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Report | Al Iaquinta out of Justin Gaethje fight, UFC seeking replacement
Off then on and now off again apparently for good, UFC Lincoln is in need of a new main event and opponent for ‘The Highlight’ Justin Gaethje. The former WSOF lightweight king, Gaethje and The Ultimate Fighter 15 finalist, Al Iaquinta were scheduled to square off in UFC Lincoln’s headliner on August 25th. The uber fan-friendly will […]
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5 realistic UFC dream fights we could see in the near future
More eyes will be on the UFC than ever before with the partnership with ESPN taking flight in 2019, and UFC President Dana White, along with matchmakers Sean Shelby and Mick Maynard, will be turning over every rock to give fans the dream fights they want to see. Trilogies, grudge matches, champion vs. champion bouts—everything […]
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VIDEO | Check out Ronda Rousey’s very serious Twizzlers commercial
https://youtu.be/wJQXthr_4F8 Over the course of her Hall-of-Fame worthy UFC career, Ronda Rousey appeared in dozens of commercials for a range of brands and products. Now that she’s making her living as a WWE superstar, she’s bound to get a whole new procession of commercial gigs — like the one at the top of this post. […]
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Rashad Evans issues thoughtful statement on his retirement: it was “the toughest decision of my life”
Earlier this week, on the debut episode of Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show, former UFC light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans announced his retirement from the sport of MMA. On Wednesday afternoon, the former champ and UFC legend issued a lengthy and thoughtful statement to Instagram, detailing his decision-making process, and looking back on his time in […]
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Johny Hendricks calls it a career, ‘I’m done. I’m retiring’
The MMA world was hit with a big retirement from a legend and former UFC champion earlier this week. Now we’ve been hit with another. Unfortunately, the story of Johny Hendricks’ wild career may be more remembered for his rapid decline after losing his title via a controversial decision. However, what he did before that […]
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Gegard Mousasi says drug testing was a factor in Lyoto Machida’s move to Bellator
Former UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida is now a Bellator fighter. Bellator middleweight champ Gegard Mousasi, who lost to Machida in 2014, thinks he knows why. Mousasi believes Machida has abandoned the UFC in hopes that the drug-testing will be less stringent in Bellator. “He’s older, and there was drug testing in the UFC,” […]
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VIDEO | UFC honors Rashad Evans with compilation of his 5 best wins
In honor of his retirement, we count down the Top 5️⃣ @SugaRashadEvans moments. ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/Gkk2TXiOMd — UFC (@ufc) June 26, 2018 Earlier this week, former UFC light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans announced his retirement from MMA. “It’s hard,” Evans said on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show this week. “I don’t want to go out losing, or […]
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Abdelaziz: Conor McGregor has “agreed to fight Khabib” because he’s “running out of money”
If Khabib Nurmagomedov’s manager Ali Abdelaziz is to be believed, Conor McGregor is running low on dough. Speaking to TMZ Sports this week, Abdelaziz claimed that the Irish star is running out of money, which is why he’s “agreed” to fight Nurmagomedov. “Conor’s running out of money … This is why he agreed to fight […]
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Scott Coker considering Lyoto Machida vs. Fedor Emelianenko, Mousasi-MacDonald winner
We already know that former UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida’s Bellator career will unfurl in both the light heavyweight and middleweight divisions. Apparently, however, Machida’s multi-divisional ambition might carry him all the way to the Bellator heavyweight division, where he could even battle MMA legend Fedor Emelianenko. According to Bellator boss Scott Coker, this […]
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VIDEO | This new UFC 226 promo will have you counting the days till July 7
https://youtu.be/cnqoc1xlkDY UFC 226 is, without any exaggeration, the biggest card of the year so far. The card will be headlined by a massive, heavyweight title superfight between record-smashing divisional king Stipe Miocic, and beefed-up UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier. The UFC 226 co-headliner, meanwhile, will see UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway attempt to defend his […]
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Report | Alexander Gustafsson’s Octagon return targeted for UFC 227
Alexander Gustafsson’s claim to the next UFC light heavyweight title shot is pretty much undeniable. Unfortunately for the towering Swede, UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier is in the midst of a sojourn up to the heavyweight division, where he will challenge Stipe Miocic for gold at UFC 226. In other words, there’s currently no […]
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Ray Borg explains why he doesn’t hate Conor McGregor anymore
Former UFC flyweight title challenger Ray Borg was supposed to fight Brando Moreno at UFC 223 in early April. Unfortunately, Borg was one of two fighters to be forced out of his UFC 223 bout as the result of Conor McGregor’s infamous rampage. To remind, McGregor threw a hand truck through the window a a […]
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VIDEO | Wanderlei Silva makes surprising pick for Bellator heavyweight Grand Prix winner
Wanderlei on Chael’s chances in the Bellator Heavyweight Grand Prix. pic.twitter.com/sodJqI4au0 — Bad Guy MMA (@BadGuyMMA) June 26, 2018 “I think after fought against [Chael] Sonnen…Sonnen can be the champion of this tournament. I think he doing good, he’s strong, he’s smarter right now. I think he gonna beat Fedor [Emelianenko] then be champion.” Currently […]
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Report | Jessica Andrade vs Karolina Kowalkiewicz being targeted for UFC 228
Now that the Rose Namajunas vs Joanna Jedrzejczyk saga is over, for now anyway, the division must move on! And it appears to be making its first steps. A fight between top strawweight contenders, Jessica Andrade and Karolina Kowalkiewicz that was originally slated to be taking place at UFC on Fox 28 in February…clearly did not […]
