Posts Tagged ‘Tito Ortiz’
Untethered MMA
UFC Fight Night 52: Mark Hunt vs. Roy Nelson Review
Beyond the Octagon lies a sea of black. The UFC is in Japan, but we take that on the UFC’s word. This could be some Apollo-era soundstage, the Japanese-heavy crowd an illusion owing to an elaborate array of photo-visual e...
Untethered MMA
UFC Fight Night 47: Ryan Bader vs. Ovince St. Preux Preview
Bangor, Maine, sounds like it a stop the UFC would have made fifteen years ago when the sport was on the run from John McCain and “maverick” was a fitting nickname instead of an ironic potshot at a kooky old man. UFC Presid...
Featured Fighter
Titan FC’s Mike “The Greek Assassin” Bronzoulis on Joe Riggs: “He had a Little Extra Help.”
Although Titan FC’s Mike “The Greek Assassin” Bronzoulis has competed in such visible promotions as Strikeforce, Legacy Fighting Championship (LFC) and Shark Fights (SF), the majority of mixed martial arts fans – this w...
Untethered MMA
What UFC Fighters Can Learn From Nick Diaz’s Return
Nick Diaz returned to the UFC last week, signing a three-fight extension with the promotion. UFC President Dana White then tweeted that he had no update on matching up Diaz with Anderson Silva, though Diaz had said he would onl...
BELLATOR
Sorry, Haters: Kimbo Slice on Bellator is an Awesome Idea
MMA could really use more guys like Kimbo Slice. In an age where the transcendent stars of mixed martial arts are fewer in number than ever, we tend to forget how easily a fighter like Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson ...
BELLATOR
Bellator 120, Tito Ortiz, and the ‘Fake’ Fight
Saturday really should have been a home run for Bellator. In one of the more cursed events in recent MMA history, North America’s #2 mixed martial arts promotion saw their biggest fantasy fight go up in smoke, a marketabl...
Untethered MMA
Bellator 120: Quinton “Rampage” Jackson vs. “King” Mo Lawal Preview
Welcome to another addition of Fagan Previews Bellator, a weekly feature in which I, Mike Fagan, preview the upcoming card from my favorite MMA promotion, Bellator. This week is Bellator 120, marking the promotion’s first...
Untethered MMA
The Top Ten MMA Moments of 2013, No. 6-10
10. (TIE) Shane del Rosario and Leandro Souza pass away. We tend to avoid death. It makes us uncomfortable and anxious and, holy cow, I’m almost thirty and I’m writing about a sport where death is a very real possib...
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The Untethered MMA Thanksgiving Giving Thanks List
It’s Thanksgiving. All your favorite MMA sites are going to have dumb, hacky Thanksgiving-related columns. I’m not above writing dumb, hacky columns, friends, so here’s a list of MMA things I’m thankful ...
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A Short Collection of Dana White Throwing Fighters Under Buses
By Mike Fagan, November 21st, 2013 Dana White threw Georges St-Pierre under the bus following UFC 167. St-Pierre, fresh from taking a bunch of Johny Hendricks’ punches to the face, told Joe Rogan that he had personal issu...
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