MMA News and Articles by Jacob Debets - Page 15

UFC 230 Counterpunch: What's at Stake? Jacob Debets recaps the drama leading up to the UFC’s tertiary showing at Madison Square Garden, breaks down what’s at stake in the UFC 230...

Jacob Debets

Nov 01, 2018

Resilience Personified With his UFC Fight Night 138 victory over Volkan Oezdemir, Anthony Smith joins a rarefied circle of fighters -- those who swam in the agonizing...

Jacob Debets

Oct 30, 2018

Mighty Unappreciated The Ultimate Fighting Championship may be trading Demetrious Johnson for One Championship’s Ben Askren. Jacob Debets breaks down what that...

Jacob Debets

Oct 25, 2018

Crime Pays: The Inexplicable Longevity of ‘The American Gangster’ Chael Sonnen has spent two decades chasing a world title. In 2018, he seems less capable than ever of putting on a championship-winning...

Jacob Debets

Oct 23, 2018

Death of a Salesman Two weeks removed from UFC 229, there’s simply no escaping the one-sidedness of the main event. McGregor is capable of striking like a cobra,...

Jacob Debets

Oct 18, 2018

Take No Prisoners Khabib Nurmagomedov has threatened renege on his contract with the UFC if it follows through on its undertaking to fire Zubaira Tukhugov. Jacob...

Jacob Debets

Oct 16, 2018

Musical Chairs The news that Daniel Cormier will headline UFC 230 opposite Derrick Lewis requires us to interrogate the long-term consequences of treating the...

Jacob Debets

Oct 11, 2018

UFC 229 Brawl was Business as Usual The UFC 229 brawl has been represented as an aberration by the promotion. That characterization could not be further from the truth, argues...

Jacob Debets

Oct 09, 2018

Cutting Off the Nose to Spite the Face The Ultimate Fighting Championship has outdone itself on the spitefulness meter by booking Valentina Shevchenko and Sijara Eubanks in the UFC...

Jacob Debets

Oct 04, 2018

Counterpunch: Grazing an MMA Buffet Sherdog contributor Jacob Debets weighs in on Bellator 206, Project Spearhead’s latest roadblock and Mark Hunt’s final fight under the UFC banner.

Jacob Debets

Oct 02, 2018