Chuck Mindenhall
@chuckmindenhall.bsky.social
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Writer, podcaster, enthusiast.
I've always wanted to do a kind of Liebling-esque "Sweet Science" for MMA. So I'm excited to do that!
3 months ago
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On Taylor-Serrano III -- the rivalry, the atmosphere, and the perfect storm that has now passed.
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Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano's third and final act was a thing to behold
When people look back on this trilogy, they will find it all in a single hour. That’s how long Serrano and Taylor needed to create history in the moment and the longing for more.
https://sports.yahoo.com/boxing/article/katie-taylor-and-amanda-serranos-third-and-final-act-was-a-thing-to-behold-155058664.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly90LmNvLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAJ7CeRZ2sNx6zIYdDXWV_EiLQ846rpfRPMY72MftsAmv_TdFMug58YamNgYxZPnZSCdF-ICFbwB_aP9hLaDB-dFOarF8lZX9Kopaotxy585Y119NbimOR8XxWLDCw151-NZ-rhh8Mqleq78a7aeS0y7aYsNkdPplywacJSCQiDVG
5 months ago
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Ice wars. Lots of jerking, twisting and thrashing, a sadistic little tango. Fists crashing off of helmets fast & furious. All the familiarity of hockey with nary a puck or a stick in sight [
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Real-life 'Slap Shot': Inside the unbridled chaos of Ice Wars, BKFC's push into organized hockey fights
No puck, no penalty box, and no reason to hold back. Whatever Ice Wars is, it's not subtle — and that's exactly the point.
https://sports.yahoo.com/mma/article/real-life-slap-shot-inside-the-unbridled-chaos-of-ice-wars-bkfcs-push-into-organized-hockey-fights-001907138.html?.tsrc=1317&ncid=crm_-1701040-20250618-1--A&bt_user_id=C%2BliIeIYihAUXOmaiT1xZtgi17FHl%2F%2BXeOU5Ykc5mTHIjKT2ypKb0MpUCAt5sz1fxdyxw0NUPikZl8mHmqpzPVKPjg3kHeP25i4at%2F6Em%2Brzlr8gI1oQgx93bM4RqKz8&bt_ts=1750249232190
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The Onion
7 months ago
UFC Clown Jumps Into Octagon To Distract Irate Fighter
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They're smart, they're somewhat demented, and they're one of the best stories going in MMA...they are the Fighting Nerds. New feature for your reading pleasure.
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Revenge of the Nerds: Inside the ruthless rise of UFC’s newest avengers
With a combined 24-0 record in the UFC, Brazil's Fighting Nerds have taken the MMA world by storm. But the scariest part? They're just getting started.
https://sports.yahoo.com/mma/article/the-fighting-nerds-inside-the-ruthless-rise-of-ufcs-newest-avengers-carlos-prates-caio-borralho-jean-silva-150418907.html
7 months ago
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ALL THE GODS
7 months ago
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is on point in this take on the Ilia-Islam-Belal-JDM dilemma. I'd add that it's ironic--even as Dana plans to fix boxing, UFC's having a harder time making fights fans really want. Thought that was boxing's problem. Hmm...
#jonesaspinall
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The hypocrisy in Islam Makhachev’s stance (and why Jack Della Maddalena now holds so much power)
Jack Della Maddalena's title shot at UFC 315 on May 10 could send ripples through multiple UFC weight classes.
https://sports.yahoo.com/mma/article/the-hypocrisy-in-islam-makhachevs-stance-and-why-jack-della-maddalena-now-holds-so-much-power-173732249.html
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Wrote about the great George Foreman, who was one of the great marvels of our lifetime.
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George Foreman’s life was extraordinary, and his transformation fit for a giant
It wasn’t the victories that ultimately came to define George Foreman’s life. It was the defeats and epiphanies and genuine convictions, the leaps of faith he took which came to define him. It was the...
https://sports.yahoo.com/boxing/article/george-foremans-life-was-extraordinary-and-his-transformation-fit-for-a-giant-181635688.html
8 months ago
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Ben Fowlkes
9 months ago
I’ve long been fascinated by the career of Primo Carnera. Did the mob fix all his fights? Did everyone from managers to Humphrey Bogart do him dirty? How many of his 72 KOs (still a record for heavyweight champs) were legit? All that and more explored here.
