Following WSOF 10, UFC Fight Night 44, WSOF11, UFC 175 and The Ultimate Fighter 19 Finale find out who moved up and who fell down the Power MMA Show’s official pound-for-pound rankings. Fighters who have been inactive for at least one year are not eligible for ranking. POUND-FOR-POUND Jon Jones Jose Aldo Cain Velasquez Chris […]
Following his unanimous decision victory over Andrew Craig at UFC Fight Night 47, Cezar ‘Mutante’ Ferreira was asked which UFC middleweight he wanted to meet next inside the octagon. Almost immediately, The Ultimate Fighter Brazil 1 winner called for a rematch with C.B. Dollaway, the man who snapped Ferreira’s three-fight win streak with a first-round […]
UFC 175 was billed as the biggest event of the year and, boy, did it deliver. In front of a sold-out crowd at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman put on the performance of a lifetime during Saturday’s main event, walking away with a hard-fought unanimous decision over […]
On Saturday night, UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey (10-0) entered the octagon opposite Alexis Davis (16-6) in the co-main event of UFC 175. Sixteen seconds later, the referee pulled Rousey off Davis. Rousey, who entered the bout as the top-ranked female fighter in the world according to the Power MMA Show rankings, started off […]
It’s Fourth of July weekend, which can only mean one thing: the UFC’s annual international fight week is finally upon us. With millions of fans from around the world pouring into Las Vegas this spectacle has truly become the Super Bowl of mixed martial arts. So with this many eyeballs bearing down on the fight […]
For the first time in history, The Ultimate Fighter will feature an all-female cast in its new season. However, instead of fighters competing for the usual prize of a six-figure contract with the UFC, these women will compete to be the first-ever UFC women’s strawweight champion. UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis and No. 3 ranked […]
When it was announced Urijah Faber (30-7) would be squaring off against Alex Caceres (10-5) at UFC 175 Saturday, both fans and pundits alike assumed the bantamweight matchup would be one of the marquee fights on the night’s pay-per-view card. After all, Faber, currently the third-ranked bantamweight according to the official Power MMA fighter rankings, […]
It’s been nearly two months since pound-for-pound kingpin Floyd Mayweather Jr (46-0) emerged victorious over Marcos Maidana (35-4) following their welterweight unification title fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. In a bout that what will undoubtedly go down as one of Mayweather’s most memorable, the man known as ‘Money’ battled through […]
The last time fans saw former UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz compete inside the octagon was all the way back at UFC on Versus 6. That was nearly three years ago. After suffering a series of knee injuries, which started with a severe ACL tear while filming The Ultimate Fighter 15 back in 2012, Cruz […]
Just a little over a week ago UFC welterweight Tyron Woodley suffered the most lopsided defeat of his career at the hands of Rory MacDonald at UFC 174. But now the American Top Team product gets a golden opportunity to not only erase this image from the minds of the fans but he will also […]
A few weeks ago UFC President Dana White made waves when he revealed the newly retired Chael Sonnen could potentially be the man to replace him as the headman of the world’s biggest MMA promotion. However on Wednesday MMA Twitter Celebrity FrontRowBrian dropped a bombshell and revealed that Viacom approached Sonnen with the possibility of […]
Bjorn Rebney, founder and chairman of Bellator MMA, as well as President and COO Tim Danaher, will be parting ways with the company, effective immediately. Spike TV made the announcement in a press release Wednesday morning. Rebney released the following statement regarding his departure from the company he founded back in 2007. “It is with […]
The UFC’s first trip to Maine just got a whole lot more interesting. On Wednesday, the Bangor Daily News announced a light heavyweight matchup between Ryan Bader (17-4) and Ovince St. Preux (16-5) will serve as UFC Fight Night 47’s main event in August. Both men had expressed interest in facing each other following their […]
The UFC’s August trip to Oklahoma finally has a main event. On Tuesday night, the Tulsa World reported a matchup between former champion Benson Henderson and submission specialist Rafael dos Anjos is currently scheduled to serve as the night’s main event. Henderson, currently the top-ranked lightweight according to the official Power MMA rankings, is coming […]
Billed as the second longest running mixed martial arts promotion in the country, Rage in the Cage, and it’s founder Roland Sarria, held their first event back in 1998 at the Midnight Rodeo in Phoenix. Since that night, Sarria has held more than 500 events, making RITC the most prolific MMA promotion in all of […]
Following UFC Fight Night 173, find out who moved up and who fell down the Power MMA Show’s official pound-for-pound rankings. Fighters who have been inactive for at least one year are not eligible for ranking. POUND-FOR-POUND Jon Jones Jose Aldo Cain Velasquez Demetrious Johnson Chris Weidman Anthony Pettis Anderson Silva Johny Hendricks Ronda Rousey […]
All the talk of Ryan Bader turning into the gatekeeper of the UFC’s 205-pound division was quickly put to rest after his 15-minute beat down of former Strikeforce light heavyweight champion Rafael ‘Feijao’ Cavalcante. The former Arizona State wrestling All-American set the tone early by using his much improved striking to set up his cage […]
Striking Demetrious Johnson is easily the most technically gifted striker in the entire flyweight division and quite possibly on the entire UFC roster, regardless of weight class. His 606 total strikes landed are the second most in flyweight history behind Tim Elliott’s 639, while his 443 significant strikes are the most in UFC flyweight history. […]
The most colorful fighter in UFC history has hung up the gloves. On Wednesday night, former UFC middleweight contender and current light heavyweight Chael Sonnen used his platform as host of UFC Tonight to announce his retirement from the sports of mixed martial arts. The self-proclaimed “Bad Guy” thanked everyone from his former coaches to […]
As if the whole drama surrounding UFC 175 couldn’t get anymore absurd, Chael Sonnen has failed his random drug test and is now off the July 5 card, as first reported by ESPN. According to the report, Sonnen was randomly tested by the Nevada State Athletic Commission following the UFC 175 On Sale press conference […]
Power MMA Rankings – June 8: Dollaway crack top 10, Lightweight loses two Following UFC Fight Night 41, The Ultimate Fighter Brazil 3 Finale and UFC Fight Night 42, find out who moved up and who fell down the Power MMA Show’s official pound-for-pound rankings. Fighters who have been inactive for at least one year […]
On Thursday, in what can only be described as the biggest move in women’s mixed martial arts since Ronda Rousey first entered octagon, the UFC officially announced it has inked a distribution deal with Invicta FC, the world’s leading all women MMA promotion. The new deal gives the UFC the exclusive rights to distribute all […]
It may be four months later, but UFC middleweight Vitor Belfort has finally come clean about the results of his random February 7 drug test. In a formal statement released on his Instagram account, ‘The Phenom’ revealed he was in the process of applying for a therapeutic-use exemption from the Nevada State Athletic Commission in […]
