Ivan Menjivar is a true veteran of the sport, having fought some of its biggest names throughout his long career. In 2010, he was finally brought over to the WEC, where he suffered a close decision loss to current contender Brad Pickett. Now in the UFC, Menjivar has gone a cool 3-0, with stoppages over [...]

Cung Le is a San Shou and kickboxing legend (re: old), who found a ton of success in the Strikeforce promotion. He would win the title only to vacate it shortly thereafter to avoid a fight with Jake Shields, and suffered a shocking loss to Scott Smith. Thankfully, Le avenged the Smith loss, and over [...]

Demian Maia started out his UFC career as the division’s premier submission artist. However, following a loss to Nate Marquardt, and with the exception of the Dan Miller fight, Maia has been content to keep all of his fights standing. While he looked decent against Mark Munoz standing, he looked shameful most recently against Chris [...]

Usually trilogies have an epic quality to them. This is not one of those trilogies. Forrest Griffin shocked the world to become light heavyweight champion, however after falling to Rashad Evans, he’s never quite been the same. He narrowly edged out Tito Ortiz at 106, and scored a solid win against Rich Franklin at 127, [...]

I don’t know whether Anderson Silva is the best pound for pound fighter on the planet, but his resume is unmatched. At 14-0 in the UFC, with an unprecedented eight title defenses, Silva is the most accomplished fighter in UFC history. Everyone on paper is a horrible stylistic matchup for him, however with a few [...]

Nate Diaz has been a top guy in the lightweight division since a controversial loss to Gray Maynard in 2010. He would venture unsuccessfully to the welterweight class, however since returning to lightweight he has looked fantastic. He dominated Takanori Gomi in his return using his superior boxing, and in his most recent fight, he [...]