Flashback to UFC 40: The Shape of Things to Come
Published by Jim Genia on May 29th, 2009
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. For followers of a fringe sport once on the brink of death, it was nearly a year and a half since Zuffa, Inc. had swooped in to revive an ailing organization and infuse fans and fighters alike with optimism. But for UFC honcho [...] (Read More)


“Chuck Liddell Came Along at Just the Right Time”
April 27th, 2009 - Just as “being in the right place at the right time” can be attributed to the majority of success in any venture, so can “being in the right place, while coming along at the right time.” The latter enabled MMA fighter Chuck Liddell to catapult himself into cult status within the world of most fight [...] (Read More)

Pancrase Turns 15
April 27th, 2009 - Its origins rest in a time that has long since past, but has yet to be forgotten. Historians estimate 648 BC as the year in which the Greeks introduced the original blend of boxing and wrestling to the eager masses of spectators within the coliseum walls. In these ancient olympic games, brave warriors battled solely [...] (Read More)

Flashback to UFC 17: Enter the “Iceman”
April 27th, 2009 - Few paid attention to the tall, quiet kickboxer from California in the days leading up to the show. Sure, with a Mohawk and kanji tattooed to the sides of his side, he looked every bit the role of “crazy fighter”. But in Mobile, Alabama in May of 1998, folks who’d gathered for UFC 17: “Redemption” [...] (Read More)

Fedor: From MMA Icon To Sports Legend
April 12th, 2009 - Every sport has an icon: an all-time great by whom all others, who came before and after, are judged. Be it Ruth, Jordan, Ali, Gretzky or Unitas, each of these legends has left behind a legacy that transcends time itself. While some came along during the golden age of their sport, others more recently made [...] (Read More)

Five lessons learned two years after PRIDE’s death
April 7th, 2009 - Two years ago, Dream Stage Entertainment held the final PRIDE event ever on April 8th, 2007 at Saitama Super Arena. The sad ending to the festivities involved Jeff Monson choking out Kazuyuki Fujita. Even sadder was the fact that disgraced executive Nobuyuki Sakakibara used the show to basically put himself over and how great he [...] (Read More)

Flashback to UFC 37: The Debut of Robbie Lawler
March 16th, 2009 - It was a different world back in May of 2002. Zuffa, Inc. was making headway in turning around their ailing franchise – a franchise that had been near death not even two years prior – and in the Octagon Tito Ortiz, Murilo Bustamante, Matt Hughes and Jens Pulver all held the belts in their respective [...] (Read More)

An Overview of East Coast MMA
March 4th, 2009 - In 1996 there was BAMA Fight Night, an unsanctioned Shootfighting and no-holds-barred event in Northern New Jersey where Matt and Nick Serra got their start. Promoter Lou Neglia began adding limited-rules bouts to his New York and New Jersey kickboxing cards in 2000 (where Phil Baroni first fought), and his long-running Ring of Combat event [...] (Read More)

Flashback to UFC 38: The Promotion’s First UK Show
February 24th, 2009 - A British slugger derailed a heavyweight on the championship fast track, a welterweight powerhouse proved once and for all that the win that earned him the belt was no fluke, and a booze-fueled afterparty ended with a back alley melee of epic proportions. Since April of 2007 the UFC has made eight trips to the [...] (Read More)

How MMA Beats Boxing in Viral Marketing
July 18th, 2008 - In the era of YouTube, viral marketing is becoming a key advertising component for fight promoters. It’s free, it’s accessible on your computer, and it appeals to a tech-savvy younger audience that may have some non-gambling related disposable income at hand. If I asked you which sport, boxing or MMA, is doing a better job [...] (Read More)

The final chapters of the UFC-PRIDE in-ring feud
July 9th, 2008 - With Forrest Griffin’s unanimous decision win over Quinton “Rampage” Jackson at UFC 86 for the Light Heavyweight title, the final chapters on the UFC/PRIDE in-ring feud are being written. And history is not being very kind to the PRIDE brand, either. Sure, maybe five people on an internet message board may still care about the [...] (Read More)

Archived History Articles »

