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Breaking Down UFC 161: Evans Vs Henderson – Prelims
The UFC touches down for the first time Winnepeg, Manitoba, Canada this Saturday night for UFC 161: Evans Vs Henderson, and as always the preliminary card will be free on facebook and on FX. The main card is sure to be jam packed with fireworks, but make sure you get warmed up properly with the…
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira’s Poor Decisions Were Magnified By Werdum’s BJJ
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The hardest part of watching the main event at UFC On FUEL 10: Nogueira Vs Werdum II wasn’t Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira losing to Fabricio Werdum. It was the way he looked doing it that was hard to see. There was confusion about who was the better brazillian Jiu Jitsu player going into the fight as…
Originally, the best laid plans of mice and men involved UFC female bantamweight queen Ronda Rousey coaching TUF opposite an opponent who was both worthy and worthwhile, and it was assumed that Miesha Tate would be that woman. But Cat Zingano came in and, well, you know what cats do to mice. However, this week…
In a recent interview, UFC Lightweight Nate Diaz was as candid as I have ever heard him. He said many things that were over the top, and many things I do not agree with, but I had never heard him as relatable as he was during that conversation. It was so fascinating that it prompted…
UFC 159 was a great night for Strikeforce refugee Pat Healy. He waged an absolute war against the affable Jim Miller, came out on top via a gutsy performance and tap out via rear naked choke, and was awarded a hefty “submission of the night” and “fight of the night” bonus to go with his…
There comes a time in every fighter’s career when the cold fist of reality hits them square in the puss and lets them know that they’re too old and their body too beat up to compete at the highest levels anymore. Such was the case with Shane Carwin this week, who – after rocketing up…
Covering The Fingers Of The MMA Glove Isn’t A Realistic Solution
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UFC 159 was no doubt a strange event. It was such a weird night that when Chael Sonnen walked to the Octagon, for about four and a half seconds, I thought there was a chance he could win against Jon Jones. The night featured two technical decisions, the first time in UFC history, and they…
UFC 159 saw Chael Sonnen drop to a career 0-3 mark in UFC title fights after he suffered a first-round TKO loss at the hands of UFC Light-Heavyweight Champion Jon “Bones” Jones. Seeing Sonnen on the bad end of a second straight beatdown has no doubt led many to question whether the 36-year-old veteran of…
Breaking Down The UFC 159: Jones Vs Sonnen Preliminary Card
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UFC 159: Jones Vs Sonnen takes place this Saturday night on pay per view, and the preliminary card will be broadcast on FX and on Facebook/Youtube. While the conflict between the main event and co-main event combatants has taken center stage in the marketing of UFC 159, there happens to be a solid under-card leading…
Being a coach is a tricky thing. You have to be part task master, part psychologist, part motivator. It’s a subtle alchemy that, if not blended properly by the man or woman who’s been entrusted to a team of developing athletes, can easily lead to folding chair-tossing tirades or tearful dry humps in the gym…
I’ve always liked Matt Mitrione. Any time an athlete from a different sport decides to jump ship and try MMA or boxing to see what it’s like to not have teammates around to help when in need is someone I have much respect for. However, his uninformed tirade really solidified his nickname, Meathead. This kind…
Bellator Season Eight started on January 17, 2013 and ended last Thursday, April 4, 2013. This season marked their debut on Spike TV, which will be their home for the immediate future. Spike TV offers a larger audience than MTV2 and the capability to air their events in high-definition (HD). It also marked the first…
It’s been a slow couple of news weeks, but the wheel still turns for the media, so to keep things rolling, this installment of Rebellion Roundtable is all about “Why MMA?” – as in, what prompted Rebellion Media’s writers to pick up the figurative pen and start scribbling about mixed martial arts. Sam Genovese,…
ProfileGeek.com is a new data and analytics site featuring profiles and breakdowns of MMA fighters. My job entails plenty of stats and numbers. Most of the time, they aren’t stats that can be taken at face value and they typically require a great deal of interpretation. When trying to break down a UFC card I…
