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VIDEO | Kevin Lee Tells ‘Bullsh-t’ Nate Diaz Where The Smoke is At
Kevin Lee on Nate Diaz. pic.twitter.com/XkDNnqg4GB — MMA Digest (@themmadigest) January 27, 2018 Ever since Nate Diaz dropped the news that he’s returning, lightweights have been hitting Twitter, recording videos, sending smoke signals, anything they can do to get that fight. Former interim lightweight title challenger Kevin Lee has already called him out, but he’s […]
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Cain Velasquez Issues a Very Interesting Statement on Daniel Cormier Fighting Stipe Miocic
In case you haven’t heard the news, maybe you need to sit down. UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier is going to challenge Stipe Miocic for his UFC heavyweight belt in July after they coach a season of The Ultimate Fighter. We aren’t kidding. This is really happening. While this is insane, Cormier’s teammate Cain […]
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Bellator 193 Results: Lorenz Larkin Earns First Bellator Win
The fighters started the action feeling each other out with kicks that didn’t really land. As the first minute ticked away, Fernando Gonzalez landed a nice body kick as Lorenz Larkin regained cage control and began to work his patented front teep kicks to the body and thigh. Gonzalez fought back with single hooks at times […]
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Al Iaquinta is Happy With New Deal, “Very few people know their worth.”
Not many fighters have been so vocal about how unhappy they are with their UFC contracts after a fight as Al Iaquinta has been after his last few fights. But it sounds like “Ragin’” Al has negotiated a deal that he can fight happily under. He explained when talking to ESPN.com: “After my last fight […]
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PHOTO | Check out this Crazy Max Holloway Throwback!
The UFC’s current undisputed Featherweight king, Max Holloway began his Mixed Martial Arts career six years ago at just the young age of nineteen years old. Before he started the journey to being one of the best MMA fighters in the world, he tried his hand at kickboxing. Check him out before the tattoos and […]
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Massive superfight set for UFC 226 in July
Another champion versus champion superfight has just been announced by the UFC and is set to take place in July at UFC 226. On Friday, the UFC announced that heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic and light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier will be coaches on the 27th season of The Ultimate Fighter and the two will fight […]
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Kelvin Gastelum Bothered By Being Passed Up for Interim Title Shot
The middleweight division was just on the verge of reaching a relatively normal state of affairs and then an injury sent it right back into chaos. Georges St-Pierre bowed out of the division and left his new title behind. Whittaker was promoted to the undisputed champion but had to pull out of his first defense. […]
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Stipe Miocic’s Wife Calls Out UFC for Their Disrespect of the UFC Champion
All through the lead up to UFC 220, most of the spotlight was on Stipe Miocic‘s opponent Francis Ngannou. He was built up to be a genetic freak who threatened to take out the reigning and defending UFC heavyweight champion just as fast as he has dispatched of his other competition. No question Ngannou has […]
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BREAKING | Eddie Alvarez Goes Off on ‘Phony’ Nate Diaz for Turning Down Their Fight
As soon as Nate Diaz announced that he’s tired of waiting on the sidelines and ready to come back to bring excitement to the UFC again, a lot of fighters wanted to get on that action. Dana White said he was going to offer him a fight, but that it wasn’t going to be Tyron […]
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VIDEO | Watch Edward Kelly Pull Off the Fastest KO Ever in His ONE FC Division
If you’re already itching for MMA and can’t wait until UFC Charlotte, ONE FC’s Global Superheroes went down last night provided enough excitement to hold you over until tomorrow even in just one fight. Featherweight Edward Kelly stepped in to face Meas Meulin the prelims and shocked everyone with his brutal and lightning fast knockout. […]
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Derek Brunson Wants a Big Reward if he Smashes Jacare at UFC Charlotte
Smarter. Faster. Stronger.@DerekBrunson knows what he needs to do to get his hand raised. #UFCCharlotte pic.twitter.com/1x6rp1JO4u — UFC (@ufc) January 26, 2018 Things didn’t go Derek Brunson‘s way the last time he fought Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza in Strikeforce. He got caught with a punch coming in, a lot like his fight with Robert Whittaker, that […]
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VIDEO | Coach Reveals It Could Be Awhile Before Georges St-Pierre Fights Again
Georges St-Pierre came, he saw, he conquered. The welterweight legend came back after four years removed from competition in the UFC and didn’t skip a beat. He looked amazing as he fought middleweight champion Michael Bisping and submitted him, capturing a title in a higher weight division. Understandably, fans were surprised and devastated to find […]
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‘Coach Cucuy’ Tony Ferguson Releases an Inspirational Statement
What’s it like to be Tony Ferguson? Only one man knows. There have been ups and downs and a lot of time to contemplate since his win over Kevin Lee, awarding him a UFC interim lightweight title. Once again he’s been booked against Khabib Nurmagomedov, but the fate of his title is a mystery all […]
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Joe Lauzon Returns at UFC 223 in Brooklyn
One of the UFC’s most accomplished and recognizable warriors is ready to return. Joe Lauzon is tied at fifteen with Nate Diaz for most performance bonuses in a UFC career. Lauzon holds the record for most submission of the night awards(six) and will most certainly look to break his tie with Diaz when he returns […]
