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Khabib Nurmagomedov reveals battle with mumps prior to UFC 254, shares gnarly photo of swollen face
Khabib Nurmagomedov has not competed since scoring a submission victory over Justin Gaethje in the main event of UFC 254. The impressive win served as Khabib’s 29th in a row and third consecutive defense of his UFC lightweight title. Immediately after putting Gaethje to sleep, Nurmagomedov proceeded to announce his retirement from mixed martial arts. […]
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UFC Vegas 19: ‘Blaydes vs. Lewis’ Live Results and Highlights
The Octagon remains in Nevada for tonight’s UFC Vegas 19 event, a fourteen-bout fight card headlined by Curtis Blaydes vs. Derrick Lewis. Blaydes (14-2 MMA) will be stepping foot in the Octagon for the first time since defeating Alexander Volkov by unanimous decision this past June. That win marked Blaydes’ fourth in a row, as […]
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Video | Maycee Barber apologizes to Dana White immediately after UFC 258 loss
Maycee Barber suffered her second loss in a row at UFC 258 and proceeded to apologize to Dana White right after the setback. In last Saturday’s co-main event, Barber took on Alexa Grasso in her return to the Octagon after tearing her ACL at UFC 246 last January in a loss to Roxanne Modafferi. In […]
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Gabe Green hoping to be active in 2021, wants Christian Aguilera after he “KO’d four of my friends”
Gabe Green is glad he finally got his hand raised. To open up UFC 258, Green fought Phil Rowe in a battle of two promising welterweight prospects. Early on in the fight, Green used leg kicks to try and get inside of Rowe’s lengthy reach. However, as the fight wore on, the leg kicks started […]
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Petr Yan sends a video to Aljamain Sterling showcasing what is to come at UFC 259
UFC bantamweight champion Petr Yan sent top contender Aljamain Sterling a video of what he is preparing to do to him at UFC 259. Yan and Sterling will mix it up on March 6 when the two meet in the co-main event of UFC 259. The two bantamweight stars have been chatty with each other […]
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Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm set to return on May 8 against Julianna Pena
A new contender is needed at 135-pounds. With Holly Holm continuing to make another push toward the title, she next has to get by Julianna Pena. Friday, ESPN broke the news that the former UFC bantamweight queen will do battle with The Ultimate Fighter season 18 winner in Pena on May 8. The location for […]
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Rafael Alves issues statement following embarrassing weight miss, claims salmon played a factor
UFC featherweight Rafael Alves pointed to salmon as the reason behind his record-setting 11.5lbs weight miss for his fight at UFC Vegas 19. It was an embarrassing morning on the scale for Alves, a former Titan FC and Contender Series competitor who was set to make his UFC debut against Pat Sabatini in the curtain […]
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Henry Cejudo has a theory for why Dana White won’t book him against Alex Volkanovski
Henry Cejudo has an interesting theory as to why Dana White and the UFC never booked the fight against Alex Volkanovski. After Cejudo TKO’d Dominick Cruz at UFC 249 to defend his bantamweight title, he announced his retirement from the sport. However, since the retirement he has hinted at a return to face Volkanovski. But, […]
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Sean O’Malley expects to be “too fast” for Thomas Almeida and will eventually “find that right hand” to earn KO win
Sean O’Malley is ready to get back into the win column. At UFC 260, O’Malley is set to return to the Octagon against Thomas Almeida in a fight many fans are looking forward to. Both men desperately need a win to get some hype back behind their name. However, for O’Malley, he says the Brazilian […]
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Kamaru Usman shuts down rematch with Jorge Masvidal, ‘Gamebred’ issues fiery response
Right when it looked like the Kamaru Usman and Jorge Masvidal saga was set to continue, the champ has now appeared to change his tune. Following his stellar title defense against former teammate Gilbert Burns at UFC 258, Usman took to the mic to express his dissatisfaction with a former foe. Threatening to finish Masvidal […]
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Chris Gutierrez happy with win over Andre Ewell, wants Miles Johns next
Chris Gutierrez was patiently waiting to get a fight offer and when he finally got one, it happened to be on day’s notice against Andre Ewell at UFC 258. It was a very intriguing matchup and one that had a storyline behind it. At UFC 247, Ewell edged out a split decision win over Jonathan […]
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Dan Hardy wants return but not to “fight some bum”, Matt Brown offers his services
Former UFC welterweight title contender Dan Hardy said he wants to return to the Octagon, and now Matt Brown has volunteered his services. Hardy hasn’t fought since a unanimous decision win over Amir Sadollah at UFC Nottingham in September 2012, the same night Stipe Miocic was knocked out by Stefan Struve. Hardy was supposed to […]
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Gregor Gillespie returns from lengthy layoff opposite City Kickboxing’s Brad Riddell
Gregor Gillespie is finally slated to return to the cage. The once-beaten American lightweight will take on Kiwi striker Brad Riddell on March 20. News of this matchup was first reported by Christopher Reive of the New Zealand Herald. Brad Riddell finally has confirmation of his next bout. He meets No15 lightweight Gregor Gillespie the […]
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Khabib Nurmagomedov on Tony Ferguson: “I swear that I never considered him an elite lightweight”
UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov said in a recent interview that he doesn’t believe Tony Ferguson was ever an elite lightweight. Nurmagomedov and Ferguson were rivals for the better part of five years, but despite the UFC booking them to fight five times, the bout never came to fruition for various reasons. With Ferguson having […]
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Jan Blachowicz makes bold prediction for Israel Adesanya fight at UFC 259