At UFC 158 on Saturday, Dana White announced that female bantamweight queen Ronda Rousey would be a coach on the eighteenth season of The Ultimate Fighter opposite the winner of the upcoming Miesha Tate/Cat Zingano bout, and in addition, the TUF House would be packed with both male and female competitors. As Joe Rogan so…
Bellator MMA Season 8 Review
Season Eight of Bellator MMA is just about over with only three weekly episodes left before the close of the season. It was their first season on their new home SpikeTV, and simply by taking a look at their ratings, this season cannot be considered anything less than a success. Their highest rated episode was…
UFC certainly delivered last night at the Bell Centre in Montreal, with a card that had fans on the edge of their seats. Jake Ellenberger earned knockout of the night over Nate Marquardt, Carlos Condit and Johny Hendricks clashed in a war that earned “Fight of the Night”, and Georges St-Pierre retained his welterweight title…
Perennial top welterweight contender, all-around badass and unabashed malcontent Nick Diaz will step into the cage tonight to face champ Georges St.-Pierre at UFC 158, and with those top-level boxing and jiu-jitsu skills he possesses comes the prospect that if he wins (or loses for that matter), the Stockton bad boy could easily fail every…
Georges St-Pierre has been the UFC Welterweight Champion since April of 2008, uninterrupted from the time he unified the title against Matt Serra. Since then, he’s defended the title seven times, tying Matt Hughes for the most title defenses in the welterweight division. Next to Anderson Silva, he is the longest-reigning champion in the history…
Fallon Fox was born a man, but switched genders years ago. Fallon Fox is also a fighter who competes in the Florida-based regional promotion Championship Fighting Alliance, and because she throws down with women – and because people recoil at the idea that someone who was once physically and hormonally a man is getting in…
Mark Hunt is Officially a Contender
Was it ugly? Yes. Was it technical? No. But t was heavyweight MMA at its finest. Mark Hunt and Stefan Struve engaged in a messy, technique-less battle at UFC on Fuel TV 8 in Saitama, Japan and I loved every minute of it. Early on, it appeared as if Struve would cruise to an easy…
Wanderlei Silva came through yet again with an exciting knockout victory over former WEC light-heavyweight champion Brian Stann at Saturday night’s UFC on FUEL TV 8, from Saitama, Japan, earning Fight of the Night honors. Round One between these two heavy hitters could be easily be considered the round of the year. Not only did…
I was doing play by play during the co-main event, and admittedly it is difficult to do the write up of the fight and score the bouts at the same time. When Lyoto Machida and Dan Henderson fought at UFC 157: Rousey Vs Carmouche to a decision I had pretty much the same score as…
Ronda Rousey made history Saturday night at UFC 157, defeating Liz Carmouche in the first round via armbar in the first-ever UFC women’s fight. Though it was no easy task, after nearly being submitted by a standing rear naked choke within the opening frame of the bout, Rousey still managed to eventually work her way…
Lyoto Machida: What Can He Do Against Jon Jones in the Rematch?
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Saturday night at UFC 157: “Rousey vs. Carmouche”, the main event of the evening was a women’s bantamweight championship bout – the first women’s bout in UFC history. Somewhere lost in the shuffle, however, was the light-heavyweight co-main event between former champions Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida and Dan “Hendo” Henderson. This encounter was billed as…
Rebellion Media’s video reporter Jen Robles talks about the upcoming Ronda Rousey versus Liz Carmouche fight at UFC 157 and what – if anything – it means for women’s MMA. Check it out.
UFC 156: Aldo vs. Edgar takes place tomorrow night in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Mandalay Bay for their annual Superbowl Weekend card, and we will find out once and for all if the main is a superfight or just another title fight in the featherweight division. In the main event, Jose Aldo will defend his title against…
UFC 156: Aldo vs. Edgar takes place tomorrow night in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Mandalay Bay for their annual Superbowl Weekend card, and we will find out once and for all if the main is a superfight or just another title fight in the featherweight division. In the main event, Jose Aldo will defend…
Rebellion Media video reporter Jen Robles breaks down last Saturday’s UFC on FOX 6. Check it out.
What do you do with the main card fighters who win? UFC Matchmaker Joe Silva has to ask that question after every event, and while it sounds like the best job in the world, I am willing to bet Silva could name a few better ones. Read below to get this humble writer’s take on…
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