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Colby Covington reacts after finally receiving a title shot at UFC 245
Former UFC interim welterweight champ Colby Covington will finally get his shot at undisputed gold on December 14 when he meets Kamaru Usman at UFC 245. The news that UFC 245 had added a third title fight between Colby Covington and Kamaru Usman came earlier tonight courtesy of ESPN’s Ariel Helwani. The highly anticipated fight […]
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Wanderlei Silva signs with Bare Knuckle FC
Mixed Martial Arts legend Wanderlei Silva is not hanging up the gloves just yet and instead has signed a deal to fight under the Bare Knuckle FC banner. The news comes from FanSided who reported earlier that the now 43-year-old ‘Axe Murderer’ has signed a deal with Bare Knuckle FC. An opponent and date for […]
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Three title fights now official for December’s UFC 245 event
UFC 245 officially has three title fights as it was announced that Kamaru Usman will be defending his welterweight title at the December 14 event in Las Vegas. ‘The Nigerian Nightmare’ is set to headline the fight card opposite former interim title holder Colby Covington. ESPN’s Ariel Helwani was first to report the exciting UFC […]
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VIDEO | UFC Fans in Mexico City throw beer and popcorn at Jeremy Stephens
It looked like a riot was about to breakout following the conclusion of tonight’s UFC Mexico headliner between Jeremy Stephens and Yair Rodriguez. The highly anticipated featherweight main event ended after mere seconds of actual action due to an accidental eye poke. ‘El Pantera’ caught ‘Lil Heathen’ with an openhand slap which appeared to graze […]
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Pros react to Yair Rodriguez vs. Jeremy Stephens at UFC Mexico
A key featherweight bout between perennial contenders Yair Rodriguez and Jeremy Stephens headlined tonight’s UFC Mexico event. Yair Rodriguez was returning to action for the first time since November of 2018, where he scored a crazy last-second knockout victory over ‘The Korean Zombie’. That shocking win had improved ‘El Pantera’s’ overall record to 11-2 in […]
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UFC Mexico Results: Yair Rodriguez vs. Jeremy Stephens ends in a no-contest
A key featherweight bout between perennial contenders Yair Rodriguez and Jeremy Stephens headlines tonight’s UFC Mexico event. Yair Rodriguez was last seen in action in November of 2018, where he scored a crazy last-second knockout victory over ‘The Korean Zombie’. The shocking win improved ‘El Pantera’s’ overall record to 11-2 in mixed martial arts. Meanwhile, […]
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UFC Mexico Results: Carla Esparza defeats Alexa Grasso (Highlights)
A key women’s strawweight bout featuring former division champion Carla Esparza taking on Alexa Grasso co-headlines tonight’s UFC Mexico event. Esparza (14-6) will be looking to build off the momentum of her unanimous decision victory over Virna Jandiroba from back in April. ‘The Cookie Monster’ has gone 4-3 since surrendering her title to Joanna Jędrzejczyk […]
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Russian female hockey player credits her performance in on-ice brawl to Khabib Nurmagomedov
Russian female hockey player Maria Pugina credited her performance in an on-ice brawl to current UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. The 21-year-old Dinamo St. Petersburg defender, Pugina, posted a video of a recent scuffle involving players of the Russian Women’s Hockey League (WHL) to her official Instagram page (via RT.com). As seen in the video […]
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UFC Mexico Results and Highlights
The Octagon heads south of the border tonight for UFC Mexico, a twelve-bout fight card headlined by a featherweight bout between Jeremy Stephens and Yair Rodriguez. Yair Rodriguez was last seen in action in November of 2018, where he scored a last-second knockout victory over Chan Sung Jung. The stunning win improved ‘El Pantera’s’ overall […]
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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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Dan Hooker names 3 fighters who would give Khabib Nurmagomedov an immense amount of trouble
Dan Hooker believes current UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov is beatable and has named three fighters he thinks are capable of dethroning ‘The Eagle’. Hooker (18-8 MMA) will return to action in the co-headliner of next month’s highly anticipated UFC 243 event where he will square off with former title challenger Al Iaquinta. If ‘The […]
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Cain Velasquez discusses his future in MMA, wants to wrestle The Rock
Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez discusses his MMA future and reveals that he would love to wrestle against The Rock. Velasquez (14-3 MMA) has not stepped foot in the Octagon since suffering a first round knockout loss to Francis Ngannou this past February in Phoenix. Since then, the 37-year-old has turned his focus to […]
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Dana White confirms The Rock will present BMF Belt at UFC 244
Dana White has confirmed that The Rock will be in attendance at Madison Square Garden on November 2, and will present the BMF belt to the UFC 244 main event winner. UFC 244 is headlined by a welterweight bout between fan favorites Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal. The winner of the fight will take home […]
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Conor McGregor reacts to Justin Gaethje’s TKO win over Donald Cerrone at UFC Vancouver
Donald Cerrone and Justin Gaethje squared off in the headliner of tonight’s UFC Vancouver event and of course former lightweight champ Conor McGregor was watching. Donald Cerrone entered UFC Vancouver looking to rebound, this after suffering a second round TKO loss to Tony Ferguson in his most recent Octagon appearance at June’s UFC 238 event […]
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Pros react to Donald Cerrone vs. Justin Gaethje at UFC Vancouver
