1. Top 5 Featherweights We Want to See Jose Aldo Fight

    Jose Aldo has been so dominant at featherweight that there are those out there who have already been clamoring for him to make a divisional jump...

    Andrew Mahlmann Written by Andrew Mahlmann about 10 months ago 2,453 reads 18 comments

  2. UFC on FOX 4 Results: Memorable Quotes and Images from the Shogun vs. Vera Card

    UFC on FOX 4: Shogun vs. Vera delivered the goods, and then some. Apart from a singularly disappointing "no contest" due to an eye poke in the Phil Davis vs. Wagner Prado fight, the entire fight card delivered from top to bottom...

    Andrew Mahlmann Written by Andrew Mahlmann about 11 months ago 2,841 reads 3 comments

  3. UFC on FOX 4 Results: Best Move from Each Fight

    BleacherReport is sitting here cageside, detailing the best moves from the UFC on FOX event at the Staples Center, headlined by Mauricio "Shogun" Rua and Brandon "The Truth" Vera...

    Andrew Mahlmann Written by Andrew Mahlmann about 11 months ago 1,991 reads 3 comments

  4. The Top 5 Ground-and-Pound of 2012 so Far

    Mark Coleman is a genius. When he fought fellow combatants in the '90s, he decided to mix his wrestling with a "pound his face into the mat/oblivion" concept and it worked wonders; ground-and-pound was born...

    Andrew Mahlmann Written by Andrew Mahlmann about 1 year ago 24 reads 5 comments

  5. Top 5 UFC Fights That Never Happened

    The Ultimate Fighting Championship does its part in listening to the fans in order to ensure that some of the most exciting and anticipated matchups come to fruition. Sometimes, however, you just cannot make them all happen...

    Andrew Mahlmann Written by Andrew Mahlmann about 1 year ago 5,238 reads 14 comments

  6. Edge of My Seat: The UFC Event Drought Is Finally over

    Something has been missing in my life, and the lives of all mixed martial arts fans, for the past month. Not since March 3rd have we had the pleasure of witnessing a UFC event...

    Andrew Mahlmann Written by Andrew Mahlmann about 1 year ago 560 reads 3 comments

  7. Alexander Gustafsson and the UFC's Most Exciting Emerging Contenders

    Scouring the globe for the brightest upcoming fighters is no small feat, but the UFC does a more than commendable job. Their next event, UFC on Fuel: Gustafsson vs. Silva, features a young native Swedish fighter headlining in his home country...

    Andrew Mahlmann Written by Andrew Mahlmann about over 1 year ago 15,641 reads 33 comments

  8. The Top 5 Strikers in MMA Today

    The best fighters on the face of the earth enter into the cage confident of their ability to break the will of their opponent. Then something funny happens. They get a shin bone crashing into their jaw...

    Andrew Mahlmann Written by Andrew Mahlmann about over 1 year ago 9,936 reads 77 comments

  9. The 15 Most Indestructible Fighters in MMA History

    If you want to be a professional MMA fighter, what is the quality that you should possess first and foremost? Athletic ability? No. Childhood karate classes? No. The answer is toughness...

    Andrew Mahlmann Written by Andrew Mahlmann about over 1 year ago 23,201 reads 44 comments

  10. UFC on FX 2: How Martin Kampmann Can Defeat Thiago Alves

    Defeating Thiago "Pitbull" Alves without a precise and tenacious grappling-oriented game plan is like taking on Superman, but leaving the kryptonite at home...

    Andrew Mahlmann Written by Andrew Mahlmann about over 1 year ago 1,127 reads 1 comments

  11. UFC 144 Results: Quinton Jackson and the Top 5 Fighters of the 'Old Guard'

    When Quinton "Rampage" Jackson lost to Jon Jones for the UFC light heavyweight championship, he was a hungry contender. When he lost to Ryan Bader at UFC 144 , Jackson officially became a part of the highest order of "old guard" ranks in the UFC...

    Andrew Mahlmann Written by Andrew Mahlmann about over 1 year ago 3,317 reads 10 comments

  12. UFC 144 Results: The Top 10 Techniques from the Historic Event

    The UFC's return to Japan proved to be a successful and monumental event. Once the premiere destination for mixed martial arts events, Japan represented a homecoming of sorts to the spiritual motherland of martial arts and MMA ...