- Fedor: From MMA Icon To Sports Legend - April 12th, 2009
- Five lessons learned two years after PRIDE’s death - April 7th, 2009
- Flashback to UFC 37: The Debut of Robbie Lawler - March 16th, 2009
- An Overview of East Coast MMA - March 4th, 2009
- Flashback to UFC 38: The Promotion’s First UK Show - February 24th, 2009
- How MMA Beats Boxing in Viral Marketing - July 18th, 2008
- The final chapters of the UFC-PRIDE in-ring feud - July 9th, 2008
- UFC 86 Defeats Championship Boxing in U.K. - July 9th, 2008
- The Lighter Side of MMA Part II - July 7th, 2008
- The Lighter Side of MMA Part 1 - June 26th, 2008
- UFC on Forbes Cover, How Big is UFC? - May 7th, 2008
- Shamrock a Bright Spot on NBC Telecast - April 21st, 2008
- Karma – ‘Frankly’ It’s a Bitch - April 2nd, 2008
- Upstart Adrenaline Strikes a “Heavy” Deal - April 1st, 2008
- Strikeforce Gets Late, Late Night Slot on NBC - April 1st, 2008
- Iron Ring MMA Now Airing on BET Network - March 25th, 2008
- NBC Makes Deal With Strikeforce - March 16th, 2008
- White Hot: Ultimate Fighting Finds a New “Bud” - March 10th, 2008
- UFC Owners are Certified Billionaires - March 8th, 2008
- Elite XC Hits Prime Time on Network TV - March 3rd, 2008
- Mark Coleman To Be Inducted into UFC H.O.F. - February 24th, 2008
- In Japan, These Guys Have The “Dream” - February 14th, 2008
- Paul Heyman: Could Have Made a Contest of It - February 12th, 2008
- Kimbo No “Slice” of Heaven for MMA - February 11th, 2008
- Fedor and The Giant – A New Years Not to Believe - February 9th, 2008
- Brock Lesnar – The Outsider, Now What? - February 5th, 2008
- Can You Say “Yamma”? New Group, Old Pro - February 4th, 2008
- How Would Gracie Stand Up to Today’s Fighters - January 22nd, 2008
- Looking Back: Liddell vs Couture Part 1 - January 20th, 2008
- What If Vince McMahon Owned The UFC? - January 20th, 2008
- “Sport of the Future” Has Interesting Past - January 5th, 2008
- The “Challenge” Turns Into an Event - January 5th, 2008
- A Man Named Milius, and His Imprint on The UFC - January 5th, 2008
- “Outlaw” Sport Went To “Outlaw” States - January 5th, 2008
- Fighters Not Easy to Find for UFC “Uno” - January 5th, 2008
- The UFC’s “Original Eight” - January 5th, 2008
- UFC Works “On The Fly” - January 5th, 2008
- Superfoot put Foot in Mouth - December 14th, 2007
- UFC Starts With “Kick Heard ’round The World” - December 14th, 2007
- Ken Shamrock – The “Babe Ruth of MMA”? - December 14th, 2007
- Ken Shamrock and Royce Gracie - December 14th, 2007
- Extreme Fighting – Extreme Headaches - December 14th, 2007
- “Ultimate” Defeat in New York - December 14th, 2007
- Tank Abbott – Triumph & Trouble - December 14th, 2007
- The Trouble With Tank - December 14th, 2007
- Unified Rules Brought a Sense of Order - December 14th, 2007
- Bridging One Era to another - December 14th, 2007
- John McCain – Enter The Opportunist & Sports Biggest Enemy - December 14th, 2007
- The Residue of McCain, His Pound of Flesh - December 14th, 2007
- The Rise and Fall of PRIDE FC Emelianenko - December 14th, 2007
- UFC: Reforming Their Own Game, Coming Out Party - December 14th, 2007
- UFC: Turning the Corner, Speeding Up The Game - December 14th, 2007
- UFC Plays The Cable Card, The Phenomenon of “The ULTIMATE FIGHTER” - December 14th, 2007
- The UFC is “White Hot” - December 14th, 2007
- UFC: Turning the Image Around, Stabilty For the Long Haul - December 14th, 2007
- UFC 40: “Vendetta” - December 14th, 2007
- Randy Couture – Rise & Fall & Rise again - December 14th, 2007
- Tito Ortiz – A Place in History - December 14th, 2007
- Fly-By-Nights That Flew Low - December 14th, 2007
- The IFC Saga - December 14th, 2007