Feb 8 2018
12
The UFC has its problems, but one stands out as more serious and scary than the rest: Fewer and fewer people are…
Patrick Wyman
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Jan 26 2018
23
The Roman Empire in the west fell for a great many reasons. We could cite a lengthy series of breakdowns in its…
Jan 18 2018
6
Talent, to paraphrase a Justice of the Supreme Court’s aphorism on the topic of pornography, is something you know…
Jan 5 2018
14
The Latin language is one of the Roman Empire’s lasting legacies. We hear it around us every day in the form of…
Dec 29 2017
8
Women’s MMA has seen a succession of stars rise and fall over its five years in the UFC.
Dec 6 2017
14
The Black Death, the wave of bubonic plague that devastated Europe after 1348, marked the final end of a long period…
Dec 1 2017
10
Max Holloway is everything the UFC and its fans could possibly want in a young champion. His high-octane,…
Nov 1 2017
16
When we think of the Roman Empire as a physical space, cities are what come to mind. We see the huge bulk of the…
Oct 13 2017
37
Over the last seven centuries, the Knights Templar have left the realm of history and entered the realm of pop…
Oct 9 2017
17
Saturday, at UFC 216, the UFC awarded an interim 155-pound belt to Tony Ferguson following a third-round triangle…
Oct 6 2017
10
The best fighter on Earth is a diminutive video-game enthusiast. He hasn’t lost a fight in six years. Along with…
Sep 15 2017
30
As the medieval world gave way to the early modern around 1500, European warfare was utterly transformed. Mounted…
Aug 28 2017
26
Floyd Mayweather beat Conor McGregor’s ass; McGregor put on a respectable effort against an elite boxer, winning a…
Aug 25 2017
9
Everything about the leadup to Conor McGregor’s matchup with Floyd Mayweather this Saturday has been absurd. We had…
Aug 18 2017
31
When the Roman Empire disintegrated over the course of the fifth century, only half of it actually fell, the western…
Jul 31 2017
7
“I guess if you win both fights,” said Daniel Cormier, “there is no rivalry.”
Jul 20 2017
17
Have you ever stopped to wonder why practically every government on earth follows the same basic form?
Jul 7 2017
9
Time waits for no one, as the Rolling Stones once said, and UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping is currently…
Jun 26 2017
3
No empire, from Sargon’s Akkadian Empire to the Soviet Union, lasts forever. There’s always an expiration date.
Jun 16 2017
13