    Andrew Mahlmann Written by Andrew Mahlmann about over 1 year ago 1,740 reads 1 comments

  13. UFC 144 Results: Mark Hunt: "I'm a Pretty Strong Person, Ya Know?"

    In a battle of heavyweight kickboxing specialists, former K-1 World Grand Prix Champion Mark "the Super Samoan" Hunt was able to TKO Cheick Kongo in two minutes and eleven seconds...

    Andrew Mahlmann Written by Andrew Mahlmann about over 1 year ago 415 reads 0 comments

  14. UFC 144 Results: Analyzing Frankie Edgar's Options Going Forward

    After losing his UFC lightweight championship belt in a close fight, with a somewhat contentious judges's decision, a lot of speculation has risen about what the recently dethroned Edgar will do next...

    Andrew Mahlmann Written by Andrew Mahlmann about over 1 year ago 472 reads 6 comments

  15. UFC 144 Results: 5 Fights for Vaughn Lee to Take Next

    English bantamweight Vaughn Lee picked up the biggest win of his career by submitting respected veteran Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto at 4:29 of the first round...

    Andrew Mahlmann Written by Andrew Mahlmann about over 1 year ago 324 reads 0 comments

  16. UFC 144 Results: Tim Boetsch Proves That the Fight Is Never over

    Yushin Okami out-classed Tim Boetsch for two rounds before Boetsch stormed back for what is appropriately being dubbed as one of the greatest comebacks in history...

    Andrew Mahlmann Written by Andrew Mahlmann about over 1 year ago 223 reads 0 comments

  17. UFC 144 Results: Yoshihiro Akiyama Can Be a Force at Welterweight

    Yoshihiro "Sexyama" Akiyama proved in a close decision loss to Jake Shields at UFC 144 in Japan that he can be a force in the UFC's welterweight division...

    Andrew Mahlmann Written by Andrew Mahlmann about over 1 year ago 434 reads 2 comments

  18. UFC 144 Results: Anthony Pettis Defeats Joe Lauzon by Head-Kick Knockout

    As commentator Joe Rogan emphasized post-fight, Anthony Pettis utilized perfect technique in landing a spectacular and brutal head kick to knockout out fellow contender Joe Lauzon in the first round...

    Andrew Mahlmann Written by Andrew Mahlmann about over 1 year ago 1,459 reads 0 comments

  19. The Top 5 Fighting Countries and Their Top Fighters

    With the exception of soccer, mixed martial arts has to be the most international sport there is. It is just universal in its concept...

    Andrew Mahlmann Written by Andrew Mahlmann about over 1 year ago 4,251 reads 19 comments

  20. The Top 10 Knockouts in MMA History

    There are almost too many to choose from but these are the biggest and most important knockouts in MMA history. When everything is on the line, when it is all or nothing, something must give...

    Andrew Mahlmann Written by Andrew Mahlmann about over 1 year ago 11,270 reads 20 comments

  21. Jon Jones, Top 10 Submissions in the UFC in 2011

    There have been a ton of fantastic submissions this year and we just saw two of them at UFC 140 . Jon Jones choked Lyoto Machida unconscious and Frank Mir landed a technical submission on Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira...

    Andrew Mahlmann Written by Andrew Mahlmann about over 1 year ago 1,550 reads 8 comments

  22. Jose Aldo and the Top 10 Brazilian Fighters in the UFC

    After the tremendous success of UFC 134 in Brazil, the UFC is already heading back to the home of "Vale Tudo" for another stacked event...

    Andrew Mahlmann Written by Andrew Mahlmann about over 1 year ago 10 reads 9 comments

  23. UFC 138 Results: Mark Munoz and the 10 Most Vicious Strikers in the UFC

    Mark Munoz demonstrated he is one of the most vicious and aggressive strikers in the UFC. He may not be the most technical, but Munoz is dynamic and relentless with his powerful striking assault...

    Andrew Mahlmann Written by Andrew Mahlmann about over 1 year ago 3,253 reads 15 comments

  24. Do Chael Sonnen's Theatrics Overshadow and Hold Back His Legacy?

    People love to talk about Chael Sonnen . They talk about the ridiculous things he says, how inflammatory he is and how compelling his matchup with Anderson Silva will be...

    Andrew Mahlmann Written by Andrew Mahlmann about over 1 year ago 474 reads 25 comments

  25. UFC 137: 5 reasons Carlos Condit can dethrone GSP

    There is always a case for the underdog. Thiago Alves's takedown defense and striking were thought impenetrable. Josh Koscheck and Dan Hardy had power punches and Jake Shields had uncanny submission abilities...

    Andrew Mahlmann Written by Andrew Mahlmann about over 1 year ago 1,688 reads 15 comments