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Dana White names three UFC fights that failed to meet his expectations
It’s always disappointing when a fight we’re expecting to be a barnburner turns out to be a dud. UFC President Dana White is not immune to that disappointment. Speaking during a recent AMA on Reddit, the UFC boss was asked to name a few fights that he expected to be great but ended up being […]
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Jack Hermansson says UFC still wants him to fight Chris Weidman
Middleweight contender Jack Hermansson says the UFC still wants him to fight Chris Weidman after their fight for UFC Oklahoma City was canceled. Hermansson was set to fight Weidman in the main event of the Oklahoma City card that was eventually canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. However, the bigger problem is that Hermansson is […]
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Khabib Nurmagomedov had “the best training camp” for UFC 249
UFC lightweight champ Khabib Nurmagomedov says his training camp for his nixed UFC 249 fight with Tony Ferguson was among the best he’s ever had. Nurmagomedov was originally expected to defend his title against Ferguson in the main event of UFC 249 card on April 18. Unfortunately, amid growing travel restrictions associated with the coronavirus […]
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Tyron Woodley explains why he’s confident he’d beat Israel Adesanya
It’s no secret that former UFC welterweight champ Tyron Woodley has some issues with UFC middleweight champ Israel Adesanya. During a recent episode his Hollywood Beatdown show on TMZ Sports, Woodley fired another verbal volley at Adesanya, and also explained why he believes he’d defeat the middleweight champ in a fight. He began be reiterating that […]
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Pearl Gonzalez fires back after Curtis Blaydes criticizes female fighters
Pearl Gonzalez has some choice words for her fellow Chicagoan, top UFC heavyweight contender Curtis Blaydes. On Thursday, Blaydes drummed up some controversy by suggesting that some female fighters are given preferential treatment based on their looks, rather than their athletic accomplishments. “I’m a girl dad so lemme make this clear I’m not against female […]
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Ovince Saint Preux expects to be outweighed by roughly 40lbs in UFC heavyweight debut
Ovince Saint Preux is a long-time UFC light heavyweight contender, but his next fight will occur in the promotion’s heavyweight division. The former interim light heavyweight title challenger will step up a division to battle Ben Rothwell on May 13. The decision to accept this fight came after his planned fights with Shamil Gamzatov and […]
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Marvin Vettori will be “pissed” if negative media helps screw over another UFC event
UFC middleweight Marvin Vettori believes the media will be the ones to blame if the upcoming string of UFC events do not go ahead as planned. Vettori, who is riding a two-fight win streak following his loss to Israel Adesanya back in April 2018, is considered to be one of the rising stars in the […]
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UFC star Conor McGregor delivers medical supplies to children’s hospital in Ireland
UFC star Conor McGregor continues to assist his local area during the COVID-19 pandemic after delivering medical supplies to a children’s hospital in Crumlin. While there have been more than a few negative stories in the world of mixed martial arts over the course of the last few months, it appears as if McGregor is […]
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UFC releases new fight week safety protocol for athletes competing during pandemic
The UFC has announced its new protocol to ensure the safety of fighters for its three upcoming cards on May 9, 13, and 16. The promotion intends on hosting a trifecta of fighting events this month in Jacksonville, Florida. The first event will be UFC 249 on May 9, which had previously been postponed due […]
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Curtis Blaydes believes certain UFC stars receive preferential treatment based on “looks” instead of “athletic achievements”
Curtis Blaydes takes issue with bikini-clad UFC fighters who receive preferential treatment based on their looks instead of fighting skills. The UFC heavyweight contender shared his frustrations in a social media post this week. “Razor” criticized female MMA fighters who are heavily promoted based on their looks. “I’m a girl dad so lemme make this […]
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Donald Cerrone wants to become first UFC fighter to fight three times in one week
UFC welterweight Donald Cerrone says he wants to become the first fighter in UFC history to fight three times in one week. Cerrone takes on Anthony Pettis in a rematch at UFC 249 next Saturday night in Jacksonville, Florida. Living up to his ‘anywhere, anytime’ mantra, “Cowboy” took the fight against Pettis on short notice […]
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Johny Hendricks explains how USADA played a role in his retirement from MMA
Johny Hendricks never failed a USADA test or took any performance-enhancing drugs in his career. But, he does say USADA played a big factor in why he retired in 2018. Hendricks claimed UFC gold back at UFC 171 where he defeated Robbie Lawler to win the vacant belt. He would then lose the title to […]
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Stipe Miocic says there’s “no way” he would accept a fight during the COVID-19 pandemic
Stipe Miocic makes it clear he won’t be defending his heavyweight title anytime soon. Miocic re-claimed the heavyweight title back at UFC 241 where he scored a fourth-round TKO win over Daniel Cormier. Since then, he has been healing up his eye injury. But, as his eye is healing the champ isn’t sure when he […]
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Duke Roufus: “I’m seeing the best Anthony Pettis that I’ve seen in a while”
As he looks to get off his current two-fight losing skid, former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis is impressing those around him. Pettis is scheduled to fight Donald Cerrone in the featured prelim at UFC 249 which is scheduled for May 9 on ESPN and ESPN+ PPV. Coming off back-to-back losses against Diego Ferreira and […]
