The fall and rise of the world's biggest sports franchise. What a long, strange trip it's been, but it shows no sign of stopping.The UFC. Three letters. Thirty years. The biggest sports franchise on earth. Worth four and a half billion dollars seven years ago, and growing.Their television deal with ESPN, worth $1.5 billion, comes to an end this year,......
Standing two feet from Rory MacDonald you can’t help but be struck by how softly spoken and shy the young Canadian is. Misleading.
Testing Times for ‘Nate The Great’Drugs cheat? For me, Nate Marquardt’s expulsion from the UFC has been the most controversial story of 2011.
Brock in the ink on the brink I have just finished reading Brock Lesnar’s autobiography Death Clutch, with Paul Heyman, his longtime confidant.
You could place Randy Couture in any era of any sport and match him with the best. He has transcended MMA, and crossed over into the mainstream.
Gareth A Davies, MMA and boxing correspondent for The Daily Telegraph, London, examines what it takes to write compellingly about MMA.
Forget Anderson, it’s Brock on Jones’ horizonJon Jones versus Brock Lesnar… don’t harrumph at me like that, it might easily happen.
The myth of Fedor Emelianenko’s invincibility was brutally exposed in the first round of the Strikeforce heavyweight grand prix tournament.
With men like Brian Stann entering mixed martial arts, why is the sport still struggling for mainstream acceptance in New York State?
The fall and rise of the world's biggest sports franchise. What a long, strange trip it's been, but it shows no sign of stopping.The UFC. Three letters. Thirty years. The biggest sports franchise on earth. Worth four and a half billion dollars seven years ago, and growing.Their television deal with ESPN, worth $1.5 billion, comes to an end this year,......
A significant anniversary for MMA in January. Poignant, indeed. Ten years since Zuffa bought the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
George Sotiropoulos is yet to have his defining moment in the UFC. However, he may soon be in for greater scrutiny – over his fight wear.
I read an intriguing psychological theory recently that the offspring of highly successful individuals will often sub-consciously veer away
ESPN’s MMA Live is a benchmark in the sport’s media coverage. Join FO’s Gareth A Davies, MMA Live international correspondent, backstage.
By Gareth A Davies. Martin ‘Bomber’ Guggerty, a former special forces soldier, has just become the world light heavyweight champion.
By Gareth A Davies. Confession: I’ve become a serious fan of Chael Sonnen. ‘Fan’ is not a term being used lightly, either.
Gareth A Davies debates MMA with New York State Assemblyman Bob Reilly, the man vehemently campaigning to ban the combat sport in the Big Apple.
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