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Anderson Silva has spoken out in defence of his friend and fellow legend Jon Jones, who has experienced the glare of the spotlight more than most in recent years.  Jones has been making every effort to stay active in recent times – fighting twice in the last four months, defeating both Alexander Gustafsson and Anthony Smith in a pair of …

We’re looking to give you, the reader, more input into what we’re doing here at Pundit Arena MMA, with that in mind, we’ve opened the floor to your fantasy matchups, general questions, and completely bonkers suggestions. The best question of every given edition to this series will have their question answered in its own separate article but for now, here …

Anderson Silva returned to the UFC octagon at UFC 234 last weekend with a surprisingly impressive showing against Israel Adesanya. And in a lot of ways, it was as perfect a return as we could have realistically hoped to see from the legend at this point in his run. Both technicians danced in a tactical battle for fifteen minutes and …

Israel Adesanya was expected to make quick work of the legendary former champion Anderson Silva at UFC 234, but when all was said and done, we were treated to something very different. Seeing Stylebender as the clear favourite going into this one wasn’t the most outlandish call of all-time. As one of the middleweight division’s finest strikers, Israel had spent …

The time has come for The Last Stylebender and The Spider to throw down, so with that in mind, here’s how we think it’s going to play out. We’ve already delved into the possible reasons for Silva’s decision to fight a young, hungry contender at this point in his career. Anderson himself has admitted that he is ‘too old for …

When the soon-to-be 44-year-old Anderson Silva was announced as the next opponent for rising phenom Israel Adesanya at UFC 234, a mixture of confusion and worry was the initial reaction of most who had watched the man do work in his prime. Not seen since the admittedly-dire UFC 208, Silva will have been sitting out for two years by the time …

ESPN reported today that the UFC are looking at setting up a middleweight clash between rising phenom Israel Adesanya and the former champ, Anderson Silva. Brett Okamoto reported first that UFC 234 could well host a 185lb clash between Adesanya and Silva, a fight that would mark the Brazilian legend’s first outing since February 2017. Breaking: Anderson Silva vs. Israel …

Brazilian powerhouse Paulo Costa has pulled from his UFC Brooklyn showdown with Yoel Romero, the second time this fight has been unsuccessfully booked. And what a fight it would have been! Two of the middleweight division’s most violent customers locked into a cage together? That sounded good to us. Romero has only come up short against the reigning champion Robert …

Anderson Silva didn’t take too long to respond to Conor McGregor’s interest in potentially taking him on inside the octagon in the future. It was a rather bizarre thing to hear Conor McGregor express his desire to test himself against the former UFC middleweight champion of the world Anderson Silva. Sure, the Brazilian is far past his best, but in …

Daniel Cormier has named the two fighters he believes deserve to be mentioned alongside him the greatest of all-time discussion. Cormier was the betting underdog going into his UFC 226 matchup with the heavyweight but even though it was a tight contest to call, virtually no one expected him to prevail in the manner that he did. KO’ing the KO-artist …

Rising middleweight star Israel Adesanya wants to conquer one of his idols inside the octagon, calling out Anderson Silva for a potentially electric showdown. It’s a matchup that does make sense when you think about it. Adesanya has been gradually drawing eyes to his progress over the last few months and with his last victory over Brad Tavares, he really …

When all was said and done in the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas last Saturday night, the MMA world as a whole had to pause and take a breather. We had just witnessed perhaps the most unlikely scenario possible come to be. Daniel Cormier, the light-heavyweight, the smaller man – just knocked out Stipe Miocic in the very first round …

In the final part of our buildup to tomorrow night’s UFC 226 headliner, we bring things up to the present day as Daniel Cormier establishes himself as the champion of the 205lb division. When we left things with Daniel Cormier back in Part II, he had just been on the receiving end of his first loss as a mixed martial artist. You …

Lyoto Machida managed to recreate one of the most famous UFC knockouts of all-time on the very same person who fell victim to it the first time around. UFC 224 was a pretty insane night of finishes by all accounts with just two of the night’s thirteen fights left to the judge’s scorecards. And while there were several fights over …