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Photo | Conor McGregor looking noticeably slim ahead of lightweight debut
Monday evening, news broke that UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor would be making a quick turnaround and returning to the Octagon at UFC 205, the UFC’s historic event at the Madison Square Garden. In addition to headlining arguably the biggest card in UFC history, McGregor faces the opportunity to become the first man to simultaneously […]
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VIDEO | Dana White on ‘Big Country’s’ post-fight kick to ref: “He needs to be buried.”
Dana White sounded off on Roy Nelson’s post-fight kick to referee John McCarthy on the UFC Unfiltered podcast, and he certainly did not mince words. The UFC president repeated that he felt ‘Big Country’ should “be buried” for his actions following his second round knockout win over Antonio ‘Bigfoot’ Silva in Brazil over the weekend. “You […]
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Khabib Nurmagomedov Reacts to UFC 205’s New Main Event and Sets his Sights on a New Opponent
UFC 205 finally has its main event, and it’s a banger. The card, which will go down on November 12 and mark the organization’s long-awaited debut in New York City, will be topped by a lightweight title fight between reigning lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez, and reigning featherweight champion Conor McGregor. News of this bout, which will […]
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It’s Official! Chris Weidman Will Fight at UFC 205 in New York
UFC 205, which will mark the UFC’s long-awaited debut in New York City, New York, is finally starting to take shape. Last week, the card grew with the addition of several dynamite match ups, including a strawweight title fight between Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Karolina Kowalkiewicz, a women’s bantamweight bout between recent champ Miesha Tate and Raquel […]
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Conor McGregor to retain featherweight title and gets chance to be the first fighter to hold two UFC belts simultaneously
The next move for Conor McGregor once again erupted the world of MMA in absolute excitement on Monday. MMA insider @TalkMMA was the first to report that Conor McGregor and Eddie Alvarez were official for UFC 205 in New York, which is set to take place on November 13 at Madison Square Garden. “The Notorious” […]
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BREAKING! Conor McGregor will return at UFC 205 in New York
UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor will return to the octagon at November’s highly anticipated UFC 205 event in New York, where he will square off with current UFC lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez for the promotions lightweight title. MMA Insider @TalkMMA (Dizz) just broke the news. https://twitter.com/TalkMMA/status/780597351211737089 “Mystic Mac” is coming off a majority decision victory over Nate […]
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UFC Fight Night 97 lineup set, Ricardo Lamas vs. BJ Penn headlining main event
UFC Fight Night 97 returns to the Phillippines on October 15. Our namesake, BJ Penn makes his return to the Octagon for the first time since July 2014 as he takes on #4 UFC ranked featherweight Ricardo Lamas in the main event of the evening. Penn is looking to make a big statement against the […]
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Michael Bisping on Dan Henderson: “The H-bomb will not land and lightening doesn’t strike twice”
The memory of UFC 100 still lingers in the mind of the UFC middleweight champion. Michael Bisping has been one of the most prominent victims on Dan Henderson’s highlight reel after brutally knocking out the British fighter in the second round of their fight back in 2010. The champ will have his chance at redemption […]
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Cris Cyborg walked into Octagon against Lina Lansberg weighing 170 pounds?
Cris Cyborg’s journey on her dreadful weight cut to make the agreed catchweight of 140 pounds may have gotten more attention that her actual fight against Lina Lansberg at UFC Fight Night 95 over the weekend. With less than a week out from their fight, Cyborg stated on The MMA Hour that she was weighing […]
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REPORT: WWE superstar Ryback in talks with Bellator MMA
Ryan Allen Reeves, better known as Ryback in the wrestling world, is allegedly in talks with Bellator over a potential career in mixed martial arts. Well-sourced wrestling insider RBR broke the news on Monday, saying that Ryback is “open to the idea” of a run in Bellator MMA: BREAKING: @Ryback22 in talks with @BellatorMMA, "open to the […]
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Will Brooks: “I want to fight Michael Johnson” after disrespecting Poirier following KO
When Will Brooks tuned in to watch his friend and part-time teammate Dustin Poirier take on Michael Johnson, he was confident that Dustin would continue his win streak at lightweight. But after Johnson knocked Poirier out a minute and a half into the first round, Brooks took notice of how Johnson handled himself following the […]
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Roy Nelson’s kick at referee ‘Big’ John McCarthy to be addressed by a Brazilian court
Frustration and emotion caused an odd incident to occur at UFC Fight Night 95 in Brazil over the weekend. Following the heavyweight bout between Roy Nelson and Antonio Silva, Nelson kicked referee “Big” John McCarthy after what Nelson explained what he thought was a late stoppage. Nelson was outraged by how long it took McCarthy […]
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USADA and UFC announce changes to Anti-Doping Policy arbitration rules
The UFC partnered with the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) in July 2015 in an effort to clean up the sport of mixed martial arts and put all fighters at a level playing field. The out-of-competition testing program has cost the UFC millions of dollars to implement and run to deter any competitors from gaining an […]
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Joe Rogan pleads with UFC to stop Cyborg from ‘torturing herself’ and open a women’s featherweight division
The biggest story leading up to UFC Fight Night 95 in Brazil was regarding Cris Cyborg’s drastic weight cut to make 140 pounds for her catchweight bout against Lina Lansberg. The Invicta featherweight champion had to drop an additional five pounds below her usual cut to 145 in order to make the catchweight limit and […]
