1. No Worries, Bro: 5 Fights for Jeremy Stephens at Featherweight

    If years were salad dressings, 2012 would surely be bottled hippopotamus leavings for one Jeremy Stephens . He had a bad year, is what I'm trying to say. Not a good year for the Jeremy Stephens...

    Scott Harris Written by Scott Harris about 5 months ago 1,990 reads 9 comments

  2. 7 Bold UFC Predictions for 2013

    A sport as new and mutable as MMA goes through a lot of changes on a regular basis. The coming year will be no different for the sport's leading promotion...

    Scott Harris Written by Scott Harris about 5 months ago 22,938 reads 91 comments

  3. The Biggest MMA Winners from the Month of December

    December was a busy month for MMA . Four UFC events led the way, but other promotions like Bellator were active as well...

    Scott Harris Written by Scott Harris about 5 months ago 6,593 reads 11 comments

  4. Bonuses for UFC's Best KO, Submission and Fight of December

    With four UFC events taking place in the final month of 2012, there's certainly plenty to discuss and dissect. There were some boring stretches this month, but there were also a lot of sudden spikes of excitement...

    Scott Harris Written by Scott Harris about 5 months ago 3,544 reads 6 comments

  5. UFC 155 Results: 5 Fights for Chris Leben to Take Next

    UFC 155 was not the finest hour for Chris Leben . In fact, the entire year of 2012 is probably one Leben might wish to forget...

    Scott Harris Written by Scott Harris about 5 months ago 3,711 reads 15 comments

  6. UFC 155: What's Next for the Winners

    It was an interesting card, that UFC 155 . Saturday night's 12-fight lineup contained a lot of dull decisions and unfortunate efforts, but was punctuated by some serious action, including a co-main event that might have been the fight of the year...

    Scott Harris Written by Scott Harris about 5 months ago 9,111 reads 15 comments

  7. UFC 155 Results: 5 Fights for Costa Philippou to Take Next

    Saturday night at UFC 155 , middleweight Costa Philippou took a TKO victory over contender Tim Boetsch to pull off one of the evening's biggest upsets...

    Scott Harris Written by Scott Harris about 5 months ago 943 reads 3 comments

  8. UFC 155 Results: What Is the Next Step for Michael Johnson?

    At UFC 155 Saturday night in Las Vegas, lightweight Myles Jury scored a substantial upset when he defeated Michael Johnson in a unanimous decision. Johnson (12-7, 4-3 UFC) appeared to tire as Jury continuously took him to the mat and pounded him...

    Scott Harris Written by Scott Harris about 5 months ago 926 reads 4 comments

  9. UFC 155 Results: Recapping the Fight Night Bonuses

    UFC 155 went down Saturday night from Las Vegas. While the fight card did include a few (or several) clunkers, the action heated up toward the end, with the co-main events helping to salvage the night...

    Scott Harris Written by Scott Harris about 5 months ago 6,859 reads 4 comments

  10. UFC 155 Fight Card: Power Ranking the PPV Card Fights

    UFC 155 is the reason why you don't evaluate a book until you've actually finished reading it. Three fights in, and the Twitterverse was lighting up about this being one of the more boring pay-per-views in recent memory...

    Scott Harris Written by Scott Harris about 5 months ago 1,478 reads 7 comments

  11. UFC 155: What We Learned from Brad Pickett vs. Eddie Wineland

    At UFC 155 Saturday night, bantamweight Eddie Wineland outlanded and outfought Brad Pickett for a split-decision win. The fight, which served as the undercard headliner on FX , was arguably more one-sided than the final outcome might suggest...

    Scott Harris Written by Scott Harris about 5 months ago 1,649 reads 7 comments

  12. UFC 155: What we Learned from Philip De Fries vs. Todd Duffee

    Well, his power certainly didn't go anywhere. Saturday night at UFC 155 , heavyweight Todd Duffee landed a barrage of heavy right hands and uppercuts to defeat Brit Philip De Fries by TKO at 2:04 of Round 1...

    Scott Harris Written by Scott Harris about 5 months ago 4,416 reads 16 comments

  13. Junior dos Santos vs. Cain Velasquez Results: Round-by-Round Recap and Analysis

    Saturday night at UFC 155 , Junior dos Santos puts his heavyweight title on the line against challenger and former champ Cain Velasquez. Dos Santos (15-1, 9-0 UFC) will try to defend his belt for the second time...

