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Tyron Woodley reveals Georges St-Pierre turned down fights with him ‘five or six times’
UFC welterweight champ Tyron Woodley has been chasing a fight with Georges St-Pierre for years. Now that St-Pierre is retired, however, it would seem to be forever off the table. Speaking to TMZ shortly after St-Pierre’s retirement message, Tyron Woodley revealed that he approached the UFC about a fight with the Canadian legend multiple times, […]
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UFC Phoenix salaries: Cain Velasquez made bank for Ngannou loss
Last Sunday night at UFC Phoenix, former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez returned to the cage after nearly three years away, where he battled fearsome heavyweight knockout artist Francis Ngannou. While this fight went rather disastrously for Velasquez — he was stopped in less than thirty seconds and injured his knee — he was at least […]
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Coach Firas Zahabi explains why Georges St-Pierre is ‘greatest mixed martial artist of all time’
Georges St-Pierre has called it a career. The Canadian mixed martial arts legend officially announced his retirement from the sport at a Thursday morning press conference. Tristar head coach Firas Zahabi, who served as St-Pierre’s chief handler, feels the former UFC welterweight and middleweight champion ended his career perfectly. “This is a storybook ending, a […]
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EXCLUSIVE | Liz Carmouche struggled to find willing opponent ahead of UFC Prague fight
Liz Carmouche last fought in July of 2018 and wanted to return sooner. She will finally get that chance on Saturday when the UFC makes its debut in the Czech Republic. “I’m ready to fight,” Carmouche said to BJPENN.com. “That’s what I’m looking forward to. I haven’t fought since July and I have been nagging […]
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UFC Prague weigh-in results: Headliners on point, two fighters miss weight
Tomorrow night, the UFC will touch down in the Czech Republic with the exciting UFC Prague card. This card will be topped by a light heavyweight contender bout between fearsome Pole Jan Blachowicz and Brazilian kamikaze Thiago Santos. The winner figures to fit right into the light heavyweight title picture. Elsewhere on the card, we’ll […]
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UFC Prague: More reasons to watch
The Ultimate Fighting Championship will return to our screens this weekend with the exciting UFC Prague card. While this event in Prague, Czech Republic may not have any marquee names like Conor McGregor and Jon Jones, there are plenty of fun and interesting fights scattered throughout the evening’s 13-fight line up. The main card will […]
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Mackenzie Dern announces pregnancy
Fan favorite UFC flyweight contender Mackenzie Dern won’t be fighting for awhile. Early on Friday morning, Dern shared the exciting news that she is pregnant. See her announcement below: “God makes everything so perfect! I am so happy to be able to share this news! I’m going to be a Mom! I love so much […]
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EXCLUSIVE | Javier Mendez finds contradictions in Khabib Nurmagomedov’s NAC punishments
It took the UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov a few months after his massive title defending win over Conor McGregor at UFC 229 to finally receive his fine and suspension from the Nevada Athletic Commission (NAC). Of course, the punishments came in response to the post-fight scuffle that ensued following the fight between both Nurmagomedov […]
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Opinion | Move over Brock Lesnar, Francis Ngannou should be next in line to challenge Daniel Cormier
26 seconds. That’s the time it took for the human destroyer, Francis Ngannou, to put down arguably the greatest heavyweight fighter in MMA history at the UFC’s inaugural ESPN event. Cain Velasquez entered the Talking Stick Resort Arena as the prohibitive favorite to make a mere mortal out of Ngannou the same way former heavyweight […]
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Amanda Nunes looking at two more fights before retirement
In 2019, it’s become very hard to deny Amanda Nunes of being the greatest female fighter of all time. The first and only dual-division women’s champion has beaten a who’s who throughout her career. That of which includes the two seemingly unbeatable fighters in former bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey and former featherweight champion Cris ‘Cyborg’ […]
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Nick Diaz trolls ‘b***h’ Georges St-Pierre after retirement
Georges St-Pierre is now officially retired. As expected, the Canadian MMA legend announced the end of his fighting career at a Thursday morning press conference at the Bell Centre in Montreal., the very same arena he fought in so many times. In the wake of this news, many top fighters took to social media to […]
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Under the Microscope | Why won’t the UFC let go of women’s featherweight?
