Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - For someone who’s MMA career only spans 14 pro fights, Frank Mir has seen more than his share of twists and turns. On Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, the latest chapter in the Las Vegan’s career sees him taking on Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira for [...] Read more »
‘Boxing is dying,’ ‘mixed martial arts bouts (MMA) are better’ and ‘there are no great boxers anymore.’
Stop me if you’ve heard any of the above recently.
While it’s true that the sport of boxing has absorbed several body blows in recent years, particularly because of the immensely popular MMA, boxing bettors and pugilistic aficionados everywhere…
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Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - If you ask most longtime MMA fans (and competitors) who their favorite fighter is, if Wanderlei Silva isn’t at the top of the list, he’s at least in the top five. But what is it about “The Axe Murderer” that has garnered him a legion of fans around the world over [...] Read more »
Once again the UFC wagering community was treated to another spectacular night of sports betting action inside the Octagon, with the heavyweight main event pitting Brock Lesnar against five-time UFC champion Randy ”The Natural” Couture.
On March 3, 2007, at UFC 68, Couture entered the Octagon at 6′ 2", 220 pounds and the +110 MMA betting [...] Read more »
Hello and welcome back to another week here at This Week in MMA. Those of you still peeved at Paulo Filho’s performance last week at WEC 36 can at least take some solace in the fact that he has given up his middleweight title. After coming in 4 pounds over the 185 pound limit, his [...] Read more »
Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - Before there was The Ultimate Fighter, there was Aaron Riley. Before Forrest Griffin and Stephan Bonnar put on a fight for the ages in 2005 that opened mixed martial arts up to a whole new fanbase, Riley was having fights like that with guys like Yves Edwards, Steve Berger, and Robbie [...] Read more »
Michael DiSanto, UFC - There is much more to Couture-Lesnar than just their respective MMA resumes. It is about old versus young. Skill versus sheer size and power. Experience versus freakish athleticism. Most importantly, this fight is about matchups. It is the quintessential example of the old adage ’styles make [...] Read more »
When UFC three-time heavyweight champion Randy ”The Natural” Couture returns to the Octagon at UFC 91 on Saturday, November 15th in Sin City, he will be facing a bigger, stronger, faster, and younger opponent in Brock Lesnar.
But Couture would have been fitting as the man to have coined the phrase "the [...] Read more »
Junie Browning, Team Mir - A lot of people have asked me why I tried out for The Ultimate Fighter, since I was already 18-1 as an amateur and 2-0 as a pro in MMA. But I thought it would be easier to make it on here than in the real world. I don’t [...] Read more »
It’s a huge weekend for sports betting here at BetUS Sportsbook, with two huge cards featuring lots of very lopsided lines. Look them over closely … a few upsets could end up giving you a very large return. Read more »
BetUS Sportsbook betting fans who bet on mixed martial arts will have a choice on Saturday night (July 19). The brand-new Affliction: Banned promotion will be staging its first show in Anaheim with Fedor Emilianenko in the main event against Tim Sylvia. If there is an equal to Fedor as far as pound-for-pound consideration in [...] Read more »
BetUS Sportsbook bettors who bet on mixed martial arts will see one of the best lineups ever put together for an MMA betting card when they see the initial Affliction:Banned MMA show (co-promoted, in effect, by Donald Trump) which will be held at the Honda Center in Anaheim. Read more »
Variety is the spice of the life, and it will certainly be distributed in heavy doses on the MMA betting menu on Saturday. BetUS customers will have the option of wagering on Affliction, UFC, or both. The latter doesn’t pack the super-deep lineup that the former does—it is certainly not a Pay Per-View worthy card. Read more »
Hey y’all, it’s Ryan from This Week in MMA. With BetUS’s new hotness of a website up, they asked me to take a few minutes to break down the MMA odds on this weekend’s EliteXC show on CBS. Read more »
BetUS Sportsbook bettors who bet on mixed martial arts will enjoy the UFC’s September 6 show, which is highlighted by a bout in the light heavyweight division, when Chuck Liddell, the former UFC champion in that weight class, takes on Rashad Evans, with the winner quite possibly in line for a title shot. The fight [...] Read more »
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