UFC

MMA, thanks largely to the UFC, has established a strong global fanbase over the past few decades as it attempts to dethrone boxing as the top combat sport. Boxing is undoubtedly the bigger sport at present but MMA is closing the gap and has the potential to move ahead over the next few years. It’s […]

Since the UFC first emerged in 1993, many highly-talented athletes have stepped into the octagon, but who are the greatest to have ever competed? It’s a source of endless debate and if you asked 10 people you’d probably get a different list from each. That’s due to the make-up of the sport with fans often […]

After going 10-2 picking the fights at last weekend’s UFC Vegas 48 (aka UFC Fight Night Walker vs Hill), I think it’s safe to say I’m officially on a heater. That brings my record for 2022 to 41-18 – that constitutes ‘hot’, wouldn’t you say?! Anyhow, enough puffing my chest out – let’s get down […]

The good times kept rolling for me at UFC 271 last weekend, as I went 9-5 overall at the event (just don’t ask if I made any money). This week the UFC offers up a doozy of a card – and I’m not using doozy as a positive descriptor here. It’s more like – wow, […]

UFC Vegas 47 was a very lucrative fight card for my picks, as I went 11-2 overall on the night, including a couple of nice underdog picks. While I can’t promise the same this weekend, let’s try to keep the good times going at UFC 271. Saturday’s pay-per-view comes to us from Houston’s Toyota Center, […]

The UFC did it again to us last week, going dark and forcing us to get our mixed martial arts fix elsewhere. Well fret not – they are back again this week to start a run of eight straight Saturdays of fight cards, taking us right up to the end of March. It begins this […]

We get our first UFC pay-per-view of 2022 this weekend, UFC 270, beaming to us live from the Honda Center in Anaheim, California Saturday night. While the card is a little light on big names throughout it, it is headlined by two title fights, including a UFC Heavyweight Championship unification fight in the main event. […]

UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs Chikadze PreviewJeff Fox Finally, after almost a month of inactivity, the UFC is back in our lives. The promotion offers up their first fight card of 2022 this Saturday from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. UFC on ESPN: Kattar vs Chikadze (aka UFC Vegas 46) is headlined by a […]

There’s one sure way to bolster your fan base in the UFC… get in and out quickly with a showreel knockout. The first ever UFC event took place on November 12, 1993, when the sport was a world away from how it looks now. There were no judges and the two fighters battled it out […]

Only one more week until the UFC is up and running events once more! That gives me time to finish up my UFC weight class predictions for 2022. You can read Part 1 of the column right here. In Part 2 I’ll dive into the bantamweight division (which I mistakenly jumped over last column) and […]

As we prepare to turn our calendars to 2022, bidding 2021 farewell (surely next year will be better than this one, right?!), and with the UFC still in a bit of an “offseason”, I figured I’d boldly predict who will be champion in each of the promotion’s weight classes exactly a year from now. In […]

With Christmas just a few days away, I’m cutting it close for asking Santa for a present. But I was a very good boy this year, giving all you lovely readers winning UFC picks all year long, so I deserve a present. Actually, make that 11 presents. Here is my list of fights I want […]

The UFC bids adieu to 2021 with one final event at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas this Saturday afternoon/evening. And it’s another doozy of a fight card, as the promotion caps off the year with a string of very good fight cards, both on paper and in execution. Who foresaw Julianna Pena pulling off […]

The UFC invades the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas this Saturday with their strongest card (on paper) of the past four years. And this despite it losing a key fight in Leon Edwards vs Jorge Masvidal. We’ve got a double-header of title fights at the top, while the rest of the 15-fight lineup is stacked […]

That was strange. A Saturday went by, and no live UFC event came onto my television screen. Did the same thing happen to you?! Well, the strange times are over, as the UFC is back at it again this week to start a three-week stretch at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas to close the […]

If you’re reading this in the United States – Happy Thanksgiving! If you’re reading it elsewhere – Happy Thursday! The UFC is taking a rare week off for the Thanksgiving holiday in the States, so you’ll get no juicy betting tips from me this go around. However, I figured now would be a fine time […]

Last weekend’s UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs Rodriguez was another winning experience for me, pushing my hot streak to 13-straight weeks. Not to get too arrogant here, but maybe I do actually know what I’m doing picking fights, and I’m not just guessing as my wife has accused me of. Imagine that. The UFC train […]

The good times kept rolling last weekend at UFC 268, as overall my picks for the event went 12-2. Not to mention the event was filled with action-packed and meaningful fights. Here’s hoping to both being true again this weekend at UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs Rodriguez, as the octagon returns to the UFC Apex […]

In the words of UFC ring announcer Bruce Buffer, it’s time! It’s time for the UFC octagon to make its annual November return to ‘The World’s Most Famous Arena’, Madison Square Gardens in New York City. And, as per usual, the UFC has stacked the card, with two title fights at the top of the […]