By Joe Ferraro As with every UFC event, we learn a variety of new things from the results and the fighters themselves, but we also see history repeat itself over and over again. As I often mention on “The Showdown” podcasts, whenever I make my fight predictions, I swear by only one caveat: I am [...]

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By Joe Ferraro If things were normal right now, I’d either be in Las Vegas covering UFC 141 in person, or perhaps back in Canada monitoring the daily happenings during fight week. Instead, I’m on “vacation” visiting family in Italy and cannot get this virus that is MMA out of my system. While they all [...]

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By Joe Ferraro With UFC 140 in the history books, this weekend brings us Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal, an event which will showcase two title fights, featuring some of the sport’s best fighters. We’ll examine that in a moment, but first, let’s take a look at what’s making headlines this week. Georges St-Pierre‘s Knee Surgery [...]

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By Joe Ferraro The UFC’s eighth event on Canadian soil has come and gone, and it was one filled with a myriad of answered questions. It also developed new ones that will be answered in 2012. Welcome to 2009 Pardon my narcism, but I cannot help but smile ear to ear when I read some [...]

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By Joe Ferraro With UFC 140: Jones vs. Machida just days away, a variety of questions have risen to the surface pertaining to some of the event’s athletes and matchups. While the list may be endless, here are few that come to mind. Jon (Bones) Jones’ legacy He started off 2011 as a prospect. He [...]

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By Joe Ferraro It’s being dubbed “The Greatest Fight of All Time.” UFC president Dana White stated, “It’s our Ali – Frazier III.” Light heavyweights Mauricio (Shogun) Rua and Dan (Hendo) Henderson put on what may be the greatest main event in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. One can argue that many other [...]

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By Joe Ferraro On the eighteenth anniversary of their existence, the Ultimate Fighting Championship entered a brand new era: adulthood. And they celebrated by going mainstream. To some, they sold out. To others, including yours truly, it is a dream come true. It has been a goal for the organization since day one, be it [...]

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By Joe Ferraro A journey of milestones is often never realized until one looks back at what was accomplished. On Saturday night, the UFC will achieve a goal that is not just the byproduct of years of hard work and a job well done, but will also be crossing into territory they have been travelling [...]

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By Joe Ferraro UFC 138 was another stellar night of fights, but according to some online chatter, you would never know it. It was dubbed as the show people forgot about it, or even worse, did not care about, but like the previous event (UFC 137: Penn vs Diaz), those who slept, received a rude [...]

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By Joe Ferraro The history books will likely simply show the results from UFC 137: Penn vs Diaz, but the story lines that have emanated from The Mandalay Bay Events Centre in Las Vegas, Nevada may never be duplicated. The post-fight press conference was something else – twists, turns, drama and more. I cannot recall [...]

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