Josh Gross: Mid-year MMA rankings For the first time in seven years, mixed martial arts’ top-ranked heavyweight is not named Fedor Emelianenko. Mark that down as one of several “firsts” associated with SI.com’s MMA rankings midway through 2010. Read more on Sports Illustrated
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Josh Gross: Mid-year MMA rankings
Posted by on July 9th, 2010
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No Comments »Josh Gross: Penn, Silva fail to shine in UFC’s Middle Eastern debut
Posted by on April 12th, 2010
Josh Gross: Penn, Silva fail to shine in UFC’s Middle Eastern debut Well, we won’t have a hard time remembering the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s first effort in Abu Dhabi. In the shadows of all things red, fast and Italian, Dana White, Lorenzo Fertitta and Frank Fertitta came to the Arabian Peninsula touting two high-performance machines [...]
Posted in MMA News Tags: dana white, silva, frank fertitta, hard time, fail, ufc, josh, shine, ultimate fighting championship, penn No Comments »Josh Gross: Looking ahead to WEC 47; February’s MMA Rankings
Posted by on March 6th, 2010
Josh Gross: Looking ahead to WEC 47; February’s MMA Rankings What do you get when half of of the 10 best bantamweights in mixed martial arts appear on the same card? A couple things. The obvious response this week is WEC 47, which takes place Saturday evening in Columbus, Ohio. The more pertinent answer, though, [...]
Posted in MMA News Tags: looking, mma, saturday evening, february's, josh, sports, rankings, wec, columbus ohio, gross No Comments »Josh Gross: Past continues to mold Cruz’s future
Posted by on March 6th, 2010
Josh Gross: Past continues to mold Cruz’s future Dominick Cruz doesn’t do negative. It would have been too easy. And he doesn’t do that either. Read more on Sports Illustrated
Josh Gross: How good a mixed martial artist can Toney become?
Posted by on March 4th, 2010
Josh Gross: How good a mixed martial artist can Toney become? In his autobiography penned with Sherdog.com news editor Loretta Hunt, Randy Couture revealed that he received an offer from the UFC in 2006 to fight two-division champion boxer James Toney. Four years later, Toney has finally signed with the UFC, reigniting the possibility of [...]
Posted in MMA News Tags: division champion, martial artist, toney, news editor, ufc, sports, mixed, james toney, gross, josh No Comments »Josh Gross: Nogueira, Velasquez headline UFC 110 in Sydney
Posted by on February 19th, 2010
Josh Gross: Nogueira, Velasquez headline UFC 110 in Sydney Sunday afternoons aren’t often reserved for fighting. Not so this weekend in Sydney, Australia, where the Ultimate Fighting Championship charges onto its fifth continent boasting the second quickest sellout in its history. Read more on Sports Illustrated
Posted in MMA News Tags: sydney, sports, ultimate fighting championship, ufc, josh, sellout, headline, sydney australia, velasquez, gross No Comments »Josh Gross: Coleman, Couture to meet in clash of UFC Hall of Famers
Posted by on February 6th, 2010
Josh Gross: Coleman, Couture to meet in clash of UFC Hall of Famers A reasonable argument could be made that at his peak, Mark “The Hammer” Coleman was the most dominant fighter on the planet. Read more on Sports Illustrated
Posted in MMA News Tags: josh, hall of famers, sports, meet, famers, hall, couture, mark coleman, ufc, coleman No Comments »Josh Gross: Q&A with Spike TV exec Brian Diamond
Posted by on January 24th, 2010
Josh Gross: Q&A with Spike TV exec Brian Diamond Five years ago Monday, The Ultimate Fighter debuted on Spike TV and changed the trajectory of a sport. For as much impact as Zuffa had in popularizing mixed martial arts and the UFC, it could be argued that no group is more integral to the sport’s [...]
Posted in MMA News Tags: sport, tv exec, trajectory, exec, josh, turnaround, ultimate fighter, spike tv, sports, mixed martial arts No Comments »Josh Gross: Silva eyes win over Evans, title shot at UFC 108
Posted by on January 3rd, 2010
Josh Gross: Silva eyes win over Evans, title shot at UFC 108 Thiago Silva and 19 of his compatriots spent Thursday evening avoiding the New Year. Forget champagne. The 27-year-old Brazilian light heavyweight was in the final stages of preparing his body for the penance of weigh-ins at the MGM Grand for UFC 108 in [...]
