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Bruce Buffer on if Daniel Cormier is the GOAT with a win over Stipe Miocic, ‘You can’t argue that at all’
Article written by Mike Pendleton When Daniel Cormier and Stipe Miocic battle for the heavyweight title at UFC 226, it will be the biggest super fight in the history of the division, with the heavyweight champion and light heavyweight champion going to war, with the title of ‘baddest man on the planet’ up for grabs. […]
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UFC 226 Results: Dan Hooker KO’s Gilbert Burns (VIDEO)
A lightweight scrap between Dan Hooker and Gilbert Burns served as the featured bout of tonight’s UFC 226 Fight Pass prelims. Dan Hooker (17-7 MMA) entered tonight’s bout on a three fight win streak, his latest being a brutal first-round knockout victory over Jim Miller this past April. Meanwhile, Gilbert Burns (14-2 MMA) comes in […]
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UFC 226: Miocic vs. Cormier Live Results
The octagon will take center stage in Las Vegas tonight for the promotions highly anticipated UFC 226 pay-per-view event. The blockbuster event is headlined by a heavyweight title fight featuring current champion Stipe Miocic taking on reigning UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier. “DC” has the opportunity to join a group of fellow octagon legends […]
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Colby Covington reacts to Brazil being eliminated from the World Cup
It is safe to say that Colby Covington is not a fan of Brazil. The current UFC interim welterweight champion made headlines last year in Sao Paulo, this after he called the country a “dump” and referred to the Brazilian fans as “filthy animals” in his post-fight speech following a lopsided decision in over Demian […]
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TUF 27 Finale Results | Israel Adesanya defeats Brad Tavares (Highlights)
A middleweight bout featuring streaking division contenders Brad Tavares and Israel Adesanya headlined tonight’s TUF 27 Finale event in Las Vegas. Adesanya entered the contest sporting a perfect 13-0 record while the Hawaiian, Tavares, came in at 17-5 overall. Round one begins and Tavares comes forward quickly with a pair of jabs. Israel answers with […]
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UFC announces December PPV event in Toronto and the coaches for Season 28 of TUF
The octagon will return to Toronto, Ontario, Canada this December for the promotions UFC 231 pay-per-view event. The fight card will take place December 8 live from Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena. UFC President Dana White broke the exciting news earlier tonight on Sports Centre. The UFC last visited Toronto in December of 2016 for UFC 206. […]
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UFC 226 Fighter Salaries Revealed: Stipe Miocic set to earn an event high $750k
The UFC 226 fighter salaries have been revealed and current UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic (18-2 MMA) will take home an event high $750,000 for his efforts on Saturday night. As for Miocic’s UFC 226 opponent, current UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier (20-1 MMA), “DC” will pocket a cool $500,000 for the pairs highly […]
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Report | UFC working to put together Robert Whittaker vs Kelvin Gastelum
The question for Australia’s first UFC champion, the middleweight king, Robert Whittaker is “who’s next”? Well, we’re close to getting the answer. After an incredible fight of the year candidate with Yoel Romero in their title rematch at UFC 225, Whittaker came out on top with a split decision nod. It’s now time to move […]
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VIDEO | Daniel Cormier knows that his ‘fan’ Jon Jones will watch his fight with Stipe Miocic
“[Jon Jones] will be watching. Because…he may not like to admit it but he’s my fan. He enjoys watching me compete. He does *laughs*. No [chance he goes to UFC 226]. I don’t even know if when you’re suspended by USADA you can attend events. I don’t know if that’s even allowed. But he’s one […]
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BREAKING | Max Holloway breaks silence on UFC 226 removal, responds to Nurmagomedov and McGregor
Earlier this week, unfortunate news struck the mixed martial arts world when ESPN announced that current UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway had been forced out of his scheduled UFC 226 title fight with Brian Ortega. “Blessed” was hospitalized due to concussion-like symptoms and thus removed from this weekend’s highly anticipated UFC 226 pay-per-view fight card. […]
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UFC 226 weigh-in results: Cormier heavier than Miocic, Chiesa misses weight and abandons LW division
Tomorrow night, International Fight Week will draw to a dramatic conclusion with UFC 226, one of the best UFC cards in recent memory. The card will be headlined by a bona fide superfight, as UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier returns to his former haunts in the heavyweight division to battle dominating heavyweight champion Stipe […]
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Conor McGregor criticizes fan reactions to Max Holloway’s UFC 226 withdrawal
When UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway was forced out of his UFC 226 co-main event title fight with Brian Ortega, the first question out of many fan’s mouths was ‘who is the UFC going to get to replace him?’ Former UFC lightweight and featherweight champ Conor McGregor seems to have a problem with that initial […]
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EXCLUSIVE | Valentina Shevchenko is not expecting an easy fight from Nicco Montano
Top UFC women’s flyweight contender Valentina Shevchenko has been gunning for the division’s inaugural champion Nicco Montano for months. Now that Montano is fighting fit, it looks as though the pair will be booked to fight at UFC 228 on September 8. No contracts have been signed but I’m told verbal agreements are in place […]
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Colby Covington trashes new UFC Hall-of-Famer Matt Serra
The latest recipient of UFC interim welterweight champion Colby Covington’s venomous trash talk is former UFC welterweight champion Matt Serra, who was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame last night. Covington shared his thoughts on Serra in a multi-Tweet cannonade on Thursday evening. SERRA, You need a rearview mirror with a TELESCOPE attached to […]
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VIDEO | Watch Ronda Rousey’s induction into the UFC Hall of Fame
