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Jose Torres says new Brave CF contract is ‘multiple times’ better than UFC deal
Jose Torres didn’t waste any time as a free agent, promptly signing a contract with rising Bahrain-based promotion Brave CF this week. The former UFC flyweight revealed the news in an interview with MMAFighting and says the deal is far more lucrative than his previous UFC contract. “It’s definitely multiple times more than what I […]
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Georges St-Pierre proclaims he is ‘in great shape like never before’
Georges St-Pierre is all healed up. The ulcerative colitis that has plagued him in recent months is now a thing of the past, and apparently, he’s in better shape than ever. “I’m feeling great physically, in great shape like never before,” St-Pierre said on La Sueur podcast (transcript via MMA Fighting). “[Ulcerative colitis] is very […]
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Robert Whittaker reflects on his TUF 28 team, ‘The way I train isn’t for everyone’
Robert Whittaker is a UFC champion for a reason. However, what works best for someone may not work for someone else. This was seemingly the case on the most recent season of The Ultimate Fighter. The champion Whittaker coached opposite his next challenger Kelvin Gastelum on TUF 28 and their teams consisted of four heavyweights […]
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Francis Ngannou vs Cain Velasquez targeted for UFC Phoenix main event
According to essentially everyone at the American Kickboxing Academy (AKA), one of the best fighters to ever walk through their doors has been ready to return to action for the entirety of 2018. And now it looks like he will be finally doing so. ESPN’s Ariel Helwani has reported that a big-time heavyweight bout between […]
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Joseph Benavidez to act as alternate for Henry Cejudo vs TJ Dillashaw title fight
At UFC Brooklyn when the UFC makes their first appearance on ESPN programming (ESPN+), the card will be headlined by a big champion vs champion bout as flyweight titleholder Henry Cejudo looks to defend against bantamweight champ TJ Dillashaw. This will be Dillashaw’s divisional debut at 125-pounds. Therefore, it remains to be seen if he can […]
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Frankie Edgar says it would be a ‘shame’ if he never gets to fight Conor McGregor
Former UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar is always hanging around the title picture no matter the division. Currently calling 145-pounds his home, Edgar has already fought for the title on two separate occasions, both of which resulted in losses to Jose Aldo. After two dominant victories following the second opportunity, Edgar was set to get his […]
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Oscar De La Hoya challenges Dana White to fight: ‘Let’s get in the ring’
UFC President Dana White and Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya have exchanged countless verbal blows over the last few weeks, and now, De La Hoya seems interesting in exchanging physical blows with the UFC boss. Speaking on The Luke Thomas Show this week, the boxer turned promoter challenged Dana White to a […]
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EXCLUSIVE | Sodiq Yusuff opens up on losing his brother the week before his UFC debut
Sodiq Yusuff’s UFC debut was supposed to be an enjoyable time for him. He worked his entire life to get the pinnacle of the sport and was being flown out to Australia to fight at UFC Adelaide. However, Yusuff found out his brother had passed away a week before his UFC debut. Yet even in the […]
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Ben Askren vs. Robbie Lawler fight rescheduled for March
After a long struggle to find a suitable main event for UFC 233, which was scheduled for January 26 in Anaheim, the promotion has decided to cancel the card outright. The bouts that were scheduled for this event, including a high profile welterweight bout between former UFC champ Robbie Lawler and former ONE and Bellator […]
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Dana White fires back at Oscar De La Hoya with extensive figures on Chuck Liddell’s UFC earnings
UFC President Dana White does not like Oscar De La Hoya. That’s been clear for awhile now. If there was any lingering doubt about how Dana White feels about the boxing turned MMA promoter, however, his comments in a recent interview with Yahoo! Sports should clear things up. The UFC boss did not hold back. […]
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Father suggests Khabib Nurmagomedov has already reached agreement with NSAC
Shortly after UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov submitted Conor McGregor in the main event of UFC 229, he leapt over the side of the cage and attacked McGregor’s training partner Dillon Danis. At the same time, McGregor got into it with two of Nurmagomedov’s training partners inside the cage. Unsurprisingly, the Nevada State Athletic Commission […]
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Jon Jones reacts to CSAC license reinstatement
On Tuesday afternoon, former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones had his license reinstated by the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) after failing a drug test for his 2017 fight with Daniel Cormier in Anaheim. For Jon Jones, this marked the final hurdle in the path to his UFC 232 rematch with Alexander Gustafsson. Needless […]
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Alexander Gustafsson says Jon Jones seems ‘very insecure’ heading into UFC 232 fight
On December 29, in the main event of UFC 232, Alexander Gustafsson and Jon Jones will finally meet again — and with the vacant light heavyweight title on the line. Heading into this high-stakes rematch, there has already been quite a bit of heat between the two fighters, particularly at a recent press conference where […]
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Kevin Lee explains why Max Holloway doesn’t belong in the lightweight division
Last weekend, in the main event of UFC 231, UFC featherweight champ Max Holloway returned to the Octagon in dominant form, defeating formerly undefeated challenger Brian Ortega by doctor stoppage. In the wake of this dominant performance, fans and pundits have once again started calling for Holloway to move up to the lightweight division, where […]
