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Liz Carmouche vs Roxanne Modaferri targeted for UFC San Antonio
The UFC is headed back to Texas for UFC San Antonio on July 20. With no fights yet to be announced… that’s about to be changed. ESPN’s Brett Okamoto has confirmed that a pivotal flyweight match-up between seasoned veteran top contenders and former title challengers, one at bantamweight and the other at flyweight, is close […]
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Frankie Edgar explains why title fight with Max Holloway ‘makes sense’
At UFC 240 current featherweight champion Max Holloway will look to defend his title against Frankie Edgar, not Alexander Volkanovski, as many expected. The former UFC lightweight champion is just 1-1 in his last two fights and hasn’t fought since April 2018. But, according to Edgar, he knew he was next after talking to the UFC. […]
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UFC Sacramento gets four fights, Nicco Montano set to return
On July 13, UFC Sacramento goes down and it’s beginning to really shape up with four fun fight additions. The UFC revealed on Tuesday that the inaugural flyweight champion, Nicco Montano (4-2) will be making her long-awaited return for the first time since winning the title in December 2017. She would defeat Roxanne Modafferi via […]
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Neil Magny reveals USADA test failure as reason for UFC Rochester removal
On Monday, Neil Magny was suddenly pulled from his UFC Rochester co-main event bout with Vicente Luque this Saturday night due to undisclosed reasons. Well, we now know why. The 20-fight UFC veteran took to Instagram on Tuesday following the news and revealed that his removal from the fight was due to a positive out […]
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Dan Lambert believes Joanna Jedrzejczyk could get title shot now that Jessica Andrade is champion
At UFC 237, the strawweight title was on the line as Rose Namajunas was looking to defend the belt against Jessica Andrade. In the end, Andrade captured the belt in wild fashion, knocking Namajunas out with a slam. Before the title changed hands, the widespread belief was that the winner of Tatiana Suarez vs. Nina […]
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Manager wanted all of TJ Dillashaw’s UFC wins overturned, gives update on Cody Garbrandt
At UFC 235 in March, the former bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt went to war with Brazil’s rising contender, Pedro Munhoz. Unfortunately for the Team Alpha Male staple, he would suffer his third consecutive defeat via knockout. Of course, it’s never a fighter’s desire to take damage, especially in the form of a knockout. So when […]
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Brendan Schaub rips UFC, Dana White for moving PPVs to ESPN+
Speaking on a recent episode of his Below The Belt Podcast, former UFC heavyweight Brendan Schaub discussed the UFC’s recent decision to make its pay-per-views available exclusively on ESPN+. Schaub feels that this is significantly and negatively influencing pay-per-view numbers, which is in turn hurting the fighters. He points to the absences of huge UFC […]
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The biggest winners from UFC 237
It always feels special when the Octagon comes back to where it all started. The UFC 237 pay-per-view from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil was no exception. The Brazilian fighters had a rough night in Rio at the Jeunesse Arena. Eight Brazilian fighters suffered losses over the weekend, but six Brazilians picked up wins. None were […]
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Jon Jones makes prediction for Daniel Cormier vs. Stipe Miocic rematch
Daniel Cormier will attempt his second defense of the UFC heavyweight title at UFC 241, as he takes on the man he beat to win that title, former champ Stipe Miocic. Jon Jones, inarguably the fiercest rival of Cormier’s career, expects the champion to defeat Miocic once again — though perhaps not quite as easily. […]
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Anderson Silva escapes UFC 237 with minor injuries
As Anderson Silva collapsed to the ground in the UFC 237 co-main main event, clutching his knee in pain, we all experienced terrifying flashbacks to his 2013 loss to Chris Weidman. At best, it looked as though Silva’s ligaments had been hacked to pieces by Jared Cannonier’s crippling leg kicks. Yet according to a report […]
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Duke Roufus has an interesting strategy to prepare Anthony Pettis for Nate Diaz
When Anthony Pettis steps into the cage with Nate Diaz at UFC 241, he’ll have to worry about his opponent’s incredible grappling skill, his crisp boxing, and his bottomless gas tank. Yet he’ll also have to be concerned with a much more intangible factor: Diaz’s trash talk. Nate Diaz and his brother Nick are both […]
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UFC Rochester | Sijara Eubanks believes Aspen Ladd is ‘perfect’ opponent for return to bantamweight
Sijara Eubanks had a whirlwind 10 days back in the fall. Initially, it was announced that she would headline UFC 230 in Madison Square Garden and fight for the vacant flyweight title against Valentina Shevchenko. However, that plan did not come to fruition, and Eubanks was later booked for an undercard rematch with Roxanne Modafferi […]
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Anthony Pettis says he was offered Conor McGregor fight before Nate Diaz
Former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis is expected to return to the Octagon at UFC 241, where he’ll take on a big name in Nate Diaz. From the sounds of it, however, Pettis was first offered the chance to fight the biggest name in MMA: Conor McGregor. Pettis dropped this bit of information on Ariel Helwani’s MMA […]
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Alex Volkanovski hospitalized with blood infection in Chile
Yesterday afternoon, news surfaced that the UFC is targeting a featherweight title fight between Max Holloway and Frankie Edgar for UFC 240 in July. The widespread reaction to this news is that top featherweight contender Alex Volkanovski, who just defeated Jose Aldo at UFC 237, is being snubbed. As it turns out, this is probably […]
