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  •   Music to listen to:  Entrance music for Fedor Emelianenko Before I preview UFC 157, here are some general MMA thoughts on events/announcements that have taken place over the last two weeks.   -I expected Anthony Pettis to get a well-deserved title shot in the UFC.  I didn’t expect it to be in the featherweight

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  • The Sports Inquirer Podcast 2

    In this edition of The Sports Inquirer Podcast, I discuss rugby, college basketball, mixed martial arts, the NBA and why National Signing Day Ruffled my Feathers.

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  • Music to listen to:  Pentagonia by Elektro Guzzi Time for my MMA Power Rankings: Heavyweight: 1)  Cain Velasquez 2)  Junior Dos Santos 3)  Daniel Cormier 4)  Antonio Silva 5)  Alistair Overeem Others:  Fabricio Werdum, Frank Mir Thoughts:  Velasquez deserves the top spot after regaining the UFC heavyweight title over Dos Santos at UFC 155 in

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  • Music to listen to:  Schism (Tool Cover) by Piano Tribute Players Back in November 2006, the co-main event for UFC 65 was a heavyweight title match between Tim Sylvia and Jeff Monson which lacked interest and severely questioned the merits of the entire division within the promotion.  With elite heavyweights like Fedor Emelianenko, Mikro CroCop,

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  • Music to listen to:  Would? by Alice in Chains Some quick thoughts on UFC on Fox 5: Size does matter:  Rory MacDonald looked like a weight class above BJ Penn in his victory on Saturday night.  Alex Gustafsson most likely entered the octagon during his victory over Shogun Rua at around 225 pounds when the

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  • Music to listen to:  The Journey (Drum and Bass Mix) by Tolerance I haven’t done an MMA post in several weeks so the best way to reassimilate myself into the sport is to do a breakdown of the top-five fighters in each major weight class.   Heavyweight:   1)  Junior Dos Santos 2) Cain Velasquez

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