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Gegard Mousasi: “I won’t miss fighting if I retire”
Gegard Mousasi: “I won’t miss fighting if I retire” Surging UFC middleweight contender Gegard Mousasi is currently a free agent. The former Strikeforce light heavyweight title holder, Mousasi, is riding a very impressive five-fight win streak which includes two stoppage wins over former UFC champions. Gegard’s most recent win came at last month’s UFC 210 […]
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Chael Sonnen channels his inner poet to attack Wanderlei Silva
Chael Sonnen channels his inner poet to attack Wanderlei Silva Chael Sonnen and Wanderlei Silva will finally settle their beef on pay-per-view at “Bellator: New York” on June 24 under the bright lights of Madison Square Garden. Prior to their long awaited showdown, Chael Sonnen took to Twitter where he delivered a number of posts […]
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The two tallest fighters in the UFC could be squaring off in Rotterdam
The two tallest fighters in the UFC could be squaring off in Rotterdam The octagon will return to the Netherlands on September 2 and could feature a key heavyweight showdown between the promotions two tallest fighters. Stefan Struve (28-8 MMA) is eyeing a return to action at the event and is hoping to square off […]
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Aljamain Sterling goes off on the bantamweight roster, John Dodson fires back
Aljamain Sterling goes off on the bantamweight roster, John Dodson fires back Perennial UFC bantamweight contender Aljamain Sterling (13-2 MMA) is looking to book his next opponent. The “Funkmaster” was most recently seen in action this past April where he scored a unanimous decision victory over Augusto Mendes at UFC on FOX 24. Prior to […]
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UFC Fight Night 113 in Scotland taking shape with six announced fights
UFC Fight Night 113 in Scotland taking shape with six announced fights The UFC will invade Glasgow, Scotland on July 16 for UFC Fight Night 113. The summer fight card is beginning to take shape as the promotion has announced six bouts for the event. Scotland’s Stevie Ray will square off with Paul Felder in […]
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Demian Maia responds to criticism from Tyron Woodley
Recently, UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley has been rather frustrated with his inability to find a challenger for his welterweight belt. The welterweight champion stated earlier this month that while he would like to fight in July, nobody is prepared to step up and challenge him for the belt. Woodley took specific aim at UFC […]
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VIDEO | BJ Penn vs. Lyoto Machida
VIDEO | BJ Penn vs. Lyoto Machida In March of 2005, our namesake BJ Penn took on future UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida under the K1 fight banner in Saitama, Japan. The fight took place at an open weight class with Penn weighing in at 191 pounds and “The Dragon” weighing in at 225 […]
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Conor McGregor & Dee Devlin welcome newborn son
Congratulations are in order for UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor and his girlfriend Dee Devlin! According to reports, McGregor and Devlin welcomed newborn baby Conor Jack McGregor was born on May 6th at 8pm, weighing-in at 8 pounds 14 oz according to Conor’s father, Tony McGregor. McGregor’s father spoke to IrishMirror about the wonderful moment […]
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Dana White responds to Anderson Silva wanting an interim title fight
Former UFC middleweight kingpin Anderson Silva returned to the win column this year as he picked up a decision win over Derek Brunson at UFC 208. Following the win, Anderson Silva was slated to fight streaking middleweight Kelvin Gastelum at UFC 211. Unfortunately for Silva, Gastelum was pulled from the fight after failing a USADA-administered […]
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Dana White forced Donald Cerrone to sit out after Jorge Masvidal KO
In 2016, UFC lightweight title challenger Donald Cerrone made the move to welterweight. ‘Cowboy’ then proceeded to put together arguably the most impressive run of 2016 as he finished 4 straight opponents to land himself at #5 on the UFC’s official welterweight rankings. Unfortunately for Cerrone, in his first fight of 2017, he was viciously […]
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Yair Rodriguez confident he can be a bigger star than Canelo
Middleweight boxing champion Canelo Alvarez is undoubtably one of Mexico’s biggest professional athletes. Interestingly enough, ahead of his upcoming title defense against Julio Cesar Chavez Jr this Cinco De Mayo weekend, UFC Prospect Yair Rodriguez believes he can actually become a bigger star in Mexico than Canelo is. Ahead of that fight, streaking UFC featherweight […]
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VIDEO | Devastating wheel kick KO from LFA 11
https://twitter.com/AXSTVFights/status/860674216974196737 Friday evening Sean O’Malley kept his unbeaten streak in tact as he picked up his 7th professional win against David Nuzzo. O’Malley predicted prior to the fight that he would win via KO. Sure enough, come fight night, O’Malley did just that as he picked up a 1st round KO win over Nuzzo as […]
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Benson Henderson drops surprising ‘f bomb’ on Twitter, explains why
Former UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson has earned the reputation as one of the most polite, and well spoken fighters in the world. After fighting out his contract with the UFC, Henderson signed with Bellator MMA in 2016. In his first Bellator MMA fight, the former champ dropped a unanimous decision to Andrey Koreshkov at […]
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Donald Cerrone declares UFC ‘timeout’ was forced upon him
It’s typical to see Donald Cerrone fight about four times a year, being one of the more active fighters in the UFC. We’ve seen Cerrone turn around and fight twice in the Octagon is a span of 15 days back when he fought Myles Jury and former UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson back in January […]