    Scott Harris Written by Scott Harris about 5 months ago 16,564 reads 23 comments

  14. UFC 155 Fight Card: 5 Reasons You Must Watch This Event

    I have no evidence to support what I'm about to say. What am I, a lawyer? A scientist? A "journalist"? Please. What I am is a speculator. An opinionator...

    Scott Harris Written by Scott Harris about 5 months ago 5,262 reads 16 comments

  15. MMA's Biggest Losers of 2012

    Let me be clear right off the bat here: This was not a banner year for MMA . I mean, it's not like it was a completely unbridled series of horrible calamities. But the bridle wasn't securely fastened at all times, either...

    Scott Harris Written by Scott Harris about 5 months ago 35,158 reads 20 comments

  16. Ranking the Most Devastating Punchers in the UFC Right Now

    What makes a puncher devastating? Stats—specifically KOs, TKOs and taps from strikes as a result of punches—are an easy and important starting point. But it certainly doesn't end there...

    Scott Harris Written by Scott Harris about 5 months ago 31,146 reads 93 comments

  17. Melvin Guillard: Jamie Varner Got Sick Because He Was Scared

    Jamie Varner really was sick Saturday night, but he may have been sick with fear. So opines opponent Melvin Guillard, who was supposed to fight Varner in a lightweight battle at the finale of The Ultimate Fighter 16 until Varner fell ill...

    Scott Harris Written by Scott Harris about 5 months ago 1,590 reads 10 comments

  18. Streaking Mike Pyle Under New Tutelage, Calls for Top-10 Opponent

    With three consecutive first-round knockout wins under his belt—most recently Saturday over James Head on the preliminary card of The Ultimate Fighter 16 finale—welterweight ...

    Scott Harris Written by Scott Harris about 5 months ago 595 reads 9 comments

  19. The Most Unemotional Fighters in MMA History

    For some people, it takes feelings to fight. It helps give those people the necessary motivation to, you know, fight someone. Others have no such requirement, and in certain cases, those are the scariest ones...

    Scott Harris Written by Scott Harris about 5 months ago 8,051 reads 51 comments

  20. Roy Nelson Says He Is over Shane Carwin but Open to Pat Barry

    Popular UFC heavyweight and general UFC gadfly Roy Nelson said Monday he has no interest in continuing to pursue a fight with Shane Carwin, Nelson's oft-injured opposing coach on season 16 of The Ultimate Fighter ...

    Scott Harris Written by Scott Harris about 5 months ago 4,187 reads 13 comments

  21. Daniel Cormier: My First UFC Opponent Will Be Frank Mir

    Strikeforce heavyweight grand prix champion Daniel Cormier is looking forward to the day when he can join the UFC—and finally realize that fight with Frank Mir...

    Scott Harris Written by Scott Harris about 5 months ago 2,275 reads 15 comments

  22. TUF 16 Finale Results: What's Next for the Winners and Losers

    Season 16 of The Ultimate Fighter culminated Saturday night in Las Vegas. It was a pretty exciting card; only two of the 11 fights went to decision...

    Scott Harris Written by Scott Harris about 5 months ago 8,691 reads 36 comments

  23. 'TUF' 16 Finale: Analyzing and Ranking Every Fighter on the Card

    This Saturday night, Team Carwin and Team Nelson finally settle their differences, once and for all. That goes for everyone except Shane Carwin, who got injured . Not the kind of Excellence I was looking for, Shane Carwin...

    Scott Harris Written by Scott Harris about 5 months ago 2,417 reads 7 comments

  24. TUF 16 Finale: Jamie Varner and 5 Other Fighters Reviving Careers on Saturday

    This Saturday, season 16 of The Ultimate Fighter culminates with a fun-filled fight card live from Las Vegas. Intentionally or otherwise, a good number of MMA evenings coalesce around a theme, either before or after events unspool...

    Scott Harris Written by Scott Harris about 5 months ago 687 reads 3 comments

  25. UFC on FX 6: Rousimar Palhares and 10 Fighters to Avoid in a Dark Alley

    One day, someone's going to find the radioactive wolverine that bit Rousimar Palhares. Then, we can look to our scientists for the cure. But until that hero emerges, we, as a society, just have to be watchful...

    Scott Harris Written by Scott Harris about 5 months ago 23,162 reads 51 comments