Ciryl Gane photobombed the UFC’s heavyweight big picture
At UFC 265, Cyril Gane defeated Derrick Lewis and arrived as a threat to overthrow Francis Ngannou as undisputed UFC Heavyweight champ.
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Is it the end of Conor McGregor? No, but it might be the end of an aura
Conor McGregor went into his series with Dustin Poirier a 26-year-old firebrand who everyone just knew was destined for great things. He exits that series, at least for the time being, as a 33-year-old Forbes mogul with a broken leg and some delusions about Poirier’s wife. Everything that’s happened in…
Don’t worry, watching Logan Paul versus Floyd Mayweather isn’t cheating on your combat sport
Watching Logan Paul take on Floyd Mayweather in a boxing match is never going to be advisable, but — contrary to all the tsk-tsking — it falls well short of infidelity.
This is not an unbiased column about the Nuggets overcoming the Lakers
If Denver had more caring columnists, there wouldn’t be such a disconnect between the Nuggets of today and the Nuggets that have always been. If the Denver Post’s Mark Kiszla had a deeper feel of history he would reference the Lakers continued dominance over the Nuggets all the way back to the 1985 Western Conference Finals. The line of pain would be held taut until history stopped repeating itself. It would be a tragic story in the way the Broncos are a tragic story for any Cleveland Browns fan.
It sounds like a lazy movie review, but UFC 261 really was an emotional thrill ride
UFC 261 in Jacksonville was something else. It was unpredictable and gripping. It was heartbreaking. It was teeming to the rafters with fans. It was competitive and insightful and basically everything that last Saturday night’s PPV in Atlanta was not.
Jorge Masvidal’s cult status is on the line this weekend at UFC 261
It took Jorge Masvidal five seconds to achieve cult status after 15 years of relative anonymity. And that cult status is on the line this weekend as Masvidal faces Kamaru Usman again at UFC 261.
As for Saturday’s UFC on ABC matinee, the word that comes to mind: Nullified
What happens if somebody in Dana White's hypothetical street fight basically nullifies the action by overpowering the other to the ground, repeatedly, for 25 minutes?
Want to rev up for a potential Derrick Lewis-Francis Ngannou rematch? Don’t do what I did…
Let me spare you from going back and reviewing all that firepower melting slowly in a blazing sun. Instead let me rundown the highlights to get you fired up for the potential rematch.
Francis is King, so let’s play baby — it’s Jon Jones or what?
It took about eight minutes for Jon Jones to enter the conversation after Francis Ngannou flattened Stipe Miocic to win the UFC heavyweight title at UFC 260. “Let’s play baby,” he tweeted, three awesome words that pumped blood through the heart of the fight game hysteria on Saturday night. It took about eight seconds for that tweet to get deleted.