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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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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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Vitor Belfort went into UFC 224 fight with Lyoto Machida injured
One of MMA’s all-time greatest finishers fought their final battle this past Saturday. In the main card opener, “The Phenom” Vitor Belfort took on Lyoto Machida in a clash of Brazilian former UFC light heavyweight champions. Machida was the one to walk away with the spectacular knockout victory thus spoiling what would be Belfort’s retirement party […]
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Michael Bisping has no sympathy for Vitor Belfort’s loss in retirement bout, “he’s built a career off being a cheat”
One man who is never short on words is the former UFC middleweight champion, “The Count” Michael Bisping. With former opponent of Bisping’s, Vitor Belfort’s career coming to an end this past Saturday at UFC 224 with a violent knockout loss to Lyoto Machida, Bisping shared his thoughts on the legendary Brazilians departure from the sport […]
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Amanda Cooper shares first thoughts post-UFC 224
A fight from UFC 224 that became highlighted closer to when the fight drew nearer was the scheduled strawweight tilt between The Ultimate Fighter season 23 finalist, Amanda Cooper and hot prospect and BJJ world champion, Mackenzie Dern. Spotlighted for the wrong reason, the drama came late in UFC 224’s fight week when Dern would […]
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VIDEO | Mackenzie Dern says she weighed 139 pounds when she arrived in Brazil for UFC 224
Prospect @MackenzieDern opens up about her failed weight cut at #UFC224, says she weighed 139 pounds the Tuesday before weigh-ins. Watch #TheMMAHour live: https://t.co/11sYrEm5Ug pic.twitter.com/ZtAuaH0E9l — MMAFighting.com (@MMAFighting) May 14, 2018 “I arrived at 139 pounds and a half and then on Wednesday, I was 131.4. Not that it’s typical, you know but I would […]
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UFC 224 Promotional Guidelines Compliance Payouts
The octagon returned to Rio de Janairo, Brazil last night for the promotions UFC 224 pay-per-view event. The thirteen-bout fight card was headlined by a women’s bantamweight title fight featuring current champion Amanda Nunes defending her title against surging contender Raquel Pennington. “The Lioness” would utilize some heavy low kicks to soften up “Rocky”, before […]
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MMA Community reacts to John Lineker’s impressive KO win over Brian Kelleher
UFC bantamweight knockout artist John Lineker lived up to his “hands of stone” reputation at tonight’s UFC 224 event in Brazil scoring a savage third-round knockout victory over a very game Brian Kelleher. John was able to catch Kelleher with some big shots throughout the course of the fight but Brian was able to survive […]
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UFC 224 Results: Amanda Nunes finishes Raquel Pennington (VIDEO)
A women’s bantamweight title fight headlined tonight’s UFC 224 event as Amanda Nunes put her title on the line against Raquel Pennington. Round one begins and Nunes starts off quickly by taking the center of the octagon. She leaps in with a left that fails to hit the mark. Nunes with a huge low kick […]
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UFC 224 Results: Lyoto Machida destroys Vitor Belfort (VIDEO)
A middleweight fight featuring former UFC light heavyweight champions Vitor Belfort and Lyoto Machida took place on the main card of tonight’s UFC 224 pay-per-view event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The bout is expected to serve as Belfort’s retirement fight. Round one begins and both fighters seem tentative early. Both men are staying at […]
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UFC 224 Results: Alexey Oleynik submits Junior Albini (VIDEO)
A heavyweight fight between Alexey Oleynik and Junior Albini took place during tonight’s UFC 224 prelims from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Round one begins and Oleynik misses with a jab to the body. A follow up punch does land and the fighters clinch. Alexey presses Albini against the cage. That doesn’t last long as Junior […]
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UFC 224 Live Results
UFC 224 Live Results Unable to catch tonight’s UFC 224 pay-per-view event from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil? BJPENN.com has you covered! Stay glued to this page for up to the minute live results from all of tonight’s action. The fight card is headlined by a women’s bantmaweight title fight featuring current champion Amanda Nunes taking […]
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Under the MMA Microscope | Is the UFC hyping the wrong fighters?
In the current UFC era, it’s been made loud and clear what the new ownership’s motives are: get rich or die tryin’. Well…maybe not to that extreme of a level but 50 Cent has been getting involved with the MMA scene lately(whatever that means) so don’t tell me that that’s not a good quote choice. […]
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UFC 224 weigh-in results: Mackenzie Dern misses weight by 7 pounds
Tomorrow night, the UFC will take over Rio de Janeiro’s Jeunesse Arena with UFC 224. On Friday morning, the 26 fighters on the card’s 13-fight bill took to the scales to weigh in for their imminent battles. As always, the weigh-ins included a high dose of drama. This time, that drama came courtesy of grappling star […]
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Report | Several UFC employees held at gunpoint in Rio de Janeiro
Just when you thought that things couldn’t get any crazier during a fight week after UFC 223’s incident, reports of a scary situation have been brought to light. UFC 224 takes place this Saturday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and ESPN’s Brett Okamoto has reported that several UFC employees and associates of UFC 224 were […]
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UFC 224 Fight Card and Start Time
UFC 224 Fight Card and Start Time The octagon will return to Brazil on May 12 for the promotions UFC 224 pay-per-view event. The fight card is headlined by a women’s bantmaweight title fight featuring current champion Amanda Nunes taking on surging division contender Raquel Pennington. Amanda Nunes will enter the fight on a six […]
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PHOTO | The UFC releases official poster for May’s UFC 224 event in Brazil
PHOTO | The UFC releases official poster for May’s UFC 224 event in Brazil The octagon will return to Brazil on May 12 for the promotions UFC 224 pay-per-view event. The fight card is headlined by a women’s bantmaweight title fight featuring current champion Amanda Nunes taking on surging division contender Raquel Pennington. Amanda Nunes […]
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Mackenzie Dern Flattered That Amanda Cooper Wanted to Fight Her, “I didn’t know who she was”
Everybody loves to be the person who stops a so-called ‘hype train’. They’re those cases where one gets to prove that maybe they’re the ones who deserved some of the spotlights over those who were hogging it all up(whether by their choice or not). In this case, it’s fair to say that highly touted young prospect and […]
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Report | An interim welterweight title fight is in the works for UFC 224
UFC 224, which goes down on May 12 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil has looked like it could be a very big card from the moment it was announced. According to BJPenn.com’s Chris Taylor, who has spoken with multiple sources close to the situation, the card is about to get a whole lot bigger, as […]