I have evolved from someone who didn't think much of the bar except for resting my legs to thinking of it as an obvious life-saving precaution. Dr. Bourne shared several examples from Mammoth in which the bar could have saved lives, including the death of her former ski coach, who fell from a chairlift to his death, most likely from a medical event which may have been treatable.
It's no secret that there is a decline, unfortunately, even though the top guys will remain the top guys. It's not as colorful as it once used to be. There used to be 15 to 20 top-name heavyweights, which is now not the case. They've kind of slowly declined, unfortunately.
On Thursday, Dan Ige-who is currently the No. 14 featherweight on the UFC's Official Rankings-posted on social media that he was disallowed to wear red shorts for his upcoming tussle with Melquizael Costa at UFC Houston in February. According to the Hawaiian, his request for shorts is limited to the locales he is permitted to represent. The man once known as "Dynamite" posted a segment of a message from UFC or Venum staff,
Alexander Volkanovski put to bed any suggestion that his win over Diego Lopes last April was a fluke when he defeated Lopes again at UFC 325 in Sydney on Saturday. With that settled, attention now turns to who could beat Volkanovski. Two names immediately come to mind, but to get to Volk, they may have to go through one another.