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VIDEO | Georges St-Pierre asks Michael Bisping to pick the date
A message to Michael @bisping. pic.twitter.com/PYEg3Q0osV — Georges St-Pierre (@GeorgesStPierre) May 5, 2017 Early in 2017, it was announced that former UFC welterweight kingpin Georges St-Pierre would be returning to the UFC to fight UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping in his highly anticipated return to the Octagon. While no date was given for the potential […]
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Floyd Mayweather’s teammate, Kevin Lee, gives prediction for potential McGregor fight
While Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather may not be officially set to fight one another, talks of a potential boxing match between the two have dominated combat sports headlines since McGregor’s UFC 205 win over Eddie Alvarez. In 2017, with talks of a potential McGregor-Mayweather fight heating up, Floyd Mayweather enlisted the help of UFC […]
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Al Iaquinta calls for the UFC to cut him
UFC lightweight Al Iaquinta is once again engaged in a heated standoff with his employers stemming back to his recent 1st round KO win over Diego Sanchez last month. Prior to the fight, Iaquinta had been sidelined for two years while engaged in a dispute with the UFC over his contract. Iaquinta and the UFC […]
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Nate Diaz goes big with business outside of the UFC
How big of a star is Nate Diaz? Well, I guess that all depends on who you ask. According to Diaz himself, he is worth more than what the UFC is willing to pay him right now. This is why we haven’t seen the Stockton scrapper in the Octagon since his rematch against Conor McGregor […]
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Dana White discredits Nate Diaz claim to more PPV points
It’s no secret that UFC President Dana White and UFC superstar Nate Diaz don’t exactly see eye to eye on everything. With that being said, the Diaz brothers and UFC President Dana White have been engaged in several public arguments with their employers over the course of their UFC careers. Currently, both Diaz brothers have […]
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Kelvin Gastelum and Shogun Rua both call Anderson Silva out
Former UFC middleweight kingpin Anderson Silva was initially set to fight Kelvin Gastelum at UFC 212 in Rio de Janeiro, however after Gastelum’s 1st round March TKO win over Vitor Belfort, Gastelum was flagged by USADA for a failed drug test for trace amounts of marijuana in his fight night drug sample. As a result […]
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Stipe Miocic explains why Junior dos Santos rematch will be different
UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic is currently gearing up for his upcoming title defense against Junior dos Santos this Saturday at UFC 211, where he is hoping to avenge his December 2014 loss to Dos Santos that saw his 3-fight winning streak end. Now, with Miocic reigning as the heavyweight champion, he is looking to […]
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VIDEO | Royce Gracie bare knuckle fight vs. 15-year undefeated kung fu fighter
https://youtu.be/jd1KDz1X7iE What would mixed martial arts be like without jiu-jitsu? Back in 1993, a tall and slender Brazilian by the name of Royce Gracie walked out to the UFC Octagon at UFC 1 wearing a jiu-jitsu gi with his black belt wrapped around his waist. Being outweighed by his opponents, Gracie shocked those viewing the […]
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Michael Johnson on Rumble’s retirement: what he’s doing is “what every fighter wants”
Shortly after his submission loss to light heavyweight champ Daniel Cormier in the main event of UFC 210, Anthony “Rumble” Johnson announced his plans to retire from mixed martial arts. Given that Rumble remained in the prime of his career, this news came as a definite surprise to pretty much everyone. On the latest edition of […]
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VIDEO | Chris Weidman channels Paige VanZant, releases sexy Reebok promo
Sometimes you just gotta let out your inner sexy…I got your back @paigevanzantufc @reebok pic.twitter.com/gnH0lZI56l — Chris Weidman (@chrisweidman) May 4, 2017 Earlier this month, fan favorite UFC strawweight Paige VanZant found herself under fire after she shared a rather provocative, self-made Reebok promo video to her official Snapchat account. The backlash she received was […]
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Nate Diaz recalls Floyd Mayweather’s call: ‘I was thinking like that, f*ck this dude’
Nate Diaz has not fought since August of last year when he and Conor McGregor clashed in their thrilling rematch at UFC 202. Although it was a close fight after five rounds of war, McGregor walked out of the Octagon with a majority decision win. Diaz has been sitting on the sidelines since his two […]
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UFC 213 stacking up to be a massive card
Former UFC welterweight champion Robbie Lawler and Donald Cerrone are set to fight in the Octagon at UFC 213 in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 8. That is a fight fans are surely thrilled about seeing and as of now, it isn’t headlining or even the co-main event of the pay-per-view card. UFC bantamweight champion […]
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Nate Diaz calls Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather’s bluff
When UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor defeated Eddie Alvarez via TKO at UFC 205 to claim the UFC lightweight championship, the Irish superstar revealed that he would be taking some time away from the Octagon to prepare for the upcoming birth of his firstborn son in May. With that being said, McGregor has managed to […]
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VIDEO | Here’s what happens when a 260-pound pro boxer fights a judo blackbelt
https://youtu.be/q8rVkYuNJJo Today, when any respectable mixed martial artist continuously sharpens their skills in many different disciplines, the classic, style vs. style matchups that dominated the halcyon days of the sport have become almost nonexistent. While the early days of MMA were highlighted by fights between boxers and wrestlers, jiu jitsu fighters and kickboxers, et cetera, today’s […]