It’s time to recognize Brock Lesnar for what he is. Take away the reservations of his participation in primarily sports entertainment instead of plain-old sport. Look more into the diversity of his accomplishments in combat sports. Lesnar is one of the best athletes of this generation. That may be a tough sell without… Read more…
Update (3/24): Jorge Masvidal was arrested Wednesday night and charged with aggravated battery and criminal mischief, both felonies, for (allegedly) slugging Colby Covington twice in the face. If this truly is a pro wrestling-style work, as we hypothesize below, the level of commitment is impressive. Read more…
We’ve seen this storyline play out before. Instead of in the octagon, it’s been confined to the world of professional wrestling, when the entanglements of the squared circle aren’t enough to settle scores between two rivals. The feud between two of the UFC’s best welterweights reportedly spilled over into Miami’s… Read more…
Dana White and the UFC are still printing money. Following a successful 2021 with spectators returning to the arenas for events, the price of the brick is going up. Purchasing a UFC pay-per-view event will now cost $74. 99, per Newsday’s Mark LaMonica. This new price increase will be the third since MMA behemoth signed… […]
Saturday wound up being one of those days in sports where seemingly everything happens all at once. Read more…
[Warning: Graphic Injury Content] This is just… wow. WOW. We’re not quite sure how to process something as awful as this injury, TBH. Mixed martial arts fighter and former middleweight division champion Chris Weidman went up against opponent Uriah Hall on Saturday night in Jacksonville, Florida at UFC 261, but just minutes into the fight the […]
When they’re not busy trying to keep people from being able to vote, Republican state legislators these days are obsessed with the issue of transgender athletes in high school sports. Not just state legislators, in fact, but at the federal level, too, as Kentucky’s somehow second-worst senator, Rand Paul, last week… Read more…
He’s commanding in the octagon, but polarizing in real life. He’s also breakable and heavily flawed. And now, Conor McGregor is being sued by the woman who accused him of sexual assault back in 2018. Read more…
Welcome into Deadspin’s IDIOT OF THE YEAR awards! Our expert staff has worked tirelessly to provide this yearly collection of the sport and sports-adjacent characters who most profoundly left us wish we {} staged as babies. Read…