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VIDEO | Former UFC champ Carla Esparza punches a guy because he asked her to
https://twitter.com/carlaesparza1/status/855653344886444034 Generally speaking, getting punched in the face by a UFC fighter is something most people try to avoid doing. Even UFC fighters do their best to avoid being punched by other UFC fighters. That’s how you avoid getting knocked out. Apparently, however, there are people out there who find the idea of getting punched […]
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VIDEO | AJ McKee scores beautiful head-kick KO at Bellator 178
Last night, Bellator MMA touched down in the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut with Bellator 178. The card produced a handful of truly impressive finishes. One of the more impressive finishes on the card was dealt by rising featherweight prospect, AJ McKee, who is the son of MMA veteran Antonio McKee. The younger McKee […]
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Report: Another former UFC title challenger is close to signing with Bellator
According to a report from MMAFighting.com, Bellator MMA is on the verge of signing another former UFC title challenger. That title challenger is Canada’s Valérie Létourneau, who fought for the UFC strawweight title in 2015, putting forth a valiant effort against dominant champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk. Létourneau is currently on an unfortunate, three-fight losing streak, having […]
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Amanda Nunes says she will soon defend her belt on “an amazing card”
Amanda Nunes had a banner 2016. She kicked off the year with a decision defeat of talented Kyrgyzstani striker Valentina Shevchenko. Then, in the main event of the landmark UFC 200, she claimed the UFC women’s bantamweight title with a first round destruction of WMMA great Miesha Tate. Finally, in December, she closed out the […]
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PHOTO | UFC New Zealand: Hunt vs Lewis gets awesome official poster
On June 11, the UFC will head to the South Pacific with UFC New Zealand. The card, which will go down inside Aukland’s Spark Arena, already has fans very excited. Much of the excitement surrounding this card can be attributed to its dynamite main event. This main event will pit brick-fisted heavyweight veteran Mark Hunt […]
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Mackenzie Dern issues statement on World Pro withdrawal, says she didn’t miss weight
Yesterday, it was reported that BJJ star and rising MMA talent Mackenzie Dern had failed to make weight for the Abu Dhabi World Pro jiu jitsu championship, and that she had been scratched from the tournament bracket as a result. Dern was expected to face Belgian brown belt Amal Amjahid in the opening round. One day […]
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Frank Mir receives two year ban from USADA, issues statement
Last night, news broke that former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir had been slapped with a two-year ban from the United States Anti-Doping Agency. His suspension stems from an in-competition test, conducted after his knockout loss to Mark Hunt. Mir tested positive for metabolites of the banned substance dehydrochloromethyltestosterone. USADA broke down their investigation of Mir’s […]
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Coach: Dominick Cruz is in peak form, wants the Garbrandt-Dillashaw winner
Back in December, in the co-main event of UFC 207, Dominick Cruz’s legendary bantamweight title run was cut short by an incredibly sharp Cody Garbrandt. Garbrandt was able to drop Cruz on multiple occasions, ultimately earning a sound, unanimous decision win for his efforts. Though there was some brief talk of an immediate Garbrandt vs. […]
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VIDEO | 10 of the fastest knockouts in UFC history
Knockout finishes are one of the greatest spectacles in combat sports. In this video with 10 of the fastest knockouts in UFC history, these fighters had a quick day in the Octagon office. Our very own BJ Penn made waves all the way back in 2001 at UFC 34 when he fought Caol Uno in […]
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Rory MacDonald cracks open on the possibility of fighting in the UFC again
Bellator MMA has picked up a few of the UFC’s high-ranked fighters including former UFC welterweight challenger Rory MacDonald. MacDonald is set to make his Bellator MMA debut against knockout artist Paul Daley in Bellator 179’s main event on May 19 at the SSE Arena in London. Speaking with BJPenn.com’s Chris Taylor on a recent […]
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Cody Garbrandt again suggests TJ Dillashaw has a history with needles
The UFC bantamweight title fight between champion Cody Garbrandt and former champion TJ Dillashaw is heating up as they are set to meet in the Octagon at UFC 213 on July 8. With the two former teammates also starring as opposing coaches in the current season of The Ultimate Fighter, there is a ton of […]
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VIDEO | MMA fighter pulls one the of most entertaining WWE-style dropkicks off in the cage
https://www.facebook.com/MMAvids/videos/1904291833120762/ It’s not often that you see a flying kick attempted in mixed martial arts. Former UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum has had his fair share of flying kicks that have landed flush on his opponents. However, it’s not very often at all that you’ll see a fighter attempt a dropkick, which is pulled off […]
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VIDEO | A fascinating look at the boxers who are paid to lose to pad their opponent’s records
https://www.facebook.com/muaythaiauthority/videos/1423586244351072/ If you’re a fan of boxing, you’ll notice that many young fighters burst into the limelight with pristine looking records of 15-0, 18-0, 20-0 and so on. While most of these boxers are undeniably talented, their flawless records are not coincidental. Most of these green fighters have built their sterling records against less than […]
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AUDIO | Gunnar Nelson unsure if teammate Conor McGregor will ever return to UFC after Floyd Mayweather fight
What could possibly top Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather’s superfight boxing match? At this point, it doesn’t look like any fight in the UFC will get “The Notorious” the kind of money that he will be compensated for in the Mayweather bout. McGregor’s longtime teammate Gunnar Nelson recently spoke with Submission Radio and isn’t too […]
