Tag: Champions

Sorting out the top of the Strikeforce Divisions

Joshua Wood (Editor in Chief) | March 7, 2012 | Reply

Let’s play a little game; now it’s not as cool as 52 card pick up but it is very similar in nature, it’s called “sorting out the top of the Strikeforce divisions”.

When ZUFFA (parent company of the UFC) purchased Strikeforce last year, a handful of the promotion top talent include champions Nick Diaz, Dan Henderson and Alistair Overeem defected to the UFC. This would leave a gaping hole that the promotion has yet fill, and really doesn’t have any sense of urgency to do so.

The Exciting “Smaller” Champions of the UFC

Will Gray (Contributor) | October 23, 2011 | Reply

Never look at someone in a fight and think “I can take them, they are smaller than me.” Many times, people will assume that a person smaller in stature will be beaten; not the case. Technique and skill will always overcome size and strength. In the words of Bruce Lee, “be like water; water is the softest stuff in the world but it can penetrate rock.” Three of the top fighters in the world today have penetrated the strongholds of their respective divisions to drown the competition with their ability, technique and dedication at remaining champions and becoming some of the greatest fighters to enter the octagon.

Four UFC Fighters that have lost their Shine

Will Gray (Contributor) | October 17, 2011 | Reply

Remember when you thought that your dad was the toughest guy on the block and you knew he could demolish anybody else’s dad? Until the day he called a grown man an octopus and you lost all faith in him, the same can be said for a few fighters as of late. It is hard to not love some of the names in this article for what the have done in the past for MMA but their current selves are only a reflection of what they were and could still be.

The Future is Now: How Jon Jones Changes the Game

Dan Rose | March 26, 2011 | 1 Reply

Three years ago the average age of the UFC Champions was over 31. Now, three years later, the average age of UFC Champions is 27. It is proof positive that we are in the midst of a recycling of talent in our sport. Jon Jones and Jose Aldo lead the way being 23 year old champions. The only title holder over 30 is Anderson Silva. The MMA times, they are a changing.