Growing up, boxing was absolutely awesome. I grew up watching Heavyweights like Roy Jones Jr., Mike Tyson, Lennox Lewis, Chris Byrd, and James Toney; along with lower division beasts like Bernard Hopkins, Shane Mosely, Antonio Tarver, Floyd Mayweather Jr., and Manny Pacquiao. But as I grew older boxing changed. The Heavyweight division was controlled by two huge boring uneventful Ukrainian brothers, and eve ...

In every sport there are athletes who elevate to a level of greatness that us fans call: phenomenal. The UFC officially has its new phenom with its Light Heavyweight champion Jon “Bones” Jones. For a 24-year old, Jones is considered a kid in this sport of men, but his age has yet to prove to be a weakness. Jon Jones is the real deal, and all fans should fully expect him to dominate this division for time to ...

  The UFC is headed back to the Mandalay Bay Events center in Las Vegas this weekend. This main card is stacked with the main event featuring the Interim Welterweight Championship bout between Nick Diaz and Carlos Condit. George St. Pierre was forced off this card with injury, but look for Condit to make the most of his opportunity. The winner gets the moral victory of wearing the “fake” belt, but he w ...

  Despite losing one of its most marketable fighters in Brock Lesnar, Dana White and all fight fans have much to be excited about for 2012 in the Heavyweight division. Even if Brock’s retirement plans are legitimate and he never steps foot in the Octagon again, I am quite confident that this division will not suffer too much. For some time now the UFC Lightweight division was considered the deepest and ...

Dana White has much to smile about after a highly anticipated deal to air UFC events on Fox and partner networks was officially announced on Thursday. This marks the first time the UFC will have the opportunity to market their organization to the network audience. The deal includes a 7-year commitment that will commence on November 12th with its first event being held in Anaheim, California. Back in 1993, n ...

Like with most sports, it’s hard for a competitive fighter to retire on top. Most guys have too much pride to call it quits when they still think there is some gas left in the tank. Chris Lytle isn’t one of those guys. After a successful 20-fight UFC career, that spanned over a decade a fighting, Chris Lytle is calling it quits even after defeating Dan Hardy at this past weekend’s UFC event. Lytle finished ...

Last night’s UFC 133 was filled with much excitement and plenty of knockouts. The main event ended with Rashad Evans landing a ridiculous knee to Tito Ortiz’s chest, and then following up that powerful knee with a flurry of pushes before the ref was forced to end the bout. Tito’s Cinderella-story comeback did not end how he had hoped, but it is hard to criticize a guy who took the fight on two and a half we ...