More than a year in the making, Ronda Rousey’s return to the Octagon was hotly anticipated, and not just in the loins when she emerged from her long hibernation looking lithe and lean and in all-round great shape. Alas it proved shockingly short-lived. Bruised and benumbed by the blistering hands of Brazilian Bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes, within just 48 seconds…
It wasn’t until the early hours of Sunday morning, on the occassion of the first UFC event in the city of New York, at the climax of MMA’s grand entrance to the mecca that is Madison Square Garden, that Conor McGregor scored his own piece of history, becoming the only dual-weight title holder at the top level of the sport. Following his swift…
Already in some discomfort, turned rudely on its head by the defeat of Ronda Rousey last November, over the past couple of weeks the throbbing organ of popular interest in the UFC Women’s Bantamweight division has succumbed to what can only be described as blunt force trauma. First Miesha Tate was dismantled in the first round of her first title defence by Amanda Nunes,…
First there was one, and she was clever as clever, and we thought she would rule for ever and ever. Then there were two and the UFC had to find somebody else to lay the golden eggs, but could at least start plotting a tale of gutsy determination and gory revenge. Then a third came along and behold, we had ourselves a…
He was supposed to fight the heavy-handed New Zealander Mark Hunt in the co-main event of UFC 200 on Saturday, a momentous return to the sport after last featuring all the way back in December 2011. So much rested on the bout, which had been scheduled at all costs after the fiasco around Conor McGregor. A whopping paycheck was already…