Last night, former UFC women’s bantamweight champion and bona fide WMMA pioneer Ronda Rousey was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame. Also inducted this year were Dan Henderson and Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, former welterweight champion Matt Serra, and UFC co-founder Art Davie. See the highlights of the induction ceremony in the video above (via […]
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VIDEO | Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz have first heated staredown
Last night, at the UFC Hall of Fame induction ceremony, UFC Hall-of-Famers Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz engaged in the first staredown ahead of their newly announced third fight. See this surprisingly tense staredown in the video at the top of this post! Liddell and Ortiz’s third fight will occur under the banner of Oscar […]
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PFL 3 full results, highlights and standings: Jake Shields gets face-planted in main event
Last night, the Professional Fighters League (PFL) touched down in Washington DC with PFL 3. This event featured the opening rounds for the league’s welterweight and middleweight seasons, and just like their first two shows, it was an absolute thriller. In the main event, former Strikeforce middleweight champion and UFC welterweight title challenger Jake Shields was […]
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Tony Ferguson now eyeing September return, feels Khabib Nurmagomedov has been exposed
Tony Ferguson, who was forced out of UFC 223 with a leg injury in April, is now hoping to return to the cage as soon as September. “I’m about 90 percent right now,” Ferguson told Helen Yee this week (transcribed by Jed Meshew for MMA Fighting). “Obviously, I want to get back in there. September […]
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Tito Ortiz says he has no base pay for Chuck Liddell trilogy, ‘That’s how bad I want this fight’
It’s happening. MMA legends and former UFC light heavyweight champions, Tito Ortiz and Chuck Liddell will finally have their trilogy fight. Liddell vs Ortiz is one of MMA’s all-time greatest rivalries. Dating all the way back to 2004, the bad blood still runs deep for the legends. Each has agreed to come out of retirement where […]
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VIDEO | Nick Diaz claims he was framed in domestic violence arrest, plans 2019 UFC return
“I’m 100 [percent] down to fight next year. Next year, bro. Anybody. Fighting everybody…next year. Yup. [Georges St-Pierre] already says he’s gonna fight. I win if he don’t cheat. If he don’t miss weight like he did last time and it was like a fair fight. I was framed [in the arrest] *laughs*.” It’s been a […]
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UFC Hamburg loses co-main event as Ilir Latifi suffers injury
The UFC’s next event in Europe continues to lose out on it’s top showcases. After Volkan Oezdemir’s bailing to fight Alexander Gustafsson, another loss has come for UFC Hamburg. It just gets worse and worse for the UFC’s return to Germany as although they are retaining their headliner with Mauricio “Shogun” Rua now taking on […]
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VIDEO | Max Holloway won’t be fighting anytime soon according to Dana White
“It’s a weird situation. Some people think it’s concussion-related and some people think it’s weight-cut related. They haven’t really got down to the bottom of what it is…but according to him he feels fine but obviously he’s not fine. So we’re going to continue to try to figure out what’s wrong with Max Holloway. In […]
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VIDEO | Daniel Cormier takes tumble at press conference, walks away limping
https://twitter.com/jedigoodman/status/1015004521703956485 The International Fight Week curse is not to be underestimated. Some 24 hours after UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway was forced out of his UFC 226 co-main event showdown with undefeated challenger Brian Ortega, light heavyweight champ Daniel Cormier endured a scare that seemed to jeopardize his main event battle with heavyweight champ Stipe […]
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BJPENN.COM Radio Ep. 87 // Juan Archuleta | Brian Kelleher | Valentina Shevchenko | Antonina Shevchenko
A new episode of BJPENN.COM Radio is here, Penn Nation! First up, coming off a sensational KO win at Bellator 201 over the weekend, good friend of the show Juan Archuleta. “The Spaniard” returns to help us recap his performance and discuss what’s next for the future champ. When he’d like to get back to […]
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After being offered UFC 226 interim title fights with Ortega and Edgar, Jeremy Stephens says he’s ‘always ready’
Last night, UFC 226 was dealt a terrible blow as featherweight champion Max Holloway was forced out of his co-main event featherweight title fight with undefeated challenger Brian Ortega. Holloway was removed from the card, which goes down this Saturday in Las Vegas, Nevada, with concussion-like symptoms. From there, the UFC apparently made a brief attempt at […]
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VIDEO | Mike Perry and Paul Felder have tense, trash-talk filled staredown
https://twitter.com/MMAFighting/status/1014965113860702208 This afternoon, the fighters on the UFC 226 bill partook in some tense media day staredowns. One of the best of the bunch came courtesy of welterweight knockout artist “Platinum” Mike Perry, and beefed-up lightweight striker Paul Felder, who replaces the injured Yancy Medeiros on short notice. During this staredown, Perry unleashed a bombardment […]
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Conor McGregor reacts to “145-pound world champion” Max Holloway’s removal from UFC 226
Last night, UFC 226 was dealt a crippling blow as featherweight champ Max Holloway was forced out of his co-main event featherweight title fight with challenger Brian Ortega. Holloway was pulled from the card, which goes down Saturday night in Las Vegas, Nevada, with “concussion-like symptoms.” “Max’s team and UFC staff noticed Max was not normal since […]
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TUF 27 Finale weigh-in results: main card fighter Julian Marquez misses weight
Tomorrow night, the winners of The Ultimate Fighter 27 will be crowned, as Joe Giannetti battles Mike Trizano in the lightweight division, and Jay Cucciniello takes on Brad Katona at featherweight. This TUF 27 Finale card will be headlined by a middleweight bout between surging prospect Israel Adesanya, and established Hawaiian contender Brad Tavares. On […]