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Demian Maia updates on retirement plans after UFC Chile loss to Kamaru Usman
When Demian Maia agreed to step in for the injured Santiago Ponzinibbio against Kamaru Usman in the UFC Chile main event, his hope was that it would allow him to correct a tough, two-fight losing streak. Instead, Maia was soundly beaten by Usman, surrendering a lopsided unanimous decision to the Nigerian-American wrestler. Now on a […]
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Demian Maia and Kamaru Usman share classy post-fight exchange on social media
Last night, the UFC made its debut in the beautiful South American country of Chile with an exciting, 13-fight card out of the capital of Santiago. The card was topped by a clash of welterweight contenders as surging up-and-comer Kamaru Usman took on dangerous veteran Demian Maia, who replaced the injured Santiago Ponzinibbio on just […]
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Kamaru Usman sends message to welterweight champ Tyron Woodley, Woodley responds
Last night, in the main event of the UFC’s anticipated debut in the South American nation of Chile, surging UFC welterweight contender Kamaru Usman authored his best win yet, braving a tough first round to pick up a dominant, unanimous decision win over the veteran Demian Maia. Usman’s win became even more impressive post-fight, when […]
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MMA community reacts to Kamaru Usman’s dominant decision defeat of Demian Maia
Last night, in the main event of the UFC’s debut in Santiago, Chile, surging UFC welterweight contender Kamaru Usman picked up his biggest win yet, authoring a dominant unanimous decision victory over Brazilian jiu jitsu ace Demian Maia. Usman, who was originally expected to battle Argentine striker Santiago Ponzinibbio in the UFC Chile main event, […]
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UFC Chile Results: Kamaru Usman defeats Demian Maia
A key welterweight fight between former title challenger Demian Maia and surging division contender Kamaru Usman served as the headliner of tonight’s UFC Fight Night 129 event in Chile. Round one begins and Kamaru Usman starts off quickly. He throws a jab and then another. Maia is circling looking for a way inside. Demian shoots […]
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UFC Chile Results: Tatiana Suarez submits Alexa Grasso (VIDEO)
A key women’s strawweight bout between Alexa Grasso and Tatiana Suarez served as the co-headliner of tonight’s UFC Fight Night 129 event in Chile. Round one begins and Suarez starts off quickly. She presses forward but Grasso greets her with a low kick. Suarez continues to press and lands a kick tot he body. She […]
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UFC Chile Results: Dominick Reyes KO’s Jared Cannonier (VIDEO)
A light heavyweight fight between Jared Cannonier and Dominick Reyes took place on tonight’s UFC Fight Night 129 main card from Santiago, Chile. Round one begins and Cannonier comes forward with a punch. Reyes catches him with a kick to the body. More forward pressure from Jared. He misses with a left. Reyes connects with […]
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Alistair Overeem vs. Curtis Blaydes removed from UFC 225 main card
A highly anticipated heavyweight fight between perennial contenders Alistair Overeem and Curtis Blaydes will take place at UFC 225 on June 9 in Chicago. BJPENN.com’s Tom Taylor first reported the clash of heavyweights back in February. Can now confirm that a heavyweight bout between Alistair Overeem and Curtis Blaydes is being targeted for #UFC225 in […]
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UFC Chile Results: Vicente Luque KO’s Chad Laprise (VIDEO)
A welterweight bout between Chad Laprise and Vicente Luque kicked off tonight’s UFC Fight Night 129 main card in Chile. Round one begins and Luque quickly takes the center of the octagon. Laprise connects with a low kick. Chad is circling along the outside and then proceeds to land a jab. Luque with a leg […]
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VIDEO | UFC Chile’s first fight ends in a beautiful come from behind submission
The octagon made it’s debut in Chile tonight for UFC Fight Night 129. The first fight of the evening featured a lightweight battle between Claudio Puelles and Felipe Silva. Felipe Silva started off with a strong opening two rounds getting the better of Puelles in both the striking and grappling departments, almost finishing the fight […]
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UFC Chile Results: Maia vs. Usman
UFC Chile Results Thread The octagon invades Chile for the first time tonight for the promotions UFC Fight Night 129 event. The fight card, which takes place at Movistar Arena in Santiago, is headlined by a key welterweight contest featuring former title challenger Demian Maia taking on surging division contender Kamaru Usman. Kamaru Usman (12-1 […]
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VIDEO | Nikita Krylov destroys Fabio Maldonado to claim FNG’s light heavyweight title
Former UFC fighters Nikita Krylov and Fabio Maldonado squared off for the Fight Nights Global light heavyweight title earlier today in Russia. Maldonado entered the bout as champion, this following his submission victory over Kurban Omarov this past September. As for Nikita Krylov (24-5 MMA), the Ukrainian standout entered today’s title fight on the heels […]
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Mackenzie Dern promises to never miss weight again following UFC 224
Mackenzie Dern improved her mixed martial arts record to a perfect 7-0 at last weekend’s UFC 224 event in Brazil, scoring a first-round submission victory (rear-naked choke) over Amanda Cooper. However, Dern’s victory over Cooper at UFC 224 was marred in controversy, this after Mackenzie had missed weight by a whopping seven pounds. Despite the […]
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UFC on FOX 30 now includes three former world champions
The octagon will return to Calgary, Alberta, Canada on July 28 for the promotions UFC on FOX 30 fight card. The event, which takes place live from the Scotia Bank Saddledome, is headlined by a key lightweight rematch featuring former division champion Eddie Alvarez taking on surging contender Dustin Poirier. Eddie Alvarez was last seen […]
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Darren Till thinks Stephen Thompson was forced into fight with him, gives prediction