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Jens Pulver Names a Very Specific Opponent That Could Bring Him Out of Retirement…
Few fighters were as essential to the lighter weight classes’ growth back in the early days of MMA as Jens “Lil Evil” Pulver. He was the UFC’s very first Lightweight champion and actually never lost the title. Pulver defended twice then took his fighting skills elsewhere. In his first defense, he was a part of […]
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VIDEO | Ji Yeon Kim Says Everyone Kept Giving her a Rather Odd Request for Her Fight with Justine Kish…
“When I got the offer to fight Justine Kish, everyone was talking about her accident in the cage. Then when it was finalized, everyone I know was telling me to make her shit her pants again. Every time I met someone and start talking about the fight, they kept saying that to me. However, I have […]
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Invicta Champ Calls out Cris Cyborg
It’s pretty rare to see the longtime Featherweight queen, Cris Cyborg get called out by anyone. Usually, she’s the one who has to go searching for challengers. But today someone has risen from the shadows and they happen to be a fellow champion as well. Current Invicta FC Bantamweight champion, Yana “Foxy” Kunitskaya took to Twitter […]
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BJPENN.COM Radio Ep. 67 // Mairbek Taisumov | Alexander Volkanovski | Josh Emmett
BJPENN Radio returns tonight at 9PM ET/6PM PT! 9:15PM ET- We kick things off with UFC lightweight Mairbek Taisumov. Following what appears to be an end to his frustrating visa complications, the Russian powerhouse appears to have cleared the hurdle as it was announced he’d be fighting Evan Dunham at UFC 223 in Brooklyn, New […]
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Former UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar’s WWE Contract is Up in April
It seems like both yesterday and 100 years ago that Brock Lesnar made his triumphant UFC return after being away from the sport for nearly five years, then coming back and beating top 10 heavyweight Mark Hunt. There have been multiple rumblings of his return including a Jon Jones call out, but nothing has happened […]
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VIDEO | Francis Ngannou is Taking Some Time Off From Fighting
At UFC 220, the knockout machine Francis Ngannou was put up against another unstoppable fighter in now record-breaking champion Stipe Miocic. It wasn’t the performance that was promoted or expected, resulting in Miocic taking the contender into the deepest of waters and dominating him to a decision victory. After his first loss since 2014 and […]
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Jimmy Smith announces first color commentary gig for the UFC
Earlier this month, we learned that long-time Bellator color commentator Jimmy Smith had signed with the UFC. Smith made his debut with the promotion during UFC 220 last weekend, working the broadcast desk on Fs1. Now, he’s announced that he’ll return to his bread and butter – commentating on live fights – at UFC 221 […]
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BREAKING VIDEO | Snoop Dogg Revealed as a Special Commentator for EA Sports UFC 3
You’ve heard him on @UFCFightPass and #SnoopCast now @SnoopDogg brings his talents to @EASPORTSUFC 3 Knockout Mode! pic.twitter.com/GDq6pzAoKR — UFC (@ufc) January 25, 2018 The highly anticipated sequel to EA SPORTS UFC 2 drops in just a couple of weeks and the reviews have been mostly nothing but high praise. Other than new features, revamped […]
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BREAKING | Mark Hunt Won’t Be a UFC Fighter in 2019
The neverending pain of being a fight fan is watching all your favorite fighters fade and eventually walk away from the sport you love. Daniel Cormier has gone on record saying he only has three fights left before he hangs up his gloves due to his 40th birthday. Now MMA legend and PRIDE vet Mark […]
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Douglas Lima shares main regret about fight with Rory MacDonald
Douglas Lima is no longer the Bellator welterweight champion. That distinction now belongs to Rory MacDonald, who beat him with a competitive decision in the co-main event of last Saturday’s Bellator 192 card. Now several days removed from his loss to MacDonald, Douglas Lima has some significant regrets about how it all went down. Most […]
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VIDEO | Frankie Edgar Admits Max Holloway is His Toughest Test to Date
We finally have it booked again. MMA fans everywhere wept when Frankie Edgar had to pull out of his UFC 218 fight against Max Holloway, but the tears soon dried up when we found out Jose Aldo would replace him. Now Holloway is going back and trying to finish what he and the former UFC […]
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BREAKING | Paul Daley claims he’s parted ways with Bellator
Paul Daley has not been happy with Bellator MMA of late. Over the last few weeks, the British knockout artist has repeatedly shared his gripes with Bellator on Facebook. Scott Coker talking about Page at the Bellator presser, Bellator are Sooooooo on ass it’s sickening 🤢 He hasn’t fought MMA in how long, his last performance in boxing and MMA were […]
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Colby Covington Says ‘ Race-baiting’ Tyron Woodley Has to Beat Him Up to Be a Megastar
It was back in October of last year that Colby Covington beat Demian Maia to become the third ranked welterweight in the world. Since then, he hasn’t been booked in a single fight. It’s clear from his multiple tirades in the media that he’s holding out for his title shot against Tyron Woodley. The UFC […]
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Francis Ngannou’s coach shares one positive takeaway from Stipe Miocic fight
We’re now almost a week removed from Francis Ngannou’s tough loss to UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic. This loss was as lopsided as they come, as Ngannou emptied his gas tank early, and spent the rest of the five-round affair clinging to life opposite the patient and powerful Miocic. While Ngannou’s first crack at the […]