As the mixed martial arts community is left reeling from the news that UFC 151 has been canceled, a lot of people are left picking their jaws up off the ground. General consensus comes down to Jon Jones being to blame for the cancellation of the event from both fighters and fans. Is Jones the bad guy though? Is it really his fault that Dana White canceled the event? Speculation looms over UFC 151 that much is without doubt, and doesn't help the fighters left without a paycheck or a fight this Saturday, so who do we blame? Jon Jones focused his entire camp on competing against Dan Henderson. I feel that comparing Henderson and Sonnen, which I am completely positive some are, would be a...

Take a look back at the world of mixed martial arts five years ago. Middleweight kingpin Anderson Silva was just beginning to create his legend within the UFC, televised MMA was a privilege not a right, and youth MMA was only a portion of what it is today. With the combative sports world continuously growing each day, read along as US Combat Sports Reporter Carl Lange recounts the firsthand observations he has witnessed within the fight scene on a handful of topics.

Since the "in your face" burst of Ultimate Fighting Championship following the first season of the Ultimate Fighter launched the organization into mainstream status, the UFC has traditionally allocated certain weekends for major fight cards each year. You can almost always count on the fact that Super Bowl, New Years, and Memorial Day weekends will play host to a major fight card. Obviously some cards have been better than others but for the most part each card has lived up to the hype that it was given. This weekend in an all heavyweight main card as UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos will defend for the first time since winning the belt from Cain Velasquez in November o...

Since his arrest for suspicion of driving under the influence after crashing his Bentley into a utility pole in Binghamton, N.Y this weekend there has been a lot of talk about how the accident will affect Jon Jones personally. Will his fan base remain loyal to him? Will his popularity continue to rise? Or will Jones descend downward with his newfound stardom? Last year Jones and UFC President Dana White starred in a Bud Light commercial promoting one of the UFC events. The message flashed across the screen, "Enjoy Responsibly," and nobody thought anything of it.

That line made famous by Cuban Gooding Jr., in the film “Jerry McGuire” became a statement that was regularly used in a situation where the validity of someone’s statement is in question. The person may promise some type of result and the correct response would be “show me the money”. In other words, I’ll believe it when I see it. I have been following this season of the Ultimate Fighter to the same degree as all of the previous ones, but one of this seasons starts has a unique quality unlike any of the past fighters that has thrown me for a loop.