Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the business of sports with an MMA focus. This article is more than 8 years old. With the UFC’s $4 billion sale and the ...

The UFC had a spectacular finish to a very successful year over the closing months of 2015. Holly Holm’s upset victory over Ronda Rousey in front of a record crowd at UFC 193 in Australia was followed ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the business of sports with an MMA focus. Jan 03, 2017, 01:12am EST Apr 25, 2017, 09:08pm EDT This article is more than 8 ...

Traditionally, MMA flows like a sine wave. Highs are inevitably followed by comparable lows, and any joy one feels will likely be offset by a similar helping of disappointment 12 months later. 2015 ...

UFC is one organization that depends heavily on pay-per-view for its business and 2016 was a very good year. Overall, UFC’s success led to five of its pay-per-view shows having more than 1 million ...

The pursuit and defense of a mixed martial arts belt, and the high stakes of a long-sought showdown, have fueled the best MMA fights of the year. The intense action in the octagon is one reason why ...

This is the time of year when turkeys start to feel nervous. Don't be afraid only for the literal ones, which are killed and eaten en masse, but also for the metaphorical ones who face the chopping ...

Perhaps the best story for me to write is choosing the Fight of the Year. At the end of the year, I get to sit in front of my television and/or computer and watch some of the year’s best scraps, over ...

Leading into UFC 196 in March 2016, Conor McGregor was slated to fight Rafael dos Anjos for the lightweight title and he boldly declared that “2015 was my year, 2016 is also my [expletive] year. Every ...