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‘UFC Fight Night Nashville’ medical suspensions, 4 fighters potentially out 6 months
This past weekend the UFC hit Tennessee for ‘UFC Fight Night Nashville’ which featured a featherweight showdown between #4 ranked featherweight Cub Swanson, and SBG Ireland’s very own Artem Lobov. While the two men traded quite a bit of trash talk leading up to the fight, the two men earned one another’s respect by the […]
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VIDEO | Chris Brown features in new song called ‘Jiu-Jitsu’ – NSFW
Famed R&B artist Chris Brown may have been linked to a boxing match with rapper Soulja Boy, however the R&B star recently featured in a song called Jiu-Jitsu. Brown was being trained by famed boxing icon Mike Tyson for the highly anticipated scrap, which at one point was receiving quite a bit of attention in […]
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VIDEO | Jimmie Rivera sparring TJ Dillashaw, claims Dillashaw has no KO power
Several years ago, UFC bantamweights TJ Dillashaw and Jimmie Rivera took part in a sparring session at Roufusport gym in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The sparring session was kept quiet until now, when video footage of the session, which allegedly took place 4 years ago, was leaked online. While Rivera has confirmed that he did not leak […]
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TJ Dillashaw: Garbrandt should sell alleged KO footage, give profits to charity for kids without fathers
Bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt and former bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw used to train together at Team Alpha Male. Now, they don’t. Instead, they seem to share a real, reciprocal disdain for one another – a disdain that will come to a head when they battle for the divisional title at UFC 213 this July. Much […]
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Diego Sanchez sends lengthy message to supporters following KO loss
This past weekend, on the main card of ‘UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Lobov’, UFC icon Diego Sanchez returned to the Octagon in hopes of building on his November win over Marcin Held. Unfortunately for Sanchez, who has been known as ‘The Original Ultimate Fighter’ given the fact that he was the inaugural TUF 1 […]
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Conor McGregor’s manager gives Nate Diaz path to Conor McGregor trilogy fight
In 2016, UFC superstars Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz put on two of the most iconic fights in UFC history. Just two weeks before Conor McGregor was scheduled to challenge Rafael dos Anjos for the UFC lightweight title at UFC 196, it was revealed that the lightweight champion was forced out of the fight with […]
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12-year-old “MoMo” scheduled to fight 24-year-old Momoko Yamasaki in Japan
Yes, you read the headline of this article correctly. According to a report from WMMARankings.com, a 12-year-old Japanese fighter nicknamed “MoMo” is scheduled to make her amateur debut against a grown-up, 24-year-old woman in Momoko Yamasaki. To make matters worse, Yamasaki will enter this contest having carved out a 2-3 record across 5 amateur bouts, […]
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Rizin FF sends message to furious Al Iaquinta regarding boos after KO win
This past weekend in Nashville, Tennessee, UFC lightweight Al Iaquinta returned to the Octagon after nearly a 2-year hiatus from the Octagon. In 2015, Iaquinta quickly climbed the UFC lightweight rankings, as he went on an impressive 4-fight win streak. Iaquinta was fresh off a submission loss to Mitch Clarke in 2014, when he picked […]
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Dana White explains why he isn’t counting Conor McGregor out against Floyd Mayweather
UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor certainly possesses some of the best knockout power in the UFC. As Tristar gym head coach Firas Zahabi has explained it, McGregor has the ‘touch of death’ in his left hand. Meaning that if he touches you with his left hand, he will likely be able to put you to […]
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TUF 25 premiere draws lowest ever ratings for series, TUF 24 second-lowest
Season 25 of The Ultimate Fighter seems to have people pretty excited. Between the sizzling beef shared by bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt and estranged former teammate TJ Dillashaw, the “redemption” theme of the cast, which is composed of a handful of TUF veterans, and the typical in-house machismo and drama, there are some great reasons […]
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Georges St-Pierre opens up on possibility of ring rust in UFC return
This year, the MMA community celebrated as it was revealed that former UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre would be returning to the Octagon in 2017 to fight middleweight champion Michael Bisping. While no date was given for the scrap, the two wasted no time in beginning to trade barbs as they appeared onstage together at […]
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Chris Weidman felt he was dominating Mousasi at UFC 210, targets rematch
It’s now been several weeks since Chris Weidman’s controversial TKO loss to Gegard Mousasi, which marked his third-straight strike-induced loss in a row. The controversy of this loss surrounded a strange choice by the referee, who first paused the action on the assumption that Mousasi landed an illegal knee, then called the fight when he […]
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Ahead of Michael Bisping fight, Georges St-Pierre says he’s bigger than he’s ever been
At a to be determined date later this year, former long-time UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre will make his much discussed return to the Octagon. He will not, however, be returning to his former haunts in the middleweight division. Instead, he’ll be moving up to middleweight where he’ll receive a somewhat controversial title shot against […]
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Robert Whittaker: I’m after that belt – If Bisping gives it to his neighbor, I’ll fight his neighbor
There is a new name that was recently established as one of the threats to the UFC middleweight title. Robert Whittaker’s second round TKO over Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza at UFC on FOX 24 really put the division on notice and notched Whittaker up three spots on the official UFC rankings from the #6 spot to […]