February 11, 2019, marked the two-year anniversary of the UFC women’s featherweight division’s creation. Coincidentally this also happens to be the birthday of Megan Anderson who is essentially one half of the entire 145-pound female roster. UFC 208 in 2017 was when the division was created with a bout between two bantamweight contenders in Germaine […]
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MMA stars pay tribute to retired Georges St-Pierre
Georges St-Pierre is officially retired. The former UFC welterweight and middleweight champion closed the curtains on his combat career at a Thursday morning press conference inside the Bell Center in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. As expected, the retirement of Georges St-Pierre generated lots of interesting reactions on social media — most notably some messages of congratulations […]
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Israel Adesanya opens as betting favorite over Kelvin Gastelum
Israel Adesanya has opened as a slight betting favorite against Kelvin Gastelum for their interim middleweight title fight at UFC 236. Oddsmaker Nick Kalikas of BetDSI opened “Stylebender” as a -185 favorite (bet $185 to win $100) against Gastelum +155 (bet $100 to win $155) ahead of their clash on Apr. 13. Kalikas explained his […]
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UFC Phoenix medical suspensions: Cain Velasquez gets lengthy sit after Ngannou loss
On Sunday, the UFC held its first show on big ESPN, where Cain Velasquez made his long-awaited return to the Octagon to take on Francis Ngannou in Phoenix, Arizona. The fight had tons of anticipation, and UFC Phoenix ultimately drew the best Fight Night viewershipnumbers in three years. Ultimately, however, the main event ended rather […]
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Georges St-Pierre names the proudest moment of his MMA career
Speaking shortly after he officially announced his retirement from mixed martial arts at a Thursday morning press conference in Montreal, Georges St-Pierre opened up on the proudest moment of his career. His answer will likely to be surprising to some fans. Mid-way through his otherwise dominant 2012 defeat of Carlos Condit, he was dropped and […]
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Georges St-Pierre explains why fight with “the best” Khabib Nurmagomedov didn’t happen
Georges St-Pierre is now retired. The Canadian legend announced the end of his mixed martial arts career at a Thursday morning press conference at the Bell Center in Montreal, Quebec Canada. “There’s no tears. I’m very happy to do it,” St-Pierre said in the English portion of his retirement message. “In combat sports you should […]
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BREAKING | Georges St-Pierre officially announces his retirement from MMA
As expected, Georges St-Pierre has announced his retirement from mixed martial arts. The former UFC middleweight and welterweight champion made this announcement at a press conference inside the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec Canada. “There’s no tears. I’m very happy to do it,” St-Pierre said in the English portion of his retirement message. “In combat […]
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Report | UFC 237 moved from Curitiba to Rio de Janeiro
UFC 237, scheduled for May 11, will no longer be occurring in Curitiba, per a report from Combate. Due to a scheduling issue with the Curitiba football team Club Athletico Paranaense, the card will now go down in Rio de Janeiro on the same night. UFC 237, which now marks the UFC’s 10th visit to […]
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Robert Whittaker reacts to Kelvin Gastelum vs. Israel Adesanya booking
Robert Whittaker was supposed to defend the UFC middleweight title against Kelvin Gastelum at UFC 234 earlier this month. Unfortunately, the champion was forced out of the fight on the very day of the card, and rushed into the hospital with a collapsed hernia. This issue could keep Whittaker on the shelf for quite some […]
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EXCLUSIVE | At UFC Prague Diego Ferreira knows he has to go for the finish
Diego Ferreira is looking to continue his win streak and work his way up the UFC lightweight rankings. Ferreira is coming off of a second-round TKO win over Kyle Nelson at UFC 231 and will now be taking on Rustam Khabilov at UFC Prague. There is no question Khabilov will be a tougher test for […]
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Tyron Woodley responds to potential GSP retirement with interesting invitation
Reigning UFC welterweight champ Tyron Woodley has been chasing a fight with former welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre for years. Unfortunately for him, it now sounds as though St-Pierre is hanging up the gloves for good. The Canadian legend is expected to announce his retirement from mixed martial arts at a press conference in Montreal, Quebec, […]
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UFC Phoenix draws best Fight Night numbers in three years
The UFC recently held their very first main card to air on ESPN with UFC Phoenix on February 17. In the main event, we witnessed the return of the former two-time heavyweight king Cain Velasquez as he took on the modern day terror, Francis “The Predator” Ngannou. Unfortunately for Velasquez, his comeback would be spoiled […]
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EXCLUSIVE | ‘Honored’ Jared Cannonier says he will ‘knock out’ Anderson Silva
Anderson Silva has his next fight booked as he will return to Brazil to take on Jared Cannonier at UFC 237. “I never thought it was going to happen, I got the call today, but hell, the UFC has already announced it so I assume Silva has agreed to it as well,” Cannonier said to […]
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BREAKING | Anderson Silva vs Jared Cannonier added to UFC 237
At UFC 234 earlier this month, we saw the return of the middleweight division’s all-time finest competitor, Anderson Silva (34-9). Having fought for the first time since February 2017 when he faced off with Israel Adesanya at UFC 234, ‘The Spider’ is ready to turn things right around and get back at it. ESPN’s Brett […]
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Georges St-Pierre acknowledges Khabib Nurmagomedov callout, promises answers tomorrow
On Wednesday morning, reports surfaced that former UFC welterweight and middleweight champ Georges St-Pierre plans to formally announce his retirement from MMA at a press conference in Montreal on Thursday morning. It is alleged that St-Pierre is retiring because his desired fight with Khabib Nurmagomedov could not be made a reality. Shortly after this news surfaced, Khabib […]
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Report | Officials are working on an interim lightweight title fight between Tony Ferguson and Max Holloway for UFC 236
UFC 226 could get a whole lot better in the coming days. According to a report from BJPenn.com’s Chris Taylor, an interim lightweight title fight between former interim champion Tony Ferguson and reigning featherweight champion Max Holloway is potentially headed to the card. “I was just told from sources (the same that were involved in […]
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Dustin Poirier and Al Iaquinta call for UFC to release them amid GSP vs. Khabib talk
News of Georges St-Pierre’s planned retirement prompted UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov to make one final effort to goad him into a fight. While Nurmagomedov’s call for a fight with St-Pierre excited some fans, however, it didn’t go over well with the many UFC lightweight contenders awaiting a shot at the champ’s belt, such as […]