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VIDEO | Tyron Woodley says he can’t respect GSP for fighting at 185, still hopes to fight him at 170
After years away from the sport, former UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre is soon expected to return to the UFC’s Octagon. Instead of returning to the welterweight division where he was once so dominant, however, the Canadian star will make his return at middleweight, where he will take on Michael Bisping for the divisional throne. […]
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Diego Sanchez hopes to jump up the lightweight ladder in “kill or be killed” fight with Iaquinta
Tomorrow night, the UFC will take over “Music City,” Nashville, Tennessee, with an action packed night of fights. One of the most exciting of these fights will occur in the co-main event, when The Ultimate Fighter Season 1 winner Diego Sanchez takes on Al Iaquinta, who will be returning to the Octagon after a contract […]
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UFC Nashville weigh in results: Headliners hit marks, one main card fighter misses weight
Tomorrow night, the UFC will touch down in the music mecca of Nashville, Tennessee to compose some rather percussive tunes of its own. It will do so with UFC Fight Night 108, a fun looking 13-fight card. Nashville’s main event will pit the UFC’s fourth-ranked featherweight Cub Swanson against Conor McGregor training partner Artem Lobov. […]
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VIDEO | Honorio Banario delivers one-punch, KO of the year contender on ONE Championship card
https://twitter.com/Jolassanda/status/855430387006361601 There is just something about One Championship. The Singapore-based promotion, which has promoted shows in other Asian countries like Taiwan, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Myanmar, and most recently, The Philippines, just seems to have a knack for putting together matchups that produce jaw-dropping knockouts and submissions. The latest spectacular finish to occur under the […]
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UFC/ Bellator veteran Maiquel Falcao brutalized with late stoppage in Russia
Brazilian middleweight Maiquel Falcao, who you’ll remember as a member of the UFC and Bellator rosters – and for his infamous gas station brawl – recently had a very bad night in Russia. He was visiting the port city of Vladivostok for a Fight Nights Global scrap with Vladimir Mineev. To say it didn’t go his way […]
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Mackenzie Dern once again misses weight, gets removed from grappling tournament
Mackenzie Dern is one of the best female grapplers on earth. Having gone 3-0 in the cage, she’s also one of the brightest young stars in women’s MMA. If there’s one knock against the Brazilian-American grappling star, however, it’s that she seems to have real difficulty keeping her competition weight in check. Her indiscretions in […]
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Georges St-Pierre: Khabib Nurmagomedov is probably the best pound-for-pound fighter on earth
During a recent visit to beautiful Moscow, Russia, former UFC welterweight champion and upcoming middleweight title challenger Georges St-Pierre spoke to RT Sport on a number of MMA-related topics. Perhaps the most interesting comment this interview produced occurred when St-Pierre was asked about Russian fighters. This question prompted him to praise undefeated UFC lightweight Khabib […]
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After shaky start to UFC career, Artem Lobov says he asked to be released by promotion
Tomorrow night, Artem Lobov will face the biggest test of his career in the UFC’s fourth-ranked featherweight, Cub Swanson. He’ll enter this fight on a two-fight win-streak, and if he scores the upset, he’s likely to burst into the featherweight top-10, where more high-stakes challenges await. Things haven’t always been so good for Lobov. Speaking […]
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Cub Swanson: Artem Lobov is always getting better
This weekend, in the main event of the UFC’s latest trip to Nashville, Tennessee, Conor McGregor training partner Artem Lobov will take a massive step up in competition as he throws down with the UFC’s fourth-ranked featherweight, Cub Swanson. Given that Lobov owns an admittedly unimpressive record of 13-2-1, and is not even ranked in […]
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Cody Garbrandt and TJ Dillashaw bombard each other with pictures and trash talk on Twitter
Last night, the first episode of season 25 of The Ultimate Fighter hit our screens, and as expected, the majority of the drama hinged on the beef between coaches Cody Garbrandt and TJ Dillashaw – the bantamweight champ and number-one-contender respectively. Garbrandt and Dillashaw, who used to train together at Team Alpha Male, share one […]
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Artem Lobov and boxer Amir Khan swap trash talk on Twitter
The biggest story in combat sports today surrounds a boxing mega fight between undefeated great Floyd Mayweather, and Irish MMA superstar Conor McGregor. While this potential showdown initially looked nearly impossible, it is looking more and more probable by the day. And now, Artem Lobov, one of McGregor’s main training partners, wants in on the action. […]
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Rory MacDonald: Tyron Woodley being UFC champ makes me look better
Having defended the welterweight title twice – albeit in two close fights with the same man – UFC welterweight titleholder Tyron Woodley is looking like he could emerge as a pretty dominant champion. We do, however, know that he can be beaten. Rory MacDonald was the most recent fighter to prove this. MacDonald beat Woodley […]
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VIDEO | Conor McGregor may pick ‘Manny’ if boxing match with Mayweather can’t be arranged and gives a fight tip
It sounds like UFC President Dana White and Conor McGregor have agreed on some numbers for the boxing match with Floyd Mayweather. White spoke on The Herd on Wednesday and said that if the boxing match between Mayweather and McGregor sells as well as he thinks it is going to, Mayweather will make a bit […]
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VIDEO | Cody Garbrandt chokes TJ Dillashaw during The Ultimate Fighter
Former Team Alpha Male teammates are now on clashing as UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt and former champion TJ Dillashaw star as opposing coaches on the latest season of The Ultimate Fighter. The two will meet in a five-round title fight at UFC 213 on July 8 in Las Vegas, Nevada to settle their differences. […]