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VIDEO | Dana White hangs with Snoop Dogg, talks 24-hour marijuana rule on GGN News preview
Imagine hanging out with Snoop Dogg and UFC President Dana White and just talking shop for a bit. What kind of topics of conversation would you bring up? The two were hanging out recently as a preview for GGN News was released and they got to talking about everything from the Floyd Mayweather and Conor […]
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Conor McGregor’s manager says bout with Floyd Mayweather ‘definitely heading in the right direction’
Fans of Conor McGregor are all anxiously waiting for some sort of official announcement regarding his next bout. Whether it is in the UFC or stepping into the world of professional boxing against Floyd Mayweather, people just want to see “The Notorious” fight. Conor McGregor’s manager, Audie Attar spoke with Ariel Helwani on Monday’s episode […]
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Rafael Dos Anjos says he passed out during weight cut for Alvarez fight
In a few short weeks, Rafael Dos Anjos will make his debut in the UFC welterweight division, taking on former Strikeforce champ Tarec Saffiedine at UFC Fight Night 111 in Singapore. The reason for this move is an increasingly gruelling cut to the lightweight division’s 155-pound cap – a cut that sometimes began north of […]
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Rafael Dos Anjos reveals massive walk-around weight ahead of welterweight move
Earlier this year, former UFC lightweight champion Rafael Dos Anjos announced his plans to abandon the 155-pound lightweight division he had called home for so long in favor of the 170-pound welterweight division. Though this plan seemed to be motivated in part by his consecutive lightweight losses to Eddie Alvarez and Tony Ferguson, he made it […]
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Al Iaquinta: Dana White has done a lot for this sport but he hasn’t got one injury from this sport
Though Al Iaquinta made a successful return to the Octagon last weekend, clobbering a durable Diego Sanchez to a first-round KO, the issues that kept him out of the cage for the previous two years are still festering in his mind. Chief among these issues is the way he is treated, and paid by the […]
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Chris Holdsworth refutes Cody Garbrandt’s claims that TJ Dillashaw ended his career
Back in November of 2013, Team Alpha Male‘s Chris Holdsworth won season 18 of The Ultimate Fighter with a second-round rear-naked choke win over Davey Grant. In May of 2014, he scored a decision win over Chico Camus, moving to 2-0 in the Octagon and 6-0 overall, and establishing himself as one of the brightest […]
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Former UFC title challenger Valérie Létourneau is officially a Bellator fighter
Bellator MMA’s run of signing high-profile free agents continues. According to the ever-reliable Ariel Helwani, the rising MMA promotion has officially picked up former UFC strawweight title challenger Valérie Létourneau . The Canadian is expected to debut with the promotion sometime in the late summer. She will compete in the organization’s women’s flyweight division. Former […]
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Rising flyweight star Brandon Moreno vows to become champ, but isn’t sure how to be “Mighty Mouse”
Last weekend, on the undercard of UFC Fight Night 108 in Nashville, Tennessee, 23-year-old flyweight prospect Brandon Moreno dropped the far more experienced Dustin Ortiz with a head kick, then tapped him out with a rear-naked choke. With this win, the young flyweight star moved to 3-0 as a member of the UFC flyweight roster. […]
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Valentina Shevchenko vs. Amanda Nunes in the works for July, no official date set
Valentina Shevchenko vs. Amanda Nunes in the works for July, no official date set A women’s bantamweight title fight between top contender Valentina Shevchenko and current champion Amanda Nunes is being targeted for July. BJPENN.com’s Chris Taylor spoke with Shevchenko’s management who stated that the title fight is in the works for the month of […]
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VIDEO | Kenny Florian gets put to sleep in grappling match
Over the weekend, UFC veteran and The Ultimate Fighter season 1 competitor Kenny Florian took to the mats to compete at the Abu Dhabi World Pro Championship 2017. Unfortunately, his latest trip into the grappling realm did not go as planned. Florian’s opponent in Abu Dhabi was Vitor “Shaolin” Ribeiro, a decorated grappler who also […]
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Bellator’s Patricio “Pitbull” Freire gets fined for climbing cage: “We aren’t allowed celebrate anymore?”
Though the UFC’s trip to Nashville dominated most of the MMA community’s focus over the weekend, Bellator MMA also made a Friday night return to our screens with a very exciting card in Bellator 178. In the Bellator 178 main event, former featherweight champ Patricio “Pitbull” Freire battled champ Daniel Straus for a whopping fourth time, […]
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John Dodson says he offered to fight Tony Ferguson at UFC 209
Over the weekend, when the UFC touched down in Nashville, Tennessee, two-time flyweight title challenger John Dodson picked up a nice, decision win over former bantamweight title challenger Eddie Wineland. With this win, he reestablished himself as one of the bantamweight division’s elite players, and set himself up for some more big fights in the […]
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Pros react to Al Iaquinta’s knockout win over Diego Sanchez
Pros react to Al Iaquinta’s knockout win over Diego Sanchez UFC lightweight contender Al Iaquinta returned to action at tonight’s UFC Fight Night 108 event in Nashville where he took on seasoned veteran Diego Sanchez. Sanchez looked good in the opening minute, landing some decent kicks and a couple of punches. However, once Al Iaquinta […]
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Miesha Tate sends Diego Sanchez some support following KO loss to Al Iaquinta
Former UFC lightweight title challenger Diego Sanchez suffered a viscous knockout loss to Al Iaquinta in the co-main event of last night’s UFC Fight Night 108 fight card in Nashville. Iaquinta was able to land a huge right hand on the chin of Sanchez early in round one that sent Diego crashing to the canvas. […]