Turn the Paige: Nick Diaz’s Degenerate Act isn’t Worthy of a Title Shot Paige Berger December 19, 2012 News As much as the NFL or other "mainstream" athletics organizations shy away from controversy regarding their respective sports, the UFC oddly seems to embrace it. Some fighters fail drug tests—both of the...
Turn the Paige: Are One-Liners and Trash-Talking Taking Over the UFC Title Picture? Paige Berger December 18, 2012 News Athletes work their entire lives in order to reach the pinnacle of their sport. In MMA, that pinnacle is a shot at the belt in a fighter's respective weight class. Mixed martial artists come from all sorts of...
Turn the Paige: Risk Not Worth the Reward in a Silva vs. St-Pierre Superfight Paige Berger November 20, 2012 News The fuel for the fire caused by the clamoring for a superfight got a little bit stronger over the weekend. As sure as the sun rises every morning, Georges St-Pierre won his fight at UFC 154. That shouldn't...
Turn the Paige: Could Jon Jones be Loved Again? Paige Berger September 24, 2012 News One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain. This, of course, according to the legendary Bob Marley, and also the hope of Jon Jones. As "Could You Be Loved" by the aforementioned...
Turn the Paige: Overcoming the Obstacle of Training Injuries Paige Berger September 5, 2012 News This year has been a strange one for the MMA world. It has had it's ups and downs, just like every other year, but 2012 has seen its fair share of extremes. Perhaps the highest high was the beginning of the...
Chael Sonnen’s Actions Speak Louder Than His Words Paige Berger August 27, 2012 News The wake of the fiasco that was supposed to be UFC 151 isn't disastrous, but there are certainly a few black eyes on the sport despite the fact that no punches will be thrown Saturday night. Jon Jones has...
Jon Jones: Turning His Back on the MMA World Paige Berger August 23, 2012 News It's amazing what a minute can do. In this case that minute was approximately 2 p.m. ET. Dana White announced that for the first time in 11 years an event would be cancelled. Not because of Dan Henderson's...
Strikeforce’s Miesha Tate: A Pioneer of Women’s MMA Paige Berger August 15, 2012 UFC Pioneers are an integral part of any sport's history. They are the athletes that paved the way for others to be able to make a living doing what they love. In one way or another, they have forever impacted...
There is No Cinderella in Jamie Varner’s Hollywood Story Paige Berger August 2, 2012 UFC The last time that Jamie Varner stepped foot in the Octagon, Hollywood couldn't have scripted his return to the UFC any better if they tried. The scene was one of a feel-good story—that whether one is a...
Turn the Paige: Prestige on the Decline for UFC’s LHW Division Paige Berger August 1, 2012 News When one is caught between a rock and a hard place, the only thing left to do is make the best of what's around. That's precisely what the UFC was left to do when the injury bug bit Brian Stann, and his...