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Anthony Johnson will get top-10 opponent in UFC return, says Dana White
Former UFC light heavyweight title contender Anthony Johnson will get a top-10 opponent in his return to the Octagon, whenever that is. Johnson retired from MMA after losing to Daniel Cormier at UFC 210 in April 2017 in a failed bid to become the UFC light heavyweight champion. He retired as one of the top-three […]
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Junior dos Santos willing to drop to light heavyweight to fight Jon Jones
Junior dos Santos recently turned some heads by sharing a picture of his slimmed down physique. Speaking to MMA Fighting, dos Santos explained that his primary objective is simply getting his weight back down to a more ideal level—lighter than it was when he knocked out Cain Velasquez to win the heavyweight title in 2011. […]
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Israel Adesanya “glad” Robert Whittaker is “starting to find that balance”
Former UFC middleweight champ Robert Whittaker recently opened on up on feeling “burnt out.” Israel Adesanya, the man that took Whittaker’s title, is glad to see his former foe working through these issues. Whittaker initially opened up on his troubles in an interview with the Daily Telegraph. “That second [Yoel] Romero fight, it took heaps […]
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Luke Rockhold only sees one way Khabib Nurmagomedov can be beaten
Luke Rockhold is a long-time friend and training partner of undefeated UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. Having felt Nurmagomedov’s world class skills first-hand, Rockhold believes the lightweight champ is a nightmare matchup for just about anybody — at lightweight or welterweight. Rockhold praised the skills of the champ on a recent episode of Submission Radio. “The […]
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VIDEO | Dana White gives tour of his mansion, featuring basketball court, arcade and more
Dana White has made a fortune as the president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, and from the looks of it, he’s invested a lot of his earnings in his sprawling, Las Vegas mansion. White recently gave a tour of his estate to Haute TV, and its bound to spark a little envy among those riding […]
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Dana White lists the best fighters to never win a UFC title
UFC president Dana White was recently asked who the best fighters are to never win a UFC title, and his list contained several legends of the sport. White took part in a Reddit AMA this week and was asked a number of intriguing questions by fans about the history of the UFC. One fan asked […]
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Bas Rutten recounts beating three self-proclaimed “Navy SEALs” at once in Tokyo street fight
Bas Rutten has traveled all over the world over the course of his time in the combat sports industry, and he has some pretty interesting stories to share as a result. Rutten shared one of those stories on a recent episode of Submission Radio, harkening back to a time he brawled three men claiming to […]
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Marlon Vera calls out Urijah Faber after “p**sy” Song Yadong pulls out of May 16 bout
Marlon Vera has called out Urijah Faber after his May 16 opponent, Song Yadong, pulled out of their scheduled fight. While the idea of UFC 249 going ahead on May 9 is crazy enough, what’s even crazier is that the Ultimate Fighting Championship is planning on putting two more events on in the week that […]
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Daniel Cormier plans on getting “back to wrestling” in trilogy bout with Stipe Miocic
Daniel Cormier is planning on getting back to his wrestling roots in his upcoming trilogy fight against rival Stipe Miocic. While Cormier is considered to be one of the UFC’s greatest heavyweights ever, and one of the greatest in mixed martial arts history, he’s tied at 1-1 with Miocic after two fascinating battles for the […]
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Mark Hunt uses Jon Jones reference to prove the UFC doesn’t care about their fighters
Mark Hunt has launched a savage attack on the UFC for not caring about their fighters, and he references Jon Jones to make his point. The New Zealand native has been on a crusade against the UFC ever since Brock Lesnar failed a drug test for their UFC 200 fight in 2016. Hunt lost the […]
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Colby Covington says only two fights “make sense” for UFC return
Colby Covington only has two fights in mind for his UFC return. The former interim welterweight champion is ready to set foot back in the Octagon, but only for two opponents. On Covington’s radar is the current welterweight champion, Kamaru Usman, and the former welterweight champion, Tyron Woodley. In his last UFC appearance, “Chaos” faced […]
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Robert Whittaker proposes Darren Till fight be at a catchweight, “The Gorilla” responds
Robert Whittaker is hoping his August fight against Darren Till can be a 195-pound catchweight bout. Whittaker and Till are expected to headline UFC Dublin on August 15. Yet, with the pandemic shutting down gyms, the former middleweight champion says he would rather not train and do a catchweight so they don’t have to cut […]
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Dana White says Jorge Masvidal vs. Ben Askren is his favorite KO of all time
UFC president Dana White says that Jorge Masvidal and his flying knee finish over Ben Askren at UFC 239 is his favorite KO of all time. There are hundreds of amazing knockouts that have taken place inside the Octagon, but perhaps none of them have been as crazy as Masvidal’s KO over Askren last summer […]
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Dana White says he’s “not very” confident Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Tony Ferguson happens this year
UFC president Dana White says he’s not very confident Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson will fight this year. Nurmagomedov was expected to battle Ferguson at UFC 249 on April 18 but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the fight was canceled. Now, on May 9, Ferguson will fight Justin Gaethje for the interim lightweight title. After […]