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Claudia Gadelha fires back at Carla Esparza after greasing allegations
Last weekend, on the undercard of the stacked UFC 225, former strawweight champion Carla Esparza gave up a close decision to perennial strawweight contender Claudia Gadelha. Shortly thereafter, she accused Gadelha of cheating, sharing her belief that the Brazilian was greasing on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour. “She cheated in the fight; she greased […]
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Chris Weidman makes case for next middleweight title shot, confident he can stop Whittaker
Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman believes he should be the next man in line for reigning UFC middleweight champ Robert Whitaker. Weidman made his case for the next middleweight title shot on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour. “Obviously for me that would be the best case is to fight for the title,” he said […]
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Contender Series season 2, week 1 results: Greg Hardy and Alonzo Menifield earn contracts
Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series is back and in week 1 of season 2, the prospects delivered with four of the five fights ending via KO/TKO. Two former NFL players, one pro debut. Greg Hardy and Austen Lane started the action very fast seeing Hardy pressing the action. An eye poke from Hardy halted […]
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Report | UFC looking at Curtis Blaydes vs Alexander Volkov for UFC Moscow
Continuing to shine but going unnoticed has been the young dominant heavyweight wrestler, Curtis Blaydes. Blaydes just recently picked up the biggest win of his young career this past Saturday at UFC 225 when he finished perennial top contender, Alistair Overeem in devastating fashion. Blaydes has now emerged as a clear future title challenger but […]
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Paige VanZant gets extended delay on return after failed surgery
It’s been six months since we last saw Paige VanZant compete in the Octagon. And when she did so it was when she broke her arm on Jessica-Rose Clark‘s forehead with a spinning back fist. VanZant hasn’t won an MMA bout since August 2016 when she TKO’d Bec Rawlings with a wild jumping switch kick. […]
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WWE’s Daniel Bryan thinks he could take Mike Jackson ‘on the ground’
At UFC 225 this past Saturday, we saw the CM Punk experiment’s likely end. The former WWE star fought Mike Jackson in a losing effort. Of course, now that we’ve seen the ridiculousness of it all, it will prompt future questions for current WWE stars like Daniel Bryan…who was recently asked on an Instagram live […]
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VIDEO | Georges St-Pierre shares footage from the time he was charged by a gorilla
This video was taken in Africa seconds after an alpha gorilla charged me. I had to take a submissive posture and get out of his way. One of the most frightening and incredible experiences of my life – even with all the fight training in the world I wouldn’t have been a match! pic.twitter.com/pn5N8X2J1t — […]
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Robert Whittaker explains what it’s like to fight Yoel Romero: “he felt like steel”
Yoel Romero has now been compared to steel by two former opponents. The first man to compare Romero to steel was former UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold. Now, reigning UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker has borrowed this metaphor, using it to describe the incredibly uncomfortable experience of fighting the Cuban behemoth. “This time, he felt […]
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Stephen Thompson gives timeframe for return, eyeing fight with Robbie Lawler
After his close and controversial decision loss to surging welterweight contender Darren Till, two-time welterweight title challenger Stephen Thompson is keen to get back on track. He thinks former UFC welterweight champion Robbie Lawler is just the kind of opponent that would allow him to do so. Thompson weighed the options for his next fight […]
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EXCLUSIVE | DWTNCS headliner Alonzo Menifield explains how ‘Rampage’ Jackson inspired his MMA career
Tonight marks the beginning of the second season of Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series, the UFC’s newest talent-scouting program. In the main event of this season two premiere, undefeated light heavyweight prospect Alonzo Menifield (6-0) will battle Dashawn Boatwright. For Menifield, this battle on DWTNCS marks the latest step in an athletic journey that began with […]
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Mike Jackson on CM Punk fight: “I never wanted to hurt the guy”
Last Saturday night, in the opening bout of the UFC 225 main card, Mike Jackson authored a decisive decision defeat of former pro wrestler CM Punk. Despite the lopsided nature of his win, however, Jackson found himself on the receiving end of some serious backlash from UFC President Dana White, who seemed to be angry […]
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Jon Jones hints at multiple heavyweight super fights in the future
In his latest engagement with his fans on Twitter, former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones answered a host of interesting questions. For one, he says he’s still confident he can beat his arch rival, reigning UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier. Yes, I should be able to. I’ve taken absolutely zero damage in my […]
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Robert Whittaker addresses possible trilogy fight with Yoel Romero
UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker now holds two wins over fearsome middleweight contender Yoel Romero. Both, however, were competitive and truly thrilling fights. Given the close nature of the pair’s two fights — particularly the latter, which headlined UFC 225 last weekend — there’s been widespread chatter about a potential third fight between the two. […]
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Controversial former NFL player Greg Hardy explains why he deserves a second chance
Tonight, in the first episode of the second season of Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series, former NFL defensive end Greg Hardy will fight for a UFC contract. The very fact that Hardy is being given a shot at earning a UFC contract, however, has been met with widespread backlash, as he was essentially bounced from […]
