Finishing Fights no longer a Priority

Historically, a majority of mixed martial arts fights were settled by either TKO, knockout, or submission. Times have changed, and winning by a decision is the new norm for top fighters in the world of MMA. I always say that the first fight between Matt Serra and Georges St. Pierre changed MMA forever. When St. [...]

Monday Morning Wrap

Masters: Which do you think is the better story: celebrating the victorious return of a golfer that left the PGA tour because he cheated on his wife, or celebrating the 3rd green jacket for a player that left the tour to be with his wife while she battled breast cancer? I think it was divine [...]

Thoughts & Takeaways from UFC 110

THOUGHTS AND KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM UFC  110 MAIN EVENT Anyone that saw UFC 110 on Saturday night had to be asking themselves this: how good is Cain Velasquez?  On the one hand, the up-and-coming All-American wrestler demolished BJJ ace Minotauro Nogueira  in the first round of their main-card matchup Saturday night, and remains undefeated in [...]

Weekly MMA podcast

Woodman, Real Deal, and the Missing Link review UFC 106 and break down the welterweight division in the UFC. As always, we cover all of the major news, themes, and story lines in the world of mixed martial arts. Listen to the podcast here: http:\\jackofallsports.podbean.com The Jack of All Sports is happy to announce a [...]

Jack of All Sports Weekly MMA Podcast

Check out our weekly podcast at http://jackofallsports.podbean.com. The Woodman, Beagle, and Missing Link recap UFC 105 and discuss the major themes emerging in the world of MMA. Much has happened in the last two weeks and UFC 106 is less than a week away! We discuss the status of Brock Lesnar, Big Nog, and the [...]

Weekly Ground At The Pound with El Beagle Loco

The Raw Bone: This past Saturday night featured the first-ever live MMA event to be held in the state of Maryland. The live event, hosted at the First Mariner Arena and named “The Shogun Fights”, was made possible by the efforts of Baltimore’s own John Rallo and his Ground Control academy. The fight-card featured 11 [...]

The Woodman has an axe to grind

I haven’t contributed anything to the site for a few weeks and wanted to weigh in on some of my recent thoughts relating to the current sports landscape. U.S. Men’s National Team forward Charlie Davies was seriously injured in a car accident the night before the World Cup qualifying game against Costa Rica. Davies will [...]

Fight Night Delivers

For all the naysayers and critics who felt the UFC had become a watered-down product, UFC’s Fight Night served notice the organization still has plenty of talent on the way up the ranks. Anyone that saw UFC 101 or 102 had to have thought hard about sending Dana White a request for a cable refund: [...]

Return of Karate, DREAM, and Elbows

As Lyota Machida put away Rashad Evans last Saturday at UFC 98 in Las Vegas one thing was for sure, Karate was back. The UFC has changed from the freakshow of the early 90′s into the ultimate MMA playground. In the early days you had Royce Gracie (and others) fighting men much bigger than themselves. [...]

Who is the UFC’s most vulnerable Champion?