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Leonardo Santos issues statement following submission loss to Clay Guida
Former TUF Brazil 2 winner Leonardo Santos has issued a statement after suffering the first submission loss of his MMA career to Clay Guida. The lightweight veterans, Santos (18-5-1 MMA) and Guida (37-18 MMA), collided on the main card of last night’s UFC Vegas 44 event. Leonardo Santos had entered the contest looking to rebound, […]
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Leonardo Santos issues statement following nasty KO loss to Grant Dawson
UFC lightweight Leonardo Santos has released a statement following his brutal ground-and-pound KO loss to Grant Dawson at UFC Vegas 22. Santos and Dawson were engaged in a razor-close fight that was seconds away from heading to the judges’ scorecards. Though the judges would have scored the fight for Dawson, no one could have known […]
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Pros react after Grant Dawson earns standing hammer fist KO with one second left on the clock at UFC Vegas 22
A lightweight bout between former TUF Brazil 2 winner Leonardo Santos and Grant Dawson took place on tonight’s UFC Vegas 22 prelims. Santos (18-4-1 MMA) entered tonight’s contest on a six-fight winning streak, his latest being a unanimous decision victory over Roman Bogatov at UFC 251. Prior to that, ‘Lamparao’ was coming off a sensational […]
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UFC Vegas 22 Result: Grant Dawson KO’s Leonardo Santos (Video)
A lightweight bout between former TUF Brazil 2 winner Leonardo Santos and Grant Dawson takes place on tonight’s UFC Vegas 22 prelims. Santos (18-3-1 MMA) will enter tonight’s contest on a six-fight winning streak, his latest being a unanimous decision victory over Roman Bogatov at UFC 251. Prior to that, ‘Lamparao’ was coming off a […]
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Leon Edwards explains why Nick Diaz matchup makes sense
Leon Edwards believes he should be given the task of welcoming former Strikeforce welterweight champion Nick Diaz back to the Octagon. Edwards is on an impressive eight-fight win-streak and currently holds the No. 3 spot in the UFC welterweight rankings. Unfortunately, he’s currently without a dance partner, as everyone else in the division’s top-5 is […]
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Opinion | An unranked lightweight poses the greatest threat to Khabib Nurmagomedov
Although he has competed twenty-eight times as a professional mixed martial artist, it is still difficult to find any chink in the armor of Khabib Nurmagomedov. The UFC’s undefeated lightweight champion, Nurmagomedov, has seemingly dominated every fighter that has been put in front of him on route to his incredible 28-0 record. In his most […]
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UFC Stockholm Results: Leonardo Santos KO’ Stevie Ray (VIDEO)
A lightweight bout between Leonardo Santos and Stevie Ray took place on the prelims of today’s UFC Stockholm event in Sweden. Leonardo Santos (16-3-1 MMA) will return to action for the first time since UFC 204 in October of 2016. The former TUF Brazil winner, Santos, has gone 10-0-1 over his past eleven contests which […]
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EXCLUSIVE | Leonardo Santos expects to make his octagon return before the end of 2018
UFC lightweight standout Leonardo Santos (16-3-1 MMA) was expected to make his highly anticipated return to the octagon at June’s UFC Fight Night 131 event. Unfortunately for fights fans, the Brazilian submission specialist suffered an injury and was forced off of the June 1 fight card. The Nova Uniao product, Leonardo Santos, has gone an […]