Arenas are empty, fighters have nothing to connect their fists to and armchair critics are dying for new content that they can rip apart and tell you exactly how a fight should go according to them if they were younger, fitter and could shrug off multiple blows to the face. What’s a fight promoter to do? Hold a tournament away from the more populated sections on the planet and on a private island instead.

Former WWE superstar Phil “CM Punk” Brooks is boasting an impressive win-loss record of 0-0 in the UFC octagon. But you're going to have to wait a little bit longer to see some actual numbers added to it.

There’s also a legend attached to all of the athlete appearances as cover stars for EA Sports games. And by legend, I mean a curse. The EA Madden curse that is. And Ronda Rousey is the latest victim of it.

EA's second jab at an MMA game comes with the UFC licence. Is it any good?