinary, except for the fact that his criticisms fell upon his teammates at Jackson’s MMA. Specifically discussing Carlos Condit’s victory over Nick Diaz and Clay Guida’s loss to Gray Maynard, the always-exciting Sanchez has harsh criticism for the “elusive” style his teammates
A potentially blockbuster bout is in the works today for the UFC, with Josh Koscheck having been offered a bout with former two-class champion and MMA legend B.J. Penn. Penn, absent since he retired after an October loss to Nick Diaz, has been rumored to have a return in the cards as of late, with Gilbert Milendez as a potential opponent. However, those plans never came to fruition, and Milendez is staying with Strikeforce to defend his Lightweight championship there. Now Koscheck is the potential
UFC President Dana White recently revealed that former UFC champion B.J. Penn will indeed be returning to the UFC Octagon sometime soon, ending the retirement he announced after losing handily to Nick Diaz last October. While many had speculated Penn would not remain retired long, news had broke that he had declined a fight against Gilbert Milendez for the Strikeforce Lightweight championship. No Penn is ready to return to battle apparently. He commented on the subject at the press conference for UFC on