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Does A “Lyoto Machida vs Shogun Rua” Rematch Rescue the Division?

Controversy might not be a good thing, but is certainly never a bad thing—especially if it can be used to divert attention away from a deeper-seated problem...

Written by Brian Oswald about about 1 month ago 2,668 reads 23 comments
UFC's Top 10 First-Time Title Defenses

They say you aren’t a true champion until you successfully defend your belt. Just ask former “champions” like Matt Serra, Vitor Belfort, Forrest Griffin, and most recently Rashad Evans—all of whom came up short their first time around...

Written by Brian Oswald about about 1 month ago 5,844 reads 13 comments
UFC 103 Stock Report

UFC 103 is the first fight card since UFC 92 where every fight on the main card avoided going to the judge’s scorecard. As a result, the consequences to each fighter’s career paths were clearly punctuated...

Written by Brian Oswald about 2 months ago 901 reads 15 comments
UFC 103 Live Color Commentary Blog

Bleacher Report is live from the American Airlines Arena in Dallas, TX. This is the first trip to Dallas, TX for the UFC and the crowd has filled in nicely for the first fight of the night, which is now underway...

Written by Brian Oswald about 2 months ago 754 reads 5 comments
Top 10 Best/Worst Comebacks in UFC History

With the return of Vitor Belfort and Tito Ortiz, this is a good time to take a look back at some of the best and worst returns in UFC history...

Written by Brian Oswald about 2 months ago 6,285 reads 2 comments
Will Ultimate 2009 Have Enough Firepower For a Year End Show?

The UFC has made it a part of their marketing strategy to build their year end show as the biggest of the year.Ultimate 2008, also known as UFC 92, was a perfect example...

Written by Brian Oswald about 2 months ago 589 reads 31 comments
Forrest Griffin: Seven Seminal Moments

With former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Forrest Griffin set to take on one of his toughest challenges to date in current Middleweight Champion and world-renowned Anderson Silva this Saturday, ...

Written by Brian Oswald about 3 months ago 1,274 reads 7 comments
Fedor Emelianenko Signs with Strikeforce

NEW YORK (August 3, 2009)—After a week of intense negotiations and speculation, the hottest topic of discussion in the professional fight world has come to a head as the world’s No...

Written by Brian Oswald about 4 months ago 177 reads 10 comments
Dana White's Conference Call: Live Color-Commentary Blog

UFC President Dana White will break the latest UFC news via media conference call at 2:00 pm ET time. Check back in about thirty minutes, as Bleacher Report will be live blogging the call—twitter style...

Written by Brian Oswald about 4 months ago 231 reads 33 comments
Important Announcement To the MMA Community

Greetings to the MMA Community! As your Community Leader, I want to update you on some exciting developments within the MMA community that will provide you—as a hardcore fan and passionate writer—with some great opportunities...

Written by Brian Oswald about 4 months ago 629 reads 55 comments
The Real Reason Fedor Emelianenko Won't Sign with the UFC...with a Twist

So just what is the real reason Fedor Emelianenko won't sign with the UFC? Aleksander Emelianenko—Fedor's brother—has his own opinion on the matter and offered it up to the Russian website sports...

Written by Brian Oswald about 4 months ago 968 reads 22 comments
Tito Ortiz, Welcome Back to the UFC?

Dana White loves Twitter, but can his latest tweet be true? In White's latest, he finishes with a casual yet cryptic: "Oh yea and welcome back[,] [T]ito[.] :)" It has been previously reported that White and Tito Ortiz put their famous feud behind them..

Written by Brian Oswald about 4 months ago 926 reads 23 comments
Affliction folds MMA promotion, will sponsor UFC

According to Kevin Iole, over at Yahoo!Sports, Affliction and the UFC are expected to release a statement sometime today in which it will be announced that Affliction will cease operations as ...

Written by Brian Oswald about 4 months ago 545 reads 25 comments
Will Strikeforce Salvage What Is Left of Affliction Fight Card?

With Affliction: Trilogy cancelled, the one question that comes to mind is: "What about the other fights on the card fans wanted to see?" The first fight that comes to mind is the co-main event, which was set to feature the U...

Written by Brian Oswald about 4 months ago 728 reads 12 comments
Affliction Trilogy: 'Fedor vs. Barnett' Canceled

According to CNNSI, the recently troubled Affliction: Trilogy card has been canceled. The troubles for the promotion started when Josh Barnett was forced off the card due to testing positive for a banned substance...

Written by Brian Oswald about 4 months ago 2,303 reads 40 comments
Deciding Three Highly-Contested UFC Fights With Statistics

If you start to Google the word statistics, one option that appears is the expression “Statistics don’t lie, but statisticians do.” With that said, if you have never used Fight Metric, now is the time to start...