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Georges St-Pierre feels there’s ‘more to lose than gain’ vs Anderson Silva at this point
When it comes to the MMA super fight, there is one matchup that was once the one that was truer than any other possible pairing. That, of course, being none other than the fantasy fight between two of the sport’s all-time greats, the welterweight division’s best, Georges ‘Rush’ St-Pierre and middleweight’s best, Anderson ‘The Spider’ Silva. Debates […]
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Dear MMA Gods | Bless us with Max Holloway vs Tony Ferguson
Hawaii’s Max “Blessed” Holloway is the current best 145-pound fighter on the planet. At only 27 years old, Holloway calls himself the undisputed UFC champion. Since the third loss of his professional career in August 2013, Holloway has meteorically risen to elite status in not just his division but all of MMA. His current 13-fight […]
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EXCLUSIVE | ‘Breath of fresh air’ Juan Adams preparing to arrive at UFC Milwaukee
After getting a UFC contract following his win on Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series over Shawn Teed in July, heavyweight Juan Adams is finally ready to make his official UFC debut. Adams will face Chris De La Rocha at UFC on FOX 31 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin this Saturday and he has set some high […]
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Kamaru Usman reveals bout agreement for fight with Tyron Woodley
The welterweight title picture continues to figure itself out. And it looks like it may doing so without the likes of Colby Covington. As most everyone expected, the next welterweight title bout would surely be Covington taking on his nemesis in the undisputed champion Tyron Woodley. However, since Kamaru Usman’s continued dominance after defeating former […]
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UFC Fortaleza gets clash between Jose Aldo and Renato Moicano
The UFC’s second show on ESPN+ in Fortaleza, Brazil looks to be shaping up as a great one. Already having had a plethora of good fights announced, another very exciting one has joined the mix between top Brazilians at 145-pounds. Initially reported by MMAJunkie, the matchup between former featherweight king Jose Aldo (27-4) and rising contender […]
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BREAKING | UFC cancels UFC 233, adjusts PPV schedule
After weeks of struggling to find a suitable main event for UFC 233, which is scheduled for January 26 in Anaheim, California, the UFC has cancelled the card outright. This news was first reported by Brett Okamoto on Twitter. Breaking: UFC is rearranging its pay-per-view schedule. UFC 233 will no longer take place on Jan. […]
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Michael Bisping breaks down his ‘most satisfying victory’ with Joe Rogan
Former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping had a long and illustrious fighting career before he finally hung up the gloves in early 2018. Given his many accomplishments, you might expect him to have a difficult time pinning down the most satisfying moment of his career. Yet when he was asked to name his most satisfying […]
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EXCLUSIVE | UFC veteran Brad Pickett explains how the promotion has changed over the years
English MMA veteran Brad Pickett spent many years as a WEC and UFC bantamweight contender before retiring in 2017. During the height of his career, when the UFC was still owned by Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta, there was much less of a focus on the “money fights” and “super fights” we hear so much about […]
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Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza is not happy about Anderson Silva’s potential title shot
UFC President Dana White recently divulged that the winner of Anderson Silva and Israel Adesanya’s UFC 234 showdown is likely to get the next crack at the UFC middleweight belt. For Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza, who has been working to earn a UFC middleweight title shot for years, this was unwelcome news. Speaking to Brazil’s Portal […]
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Tony Ferguson responds to Dustin Poirier’s recent callout
With UFC lightweight champ Khabib Nurmagomedov and former champ Conor McGregor both currently tied up with looming discipline from the Nevada State Athletic Commission, Dustin Poirier has recently been angling for a fight with the only other top lightweight available: Tony Ferguson. Poirier made his first callout of Ferguson on Twitter. Just woke up and […]
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Daniel Cormier makes ESPN’s ‘Dominant 20’ athletes list for 2018
To say that it’s been a pretty good year for Daniel Cormier would be quite an understatement. With the fighter of the year award pretty much locked up as there is only a matter of days left in 2018, ESPN has recognized ‘DC’ as one of the top 20 most dominant athletes of the past year. https://www.instagram.com/p/BrQRv1-lObn/ […]
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Top flyweight prospect and LFA champion Sabina Mazo signs with UFC
Despite the rocky start to the flyweight division through season 26 of The Ultimate Fighter, the UFC is now working its way into the right direction with some recent signings. Already having acquired two top worldwide flyweights in former Invicta FC champion Jennifer Maia and former KSW champion Ariane Lipski, the UFC has now signed […]
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Report | Jimmie Rivera vs Aljamain Sterling added to UFC Phoenix
With the current champion at 135-pounds TJ Dillashaw dropping down to flyweight in the hopes of claiming a second title, his division must stay active until he returns. And that’s just what they’ll be doing as AZCentral’s Greg Moore has reported that a top 10 bantamweight collision between Jimmie ‘El Terror’ Rivera and Aljamain ‘Funkmaster’ Sterling […]
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Michael Bisping to commentate UFC events in 2019
Former UFC middleweight king Michael ‘The Count’ Bisping retired in May of this year and has been enjoying life as an analyst and podcaster. Since his last fight at UFC Shanghai in November 2017, he has also dabbled in some commentary on Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series season 2. Now that the UFC is […]