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Primo Carnera: Boxing’s biggest fraud or exploited victim? A legacy of disgrace reexamined nearly 100 years later
Primo Carnera's 72 knockout wins are more than any other heavyweight champion in boxing history. But the numbers tell only half of the story.
https://sports.yahoo.com/boxing/article/primo-carnera-boxings-biggest-fraud-or-exploited-victim-a-legacy-of-disgrace-reexamined-nearly-100-years-later-215753751.html
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Spoke to Fluffy Hernandez. We discussed fighting with pipes and pistol whippings, but I assure you it wasn't all so wholesome. Have a look.
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Say hello to 'Fluffy' Hernandez: UFC Seattle's foul-mouthed contender is middleweight's greatest dark horse
Anthony Hernandez is where momentum goes to die in the UFC middleweight division. And if he can win his seventh straight Saturday at UFC Seattle, he may just be a genuine title threat.
https://sports.yahoo.com/mma/article/say-hello-to-fluffy-hernandez-ufc-seattles-foul-mouthed-contender-is-middleweights-greatest-dark-horse-193949634.html
9 months ago
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Julie Kedzie (the veritable, venerable, verified julesk_fighter)
10 months ago
If you haven’t subscribed to
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Substack “The Fighting Life,” do it now. He’s brilliant and one of the very few voices in the MMA community (and the United States, honestly) who continues to hold space for nuance and hope.
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Such anguishes and despairs
Why you shouldn't kill yourself in February, the worst but also shortest month of the year.
https://open.substack.com/pub/thefightinglife/p/such-anguishes-and-despairs?r=1fg67&utm_medium=ios
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UFC 312 wasn't awesome, but it made clear who the best fighters are. Here's a Super Bowl Sunday column.
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UFC 312 wasn’t awesome, but it made clear who the best fighters are
UFC 312 may not have been a fun time, but greatness can sometimes feel like a rip-off.
https://sports.yahoo.com/ufc-312-wasnt-awesome-but-it-made-clear-who-the-best-fighters-are-dricus-du-plessis-zhang-weili-183012197.html
10 months ago
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A week after Bryce Mitchell shouted out Hitler in the opening act, Sean Strickland arrives as the headliner at UFC 312. Got a feature the original Mr. Line Crosser.
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What’s going through Sean Strickland’s head?
With Bryce Mitchell’s lowering of the bar, UFC’s second-most notorious rabble-rouser arrives for another crack at the middleweight title at UFC 312. What could possibly go wrong?
https://sports.yahoo.com/whats-going-through-sean-stricklands-head-ufc-312-dricus-du-plessis-152729101.html
10 months ago
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10 months ago
Wrote something about the whole situation where Bryce Mitchell thinks Hitler was a good guy and the UFC wishes he wouldn’t say that but apparently can’t do anything about it.
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If Bryce Mitchell's disgusting comments are 'free speech,' is there no such thing as too bigoted for the UFC?
Bryce Mitchell's support for Adolf Hitler earned him a public condemnation from UFC CEO Dana White, but nothing more.
https://sports.yahoo.com/if-bryce-mitchells-disgusting-comments-are-free-speech-is-there-no-such-thing-as-too-bigoted-for-the-ufc-233916004.html
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Ben Fowlkes
10 months ago
Got that new Substack post for you right here. Don’t leave me hanging.
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Finally there is nothing you are sure you will never be
You age. You change. And if you don't maybe you are fucking it up a little bit.
https://thefightinglife.substack.com/p/finally-there-is-nothing-you-are
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If you're in the market for this kind of thing, I went to a Zach Bryan concert with Diego Lopes. I even wrote about it.
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I went to a Zach Bryan concert with Diego Lopes ...