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Dan Henderson on Jon Jones: ‘He’s still arguably the best pound for pound guy out there’
MMA legend Dan Henderson has a chance to retire at the top of the game as he is set to face UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping for the belt at UFC 204 on October 8. Prior to his last bout where “Hendo” knocked out Hector Lombard in the second round of their fight, Henderson had […]
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VIDEO: Watch Gabi Garcia dominate and submit Destanie Yarbrough at RIZIN 2
Gabi Garcia remained undefeated on Saturday and moved to 3-0 after submitting Destanie Yarbrough with an Americana shoulder lock. Fighting under the Japanese RIZIN banner for the third time, the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt took Yarbrough to the mat three minutes into the opening round and dominated her opponent from there. Garcia got top control […]
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‘Big Country’ on post-fight kick to referee John McCarthy: “I wouldn’t take it back”
Roy Nelson scored a thunderous knockout over pal Antonio ‘Bigfoot’ Silva on Saturday night, but ‘Big Country’s’ post-fight kick to referee John McCarthy ended up stealing the show. Nelson booted McCarthy moments after the fight ended in the second round after what ‘Big Country’ perceived to be a very late stoppage. “I didn’t want to […]
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Khabib Nurmagomedov continues call outs of champ Eddie Alvarez
Khabib Nurmagomedov has been demanding a lightweight title shot ever since he returned from a two-year layoff due to injury. During that time, Eddie Alvarez has won the 155 pound strap, and the Dagestani fighter has relentlessly pursued a fight with Alvarez ever since. Khabib took to Twitter on Monday and posted a photoshopped reference […]
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VIDEO | Felony Charles Bennett delivers the best post-fight speech following 7-second KO over Minoru Kimura
https://www.facebook.com/mma0247/videos/1002180799894896/ Felony Charles Bennett is back. The MMA veteran scored another KO to add to his highlight reel in his 62nd professional mixed martial arts fight. Bennett notched an impressive seven-second knockout over Minoru Kimura at the RIZIN 2 event in Japan over the weekend. Bennett celebrated with pure emotion following the quick KO over […]
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Dana White: “Conor McGregor’s foot is hurt, I want him to fight Aldo.”
Fight fans are eagerly awaiting news on current UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor’s next fight. Most people presumed that the Irish star would return at November’s highly anticipated UFC 205 event in New York, where he was expected to challenge current UFC lightweight title holder Eddie Alvarez for the promotions 155-pound title. However, UFC Tonight […]
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VIDEO | Watch Paige VanZant get ripped in half by Criss Angel
UFC strawweight Paige VanZant is quickly becoming one of the promotions most recognizable stars. The 22-year-old has gone 4-1 while fighting under the UFC banner, most recently scoring a highlight reel knockout (flying switch kick) victory over Bec Rawlings at UFC on FOX 21 last month in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Her incredible victory over […]
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UFC Fight Night 95 Reebok Outfitting Pay: Cris Cyborg pockets $2,500
UFC Fight Night 95 took place last night in Brazil. The event was headlined by a women’s catchweight bout (140-pounds) between current Invicta Featherweight champion Cris Cyborg and UFC newcomer Lina Lansberg. Cyborg defeated Lansberg via second-round TKO in the main event bout, but both women took home the same check of $2,500 from the […]
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UFC Fight Night 100: Gustafsson vs. Nogueira adds six more bouts
UFC Fight Night 100 will take place November 19 live from the Ibirapuera Gymnasium in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The event is headlined by a key light heavyweight tilt between former title challenger Alexander Gustafsson and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira. In addition to the main event, which was made official yesterday evening in Brazil, the UFC announced […]
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VIDEO | Roy Nelson reveals what he said to John McCarthy following kick in the butt
Veteran UFC heavyweight Roy Nelson made headlines yesterday evening in Brazil for all the wrong reasons. Following his knockout victory over former UFC heavyweight title challenger Antonio Silva, an irate Nelson decided to flip-off and then kick referee John McCarthy for not stopping the contest earlier. At the UFC Fight Night 95 post-fight press conference […]
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Krazy Horse and Wanderlei Silva go at it again backstage at RIZIN
Earlier this week bitter rivals Charles ‘Krazy Horse’ Bennett and former PRIDE champion Wanderlei Silva got into a war of words at a hotel in Japan. (Watch that video here). Well, it appears that the bad blood between Wanderlei Silva and Krazy Horse is still boiling as the two went at it again, this time backstage following Bennet’s seven-second […]
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PHOTO | Paul Felder suffered a brutal cut at UFC Fight Night 95
Paul Felder took on Franscisco Trinaldo in a lightweight bout on the main card of UFC Fight Night 95 last night in Brazil. After a back and forth opening round, Trinaldo was able to get Felder to the floor in round two where he unleashed some solid ground and pound highlighted by some viscous short […]
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VIDEO | Cris Cyborg sends a message to Ronda Rousey
https://youtu.be/aOlxk4O_SBg Cris Cyborg scored a second-round TKO victory over Lina Lansberg in the main event of last night’s UFC Fight Night 95 card in Brazil. The win marked Cyborg’s second victory while fighting under the UFC banner, with both of those wins coming by way of technical knockout. Long before her arrival in the UFC, […]
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VIDEO | Roy Nelson explains why he kicked John McCarthy
UFC heavyweight veteran Roy Nelson added another knockout to his resume at last night’s UFC Fight Night 95 event in Brazil, scoring a second-round finish of former title challenger Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva. Nelson was able to catch Silva with a big uppercut late in round two that sent Antonio crashing to the canvas. “big Country” […]