Image Credit:MMA-Core.com Who will walk away from UFC 213 the Interim Middleweight Champion? The UFC Middleweight Division is in a interesting place heading into UFC 213. The UFC Middleweight Champion Michael Bisping was supposed to fight the returning...

Image Credit: MMA-Core.com   Who will win the rubber match at UFC 213? At UFC 213, MMA Heavyweight legends Allistair Overeem and Fabricio Werdum will fight in a rubber match years in the making. They would face each other in Pride and Strikeforce, while never facing each other in the UFC. However, this fight couldn’t...

Image Credit:MMA-Core.com Can Showtime bounce back in the Lightweight Division? On July 8, the UFC will feature its Pay Per View Event UFC 213.  UFC 213 will feature two championship fights and a possible title contender fight between Allistair Overeem and Fabricio Werdum, with the opener being Anthony “Showtime” Pettis vs Jim Miller. It wasn’t...

Credit Image ESPN.com   The Houston Rockets have landed a huge acquisition. Sports Columnist Adrian Wojnarowski  has reported The Los Angeles Clippers have traded Point Guard Chris Paul to the Houston Rockets. In return, the Clippers acquire Patrick Beverly, Lou Williams, Sam Dekker and a first round pick next year from the Rockets.  Wojnarowski also...

Image Credit: UFC.com Can the “Motown Phenom” win the biggest fight of his career yet? Before the UFC Summer Kickoff Press Conference, Michael Chiesa vs Kevin Lee at UFC Fight Night in Oklahoma flew under the radar.  With a few minutes of trash talking and a brief altercation, Chiesa vs Lee has gained attention. This...

Image credit: Brad Penner- USA Today Sports & mmajunkie.com   What legacy will Anthony Rumble Johnson leave behind in MMA? Anthony Johnson began his UFC career back in June 12, 2007 on UFC Fight Night: Stout vs Fisher, on the preliminary card facing Chad Reiner at Welterweight.  Before this Johnson worked as a bouncer. Johnson would...

Image Credit: Fox Sports   D.C does it again. Daniel Cormier retains the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship against Anthony Johnson, with an impressive performance. The question coming into the fight was, what improvements would Johnson make in the rematch with a full training camp.  In the beginning of the 1st round, Cormier would land a...

credit image:mmanews.com   “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung returned to the UFC in devastating fashion, knocking out Dennis Bermudez in the first round.   The 29 year old knockout artist hasn’t competed in the UFC since August 2013, when he would lose a championship fight with Jose Aldo. Since then Jung has dealt with injuries...

        “I think it’s a disgrace what Trump is doing. The U.S has always been a country to accept everyone in, especially people who have Green Cards. For people to legally become apart of this country and get a green card, only to be told it’s not enough is disgraceful”.-Jacqueline Robinson   … Continue reading "Disgrace"

Credit image: Bangthebook.com Will Pena finally get a title shot? This Saturday on Fox will feature two of the top ranked Women Bantamweights in the UFC. Valentina Shevchenko vs Julianna Pena is an interesting fight in the Women’s Bantamweight Division and the winner should be the next challenger for the champion Amanda Nunes. Shevchenko is...

Patriots in the AFC Championship game? No one saw that coming. The AFC Championship had to go through New England the last 5 years so why should this year be any different. Even though Tom Brady missed the first 4 games of the year, the Patriots have B...

Can the Falcons get into the Super Bowl for the second time in the Franchise history? This NFL season is arguably the most unpredictable season in the history of the NFL.  Nobody anticipated that the Green Bay Packers would face the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC championship. In fact, nobody anticipated these two teams would play...

credit image: fightbooth.com   Who will have the last word this weekend? This Saturday free on Spike TV Bellator 170 will feature two bitter rivals Tito “The Huntington Beach Bad Boy” Ortiz  vs Chael “The American Gangster” Sonnen in the Main Event.  Both fighters have trash talked one another while promoting the fight and feel they will be...

“The Lioness” has become the new face for Women in the UFC. “The Lioness” Amanda Nunes had a phenomenal year in 2016, ending the year as the UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion. Nunes would fight top contender Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 196 and win by Unanimous Decision, with Nunes being dominate during the fight.  Miesha Tate...

credit:baltimoresportsandlife.com What a year for “The Notorious” Conor McGregor. Following an impressive year in 2015, McGregor would end 2016 the same way. McGregor started the year trying to fight then Champion Rafael Dos Anjos for the UFC Lightweight championship. Dos Anjos would drop out of the fight due to injury, which led to Nate Diaz...