Diego Lopes enjoyed a breakout year with the UFC in 2024 – and he's just getting started.
https://sports.yahoo.com/i-went-to-a-zach-bryan-concert-with-diego-lopes-150046241.html
10 months ago
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Louisa Thomas
10 months ago
Wrote about Nikola Jokić a year ago, back when he was, oh, only the best player in the world, before he became a fever dream of excellence
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How Nikola Jokić Became the World’s Best Basketball Player
He doesn’t run very fast or jump very high, and seems to prefer the company of horses. But he has mastered the game’s new geometry like nobody else.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/02/12/how-nikola-jokic-became-the-worlds-best-basketball-player
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If you're in the market for this kind of thing, I went to a Zach Bryan concert with Diego Lopes. I even wrote about it.
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I went to a Zach Bryan concert with Diego Lopes ...
Diego Lopes enjoyed a breakout year with the UFC in 2024 – and he's just getting started.
https://sports.yahoo.com/i-went-to-a-zach-bryan-concert-with-diego-lopes-150046241.html
10 months ago
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Got a chance to hang with Payton Talbott out in Reno for this feature, and I have to say, he's definitely one of the most unique individuals in the fight game.
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Payton Talbott is different: Inside the swirling, singular world of UFC 311's next superstar
Reno’s 26-year-old bantamweight phenom is far from your ordinary MMA fighter. But can he be as extraordinary as many believe?
https://sports.yahoo.com/payton-talbott-is-different-inside-the-swirling-singular-world-of-ufc-311s-next-superstar-160646716.html
11 months ago
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Ben Fowlkes
11 months ago
I argued that Ilia Topuria deserved to be 2024’s Fighter of the Year. The big homie
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argued for Alex Pereira. You alone can judge the merits of our respective cases.
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Alex Pereira or Ilia Topuria: Did 'Poatan' get robbed of 2024's MMA Fighter of the Year?
Ilia Topuria narrowly won Uncrowned's 2024 Male Fighter of the Year award over Alex Pereira. Was it the right call?
https://sports.yahoo.com/alex-pereira-or-ilia-topuria-did-poatan-get-robbed-of-2024s-mma-fighter-of-the-year-222038106.html
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Ben Fowlkes
11 months ago
Check out bold and possibly even crazy predictions for MMA in 2025 from the whole Uncrowned staff. (I feel smugly confident in mine tbh.)
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8 bold MMA predictions for 2025: Jon Jones' next step, Tony Ferguson, Conor McGregor and more
Uncrowned lets loose with our eight boldest takes about the wonders in store for MMA in 2025.
https://sports.yahoo.com/8-bold-predictions-for-mmas-2025-jon-jones-next-step-tony-ferguson-conor-mcgregor-and-more-130056135.html
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The first-ever MITHY Awards: MMA's best (and most serious) sendoff for 2024
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The first-ever MITHY Awards: MMA's best (and most serious) sendoff for 2024
"The Man In The Hat," Chuck Mindenhall, crowns MMA’s miscellany as only he can.
https://sports.yahoo.com/the-first-ever-mithy-awards-mmas-best-and-most-serious-sendoff-for-2024-130020349.html
11 months ago
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Wrote about the hottest of MMA hotbeds as part of Uncrowned's End of Year series.
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MMA’s greatest emerging hotbeds for 2024: The French revolution is upon us. Who saw that coming?
Each year there’s a new MMA destination that embraces barefoot fighting as if they’ve been starving for it. In 2024, it was France's turn.
https://sports.yahoo.com/mmas-greatest-emerging-hotbeds-for-2024-the-french-revolution-is-upon-us-who-saw-that-coming-130047576.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly90LmNvLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAJ7CeRZ2sNx6zIYdDXWV_EiLQ846rpfRPMY72MftsAmv_TdFMug58YamNgYxZPnZSCdF-ICFbwB_aP9hLaDB-dFOarF8lZX9Kopaotxy585Y119NbimOR8XxWLDCw151-NZ-rhh8Mqleq78a7aeS0y7aYsNkdPplywacJSCQiDVG
11 months ago
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Sometimes the low blows don't hurt as much as the shots that land clean.
12 months ago
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Denver Broncos
12 months ago
GOT IT DONE. We
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Colby Covington is more vulnerable than ever before at UFC Tampa — and he knows it
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Colby Covington is more vulnerable than ever before at UFC Tampa — and he knows it
By his own standards, the lead-up to his fight with Joaquin Buckley at UFC Tampa has been quiet. So what’s up with Colby Covington?
https://sports.yahoo.com/colby-covington-is-more-vulnerable-than-ever-before-at-ufc-tampa--and-he-knows-it-170447275.html
12 months ago
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Ben Fowlkes
12 months ago
Well, this paints a certain picture and it made me weirdly sad for Colby Covington.
