1. Bibiano Fernandes: Best Fighter Outside the UFC Is Real Life Lord of the Flies

    There is no form of life you shouldn't expect in the Amazon jungle. Millions of different insects, more than a thousand species of birds and every amphibian you can imagine all call the rain forest home...

    Jonathan Snowden Written by Jonathan Snowden about 9 hours ago 2,775 reads 6 comments

  2. Unrequited Love: My Man Crush on UFC 160 Heavyweight Mark Hunt

    No offense to Junior dos Santos, but I want to see his head in the third row Saturday night, courtesy of a Mark Hunt uppercut. I have no personal animus toward JDS at all, mind you...

    Jonathan Snowden Written by Jonathan Snowden about 1 day ago 10,024 reads 84 comments

  3. Why Does Triple H Keep Insisting He's a Babyface When We All Know He's a Heel?

    "Guys, there's something wrong." The line itself was innocuous. JBL could have delivered it during any match and at any moment. But context is key—as was delivery. This was no regular wrestling call...

    Jonathan Snowden Written by Jonathan Snowden about 2 days ago 31,816 reads 200 comments

  4. WWE Raw Results and Report Card 5/20/2013: Post-Extreme Rules Raw

    The Raw immediately after a pay-per-view is almost always worth checking out. In many ways it's like watching Vince McMahon hit the reset button on his cartoon world in order to give us a slew of brand new matches to salivate over...

    Jonathan Snowden Written by Jonathan Snowden about 3 days ago 65,122 reads 336 comments

  5. Leave It to the UFC's Nate Diaz to Somehow Make a Dumb Situation Even Dumber

    It started as the typical dumb fighter story. Pat Healy , it turns out, smoked marijuana prior to his career-defining win over Jim Miller at UFC 159 last month...

    Jonathan Snowden Written by Jonathan Snowden about 6 days ago 7,041 reads 55 comments

  6. Vitor Belfort: Carlson Gracie, Shaquille O'Neal and the Birth of a UFC Legend

    Jon Hess was big. At 6'7" and more than 300 pounds, he towered over 18-year-old Vitor Belfort . Hess was as mean and ugly as he was large, a man with a reputation for dirty play...

    Jonathan Snowden Written by Jonathan Snowden about 7 days ago 13,211 reads 55 comments

  7. The Business of Fighting: A Look Inside the UFC's Top-Secret Fighter Contract

    Boxer Floyd Mayweather earned $32 million for a single night's work against Robert Guerrero earlier this month...

    Jonathan Snowden Written by Jonathan Snowden about 9 days ago 156,069 reads 115 comments

  8. Lessons the UFC Can Learn from Big-Time Boxing Promoters

    The rapid rise of the UFC, combined with boxing's decline in the American mainstream, has led to a slew of pundits, including yours truly , suggesting that the sweet science has plenty to learn from its cage-fighting brethren...

    Jonathan Snowden Written by Jonathan Snowden about 12 days ago 14,718 reads 63 comments

  9. New UFC Gloves Could Lead to a Dumbing Down of Mixed Martial Arts

    As Michael Bisping's finger dug into Alan Belcher's eye socket at UFC 159, audible groans could be heard in the homes of hardcore mixed martial arts fans the world over...

    Jonathan Snowden Written by Jonathan Snowden about 14 days ago 12,977 reads 96 comments

  10. Shane Carwin, Brock Lesnar and an Insane, Legacy-Defining Fight at UFC 116

    Sixty-one. It's a number that immediately strikes a cord with serious sports fans, one that has echoed through the decades. Roger Maris hit 61 home runs for the New York Yankees in 1961, a neat bit of symmetry and an accomplishment that has endured...

    Jonathan Snowden Written by Jonathan Snowden about 15 days ago 9,238 reads 23 comments

  11. Has Boxing Moved On from Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao?

    Robert Guerrero was befuddled and bamboozled by Floyd Mayweather Jr. Saturday night in Las Vegas. That, at least, would explain away his actions...

    Jonathan Snowden Written by Jonathan Snowden about 18 days ago 28,294 reads 158 comments

  12. Why Floyd Mayweather Is the Ultimate Las Vegas Superstar

    Rewatching old episodes of HBO's now legendary 24/7 reality series, it's hard to imagine that boxing fans didn't immediately take to Floyd Mayweather ...

    Jonathan Snowden Written by Jonathan Snowden about 19 days ago 6,962 reads 7 comments

  13. Floyd Mayweather: How His Family's History of Violence Has Shaped Money May

    Floyd Mayweather Jr. found himself staring down the barrel of a shotgun. There were tears, then an unabashed wail that only added to the sense of foreboding that something bad was about to happen in his Grand Rapids, Mich...

