After starting the month with a Brazilian PPV, and then having an ESPN card in St. Louis, the UFC is capping off its May in the UFC APEX. Like most APEX cards, this is a low-key quality card with some nice stuff mixed in. The headliner is genuinely intriguing, with longtime fan-favorite Edson Barboza taking…
This Friday, Bellator will hold an event for just the second time since being acquired by the PFL. Like the first event, and five of the remaining seven events announced for the rest of the year, this show will take place outside of the United States. The first event took place in Belfast, Northern Ireland,…
For the first time since November, the UFC is holding two straight events from outside of the APEX. Last week, they visited Rio for UFC 301. This week’s card, from St. Louis, Missouri, is an overall good card as well. The main event relies solely on the remnants of Derrick Lewis’ star power, but it’s…
This Saturday, the UFC kicks off it’s May slate with UFC 301 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The last UFC event in Rio was last January, but it’s just their second visit to the city since 2019. The card may be easy to overlook compared to recent and upcoming pay-per-view offerings, primarily due to the…
Two weeks after the highly-successful and memorable UFC 300, MMA’s premier promotion is set to hold it’s next even. It’s a much smaller card, and it’s in the UFC APEX, but at least it’s going to be televised in its entirety. The headliner will pit a pair of ranked Flyweights against each other, as former…
Over the course of the UFC’s 30+ year history, there’ve been several cards that were truly stacked. Out of all of them, UFC 300 is one of the most stacked events of all-time. Every prelim bout is good enough to warrant its own headlining slot on a Fight Night or ESPN card. Three of the…
On the final weekend of March, the UFC is returning to Atlantic City for the first time since April 2016. Not only is it a quality card, despite only having three ranked fighters on it, it’s going to be televised from beginning to end. The main card will air on ESPN, while the prelims will…
For the first time since being bought by the PFL, Bellator is holding an event of its own. Like a lot of events in recent years, this one is taking place on a Friday in the United Kingdom. The prelims are what they are, but the main card is legitimately good. The main card, which…
Last week, the UFC held a big pay-per-view event in Miami that largely delivered. This week’s card is nowhere near as notable. It’s the first of three APEX events in a span of four weeks, and, while there’s potential for some entertainment along the way, there’s also reasons to be down on it. There’s only…
UFC 299’s main card is reminiscent of late 2000s/early 2010s offerings. Most pay-per-views from that era only consisted of one championship fight, but the rest of the main card would be so good that it was still worth it. Even if the price is exorbitant these days, but the offering is still very good and…
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