Corey Roveri is a contributing writer for Sin City Mockery’s UFC team. He’s got way more hair on his face than his head, and that’s okay with him. Vegas born, and still complains about the summer heat.
At UFC 225, the main card opener featured former WWE champion CM Punk vs. Michael Jackson. Punk was fighting in his home town of Chicago and got plenty of fan support. Unfortunately for punk, the cheers didn’t produce the desired outcome as he dropped to 0-2 in his UFC career.
As the UFC descends upon the United Center in the Windy City, it brings with it a fight card chock-full of tried and true fighters. Arguably one of the best UFC cards in recent memory — Whittaker vs. Romero 2, Rafael Dos Anjos vs. Clay Covington (with a side of Joe Rogan), Holly Holm vs. Megan Anderson.
With the weigh-ins complete and the card ready to rock for UFC 225, Sin City Sports Mockery UFC writer Corey Roveri gives you his picks and analysis heading into Saturday night’s tilt in Chicago.
Conor McGregor was pretty excited to announce his most recent contenders ranking (no, not like that). His recent Instagram post went into detail about how he placed as the world’s fourth highest paid athlete for 2018, checking in at a cool $99 millions, according to Forbes.
When Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather stepped into the ring the first time, the world was watching. The cross-breed “combat-sports” event was officially the second biggest pay-per-view event in history with 4.3 million buys, only outsold by Mayweather vs Pacquiao.