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Does GFL stand for “good fucking luck”? We discuss.
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Global Fight League: 4 burning questions about the upstart promotion
What’s this now? A new fight league, with teams and seasons? Featuring, wait, Renan Barao? Kevin Lee? Wanderlei Silva? We have questions!
https://sports.yahoo.com/global-fight-league-4-burning-questions-about-the-upstart-promotion-183306443.html
12 months ago
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Uncrowned MMA pound-for-pound rankings, December 2024: Alexandre Pantoja, Dakota Ditcheva make big moves
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MMA pound-for-pound rankings, December 2024: Alexandre Pantoja, Dakota Ditcheva make big moves
If UFC 310 taught us anything, it’s that it’s time to believe in Alexandre Pantoja.
https://sports.yahoo.com/mma-pound-for-pound-rankings-december-2024-alexandre-pantoja-dakota-ditcheva-make-big-moves-180125958.html
12 months ago
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UFC 310: 5 burning questions ahead of Alexandre Pantoja vs. Kai Asakura, as addressed by yours truly and Petesy Carroll.
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UFC 310: 5 burning questions ahead of Alexandre Pantoja vs. Kai Asakura
The Uncrowned crew answers the five major questions ahead of an underrated UFC 310 event.
https://sports.yahoo.com/ufc-310-5-burning-questions-ahead-of-alexandre-pantoja-vs-kai-asakura-181905857.html
12 months ago
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Jon Jones vs. Francis Ngannou is frankly absurd (enough to happen)
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Jon Jones vs. Francis Ngannou is frankly absurd (enough to happen)
Jon Jones vs. Francis Ngannou? If Turki Alalshikh is involved, maybe it’s not as ridiculous as it seems. (Or maybe it’s just ridiculous enough to make sense.)
https://sports.yahoo.com/jon-jones-vs-francis-ngannou-is-frankly-absurd-enough-to-happen-172052514.html
12 months ago
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Here is my traditional “Things to Be Thankful For in MMA” column. Happy Thanksgiving!
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https://sports.yahoo.com/17-things-to-be-thankful-for-in-mma-on-thanksgiving-2024-140006317.html
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about 1 year ago
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My post-UFC 309 column — the UFC has one job when it comes to Jon Jones.
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Jon Jones next move after UFC 309? Figuring out the price of risk
For Jon Jones, how much is enough to risk it all against Tom Aspinall?
https://sports.yahoo.com/jon-jones-next-move-after-ufc-309-figuring-out-the-price-of-risk-163117415.html
about 1 year ago
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A wrap-up column on Tyson-Paul before we go headlong into Jones-Miocic tonight.
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Jake Paul’s fight with Mike Tyson wasn’t all bad — at least we got to complain
Was Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson any good? No. But in the end, we got exactly what we came for.
https://sports.yahoo.com/jake-pauls-fight-with-mike-tyson-wasnt-all-bad--at-least-we-got-to-complain-171422389.htmlMike
about 1 year ago
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Big weekend of fights, and we took a stab at answering the burning questions ahead of Tyson-Paul and UFC 309.
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UFC 309: 5 burning questions ahead of Jon Jones vs. Stipe Miocic
The Uncrowned crew answers the five most burning questions ahead of Jon Jones' long-awaited return at UFC 309.
https://sports.yahoo.com/ufc-309-5-burning-questions-ahead-of-jon-jones-vs-stipe-miocic-190011422.html
about 1 year ago
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If you're in the market for a Jon Jones feature on the complicated word that is "legacy," I've got you covered right here.
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The Elephant in the Garden
At UFC 309, Jon Jones is fighting more than just Stipe Miocic in his quest to be remembered as the greatest MMA has ever seen.
https://sports.yahoo.com/the-elephant-in-the-garden-ufc-309-jon-jones-150004237.html
about 1 year ago
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Heard all the cool people were vacationing over here, thought I'd see.
about 1 year ago
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