One of the most highly anticipated prospect returns in recent months belongs to Liverpool’s own Darren Till. After a sensational breakthrough performance against Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone in October, Till is now set to come back in a showdown on his home turf against one of the division’s very best in Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson. With his […]
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VIDEO | Tecia Torres thinks Joanna Jedrzejczyk needs to be more humble, “Joanna is not the strawweight queen”
"Rose is the champion, Joanna is not the strawweight queen." – UFC strawweight contender @TeciaTorres. Watch full interview: https://t.co/GAt6MVZt27 pic.twitter.com/Xrii6eVxCU — MMAFighting.com (@MMAFighting) May 18, 2018 “I think with her [Joanna Jedrzejczyk] saying that girls should still continue to bow down to her, I think that’s kind of still her not being as humble as […]
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VIDEO | Tim Kennedy on Raquel Pennington’s coaches, “if they let me out, I would hate them forever”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-4huFvmrws “Do you think it would have been different if it was two male fighters? I think so. One, I believe that…had her team let her out, she would have regretted it the rest of her life. The failure didn’t happen by her team there between the fourth and the fifth round, it happened in […]
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Frank Mir to make ACB in ring debut at August UK event
Former UFC champion and MMA legend, Frank Mir will be getting his wish. After making his Bellator debut last month in a short but thrilling loss to Fedor Emelianenko in the Bellator heavyweight Grand Prix, Mir stated after the loss when speaking on his podcast, Phone Booth Fighting that he wanted to fight for Absolute […]
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VIDEO | Scuffle breaks out during weigh-ins for ACB 87 main event
Weigh-in scuffles seem to be as much a much a part of MMA as knockouts or submissions. This afternoon, at the weigh-in ceremony for tomorrow night’s ACB 87 card, which goes down in Nottingham, England, we got another one of these classic , weigh-in altercations. This time around, the culprits were ACB 87 headliners Robert […]
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Jon Jones once again trashes Chuck Liddell on social media: “We all know you’re far from innocent”
Earlier this week, former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell announced that he’s going to be returning to the cage, and that he’s hoping his comeback will ultimately lead him to Jon Jones. Given that Liddell, now 48, has not fought in eight years, and that Jones is perhaps the greatest fighter of all time, […]
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Uriah Hall opens up on the harrowing weight cut that left him in the hospital
Back in January, Ultimate Fighter 17 semifinalist Uriah Hall was supposed to battle the recently-retired Vitor Belfort. Regrettably, this fighter never happened, as Hall was hospitalized as the result of a brutal weight cut. In the wake of Hall’s botched weight cut, UFC flyweight Paige VanZant called it one of the scariest things she’d ever […]
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UFC Chile weigh-in results : Headliners Kamaru Usman, Demian Maia hit their marks
On Saturday night, the UFC will make its anticipated debut in the South American nation of Chile with an exciting card out of the capital city of Santiago. This UFC Chile card was originally expected to be headlined by a welterweight contender bout between Argentine striker Santiago Ponzinibbio and Kamaru Usman. When Ponzinibbio was forced […]
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Scott Coker promises Bellator roster will ‘really blossom’ in the next year
The Bellator roster has been getting better and better over the last few years, as the promotion has signed a host of high profile stars, such as Rory MacDonald, Gegard Mousasi, Fedor Emelianenko, Chael Sonnen, Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic, Wanderlei Silva, Ryan Bader, Phil Davis, Matt Mitrione, Benson Henderson and Roy Nelson. While these are […]
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Tyron Woodley says he’ll start training with Floyd Mayweather next week
For a time, Floyd Mayweather’s potential move to the perilous world of mixed martial arts was all anybody was talking about. When Mayweather suggested that he’d be preparing for this undeniably risky career change under the tutelage of UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley, buzz about his MMA move reached a deafening crescendo. Over the last […]
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Andre Fili calls for scrap with Zabit Magomedsharipov
Dagestani featherweight Zabit Magomedsharipov is one of the most hyped fighters in the UFC at present, and Team Alpha Male talent Andre Fili is hoping to fight him. Fili made his ballsy callout of the ferocious Magomedsharipov on Twitter, suggesting the fight occur at UFC 227 in Los Angeles, California this August 4. UFC 227? […]
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Fired up Felice Herrig rips UFC strawweight rankings to shreads
Yesterday afternoon, formerly ranked UFC strawweight contender Angela Hill took to Twitter to share her concern that her spot in the rankings had been usurped by Mackenzie Dern, who has not yet defeated a top-15 strawweight, and whose last fight was not even in the division. Well this is a big fat slap in the […]
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Wanderlei Silva still wants Rampage Jackson fight, but would take Dan Henderson or Vitor Belfort
We’ve only seen the ‘Axe Murderer’, Wanderlei Silva step foot in the cage once in the last five years. That time being for when he headlined Bellator’s big Madison Square Garden show, Bellator 180 opposite his longtime rival, Chael Sonnen. ‘The American Gangster’ would go on to earn the unanimous decision victory by grinding out […]
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VIDEO | Chael Sonnen thinks Kevin Lee is obviously fighting for the lightweight title next
https://www.facebook.com/ChaelSonnen/videos/1780799215330807/ “You got a three-way dance for Khabib [Nurmagomedov] right now. And it’s between Eddie [Alvarez], [Dustin] Poirier and Kevin Lee. So the fact that you made a fight between two of those guys, which is Poirier and Eddie… Tells me…by default alone, Kevin Lee’s about to fight for a world title. With Conor [McGregor] […]