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Jimi Manuwa issues classy statement after wild loss to Thiago Santos
On Saturday night, in the opening bout of the UFC 231 main card, long-time light heavyweight contender Jimi Manuwa stepped into the cage with fellow knockout artist Thiago Santos. The pairing resulted in absolute chaos in the cage. Early in the first round, Thiago Santos charged forward, stinging Manuwa with powerful shots. Though Manuwa was […]
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Brian Ortega breaks silence on stoppage loss to Max Holloway
Last night, in the main event of UFC 231 in Toronto, undefeated featherweight contender Brian Ortega stepped into the cage with UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway. While Ortega had some real success in his long-awaited title fight with Holloway, he was ultimately thumped severely enough that the cage-side doctor elected to stop the fight between […]
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Max Holloway still doesn’t consider himself the greatest featherweight of all time
Shortly after UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway defended his title with a emphatic stoppage defeat of Brian Ortega, UFC President Dana White praised him as one of “the all-time greats.” “It’s impossible not to talk about him among the all-time greats,” White said of Holloway post-fight. Yet Max Holloway is not ready to call himself […]
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Dana White defends Max Holloway vs. Brian Ortega stoppage
Last night, in the main event of UFC 231 in Toronto, UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway defended his title for a second time, thumping formerly undefeated challenger Brian Ortega with such severity that the cage-side doctor stopped the fight between the fourth and fifth rounds. While not everybody agreed with the doctor’s decision to end […]
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Joanna Jedrzejczyk opens up on her future after UFC 231 loss to Valentina Shevchenko
On Saturday night, in the co-main event of UFC 231, former UFC strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk battled the fearsome Valentina Shevchenko for the vacant UFC women’s flyweight belt. Unfortunately for Jedrzejczyk, this title shot did not go as planned, as she was out-duelled by Shevchenko for five rounds. Despite this setback, Joanna Jedrzejczyk says she […]
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Dana White shares his ideal plan for ‘all-time great’ Max Holloway after UFC 231
On Saturday night, in the main event of UFC 231, UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway defended his title for a second time with a stoppage defeat of the formerly undefeated Brian Ortega. Shortly after Holloway’s impressive featherweight title defense, UFC President Dana White reiterated that he feels the featherweight champion would be wise to move […]
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Valentina Shevchenko shuts down Nicco Montano, eyes future rematch with Amanda Nunes
Having won the UFC women’s flyweight title with a decision defeat of Joanna Jedrzejczyk in the UFC 231 main event, Valentina Shevchenko can now look ahead to her first title defense. There are some interesting options on the menu with respect to Shevchenko’s first title challenger. From the sounds of it, however, the new champ […]
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After UFC 231 win, Max Holloway targets several lightweight superfights
After his thrilling, stoppage defeat of Brian Ortega at UFC 231, UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway is interested in heading up to lightweight to battle some of the division’s top stars. Of all the dangerous fighters in the UFC lightweight division, none interest Holloway more than undefeated champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. “Khabib is another undefeated fighter,” […]
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Dillon Danis believes people “do Conor McGregor dirty” by suggesting Max Holloway is the best featherweight ever
Dillon Danis believes people are doing Conor McGregor dirty by suggesting Max Holloway is the best featherweight fighter in the history of the sport. Holloway successfully defend his UFC featherweight gold at tonight’s UFC 231 event, earning an impressive TKO victory over the previously undefeated Brian Ortega. Following his sensational win tonight in Toronto, “Blessed” […]
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Fighters react to Max Holloway stopping Brian Ortega at UFC 231
Tonight’s UFC 231 event was headlined by a highly anticipated featherweight title fight featuring reigning champ Max Holloway taking on undefeated contender Brian Ortega. Max Holloway returned to action tonight for the first time since UFC 218 in December of 2017, where he defeated former division kingpin Jose Aldo for a second time by way […]
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UFC 231 Results: Max Holloway TKO’s Brian Ortega (Highlights)
Tonight’s UFC 231 event is headlined by a highly anticipated featherweight title fight featuring current champ Max Holloway taking on undefeated contender Brian Ortega. Max Holloway (19-3 MMA) has not competed since UFC 218 in December of 2017, when he defeated former division kingpin Jose Aldo for a second time by way of TKO. Meanwhile, […]
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Fighters react to Valentina Shevchenko vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk
Former women’s bantamweight title challenger Valentina Shevchenko and former strawweight queen Joanna Jedrzejczyk squared off for the promotions vacant flyweight title in the co-headliner of tonight’s UFC 231 event in Toronto. Shevchenko made her UFC flyweight debut this past February, where she scored a lopsided second-round submission victory over Priscila Cachoeira. As for Joanna, the […]
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UFC 231 Results: Valentina Shevchenko defeats Joanna Jedrzejczyk (Highlights)
Former women’s bantamweight title challenger Valentina Shevchenko and former strawweight queen Joanna Jedrzejczyk squared off for the promotions vacant flyweight title in the co-headliner of tonight’s UFC 231 event in Toronto. Shevchenko made her UFC flyweight debut this past February, scoring a very lopsided second-round submission win over Priscila Cachoeira. As for Joanna, the former […]
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UFC 231 Results: Gunnar Nelson submits Alex Oliveira (VIDEO)
