After a rare week off last Saturday, the promotion returns with the heavily-anticipated UFC 273 PPV this weekend from Jacksonville featuring two title fights. However before then, it’s time to reflect and unpack proceedings from an eventful Fight Night card attended by 18,630 in Columbus, Ohio as Curtis Blaydes reasserted his heavyweight title aspirations and much more. Continue reading “UFC Columbus: Key observations, five things we learned from Mar. 26’s Fight Night card”
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UFC Vegas 29: Korean Zombie patiently mixes it up, eventually outworks Dan Ige
The Korean Zombie rebounded from his humbling defeat by title challenger Brian Ortega, with a shrewd show of ringcraft and timely tactics to stifle Dan Ige’s stand-up skills while retaining his #4 spot in the promotion’s featherweight rankings. Elsewhere, there were credible wins for welterweight prospect Khaos Williams and bantamweight Marlon Vera (#15) among others. Continue reading “UFC Vegas 29: Korean Zombie patiently mixes it up, eventually outworks Dan Ige”
UFC Fight Island 7: Max Holloway excels with awe-inspiring win over Calvin Kattar
Former featherweight champion Max Holloway (#1) further reinforced the assertion that there’s levels to this game as he was utterly dominant during a superb unanimous decision win (50-43, 50-43, 50-42) over Calvin Kattar (#6) in tonight’s main event, capping an electric night’s action at the Ethiad Arena in Abu Dhabi – the first UFC card with fans in attendance since last March. Continue reading “UFC Fight Island 7: Max Holloway excels with awe-inspiring win over Calvin Kattar”
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