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Vitamin D: DeAnna Bennett’s Ultimate Fighter 26 Blog, Week 4

September 21, 2017

Well, first things first. To recap last week's episode, you see me at the board pointing out the awkwardness that might be fighting your own teammate. And when I say awkwardness, I mean it is only awkward if yo...

Toe-to-Toe: UFC Fight Night 117 Preview and Predictions

Dan Kuhl

September 19, 2017

Events, Previews, Spotlight

On Saturday morning — Friday night on America’s East Coast — the UFC returns to the iconic Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, for the fifth time in promotional history. UFC Fight Night 117 features a short-...

Vitamin D: DeAnna Bennett’s Ultimate Fighter 26 Blog, Week 3

DeAnna Bennett

September 15, 2017

Events, Spotlight

I fight, I win and now on to the next one. There can only be so much weirdness and lap dancing for now, so it’s someone else’s turn for the spotlight. I had this gut feeling who Team Gaethje was going to pic...

UFC Fight Night 116’s Anthony Smith: ‘Viciously Finishing Hector’

Dan Kuhl

September 14, 2017

Interviews, Spotlight

Mixed martial arts is such a finicky sport. On one hand, you have fighters who try to pick and choose who they get to fight from the perspective of some kind of low-rent diva. On the other hand, you have guys w...

The Weekend in Scraps: UFC 215 Fallout, LFA 22 and Srisaket Over ‘Chocolatito’

Combat Press

September 11, 2017

Opinion, Spotlight

Every Monday, the Combat Press staff gathers its thoughts on the previous weekend’s fights and fight news. This feature isn’t a recap and it isn’t an editorial, but rather a bit of both worlds. We’ll scour the ...

Jon Jones and His Endless Screw-ups: A Lesson in How Success Can End in Failure

Kevin Ehsani

September 8, 2017

Opinion, Spotlight

Every now and then, an MMA fighter comes along and proves to be a groundbreaking star. They make a name for themselves on the biggest stage of all. These days, it's happening much more often. In the world of sp...

Fans Should’ve Listened to Paul Malignaggi About Conor McGregor

Mike Pendleton

September 8, 2017

Opinion, Spotlight

First and foremost, this is not an attack or an attempt to mock Conor McGregor's effort against Floyd Mayweather Jr. McGregor’s showing was actually quite impressive. More than anything, this is just to give re...

Vitamin D: DeAnna Bennett’s Ultimate Fighter 26 Blog, Week 2

DeAnna Bennett

September 7, 2017

Events, Spotlight

So, um, yeah. Sometimes it may seem like I'm stir crazy, but no, it's not stir crazy. It's just actual crazy. Haha. After Roxy and Shana 's fight, we were sitting around, Team Gaethje inside the house and T...

Combat Press Women’s MMA Rankings: September 2017

Riley Kontek

September 5, 2017

Rankings, Spotlight, Women's Rankings

With the growing popularity of women’s MMA, it is important to recognize these women with a rankings system similar to the men. Between the UFC’s inclusion of a bantamweight division, its addition of a strawwei...

An Objective Look at Jeremy Stephens

Schwan Humes

September 4, 2017

Opinion, Spotlight

At UFC 215, we have a crossroads fight involving former Strikeforce champion and top-ranked UFC lightweight Gilbert Melendez and two-division top-10 occupant Jeremy “Lil Heathen” Stephens. Melendez is a man ...

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