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Aljamain Sterling Details Beef With Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone
UFC welterweight Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone and UFC bantamweight Aljamain “Funk Master” Sterling are both adored by the majority of fight fans. According to an account from Sterling on the latest episode of The MMA Hour, however, the two fighters are not particularly fond of one another. Goaded on by friend and training partner Gian Villante, […]
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John Kavanagh opens up on Conor McGregor potentially vacating a title
With UFC 205 now just days away, fight fans have continued to question which title belt featherweight champion Conor McGregor will vacate if he emerges from his lightweight title fight with Eddie Alvarez victorious. While UFC President Dana White has remained adamant that if McGregor wins, he must vacate one of the two title belts […]
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Eddie Alvarez feels he already has the edge over Conor McGregor mentally: ‘He’s already on tilt’
UFC 205 is just days away from what many are calling the biggest UFC card ever, which will go down at New York’s Madison Square Garden. Headlining the historic card will be UFC lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez defending his belt for the first time against UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor. If Alvarez gets his hand […]
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Get Ready to Meet “New Joanna” At UFC 205
Since joining the UFC in mid-2014, strawweight striker Joanna Jedrzejczyk has established herself as one of the best fighters on earth, and as one the sport’s brightest shining stars. In her first two fights with the organization, she took decisions from Juliana Lima in Claudia Gadelha. In her third fight in the Octagon, she claimed […]
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John Kavanagh explains similarities between Eddie Alvarez & Rafael dos Anjos
While Conor McGregor and Rafael dos Anjos may not have fought at UFC 196 for the lightweight championship as initially planned, McGregor’s training for dos Anjos very well could have helped him prepare for his current opponent, Eddie Alvarez. McGregor, who faces Alvarez in the main event of UFC 205 this Saturday, where he hopes […]
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UFC Rankings Update: Tony Ferguson Surges Ahead
Last Saturday, the UFC touched down in sun-soaked Mexico City with UFC Fight Night 98. With this exciting event in the rear-view mirror, the UFC has updated their official rankings to reflect the shifts and shakeups that resulted from it. The most notable rankings change that stemmed from the UFC’s recent trip to Mexico was […]
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VIDEO | Rashad Evans Recounts his Top 8 Moments Inside the Octagon
https://youtu.be/8YAXThyMdyM This Saturday, the UFC will take over Madison Square Garden with UFC 205. The card will mark the UFC’s debut in New York City, New York, and to celebrate the occasion, the organization has stacked the lineup to the brim. The card is topped by three title fights. The most high-profile of these championship […]
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Karolina Kowalkiewicz Sees Her Face on Times Square Billboard: “Dreams Really Come True”
This weekend, the UFC will take over the combat sports Mecca of Madison Square Garden with UFC 205. The card, which will mark the organization’s first show in New York City, is topped by a trio of epic title fights. The first of these title fights will occur at strawweight, where undefeated Polish champion Joanna […]
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Conor McGregor Gets Custom Rolls-Royce for UFC 205 Fight Week
It’s no secret that UFC featherweight champ Conor McGregor is a bit of a car fanatic. Over the course of his last few fights, the Irish star has assembled a pretty flashy collection of luxury vehicles. Unfortunately for him, most of those cars are in Ireland and Las Vegas – not New York City, which […]
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Duke Roufus on Woodley vs. Thompson: “It Reminds Me of Ali-Frazier 1”
This weekend, in the co-main event of the blockbuster UFC 205, new welterweight champion Tyron Woodley will attempt the first defense of his title against streaking karate specialist Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson. In advance of this massive welterweight showdown, Woodley’s current coach Duke Roufus appeared on Monday’s episode of The MMA Hour to discuss his student’s looming […]
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Conor McGregor: “If I Wasn’t Here, This Whole Ship Goes Down”
This weekend, the UFC will make its long anticipated debut in New York City with UFC 205. The card will be headlined by a lightweight title fight between divisional king Eddie Alvarez and featherweight titleholder Conor McGregor. If McGregor comes out on top in this massive showdown, he’ll become the first fighter in UFC history […]
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VIDEO | Arrogant fighter gets knocked out immediately after taunting opponent
It’s one thing when trying to get into your opponents head and then there is actually taking a kick to the head. David “One More” Round learned this the hard way at Superior Challenge 14 – Stockholm last month in Sweden. Round was matched up against Sadibou Sy and as you can see from the […]
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BJ Penn cleared of charges in sexual assault case
On Monday, TMZ reported that BJ Penn has been cleared of charges related to a sexual assault case stemming from an alleged incident that took place in 2015. TMZ reported that the County of Hawaii prosecuting attorney said that the case has “officially been declined for prosecution because we ‘don’t have sufficient evidence to charge […]
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UFC releases statement on Jon Jones’ one-year suspension
Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones was issued a one-year sanction by USADA on Monday. Following an arbitration hearing by three arbitrators from McLaren Global Sports Solutions, the decision was made to give Jones his full sanction term of a one-year suspension. The UFC released a short statement on their website on Monday following […]
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Coach John Kavanagh Makes His Prediction for Alvarez vs. McGregor
