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,......
He’s the first MMA megastar, adored by millions. Gareth A Davies squares up to chilled legend Chuck Liddell to discover ‘The Iceman’s origin.
Like, love or loathe the methods of trainer Greg Jackson, his strategies get results for his top-level fighters. his strategies get results
A disaster waiting to happen One of the aspects of a journalist’s job is to prepare stories for ‘in the event of’ moments.
When did MMA transition into becoming a team sport? It didn’t. Dana White gets it right: It’s time to force ‘friends’ to fight each other.
Celebrate Dana White, MMA will miss him when he’s gone… Whether you’re from the Tank Abbott /Frank Shamrock old school or you belong to MMA’s new wave
In 2009, the Ultimate Fighting Championship gathered even more momentum globally but, regardless of what they say, the UFC needs the ‘Fedor Factor’.
Rampage is back, but does the UFC really need ‘major name’ headliners? A new generation of fighters now outsells the ‘major names’ in pay-per-view.
MMA judging is in the spotlight. Good, because it needs clarification. Late last year, two MMA contests highlighted the pitfalls of the system
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,......
Kimbo Slice remains an unexplained phenomenon in MMA. His fight with Roy Nelson became the most watched MMA fight ever in television ratings.
Day-in, day-out, ‘Judo’ Jimmy Wallhead puts his body through the mill with Nathan Leverton,
It’s a myth that UFC are exporting weaker fight cards abroad. If I had a dollar for every sneer on internet chat forums that the Ultimate Fighting
The dust has settled after UFC 100. The bloodied Octagon canvas has been segmented into 100 slithers and framed for posterity.
Who would have thought that a blue-blooded public schoolboy from an elite fee-paying boarding school in the English countryside would wind up as a UFC fighter?
Ed Soares wants a UFC-sanctioned fight between his man Anderson Silva and Roy Jones Jr in the Octagon. This could only be seen as a farce.
What is it with the UFC still not being welcome in New York?