All Entries in the "Opinion" Category
James Toney, Comedy and Metaphor
James Toney (0-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) looked, last night, like he took a page out of the Gabe Ruediger (17-6 MMA, 0-2 UFC) Big Book of Diet Tips. He looked out-of-shape, but worse than that, he displayed some of the worst grappling since… well… since the last time a professional boxer stepped into the UFC. [...]
UFC 115 headliner Quick Picks and card thoughts
Rich “Ace” Franklin vs. Chuck “Iceman” Liddell This is easy. If Joe Rogan and Mike Goldberg say anything about the “fire in Chuck’s eyes” (again), it’s all Franklin. On a more serious note, this is actually a tough fight to pick because both guys are veterans of the sport and willing to stay standing. Franklin [...]
MMA without the ground game? Instinct Fighting has arrived
“No ground, just pound” is proudly displayed on the fight poster for the upcoming Insticnt Fighting event, the newest creation spawned from modified rules of Mixed Martial Arts. No, it’s not kickboxing and it’s most definitely not tag team MMA, it’s “professional stand-up fighting”. Yep, everything except wrestling, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, or any other form [...]
The UFC signs James Toney…really?
Not long after Dana White blasted an extremely athletic Herschel Walker for fighting in Strikeforce by stating that Walker would “would be the first death in the UFC“, he signed stalkerish, overweight, and washed-up boxer James Toney to a multi-fight deal in the UFC. Which is better? An active ex-football standout who still looks to [...]
Winners and Losers: UFC 110 Edition
Sure, we may be a little late in the game to start something like this, but that’s not going to stop us. Welcome to the first MMA Opinion Winners and Losers column – featuring the fights from UFC 110 from Sydney, Australia. Winners: George Sotiropoulus – Joe Rogan wouldn’t stop talking about his Jiu-Jitsu, and [...]
UFC 107 facts and thoughts
How’d you like Alan Belcher’s pink shorts last night? He just had a baby girl that he and his wife were expecting to be born in January, 2010. Belcher stopped Wilson Gouveia last night and said he’s looking ahead. Stefan Struve needed to have a tooth pulled from his mouthguard after the second round of [...]
Hoelzer Reich’s racist hatred apparently acceptable in the UFC
(This article was posted anonymously and may not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinion of all writers of MMA Opinion) Although Dana White has no problem banning walk-out t-shirts for a variety of reasons (including contract disputes), apparently Neo-Nazi clothing company Hoelzer Reich is perfectly acceptable. Joe Brammer sported the shirt in the Octagon last weekend, [...]
Ultimate Fighter 10 Finale controversies and talking points
Are 12-6 elbows illegal? Have other fighters used them before without warning? Apparently they weren’t legal last night and cost Jon Jones dearly after he smashed Matt Hamill for a good part of the first round. The NSAC used instant replay for the first time in MMA. Did they make the right decision? Chuck Liddell [...]
The ‘experts’ discuss Machida vs. Rua
UFC 104 gave us one of the most exciting back and forth main events that we have seen in a long time. It also gave many fans a reason to jump online to discuss why they believe Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua was robbed by the judges after his fight with light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida. But [...]
The MMA chess match of the year.
You know that cliché “It’s gonna be a chess match” that a lot of fighters used in pre-fight interviews, only to make it more of a cliché (Anderson Silva for instance used it a lot where he should have gone with “it’s gonna be a massacre”). The closest we came to chess matches was with [...]