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UFC 241 | Stipe Miocic annoyed by ‘idiot’ Daniel Cormier, shocked he got rematch
It’s happening. Former UFC heavyweight king, Stipe Miocic will be getting his rematch at UFC 241. The Cleveland, Ohio native last fought in July 2018 when he and the then light heavyweight champion, Daniel Cormier met in a super fight of epic proportions. Unfortunately, the longest reigning UFC heavyweight champion in promotional history would find […]
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UFC Rochester loses one half of co-main event with Neil Magny now out
It’s officially UFC Rochester fight week. Unfortunately, the card has taken a late hit. MMA Junkie has confirmed that one half of the evening’s planned welterweight co-main event, Neil Magny, has been forced out of the bout for undisclosed reasons. He was set to take on rising Brazilian contender, Vicente Luque. The UFC is now […]
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Ronda Rousey says UFC debut against Liz Carmouche ‘felt bigger’ than Wrestlemania
Ronda Rousey has done a lot in her combat sports career. She competed in the Olympics, she was the first ever female UFC champion, she headlined UFC pay-per-views, and then she went to the WWE and took part in the first all-female Wrestlemania main event. While Wrestlemania was a big deal for Rousey, she says […]
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BJ Penn opens up following UFC 237 loss to Clay Guida
Former two division UFC champion BJ Penn returned to the octagon for a lightweight fight with Clay Guida at Saturday’s UFC 237 event in Rio. After a good opening round for ‘The Prodigy’, Guida was able to turn the tide later in round two. ‘The Carpenter’ went on to get off the better volume of […]
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BREAKING | Max Holloway vs Frankie Edgar targeted for UFC 240
UFC 240 looks to have found its first fight and its one that’s been booked on multiple occasions in the past. ESPN’s Brett Okamoto has confirmed that a featherweight title bout between the champion, Max Holloway (20-4) and former UFC lightweight titleholder, Frankie ‘The Answer’ Edgar (23-6-1) has been agreed to for UFC 240 on […]
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UFC 238 | Tony Ferguson opens as betting favorite against Donald Cerrone
With UFC 238 right around the corner, we recently got a very late yet extremely exciting match-up in the always enthralling 155-pound lightweight division. Fresh off his recent impressive five-round dismantling of Al Iaquinta at UFC Ottawa, the always active veteran Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone is back in the top five of the division he took […]
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Opinion: The UFC lightweight division is moving on without Conor McGregor
Conor McGregor recently announced his retirement from MMA, yet as so many inside the combat sports bubble expected, it already looks like that retirement will be short lived. McGregor has continued to hint at a UFC return on his social media channels, and UFC President Dana White has stated that he hopes to coax the […]
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Megan Anderson and the featherweight torch
Fighters are responsible for a lot more things than perhaps meets the eye. On the surface level, they’re responsible for providing for themselves as anyone is in their profession. Others may argue that they’re also responsible for the entertainment of their audiences as performers and public figures. But it can go much deeper than that […]
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Anthony Pettis on Nate Diaz fight: ‘It’s personal’
If Nate Diaz makes his long-awaited return to the Octagon at UFC 241 as planned, it will be against a very hostile opponent. Anthony Pettis, the man tasked with welcoming Diaz back to the Octagon, divulged on Ariel Helwani’s MMA show on Monday that this fight is very personal for him. He’s says he’s excited […]
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Jose Aldo issues statement on UFC 237 loss: ‘I have never fought so badly in my life’
When Jose Aldo stepped into the cage in front of thousands of Brazilian fans in Rio de Janeiro over the weekend, his intention was to improve his win streak to three-straight. Unfortunately, his UFC 237 opponent Alex Volkanovski had other plans. After three rounds, the former UFC featherweight champion had been outfought, and his win […]
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Prosecutors drop charges against Conor McGregor after phone-smashing ordeal
Conor McGregor is no longer facing criminal charges in the state of Florida. Earlier this year, the Irish star found himself in hot water after allegedly smashing the cell phone of 22-year-old fan Ahmed Abdirzak. Roughly a month ago, however, Abdirzak withdrew his charges against McGregor, which implied that a settlement had been reached behind […]
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UFC 237 medical suspensions: Rose Namajunas, Anderson Silva facing lengthy absences
UFC 237 has come and gone — and what a card it was. The event, which went down in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Saturday night, featured some memorable scraps and some truly nasty finishes. As is so often the case with action-packed cards of this kind, the result is a number of lengthy medical […]
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Alex Volkanovski outlines ‘rock solid’ case for featherweight title shot
Australian featherweight contender Alex Volkanovski picked up the biggest victory of his career over the weekend, thumping the former champion Jose Aldo to a unanimous decision triumph on the main card of UFC 237. With this victory tacked onto his resume, Volkanovski is now a fantastic 19-1 overall — easily one of the best records […]
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Anderson Silva issues statement after loss to Jared Cannonier
Over the weekend, in the co-main event of UFC 237, Anderson Silva looked to get back on track in front of thousands of Brazilian fans, as he stepped into the cage with surging middleweight contender Jared Cannonier. Regrettably for the middleweight legend and his legions of dedicated supporters, this outing didn’t go as planned. Instead, […]