UFC light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz made a bold prediction for his upcoming championship match against Israel Adesanya at UFC 259. Blachowicz puts his 205lbs belt on the line for the first time against Adesanya on March 6 at UFC 259. For Blachowicz, it’s yet another fight where he’s being count, as the champion is […]
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UFC Vegas 19 weigh-in results: Multiple fighters miss marks by huge margins, one fight scrapped
On Saturday night, the UFC will return to our screens with the under-the-radar UFC Vegas 19 card. The card will be headlined by a pivotal heavyweight clash, as the division’s No. 2-ranked contender Curtis Blaydes takes on the fourth-ranked Derrick Lewis. While the queue for a heavyweight title shot is getting quite long, the expectation […]
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Henry Cejudo: “The best 135 pounder other than me” is “probably” Cory Sandhagen
Former two-division UFC champ Henry Cejudo believes Cory Sandhagen is the best fighter among the promotion’s active bantamweights. Cejudo previously ruled over the UFC flyweight and bantamweight divisions, but retired in early 2020. Speaking to The Schmo recently, Cejudo sized up the bantamweights that have risen to the top of the division in his stead, […]
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Sean O’Malley, Tyron Woodley fights official for UFC 260
Sean O’Malley and Tyron Woodley are both officially scheduled to return to the Octagon at UFC 260 on March 27. O’Malley, a promising prospect in the 135-pound bantamweight division, will make his return to the cage against Brazilian striking specialist Thomas Almeida. Woodley, the former UFC welterweight champion, will return to action against rising contender […]
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Conor McGregor sends birthday message to nemesis Floyd Mayweather
Former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor has sent a birthday message to one of his chief rivals, undefeated boxing star Floyd Mayweather Jr. McGregor and Mayweather met in the boxing ring in 2017 in a massive crossover spectacle. McGregor, who was making his pro boxing debut, performed surprisingly well in the fight’s early rounds, but […]
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Derrick Lewis says it “would be really crazy” to win UFC heavyweight title
Entertaining UFC heavyweight contender Derrick Lewis believes it “would be really crazy” to win the promotion’s heavyweight championship. Lewis has been one of the UFC’s top heavyweights for many years. While he came up short in his lone crack at the heavyweight belt—losing via submission to Daniel Cormier in 2018—he remains a fixture of the […]
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Itsuki Hirata hopes win over Miku Nakamura will set up future bouts with Meng Bo, Angela Lee
Itsuki Hirata, one of the brightest prospects on the ONE Championship roster, is days out from a potentially career-altering fight. The 21-year-old will collide with Miku Nakamura in the main event of Road to ONE on February 22 in her native Tokyo. A win in this matchup could launch her into the anticipated ONE Atomweight […]
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Jake Paul sparring partner says Ben Askren is “going down”
MMA fighter Raush Manfio says Ben Askren has “no chance” in his upcoming boxing match with YouTube celebrity Jake Paul. Paul and Askren are slated to collide in an eight-round pro boxing match on April 17. Ahead of the fight, Paul enlisted the help of Manfio to help him prepare for Askren, who went 1-2 […]
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Curtis Blaydes comfortable with being third in the UFC heavyweight title queue behind Jon Jones
UFC heavyweight Curtis Blaydes has said that he understands why Jon Jones will be receiving an immediate title shot ahead of him – even if he beats Derrick Lewis this weekend. Blaydes is hoping to take a big step forward in the race to challenge for the Heavyweight Championship when he takes on fellow contender […]
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UFC heavyweight Derrick Lewis reacts to Ted Cruz’s Cancun trip: “I actually took a selfie with him at the airport”
UFC heavyweight Derrick Lewis offered up a typically entertaining response when asked about Ted Cruz’s recent trip to Cancun. While Lewis may be focusing on his huge fight against Curtis Blaydes this weekend, it’s also hard to ignore the ongoing power grid and weather issues in the state of Texas — where Lewis lives. “The […]
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UFC 261 in the works for Vegas after Singapore negotiations fail, strawweight title fight targeted
Rampant speculation has surrounded UFC 261 and its location. Now, it appears things will stay in Vegas with a pair of pivotal strawweight bouts. Combate reported on Thursday that the April 24 UFC pay-per-view event will no longer be at what was initially reported as Singapore. Instead, the promotion will stick with keeping things stateside […]
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Derrick Lewis hopes to send Curtis Blaydes to the ICU at UFC Vegas 19
UFC heavyweight contender Derrick Lewis said that he hopes to send Curtis Blaydes to the ICU following their main event bout at UFC Vegas 19. Lewis faces off with Blaydes in the main event of this Saturday’s UFC card. The two were previously scheduled to fight in November but Blaydes was forced out of the […]
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Julian Marquez reveals he’s still talking to Miley Cyrus by DM: “She knows who I am, she follows me”
UFC middleweight Julian Marquez revealed that he’s still talking to Miley Cyrus by DM, saying that “she knows who I am (and) she follows me.” Marquez had an unbelievable comeback at UFC 258 last weekend when he submitted Maki Pitolo in the third round of a fight he was bound to lose via unanimous decision. […]
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Paige VanZant releases scorching hot “bang” video, Tyron Woodley issues hilarious response
Former UFC standout turned Bare Knuckle boxer Paige VanZant electrified social media Thursday, drawing a hilarious reaction from former welterweight champion Tyron Woodley. VanZant made her BKFC debut earlier this month at the promotions KnuckleMania event. Unfortunately for ’12 Gauge’, she wound up suffering a unanimous decision loss to Britain Hart that evening. The setback […]