When Bigfoot rematches with Velasquez on Saturday night, the current UFC title will not be the only thing on the line. The original UFC title, which was awarded the night Mark Coleman defeated Dan...
For those of you who have followed the evolution of my lineal title posts, I am proud to say that this will be by far the most complete to date. I've placed a list of links at the bottom of this...
For some reason, there hasn't been a lot of hype around the upcoming match up between what might prove to be the two best MW fighters in the world NOT named Anderson Silva. The last Strikeforce...
When Ben Henderson finally meets Gil Melendez on Saturday night, the UFC title will not be the only thing on the line. In lineal terms, there will be a total of 16 different Lightweight titles at...
The lineal title can only be won one way - by beating the man across from you. Fedor Emelianenko won the title in 2004 and defended it 10 times in six years before losing to Fabricio Werdum last year in Strikeforce.
In light of the excellent article by BloodyElbow's Jonathan Snowden, Lineal Title History, I thought it was appropriate to opine on the concept of lineal championships, the problems they've faced...
The UFC has a heavyweight champion. Strikeforce has a heavyweight champion. But only one can claim to be the true lineal king of the division. The MMA Encyclopedia author Jonathan Snowden is tracking the history of heavyweight gold for Bloody Elbow.