A key lightweight bout between perennial division contenders Justin Gaethje and Donald Cerrone headlined tonight’s UFC Vancouver event. Donald Cerrone (36-12 MMA) entered tonight’s main event looking to rebound, this after suffering a second round TKO loss to Tony Ferguson in his most recent effort at June’s UFC 238 event. Prior to the setback, “Cowboy” […]
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UFC Vancouver Results: Justin Gaethje TKO’s Donald Cerrone (Video)
A key lightweight bout between perennial division contenders Justin Gaethje and Donald Cerrone headlines tonight’s UFC Vancouver event. Donald Cerrone (36-12 MMA) will enter tonight’s main event looking to rebound, this after suffering a second round TKO loss to Tony Ferguson in his most recent effort at June’s UFC 238 event. Prior to the setback, […]
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UFC Vancouver Results: Glover Teixeira defeats Nikita Krylov
A light heavyweight bout between Nikita Krylov and Glover Teixeira serves as the co-headliner of tonight’s UFC Vancouver event. The former title challenger, Teixeira (29-7 MMA), was most recently seen in action at April’s UFC event in Sunrise, where he defeated Ion Cutelaba by way of submission. That victory extended Glover’s current win streak to […]
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UFC Vancouver Results: Todd Duffee vs. Jeff Hughes ends in a no-contest
A heavyweight bout between Todd Duffee and Jeff Hughes took place on the main card of tonight’s UFC Vancouver event. Todd Duffee (9-3 MMA) will return to the Octagon for the first time in over four years at tonight’s event. In his most recent effort at UFC Fight Night 71 in San Diego, Duffee suffered […]
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UFC Vancouver Results: Uriah Hall defeats Antonio Carlos Junior (Highlights)
A middleweight bout between Uriah Hall and Antonio Carlos Junior took place on the main card of tonight’s UFC Vancouver event. Uriah Hall (14-9 MMA) was most recently seen in action at December’s UFC 232 event in Los Angeles, where he defeated Bevon Lewis by way of second round knockout. The former TUF standout, Hall, […]
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UFC Vancouver Results: Misha Cirkunov submits Jimmy Crute (Video)
A light heavyweight bout between Misha Cirkunov and Jimmy Crute took place on the main card of tonight’s UFC Vancouver event. Misha Cirkunov (15-5 MMA) will return to the Octagon for the first time since suffering a brutal first round knockout loss to Johnny Walker this past March at UFC 235. After starting his UFC […]
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UFC Vancouver: Gaethje vs. Cerrone Live Results & Highlights
The Octagon returns to beautiful British Columbia, Canada this evening for tonight’s highly anticipated UFC Vancouver event. The twelve-bout fight card is headlined by a key lightweight bout featuring former title challenger Donald Cerrone taking on surging contender Justin Gaethje. Donald Cerrone will be returning to the Octagon for the first time since June’s UFC […]
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The top nine UFC Fighters to never take home Championship Gold
Hey The UFC has showcased some of the world’s top mixed martial arts talent over the past decade. During that time the Promotion has crowned several UFC champions, and even a few ‘champ champs’. However, for any champion to be crowned, a challenger must fall. With that said, BJPENN.com recently dove into the UFC’s past […]
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Conor McGregor responds to Ben Askren
Former UFC champion Conor McGregor has responded to Ben Askren. The former Bellator and ONE champion, Askren, had taken to Twitter yesterday evening where he issued the following statement insinuating that McGregor’s days competing at a championship level are gone. Let’s be serious @TheNotoriousMMA made too much money to ever have the desire to train […]
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Breaking! Stephen Thompson set to return at UFC 244 against surging contender Vicente Luque
Former UFC welterweight title challenger Stephen Thompson will return to the Octagon at November’s highly anticipated UFC 244 event in New York. “Wonderboy” will square off with Vicente Luque under the bright lights of Madison Square Garden on November 2. The news come via ESPN’s Brett Okamato, who took to Twitter with the following information […]
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Jorge Masvidal has a message for Colby Covington
It appears that the friendship between UFC welterweight standouts Jorge Masvidal and Colby Covington has officially come to an end. The pair first butted heads after ‘Gamebred’ referred to Colby Covington and Kamaru Usman as “losers” in a tweet to Nate Diaz. That message from Jorge Masvidal prompted the following response from ‘Chaos’. “@GamebredFighterI know […]
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UFC 242 Fighter Salaries: Estimates have Khabib Nurmagomedov leading the pack
The estimated fighter salaries stemming from yesterday’s UFC 242 pay-per-view event in Abu Dhabi have been revealed. UFC 242 was headlined by a lightweight title unification bout featuring Khabib Nurmagomedov taking on Dustin Poirier. ‘The Eagle’ would ultimately prove to be too much for the now-former UFC interim lightweight title holder, submitting ‘The Diamond’ in […]
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Dustin Poirier contemplates retirement following UFC 242 loss to Khabib Nurmagomedov
Dustin Poirier collided with Khabib Nurmagomedov for the promotions undisputed lightweight title in the main event of UFC 242 in Abu Dhabi. ‘The Diamond’ entered the UFC 242 headliner on a four-fight win streak. He had last fought Max Holloway for the promotions interim lightweight title at UFC 236, emerging victorious by way of unanimous […]
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Khabib Nurmagomedov wants #1 spot on pound-for-pound list
Khabib Nurmagomedov improved his undefeated record to 28-0 last night in Abu Dhabi, submitting Dustin Poirier in the UFC 242 headliner. It was another dominant performance from ‘The Eagle’, who utilized his strong wrestling abilities to smother the now-former interim lightweight champion on route to the third round submission win. Khabib Nurmagomedov is now expected […]