Written by Brian Oswald about 4 months ago 633 reads 26 comments
Affliction: Trilogy 'Fedor vs. Barnett' Conference Call Notes

Affliction Vice President Tom Atencio answered questions this afternoon from the press related to the recent fallout surrounding the Josh Barnett steroid situation ...

Written by Brian Oswald about 4 months ago 1,302 reads 11 comments
UFC Light: Is the WEC "Great Taste...Less Filling!?"

Miller Lite's long-running "Great Taste...Less Filling!" ad campaign was ranked by Advertising Age magazine as the No. 8 best advertising campaign in history. Ad experts had to be clever to convince a nation to sip on this newfangled concoction...

Written by Brian Oswald about 4 months ago 359 reads 3 comments
Strikeforce C.E.O Scott Coker Delivers

In a previous interview conducted with Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker, he spoke about his vision for what a Strikeforce fight card would look like. "We would like to hearken back to the old PRIDE days when you used to see a lot of big fights in one night...

Written by Brian Oswald about 4 months ago 202 reads 7 comments
Four UFC 100 Standouts Ensure the Hits Will Keep On Coming

With the historic show now a part of history, it is time to take stock. Four fighters emerged from the fight card as clear-cut winners going forward...

Written by Brian Oswald about 4 months ago 1,803 reads 8 comments
UFC's Ultimate 100 Greatest Fights: 51 To 30

Tonight, the UFC and Spike TV unveiled part three in a series where they are counting down the top 100 UFC fights of all time. Over two million votes were cast at the UFC site to determine the following list...

Written by Brian Oswald about 4 months ago 6,267 reads 1 comments
UFC's Ultimate 100 Greatest Fights: 75 to 51

Tonight, the UFC and Spike TV unvieled part two in a five part series, where they are counting down the top 100 UFC fights of all time. Over two million votes were cast at the UFC site to determine the following list...

Written by Brian Oswald about 4 months ago 2,506 reads 2 comments
UFC 100 Fighter Jon Fitch: The Ultimate Teammate

MMA is supposed to be a solo sport, right? Well, that’s not entirely the case for welterweight contender Jon Fitch. While he does go into the octagon and win his fights on his own, mixed martial arts means much more than individual accomplishments

Written by Brian Oswald about 5 months ago 343 reads 2 comments
UFC's Ultimate 100 Greatest Fights: 100 to 76

Tonight, the UFC and Spike TV partner up to give us part one in a five part series, counting down the top 100 UFC fights of all time. Over 2 million votes were cast at the UFC website to determine the following list...

Written by Brian Oswald about 5 months ago 2,997 reads 13 comments
USA West Clinches M-1 Challenge Post-Season Berth

Seoul, South Korea: USA West became the first team from the 2009 "M-1 Challenge Presented by Affliction" (www.M-1Global.com) season to clinch a semifinal playoff berth on Saturday night...

Written by Brian Oswald about 5 months ago 47 reads 0 comments

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Brian Oswald Article Archive

Does A “Lyoto Machida vs Shogun Rua” Rematch Rescue the Division?

UFC's Top 10 First-Time Title Defenses

UFC 103 Stock Report

UFC 103 Live Color Commentary Blog

Top 10 Best/Worst Comebacks in UFC History

Will Ultimate 2009 Have Enough Firepower For a Year End Show?

Forrest Griffin: Seven Seminal Moments

Fedor Emelianenko Signs with Strikeforce

Dana White's Conference Call: Live Color-Commentary Blog

Important Announcement To the MMA Community

The Real Reason Fedor Emelianenko Won't Sign with the UFC...with a Twist

Tito Ortiz, Welcome Back to the UFC?

Affliction folds MMA promotion, will sponsor UFC

Will Strikeforce Salvage What Is Left of Affliction Fight Card?

Affliction Trilogy: 'Fedor vs. Barnett' Canceled

Deciding Three Highly-Contested UFC Fights With Statistics

Affliction: Trilogy 'Fedor vs. Barnett' Conference Call Notes

UFC Light: Is the WEC "Great Taste...Less Filling!?"

Strikeforce C.E.O Scott Coker Delivers

Four UFC 100 Standouts Ensure the Hits Will Keep On Coming

UFC's Ultimate 100 Greatest Fights: 51 To 30

UFC's Ultimate 100 Greatest Fights: 75 to 51

UFC 100 Fighter Jon Fitch: The Ultimate Teammate

UFC's Ultimate 100 Greatest Fights: 100 to 76

USA West Clinches M-1 Challenge Post-Season Berth

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