Deadspin: Mixed Martial Arts

Chael Sonnen Continues To Confuse MMA With WWE

Timothy Burke — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:34:57 EST

Here's Chael Sonnen after his middleweight fight tonight in Chicago during the UFC on Fox event, one in which Sonnen won a unanimous decision over Michael Bisping. It looks like Sonnen is cutting a pro wrestling promo, which I'm sure plenty of MMA fans think is just great—but personally, I'd rather see fighters speak with their fists (or heels). [Fox] More »

UFC President Dana White Compares Anti-SOPA Activists To 9/11 Terrorists

Timothy Burke — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:35:00 EST

Pledging to "kick the asses" of activists hacking the UFC website to protest the company's support of anti-piracy bill SOPA, Dana White compared the protestors to 9/11 terrorists and threatened "you're gonna get bin Laden'd" in an interview with The Score. More »

Edson Barboza's Roadhouse-Style Face-Kick Knockout Is Even Better When Slowed Down 500%

Timothy Burke — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 12:01:46 EST

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We didn't have time to give this nasty wheel kick KO the proper treatment last night, but here's Edson Barboza's heel applied to Terry Etim's face in extreme slow motion, from Saturday's UFC 142 lightweight event. More »

Jose Aldo Retained His UFC Title With A Knee To Chad Mendes's Face, Then Leapt Into The Crowd To Celebrate

Timothy Burke — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:16:19 EST

In the UFC 142 main event, featherweight Jose Aldo held onto the belt with a nasty knee-then-punch combo that knocked out Chad Mendes and sparked a roar from the approving Brazilian audience—into which Aldo leapt and out of which he was eventually carried, Rocky-style. More »

Edson Barboza Brutally Knocked Out Terry Etim With A Kick To The Face

Timothy Burke — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 22:48:33 EST

While the New England Patriots are metaphorically kicking the crap out of the Denver Broncos, this knock-out wheel kick from Edson Barboza provides legitimate reason to check Terry Etim's pants. It was a blow that might ruin the adjective "lightweight" forever. More »

Brock Lesnar Just Retired From UFC. Here's Why (And The Official Announcement)

Timothy Burke — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 00:45:03 EST

Here's the shot from Alistair Overeem that knocked Brock Lesnar out of UFC (along with Lesnar's announcement that made it official). The announcement seems to have come a fight too late, given how miserably Lesnar managed to defend himself against Overeem's strikes. Bon voyage, real-then-fake-then-real-and-probably-now-fake-again wrestling hero. More »

Johny Hendricks Knocked Out Jon Fitch In Ten Seconds

Timothy Burke — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 23:04:00 EST

Actually, it was more like one second, as it was a single punch from Johny Hendricks that took Jon Fitch out of their welterweight match at UFC 141. More »

Incompetent Old People Hilariously Debate Merits Of MMA Fights

Dashiell Bennett — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 21:05:46 EDT

The State of New York will close for business next week unless its comically inept legislature can pass a balanced budget. (It was due April 1.) Instead, they decided to spend the day arguing about MMA....with predictably zany results. More »

We're Beginning To Suspect That Mixed Martial Arts Has Jumped The Shark

Rick Chandler — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:15:23 EST

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The Inevitable Showdown Between Women's MMA And Adult Entertainment

Dashiell Bennett — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:30:00 EST

In my old job, it was sort of an unwritten rule that moment you or your work enters the zeitgeist, it takes about 5.3 seconds for a porn company to make a movie about it. So fans of female mixed martial arts should be very pleased to know that their favorite sport is now the setting for a hardcore lesbian porn film. More »

Dana White Says Kimbo/Liddell Fight Not Out Of The Realm Of Possibility

DAULERIO — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:20:39 EDT

Last week,the UFC's mohawked maniac Chuck Liddell downplayed the success and viability of YouTube fighting phenom (and now EliteXC) figher Kimbo Slice, saying that the backyard brawler would get rocked in Mixed Martial Arts. Similar things have been said of Kimbo before, by plenty of other longtime MMA fighters, who agree that Kimbo is one tough dude, but he'd get his ass beat if he fought a guy with some technical skills. This got MMA rumor mongerers a little frothy, thinking that a Kimbo/Lidell fight might be inevitable. More »