MMA opinion: Right wing, left hook: How politics took hold of the UFC

The UFC has never been more popular, but its growing political ties have made fight nights feel like something very different from pure sport.

3:30am on a Saturday night. It’s not easy being a UK MMA fan, but this is business as usual for those dedicated few.

You’ve set an alarm, or maybe completely shifted your sleeping pattern to be awake for the UFC’s big numbered event taking place somewhere in the States.

Here, Sports News Blitz writer Ollie Hughes offers his thoughts on how the political sphere has intertwined with the UFC.