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Contender Series season 2 week 3 Results: 5 more finishes, 2 UFC Shevchenkos
Another week of Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series and yet another thrilling night of finishes. Of the 15 fights so far in season 3, 14 have ended by finish. I would say that the theme for this week was finishing…but that appears to be the theme of the whole season. So the clear theme this […]
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Dear MMA Gods | The true time for affliction is now…
Today, a prayer to the MMA Gods is indeed in order. And compared to the previous two…this one feels like it has a good chance at being answered soon. Everybody loves the heavyweight division. Especially their legendary figures like Mirko Cro Cop, Antonio Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira, Igor Vovchanchyn, Randy Couture…the list goes on. Of course, when […]
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VIDEO | Gegard Mousasi and Rory MacDonald have their first staredown
On September 29, in the main event of Bellator’s first event on DAZN, Bellator middleweight champion Gegard Mousasi will attempt to defend his title against Bellator welterweight champion Rory MacDonald in a bona fide Bellator super fight. Today, at the press conference announcing Bellator’s deal with DAZN, Mousasi and MacDonald had their first staredown, and […]
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Mike Perry dishes on the time he did ‘like 100’ tequila shots with Jon Jones
What happens when welterweight knockout artist “Platinum” Mike Perry and MMA legend Jon Jones cross paths in Albuquerque? Well, some training, to be sure…But also a few tequila shots. Or, “like 100.” Speaking on the JW Raw Podcast this week, Perry opened up on a particularly wild night that he shared with Jones. “He kept […]
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Scott Coker confirms Lyoto Machida will fight in multiple divisions in Bellator
Lyoto Machida’s time as a Bellator fighter will not be confined to a single weight class. Speaking at a Tuesday press conference announcing Bellator’s new deal with DAZN, Bellator President Scott Coker confirmed that Machida will most likely compete both in the 185-pound middleweight division and the 205-pound light heavyweight division, where he once wore […]
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Bellator announces multi-year deal with DAZN streaming service
That massive September 29th Bellator card that you’ve been hearing about? That’s going to air exclusively on the streaming service DAZN (pronounced Da Zone, for those unfamiliar). This card, which will feature a middleweight title super fight between divisional kingpin Gegard Mousasi and beefed-up welterweight champ Rory MacDonald, as well as a fourth fight between […]
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Coach discusses Conor McGregor’s game plan for possible Nurmagomedov fight: “he’s not bulletproof”
If Conor McGregor returns to the cage for a fight with UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, it could easily be the toughest test of his career thus far. All the same, his team sounds prepared to meet that challenge with a carefully constructed game plan. McGregor’s striking coach Owen Roddy discussed potential strategies for Nurmagomedov […]
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Coach John Kavanagh would prefer to see Conor McGregor fight Nate Diaz before Khabib Nurmagomedov
If Conor McGregor fights again — which is starting to sound more and more likely — it will probably be against reigning UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. While McGregor’s head coach John Kavanagh is all for this fight, he says he’d prefer to see McGregor engage in a trilogy fight with Nate Diaz first. “Nate […]
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Lyoto Machida explains why he moved to Bellator even though the UFC matched offer
Former UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida has long been considered one of MMA’s true good guys, and he has once again proven why that’s the case. It was recently announced that Machida had signed with Bellator MMA. Apparently, the UFC actually matched the offer that Bellator made Machida, but he moved to Bellator anyway […]
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‘Paranoid’ Rose Namajunas explains why she couldn’t accept Conor McGregor’s apology
Conor McGregor tried to apologize to UFC strawweight champion Rose Namajunas after he nearly injured her in his infamous April rampage. He made this effort on Instagram, in a direct message to her. Unfortunately, she isn’t buying the Irish star’s apology. She explained why on the inaugural episode of Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show. “I did […]
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EXCLUSIVE | Coach James Krause reflects on Megan Anderson’s UFC debut
The biggest MMA event of the year (so far) took place earlier this month in Chicago, Illinois. It was the most recent UFC pay-per-view, UFC 225. The stacked card played host to several top-ranked fighters and many fantastic matchups. One of the fighters who made the walk on June 9th was the Australian former Invicta […]
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Daniel Cormier fires back at ‘steroid cheat’ Jon Jones
The Daniel Cormier and Jon Jones rivalry may never truly die. These two men just do not like each other…and we get to witness it. After Cormier’s recent comments about Jones in regards to Jones’ lack of a platform, Jones got a little bit riled up as he took to Twitter with some threatening words to […]
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Antonina Shevchenko details journey to the Contender Series
The name ‘Shevchenko’ will forever be synonymous with the ever talented, Valentina ‘Bullet’ Shevchenko. However, another Shevchenko plans to leave a mark of their own in the MMA world. Valentina’s older sister, Antonina will be headlining tomorrow night’s installment of Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series when she takes on Jaymee Nievara. The undefeated 3-0 […]
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EXCLUSIVE | James Krause on the weigh-in change, ‘it’s irresponsible to push it back’
Earlier this month, UFC President, Dana White announced that he will be having the UFC move the weigh-in format back to afternoons. Currently, fighters officially weigh-in in the mornings of the days before fight day. They then do the ceremonial weigh-ins later that day which, is essentially just having the fighters face off one last time […]