    Jonathan Snowden Written by Jonathan Snowden about 21 days ago 54,555 reads 30 comments

  14. Floyd Mayweather Career Timeline: From 'Pretty Boy' Floyd to 'Money' Mayweather

    Floyd Mayweather Jr. was born to box. Since he was a young boy, it's been his life—following his father and uncles to the gym, throwing punches and shadow boxing from the very moment he could stand on his own two feet...

    Jonathan Snowden Written by Jonathan Snowden about 21 days ago 17,595 reads 15 comments

  15. Is Manny Pacquiao Still a Bigger Star Than Floyd Mayweather?

    Some names are tied together, forever entwined, clinching and jabbing their way into boxing history. Think Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier, challenging the way we think about race and country, ...

    Jonathan Snowden Written by Jonathan Snowden about 22 days ago 11,724 reads 200 comments

  16. Floyd Mayweather vs. Robert Guerrero: A Fan's Guide to the Big Fight

    For the first time in nearly a year, Floyd Mayweather Jr., arguably the greatest boxer in the world, will step into the ring to defend his WBC welterweight title...

    Jonathan Snowden Written by Jonathan Snowden about 23 days ago 8,140 reads 12 comments

  17. UFC 159 Results: Is Jon Jones, Right Here and Now, MMA's Best Fighter?

    There has never been a mixed martial arts fighter like Jon Jones . His combination of intelligence, athleticism and skill set is unmatched in the sport's history. Most fighters do one thing pretty well...

    Jonathan Snowden Written by Jonathan Snowden about 25 days ago 38,610 reads 347 comments

  18. UFC 159 Results: The Real Winners and Losers from Jones vs. Sonnen

    Critics said Chael Sonnen didn't belong in the same cage with Jon Jones. That, coming off a loss to Anderson Silva , he didn't deserve a shot at the UFC light heavyweight championship...

    Jonathan Snowden Written by Jonathan Snowden about 26 days ago 96,377 reads 144 comments

  19. Jon Jones: Race, Religion and the UFC's Transcendent Star

    UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones doesn't try to hide his palpable ambition behind a veil of false modesty...

    Jonathan Snowden Written by Jonathan Snowden about 27 days ago 22,947 reads 95 comments

  20. UFC 159 Star Chael Sonnen and a Pro Wrestling Act Gone Bad

    Stop me if you've heard it before. Better yet, stop Chael P. Sonnen, because it's his shtick, an act that I've listened to close to a hundred times in the lead up to his UFC 159 fight with light heavyweight champion Jon Jones...

    Jonathan Snowden Written by Jonathan Snowden about 28 days ago 4,693 reads 142 comments

  21. UFC 159 Preview: The Complete Chael Sonnen vs. Jon Jones Timeline

    Former middleweight contender Chael Sonnen has called his upcoming bout with light heavyweight champion Jon Jones the "biggest light heavyweight fight of all time...

    Jonathan Snowden Written by Jonathan Snowden about 30 days ago 18,248 reads 64 comments

  22. WWE Raw Results and Report Card 4/22/13: The Undertaker Returns to Raw

    It was a historic night on WWE Raw . For the first time in three years, the Undertaker wrestled on the promotion's flagship television show...

    Jonathan Snowden Written by Jonathan Snowden about 1 month ago 95,858 reads 544 comments

  23. UFC on Fox 7 Results: The Real Winners and Losers from Henderson vs. Melendez

    Benson Henderson is the UFC's new king of controversy. Not for anything he's said or done outside the cage, but for his propensity to split the judges and the crowd at the end of five long rounds...

    Jonathan Snowden Written by Jonathan Snowden about 1 month ago 87,644 reads 130 comments

  24. UFC on Fox 7: Is It Too Late for Daniel Cormier to Make It Big in the UFC?

    If you were picking a professional fighter out of a lineup, you would never give Daniel Cormier a second glance. Nothing about his close-cropped and receding hairline, his stocky stature or his indisputable belly pudge screams fighter...

    Jonathan Snowden Written by Jonathan Snowden about 1 month ago 9,552 reads 40 comments

  25. Fleeting Fun with Fandango: Has the Newest WWE Superstar Already Peaked?

    When the first promos aired on WWE television, the countdown began. How long until Johnny Curtis would be back on the bench, waiting for yet another shot at the pro wrestling big time? After all, Fandango had bust written all over him...

    Jonathan Snowden Written by Jonathan Snowden about 1 month ago 19,788 reads 168 comments