Tag: sports

  • Stipe Miocic vs Jon Jones: The Breakdown of a “Super Fight”

    Stipe Miocic vs Jon Jones: The Breakdown of a “Super Fight”

    The long-awaited clash between Stipe Miocic, arguably the greatest heavyweight champion in UFC history, and Jon “Bones” Jones, the former light heavyweight king and current UFC heavyweight champion, is set to occur tomorrow at UFC 309. Despite that sounding incredible and exciting, hardcore fans around the world who know the context behind this matchup with…

  • The Dynamic Evolution of the UFC Featherweight Division

    The Dynamic Evolution of the UFC Featherweight Division

    What Makes the Featherweight Division So Exciting? The UFC Featherweight Division is one of mixed martial arts’s most exciting and fiercely competitive weight classes. This division, featuring athletes weighing up to 145 pounds, has produced some of UFC history’s most memorable fights and remarkable champions. Featherweight fighters balance speed, technical skill, and knockout power perfectly,…

  • Ilia Topuria Knocks Max Holloway Out!!! (UFC 308 Review)

    Ilia Topuria Knocks Max Holloway Out!!! (UFC 308 Review)

    Ilia Topuria delivered a career-defining knockout, stopping Max Holloway in the third round at UFC 308. Known for his resilience, Holloway was stunned by Topuria’s pinpoint straight right, followed by a left hook that dropped him cold. Topuria’s ground-and-pound sealed the finish, marking the first time Holloway has been knocked out. With both Alexander Volkanovski…

  • UFC 297 Predictions

    UFC 297 Predictions

    UFC’s first numbered event of 2024 has arrived and takes place this weekend with the newly-crowned Middleweight Champion, Sean Strickland, defending his title against #2 ranked Dricus Du Plessis. Also, we enter a new era of the women’s bantamweight MMA following the retirement of the great Amanda Nunes, as Raquel Pennington faces Mayra Bueno Silva…

  • Shawn “Boom Boom” Burton – The European Kickboxing King that Couldn’t take over the world.

    “Barbaric, dangerous and violent.” Two men locked in a ring but only one man comes out victorious. As seen by the masses, this is combat sports, but Lincoln Kickboxing Academy head coach Shawn “Boom Boom” Burton thinks differently. Combat sports have always had negative connotations amongst people outside the sport, due to their “violent” nature…