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Despite Dana White’s claims, Brad Tavares says fight with Israel Adesanya is still on
After what appeared to be yet another 2018 main or co-main scrapped by injury, that is now looking to no longer be the case. Just last week, UFC President, Dana White announced that Brad Tavares was out of his main event fight with Israel Adesanya at The Ultimate Fighter 27 Finale on July 6th. However…it […]
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EXCLUSIVE | Jessica-Rose Clark and the life of a heartbreaker
Rather than being granted the spotlight, some fighters have to force their ways into it. And often times they’ll have to break a few hearts along the way. A prime example of an MMA heartbreaker is Australia’s own, ‘Jessy Jess’ Jessica-Rose Clark. And no that’s not just because she has it tattooed across her knuckles. […]
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Along with Colby Covington, Carla Esparza believes her UFC 225 opponent cheated
It would seem that new UFC interim welterweight champion, Colby Covington isn’t the only one claiming that their UFC 225 opponent used some illegal tactics mid-fight this past Saturday night. Having fought in the second bout of the televised portion of the UFC 225 prelims, former UFC strawweight champion, Carla Esparza, like Covington also believes […]
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VIDEO | Al Iaquinta unloads on Dana White, ‘his sense of reality is gone’
https://twitter.com/MMAFighting/status/1006272249064812544 “[Dana White’s] sense of reality is gone, it’s gone. It’s shot. It’s absolutely shot. It’s scary. Now he’s putting our health at risk. So why did you move the weigh-ins in the first place? Because in his mind he wants more exciting fights. How are you gonna get more exciting fights? Give the fighters […]
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Rafael Dos Anjos breaks silence following UFC 225
The original plan for UFC 225 was to have two title fights atop the stacked night of fights. Unfortunately, one ended up not being over a championship but the other went along as planned. In UFC 225’s co-main event this past Saturday, former UFC lightweight champion, Rafael Dos Anjos took on Colby Covington in search […]
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Dana White not interested in Artem Lobov vs. Mike Jackson fight: “Artem might kill him”
Mike Jackson battered CM Punk from bell to bell at UFC 225. Unfortunately, he also drew the ire of UFC President Dana White, who felt that Jackson should have worked harder to finish his grossly outmatched foe. Speaking at the UFC post-fight press conference, White shared his distaste for Jackson’s performance, and assured Jackson’s days […]
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EXCLUSIVE | Colby Covington shares UFC 225 title win with with Jorge Masvidal, Dan Lambert
For all of the self-confidence and bravado Colby Covington exudes, he is very much a part of a team. The polarizing welterweight has been a member of American Top Team since his mixed martial arts career began, and has evolved from a raw, college wrestler into the interim UFC welterweight champion under the world famous […]
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Dana White claims Rashad Evans told him he’s retiring
Shortly after Rashad Evans was knocked out by Anthony Smith on the undercard of UFC 225, UFC President Dana White summoned him backstage to talk. White considers Evans an MMA legend, but felt a conversation was in order. “When he lost, I had him come back to my room,” White said at Saturday’s UFC 225 […]
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Tyron Woodley on Colby Covington: I’ve never wanted to “f**k somebody up so bad”
Colby Covington is now the interim UFC welterweight champion, which essentially ensures he’ll fight undisputed champion Tyron Woodley next. That certainly seems to be what Woodley wants. In fact, Woodley has never wanted to “fuck somebody up” as badly as he does Covington. The undisputed champ went off on the interim champ during a recent […]
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Alistair Overeem issues statement on UFC 225 loss to Curtis Blaydes: I always come back
Alistair Overeem’s anticipated return to the cage, which pitted him against rising heavyweight contender Curtis Blaydes at UFC 225 last Saturday night, did not go the way he planned. Quite the opposite, in fact. In the third round of this heavyweight attraction, Overeem was pulverized by a series of Blaydes elbows in a bloody display […]
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Robert Whittaker and Yoel Romero issues statements on unforgettable UFC 225 war
On Saturday night, in the main event of the stacked UFC 225, UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker and fearsome middleweight contender Yoel Romero engaged in a truly incredible five-round fight. Though the title was not actually on the line, as Romero missed weight for the bout, the two middleweight talents fought with the kind of […]
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EXCLUSIVE | Colby Covington shares scorecard for “super epic” Whittaker vs. Romero fight
Shortly after Colby Covington captured the interim welterweight title with a decision defeat of Rafael dos Anjos, he watched his American Top Team stablemate Yoel Romero take on UFC middleweight champ Robert Whittaker. In the end, Romero lost a competitive and somewhat controversial decision to Whittaker. In Covington’s eyes, however, the judges were a little […]
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Dana White hints at future Jon Jones vs. Brock Lesnar fight
Neither Brock Lesnar nor Jon Jones is currently eligible to compete in MMA. That said, UFC President Dana White seems to think the two superstars could meet in a superfight somewhere down the line all the same. “I know that Brock’s WWE deal is up at the end of the summer, I think,” White recently […]
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EXCLUSIVE | Colby Covington hints at future in politics
UFC interim welterweight champion Colby Covington wants to visit The White House and drop his new gold belt on the desk of President Donald Trump. The outspoken welterweight star has made that plenty clear, both in the buildup to and fallout of his UFC 225 win over Rafael dos Anjos, which earned him the title. […]