Say It Ain’t So, Dennis Hallman

Journeyman fighter Dennis Hallman tested positive for two types of steroids following his heelhook submission victory over Jeremiah Metcalf on Nov. 16, according to the California State Athletic Commission, making him the most surprising and disappointing positive-testee since Royce Gracie.  Hallman — an excellent grappler and hard-working fighter with over fifty bouts to his credit [...]

Memes Have Nothing To Do With Fighting

There’s this internet thing people are doing. No, not porn. They’re doing that too, but I feel we don’t need to mention it the same way we don’t need to mention that people are checking their email. What I’m referring to are memes. It’s some kind of hip new blog thing [...]

Ten Things I’ve Learned About Life From Watching The Ultimate Fighter

Last night’s episode of TUF made me realize that as much as I complain about the show, I really enjoy it. I also really hate it, but I enjoy hating it. It’s kind of like the way I love making fun of soccer. Sure, when all the Greeks in my neighborhood are [...]

Silva-Henderson Fight Could Be Career-Defining For Both Men

In this age of interim titles and overhyped fights, it’s easy to forget about the very real title fight down the road. I speak now, of course, of Anderson Silva and Dan Henderson. It may also be known as the fight Henderson should have taken immediately upon coming to the UFC, but better [...]

Paulo Filho Says He Won’t Help Chuck Liddell…And He Means It

Brazilian middleweight Paulo Filho apparently won’t be accepting an invitation to train with Chuck Liddell in advance of “The Iceman’s” match with Wanderlei Silva, according to Brazilian website Tatame.  Though he’ll be in the U.S. to defend his WEC title, and though he has previously made it known just how much he hates Chute Boxe [...]

Another Interim Title?

The UFC has done it again. No sooner could I type out my belief that they weren’t desperate enough to invent a match for Matt Hughes to replace the one he was supposed to have with a now-injured Matt Serra, than they proved me wrong. Not only will they have Hughes meet Georges [...]

Matt Serra Pulls Out of Title Fight With Hughes

Due to a herniated disk in his back, Matt Serra will not be putting his welterweight title on the line against Matt Hughes on Dec 29, the UFC’s official website reported this week.  Serra suffered the injury in training, thus derailing the rivalry bout that this season of The Ultimate Fighter has spent a significant [...]

Ian Freeman Talks Bisping, IFL, and MMA in the U.K.

I had a chance to talk to British MMA legend Ian “The Machine” Freeman yesterday. This guy is a real character. If you’re looking for a good MMA-related read, I recommended his memoir, “Cagefighter”. It has more crazy stories about blokes in pubs than ought to be legal for consumption in America.
In [...]

The Unpopular Position: Michael Bisping Was Robbed

I don’t expect anyone to agree with what I’m about to say.  I’m not even sure I agree with me, at least not a hundred percent, but something about Saturday’s decision didn’t sit well with me.  Is it because I find Michael Bisping a little more likable than Rashad Evans — whose nickname, “Sugar”, could [...]

UFC 78 Delivers Everything It Promises, Which Isn’t Much

All the promos in the world couldn’t change the fact that last night’s UFC event was essentially without a main event. Nonetheless, Rashad Evans and Michael Bisping put on a decent show with their extremely close three-round bout, and this time it was Bisping who came out on the wrong end of the judges’ [...]

Place Your Bets: UFC 78

Readers of this blog know that one of my favorite things with any UFC event is breaking down the betting odds. Normally, I use betus.com, but not this time. Betus.com is currently offering lines on only a few of Saturday’s fights, and up until a day or two ago only offered lines on [...]

New Articles, Predictions, Other Crap

After an overwhelming (okay, some) response to the first edition of CBS Sportsline’s collective UFC preview, we’ve gone and done it again. Read what yours truly, Denny Burkholder, Sam Caplan, and Todd Martin have to say about UFC 78 here.
At Crave Online you can also read my take on Rio Heroes and their particular [...]

Is Reality TV The Worst Thing To Happen To Matt Hughes?

As I watched Matt Hughes continue to present as unlikable a persona as possible on last night’s episode of The Ultimate Fighter, I was struck by the strangeness of the fact that I used to be a huge fan of his. There was a time when I might have identified Hughes as my favorite [...]

Examining the UFC 78 Undercard

This Saturday night one of the most unanticipated UFC events will take place in one of America’s most unlivable cities: Newark, New Jersey.  We’ve all heard the arguments as to why Rashad Evans vs. Michael Bisping is pretty weak main event, but when it comes down to it we’re probably going to watch anyway.
For me, [...]

Nick Diaz Looking For A Good Plastic Surgeon

The Fight Network is reporting that Nick Diaz will seek the aid of a plastic surgeon to repair the scar tissue on his face. This comes after some very bad cuts forced a stoppage in his last bout with KJ Noons in Elite XC. Diaz has suffered some serious cuts in past fights, [...]