Ultimate Fighting Championship

The Ultimate Fighting Championship, or the UFC, is currently one of the world’s fastest growing sports in the world. This recent rise in success is due in part of featherweight champion Conor McGregor. The Irishman’s ability to “talk the talk” at press conferences and “walk the walk” at his fights are the reasons why the UFC company has emerged as such a successful sport. In McGregor’s next fight at UFC 205, he will be competing against lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez. The two fighters recently shared a few words with each other at the UFC 205 press conference. The words that were exchanged during this event demonstrate McGregor’s skills of communication to build his identity by dismantling his opponents. Communication involves constructing…

The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is the largest mixed martial arts company in the world featuring most of the top-ranked fighters in the sport. Based in the United States, the UFC produces events worldwide. The organization has nine weight divisions and abides by the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts. The UFC has held over 300 events, mostly in America with the exception of a handful around the world in the last couple of years. Dana White is the current president and spokesman of the…

the MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani where he made the decision to retire. Faber said that he still has a passion for fighting but his emotions toward fighting has changed now then in the past. Faber would also go onto mention that in his previous fights he has not found that emotional rise or fall and that to him is strange for him. Faber closed it out by saying he already has plans going forward for him as he plans on being a GM for his Team Alpha Male team as well as becoming an scout as well.…

Mixed martial artist Holly Holm’s smart training program created a Sunday destruction of Ronda Rousey in Melbourne, Australia. Never before had Rousey been beaten, and she was thought to be unbeatable. Holm was in great shape from training in the high altitude of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Holm thrived when Rousey tried a highly flawed fight plan of a stand-up bout, instead of trying to fight on the mat. Holm stunned the sporting world with a second-round knockout victory over Rousey in the…

calming down. Meditation proved to be enjoyful and beneficial, but the soreness also proved to be a distraction, thus I opted to employ a different method for coping. Firstly, I will introduce Connor McGregor and his philosophy and how he copes with his situations. Next, I will report out the benefits of using Connor’s outlandish methods. Thirdly, I will explain what I discovered and what I learned throughout the experience. Lastly, I will conclude with a closing statement with my final…

female, to receive a gold medal at the 1984 Judo World Championships. Her mother started Ronda on the fundamentals, most notably the dreaded armbar, Rousey’s signature move she uses to pin her opponents to the mat. From that day, this began the relationship between Rousey and the sport. After years of training, Rousey was named to the United States Olympic Judo team at 15 years old. At sixteen, she became the youngest American to earn the national No. 1 ranking in the women’s half-middleweight…

entered a drug treatment facility to deal with his substance issues (LaMonica). On April 26th Jones was involved in a hit and run accident and had a search warrant out for his arrest. Jones turned himself in 24 hours after police began a search for the fighter. Jones had been driving a rented SUV when he ran a red light and hit the side of a pregnant women’s car. Jones then ran from the accident, returned to grab a handful of cash, and the ran away again. There were multiple eyewitness’s…

shows the potential that he has. If that isn't impressive enough, he also closed a tv deal with Comcast Sports Net CSN. The deal allows his fights to be broadcasted in over 50 million homes across the United States. Blackwell isn't just a boxer though. His marketing power is quite astonishing as well. He has been interviewed on the red carpet along with some of the worlds brightest stars at both the 2014 and 2015 All Star, Espys Awards, Grammy Awards, Oscar Awards. Here is a video of him being…

On Nov. 14, 2015, UFC fighter Ronda Rousey’s world came crashing down around her. When she woke up, she realized her life would never be the same. In the moments prior, the former women’s bantamweight champion was knocked out by a vicious head kick and several hammerfists to the face at UFC 193 in Melbourne, Australia. The beating came via current women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm, who not only stripped Rousey of her belt but everything she had come to believe she was. Rousey, who…

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