A welterweight bout between Alex Oliveira and Gunnar Nelson took place on the main card of tonight’s UFC 231 event in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Gunnar Nelson enters tonight’s contest looking to rebound, this after suffering a first-round knockout loss to Santiago Ponzinibbio this past July in Glasgow, Scotland. Prior to the setback, “Gunni” had reeled […]
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Fighters react to tonight’s UFC 231 war between Thiago Santos and Jimi Manuwa
Perennial UFC light heavyweight contenders Thiago Santos and Jimi Manuwa squared off on the main card of tonight’s UFC 231 event in Toronto, Canada. The scrap lived up to fans expectations as Thiago Santos and Jimi Manuwa seemingly threw caution to the wind in a fight that can only be described as an absolute war. […]
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UFC 231 Results: Thiago Santos KO’s Jimi Manuwa (VIDEO)
A key light heavyweight bout between Jimi Manuwa and Thiago Santos took place on the main card of tonight’s UFC 231 event in Toronto, Canada. Thiago Santos enters tonight’s contest on a two-fight winning streak, his latest being a third-round TKO victory over Eryk Anders this past September. Santos has gone 6-1 over his past […]
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UFC 231 Results and Highlights – Prelims
The octagon returns to Toronto, Ontario, Canada this evening for the promotions UFC 231 pay-per-view event. The fight card is headlined by a featherweight title fight featuring current champ Max Holloway taking on undefeated contender Brian Ortega. Meanwhile, tonight’s UFC 231 prelims are headlined by a women’s strawweight scrap featuring former division title challenger Claudia […]
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UFC 231 Live Results
The octagon returns to Toronto, Ontario, Canada this evening for the promotions stacked UFC 231 pay-per-view event. The fight card is headlined by a highly anticipated featherweight title fight featuring current champ Max Holloway taking on undefeated contender Brian Ortega. Max Holloway has not competed since UFC 218 in December of 2017, where he defeated […]
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Report | Brock Lesnar USADA sample goes missing from database
Don’t look now, but it appears that one of the samples submitted by Brock Lesnar to USADA has gone missing and is no longer logged in the company data base. The information comes courtesy of @dimspace, who noticed the discrepancy in USADA’s records. Ive gone through @USADA_UFC 's xml with a fine toothcomb. Only Lesnar's […]
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Dana White once again blasts current UFC welterweight champ Tyron Woodley
UFC President Dana White is making it very clear that he is not at all happy with current UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley. During a recent interview at the UFC 231 ceremonial weigh ins in Toronto, Dana White revealed that he is ready to move on from both Tyron Woodley and Colby Covington. “So, you […]
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Donald Cerrone set to make his lightweight return at January’s UFC on ESPN+ 1 event
Donald Cerrone will make his return to the lightweight division at January’s UFC on ESPN+ 1 fight card in Brooklyn, New York. MMAJunkie’s Mike Bohn broke the news earlier today on Twitter. Donald Cerrone (34-11 MMA) will be fighting Alex Hernandez (10-1 MMA) at the promotions inaugural event on ESPN, which takes place January 19 […]
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Dana White ‘done’ with ‘non-issue’ regarding Rachael Ostovich and Greg Hardy on UFC Brooklyn, ‘she doesn’t care’
Recently, the UFC has caught some heat due to two fight card placements for their premiere event with ESPN in Brooklyn on January 19. The fights in question are the ones involving new UFC heavyweight prospect and former NFL star, Greg Hardy and flyweight prospect Rachael Ostovich. Both fighters happen to have their histories with […]
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Ben Askren offers to face Kamaru Usman in place of Colby Covington
It appears that things are getting a bit scrambled atop the UFC’s 170-pound division. But that doesn’t mean that the fighters aren’t trying to create solutions of their own. After Kamaru Usman’s big win over Rafael Dos Anjos at The Ultimate Fighter 28 Finale, he was already back to working on his next fight as […]
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Opinion | Max Holloway’s “Blessed Era” only more special as he battles back from adversity
In the fight game, a recurring narrative surrounding fighters, coaches, and promotions is “what have you done for us lately?” and unfortunately, that sometimes leads to greatness being missed. For a perfect example of this, look at Max Holloway, who has been sidelined since he defended the UFC featherweight title against Jose Aldo at UFC […]
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Tyron Woodley assures he is fighting Colby Covington next
Shortly after Kamaru Usman defeated Rafael dos Anjos last Friday night in Las Vegas, UFC President Dana White suggested that “The Nigerian Nightmare” might have stolen Colby Covington’s spot at the front of the contendership line and earned himself a title fight with reigning champ Tyron Woodley. “I would like to see [Usman] fight Woodley […]
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UFC 231 weigh in results: Max Holloway, Brian Ortega weigh in below featherweight limit
On Saturday night, the UFC will return to Toronto, Ontario, Canada with the stacked UFC 231 card. This card will be headlined by a men’s featherweight title fight between streaking champion Max Holloway and undefeated challenger Brian Ortega. The two were originally scheduled to fight at UFC 226 in July, but this plan was nixed […]
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Top-10 flyweight Ben Nguyen announces UFC release
Another top flyweight has been released from the UFC. Shortly removed from the departures of Jared Brooks, Justin Scoggins, Roberto Sanchez, Jose Torres, Ulka Sasaki and of course, Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson, Ben Nguyen has also parted ways with the promotion. Nguyen, who held the number 10 spot at flyweight in the latest UFC rankings, […]
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Colby Covington says he will not accept anything less than a fight for the undisputed belt
Colby Covington has not competed since June’s UFC 225 event in Chicago, where he defeated former lightweight title holder Rafael dos Anjos via unanimous decision to capture the promotions interim welterweight title. Following his impressive victory over “RDA”, it was expected that Colby Covington would compete in a title unification bout with reigning division champion […]