UFC 205, which will mark the UFC’s long awaited debut in New York City, is now just days away. As this mammoth card draws ever closer, fans, media members, fighters, and other MMA personalities have begun to offer up their predictions on the main event: a lightweight title fight between divisional king Eddie Alvarez and […]
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Jon Jones releases statement on one-year suspension for failed USADA drug test
News broke on Monday that former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones was given a one-year suspension term by USADA following an arbitration hearing. Jones was flagged for a potential anti-doping violation in July, which resulted in him being pulled from the UFC 200 light heavyweight title fight against champion Daniel Cormier. It was later […]
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Jon Jones issued one-year suspension by USADA
UFC interim light heavyweight champion Jon Jones was given his sanction from USADA on Monday after testing positive for the banned substances clomiphene and letrozole, which were from the test results of a June 16 out-of-competition sample. The failed test results had him pulled from UFC 200’s scheduled UFC light heavyweight championship fight against champion […]
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Chael Sonnen Announces Jon Jones vs. Dan Henderson Grappling Match for December 11 Submission Underground Show
On this week’s episode of The MMA Hour, three-time UFC title challenger and recent Bellator MMA signee Chael Sonnen made an impromptu call-in to break a bit of combat sports news. Speaking to host Ariel Helwani, the legendary MMA mouthpiece announced the main and co-main events of a Submission Underground show scheduled for December 11. […]
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PHOTO | Team Rafael dos Anjos shows nasty eye poke that happened in Tony Ferguson fight
For just the second time in his professional MMA career, Rafael dos Anjos (25-9) has lost two fights in a row. After losing the UFC lightweight belt to Eddie Alvarez at UFC Fight Night 90 back in July, the former champion fought a tough and exciting battle over the weekend against Tony Ferguson (22-3) at […]
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VIDEO | Bellator Fighter Michael “Venom” Page Says He’d Put Conor McGregor to Sleep
Conor McGregor, who is poised to challenge Eddie Alvarez for the UFC lightweight strap at this Saturday’s UFC 205, is the biggest star in MMA. As such, he’s floated as a potential opponent for pretty much every fighter in MMA. If you’re a fighter, and you reside anywhere near the welterweight, lightweight, and featherweight divisions, […]
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Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone is Still Keen on a Fight with Robbie Lawler: It Would Be “a Hell of a Fight”
This Saturday, on the main card of the universally anticipated UFC 205, Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone will look to move to 4-0 as a welterweight with a win over highly-regarded contender Kelvin Gastelum. The fight stands out as one of the most anticipated features of the event. Gastelum is not, however, the man Cowboy was originally […]
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VIDEO | This ‘Champion vs. Champion’ Promo Will Get You PUMPED for UFC 205
This Saturday, UFC lightweight titleholder Eddie Alvarez will defend his belt against a fellow champion in featherweight king Conor McGregor. The two champs will share the main event spot of UFC 205, a card that marks the UFC’s first steps into New York City – one of the final frontiers for mixed martial arts. Legitimate champion […]
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VIDEO | Watch Eddie Alvarez Maul Rafael Dos Anjos to Win Lightweight Gold
https://youtu.be/kccEJf-qfi8 In less than one weeks’ time, UFC lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez will attempt to make the first defense of his title against reigning featherweight champ Conor McGregor. In this fight, Alvarez will attempt to squash McGregor’s history-making ambition to become the first fighter in UFC history to hold titles in two weight classes simultaneously. The […]
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Tony Ferguson Wants to be a Three-Division UFC Champion
This coming Saturday, in the main event of the monumental UFC 205, UFC featherweight champ Conor McGregor will challenge lightweight champ Eddie Alvarez in a bid to become the first fighter in UFC history to hold two titles in two divisions in tandem. As it turns out, however, McGregor isn’t the only fighter on the […]
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Miesha Tate Thinks Nunes Bout Could be Rousey’s Last, But Still Wants a Rematch With Her
Last month, it was announced that former women’s bantamweight champ and transcendent star Ronda Rousey would be returning to action for the first time since she was levelled by a Holly Holm head kick almost a year ago. The former champ will be making this return against current champion Amanda Nunes in the main event of […]
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VIDEO | Watch Zhou Zhipeng Overcome a 150-pound Weight Disadvantage to Beat Hong-Man Choi
https://youtu.be/3tqnIUTCfV4 In mixed martial arts, we occasionally witness contests between fighters of starkly different sizes. The majority of these David vs. Goliath style fights occurred during the height of Japan’s obsession with MMA, and during the early days of the UFC. That said, we’ve also seen some pretty incredible size differences in the UFC’s modern […]
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EXCLUSIVE | Tyron Woodley plans on leaving Stephen Thompson KO’d stiff a UFC 205
Current UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley will attempt to make his first title defense at next month’s UFC 205 event in New York when he squares off with top contender Stephen Thompson. “Wonderboy” is a very unique fighter and his karate style has been able to frustrate many of his past opponents. “The Chosen One’ […]
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Michael Bisping says he will refuse to defend his title against Yoel Romero
UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping is coming off of a hard-fought decision victory over bitter rival Dan Henderson, which “The Count” earned in the main event of UFC 204 last month in Manchester, England. Bisping was hoping to make a quick turnaround and fight at UFC 206 this December in Toronto against former welterweight kingpin […]