Taking CT 101, has been a great experience.  I was able to create my own website and learn to manage it. This was what I looked forward to in the most this semester. I created my sports website called renegade-sports.com, which I have full control over. I hope to continue to put out content on … Continue reading "My final reflection"

Credit image: mmaWeekly.com   This Saturday will mark a new direction for the Featherweight Division. This weekend Anthony “Showtime” Pettis (ranked #5)  will face Max “Blessed” Holloway (ranked #2) for the interim Featherweight Championship in the main event. The winner will face newly crowned Featherweight Champion Jose Aldo at a later date. Originally the main event...

Friday night is an opportunity for Derrick Lewis to shine. In the main event, Heavyweight Contender “The Black Beast”  Derrick Lewis(ranked #10) faces Shamil Abdurkaimov(ranked #15). Lewis has slowly become popular to fans with his personality and his fighting style, in a division that is losing its spotlight. He has one punch knockout power and...

Credit image: NBA.com/thunder/gallery/Knicks   Russell Westbrook will be an MVP candidate at the end of the season, but will he be in contention for the NBA championship? Westbrook has been impressive so far in the early season. People expected the Oklahoma City Thunder to have some trouble and take a step back from where they were,...

Whittaker steals the show this past weekend. Robert Whittaker made his case this past weekend as a potential title contender for the UFC Middleweight Championship. Whittaker displayed a show stealing performance, stopping Derek Brunson in a incredible ...

Is it time to start thinking about another championship coming to Oakland? The Oakland Raiders are on a roll in the NFL and have become arguably the most improved team of the season. Led by Quarterback and MVP candidate Derek Carr, the Raiders are 9-2 ...

Miesha Tate may have had her last fight this past weekend. The former champion Miehsa Tate loss to Raquel Pennington by Unanimous  Decision. In the fight it didn’t look like the same Miesha Tate, that fans had come to know. She couldn’t really get herself going in the fight and didn’t seem to mentally be...

Can Weidman bounce back from a loss? At UFC 205 middleweights Yoel “Soldier of God” Romero and Chris “The All-American” Weidman will face off, in a fight that can determine the next challenger for the UFC Middleweight Championship.  Both fighter are on the verge for a shot at the Middleweight Championship, if either fighter win...

Conor McGregor has become one of the most interesting man in all of sports. Conor McGregor has become a box office draw for the UFC and has set records in attendance and Pay Per View buys as well.  It’s not just because of how amazing he is as a fighter, but also his ability in...

Can Woodley keep the Championship? The Co-main event of UFC 205 is also an interesting fight between Stephen”Wonderboy” Thompson and the Welterweight Champion Tyron Woodley. This fight is just as unpredictable as McGregor vs Alvarez, as it hard to predict who can win. Both have different styles that can factor into this fight, which makes...

  The historic night in MMA and UFC is almost here! The UFC is making its debut in Madison Square Garden, after years of trying to get MMA sanctioned in New York. Dana White had said in the past that their first fight card in New York was going to be big, but this card...

  This past week was the rematch that was years in the making Bisping vs Henderson 2. Michael Bisping who I have been a fan of since I started watching MMA, is the UFC Middleweight Champion having chased the title for years. He beat the former champion Luke Rockhold by knockout at UFC 199, in … Continue reading "My MMA Highlight of the Week"

My week 4 NFL highlight of the week is a biased one. I am a die hard Oakland Raiders fan and they are starting off the season 3-1. This season is looking very good for the Raiders, because right now they have the potential to make it into the playoffs. They haven’t been to the … Continue reading "My Biased NFL Highlight of Week 4"

This past week seen a huge underdog Brandon Moreno submit Louis Smolka. Smolka is ranked number nine in the UFC’s Flyweight division and was a heavy favorite going into the fight. To stack the odds against Moreno even more, he took the fight on short notice and it was his debut. In the beginning of … Continue reading "My MMA Highlight of the Week"

Week three in the NFL saw The Philadelphia Eagles beat The Pittsburgh Steelers in devastating fashion. The Eagles shocked the NFL by staying undefeated and beating a Super Bowl contender team, in many sports analysts and Pros mind. In this play, the rookie Carson Wentz escapes the pocket under pressure and throws on the run … Continue reading "NFL Week three Highlights"