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Jalin Turner believes he’s “on a new level” after submitting Brad Riddell at UFC 276: “I’m coming into my own and hitting my stride”
Jalin Turner believes UFC 276 was a breakout performance for himself. Turner was set to fight his first-ranked opponent as he was taking on Brad Riddell in the prelim headliner at UFC 276. Entering the scrap, Turner knew Riddell would be a tough test but he rocked the Aussie early and then hopped on a […]
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Daniel Cormier defends Israel Adesanya following UFC 276 criticism: “If Jared Cannonier is going to cruise to a loss, how is it Izzy’s responsibility to do more?”
Daniel Cormier is defending Israel Adesanya after the criticism he received at UFC 276. It was Israel Adesanya (23-1 MMA) vs Jared Cannonier (15-6 MMA) in the middleweight title bout this past Saturday, July 2nd, which took place at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada. Adesanya defeated Jared Cannonier via unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 50-45) […]
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Joanna Jedrzejczyk names her Mount Rushmore of Women’s MMA
Joanna Jedrzejczyk has named her Mount Rushmore of Women’s MMA. Jedrzejczyk, 34, recently retired from the UFC with a record of 16 wins and 5 losses. The former strawweight queen and future Hall of Famer was in Las Vegas for International Fight Week. Joanna called it quits after suffering back to back losses to Weili […]
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Teddy Atlas believes the pressure got to Max Holloway at UFC 276: “He became just a sick and destroyed guy”
Teddy Atlas is speaking out about how he believes the pressure got to Max Holloway at UFC 276. Last Saturday, July 2nd, Max Holloway (23-7 MMA) entered the Octagon to compete with Alexander Volkanovski (25-1 MMA) in the co-main featherweight match-up. It was to be the third meeting of the two fighters with the result […]
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Sean O’Malley “can’t believe” that judges and fans scored round one of his UFC 276 fight for Pedro Munhoz: “That makes zero sense”
Sean O’Malley can’t believe the judges and fans scored round one of his UFC 276 fight for Pedro Munhoz. It was Sean O’Malley (15-1 MMA) vs Pedro Munhoz (19-7 MMA) in a bantamweight bout last Saturday, July 2nd at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada. The outcome was one neither fighter wanted – a no […]
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UFC champion Israel Adesanya confirms plans to transition to pro wrestling: “I’m definitely going to jump in the WWE”
Israel Adesanya has confirmed that he’s interested in testing the waters in professional wrestling in the future. In the last couple of years we’ve seen Israel Adesanya heavily lean on his love of pro wrestling in a variety of ways. From open workout performances to actual walkouts and beyond, ‘The Last Stylebender’ has made it […]
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Conor McGregor applauds Ian Garry for “incredibly impressive” performance at UFC 276: “The Potential for another ‘future’ Irish MMA UFC champion rose by a real nice margin this weekend”
Conor McGregor has praised fellow Irishman Ian Garry following his impressive win at UFC 276 last weekend. Throughout the course of the last decade or so, we’ve seen Irish mixed martial arts rise to prominence in a big way – and the size of Conor McGregor’s role in that can’t be understated. He managed to […]
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Jared Vanderaa knows he’s fighting for his job at UFC Vegas 58 but says Chase Sherman is a very “winnable fight”
Jared Vanderaa knows he’s likely fighting for his job at UFC Vegas 58. Vanderaa is on a three-fight losing streak and coming off a submission loss to Aleksei Oleinik. However, he has taken the majority of his fights on short notice and this is no different as he will take on Chase Sherman on two […]
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The “SHU-KI ONE” NFT release is designed to provide would-be collectors with a straightforward and low-cost way to join the NFT world. The Shu-Ki ONE is a Shoe-Machine created with the iconic Nike SB Dunk (Low). Offered in 16 electrifying colorways, Shu-Ki ONE NFTs will be available for 0.016 ETH with NO GAS FEES. Every […]
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Jiri Prochazka says Dustin Poirier started Michael Chandler scuffle, jokes he “saved them” by separating them
Jiri Prochazka has given some detail about the verbal altercation between Dustin Poirier and Michael Chandler. At UFC 276, a video emerged of Poirier and Chandler yelling at each other and needing to be separated. Given the full conversation can not be heard, it was uncertain how it came together or what they were arguing […]
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Alexander Volkanovski thought the doctor should’ve stopped the fight due to Max Holloway’s cut: “I seen his bone”
Alexander Volkanovski thought the cut above Max Holloway’s eye should have stopped their fight at UFC 276. Volkanovski landed a big shot to Holloway’s eye that split his eyebrow into two. It was a big cut that was bleeding quite a bit, but the cutman did a very good job which allowed the fight to […]
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Brendan Schaub hits back at fans blasting Israel Adesanya’s performance: “It’s up to Jared Cannonier to make the fight”
Brendan Schaub believes that UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya isn’t the one to blame for the UFC 276 headliner. ‘The Last Stylebender’ faced Jared Cannonier in the main event of UFC 276 last Saturday. Adesanya easily won the fight, but it wasn’t a fight that appealed to many fans. Fans booed the action at times, […]
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Chris Weidman targeting return near the end of 2022: “Don’t give up on your dreams”
Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman isn’t ready to call it quits yet. The 38-year-old has been out of the cage since his rematch with Uriah Hall at UFC 261 last April. While their first matchup in 2010 ended in a knockout victory for Weidman, their second encounter ended in a catastrophe. Seconds into the […]
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Conor McGregor advocates for Hall of Fame induction: “I’m a shoe in. First of everything.”
Former UFC dual-weight champion Conor McGregor looks forward to his Hall of Fame induction. This past weekend in Las Vegas, the UFC held their yearly Hall of Fame ceremony. Former champions Khabib Nurmagomedov and Daniel Cormier were inducted. As were UFC featherweights Cub Swanson and Doo Ho Choi, for their fight at UFC 206. It […]
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Israel Adesanya explains why he wasn’t impressed with Alex Pereira’s performance at UFC 276
Israel Adesanya didn’t think too highly of Alex Pereira’s win at UFC 276. On the main card of UFC 276, Pereira scored a first-round KO over Sean Strickland to cement himself as the next title contender. ‘Stylebender’ and ‘Po Atan’ of course have a history, with Pereira holding two wins over Adesanya in kickboxing, including […]
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Two fights scratched from Saturday’s UFC Vegas 58 event
Two fights have been scratched from Saturday’s UFC Vegas 58 event. The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) has just scrapped a pair of upcoming matchups from the UFC Vegas 58 fight card, which is scheduled for this upcoming Saturday night, July 9, 2022 from inside the promotion’s APEX facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. https://twitter.com/bigmarcel24/status/1544111228708061185?s=21&t=gUuuXBSIhlgaPiYmsOXcrw It was […]
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Uriah Hall issues statement after UFC 276 loss to Andre Muniz: “Congrats to black belt jiu jitsu champion Andre for not even being able to submit a blue belt”
Uriah Hall has issued a statement after his loss to Andre Muniz at UFC 276. It was Uriah Hall (18-11 MMA) vs Andre Muniz (23-4 MMA) in a middleweight bout last Saturday, July 2nd at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada. The result was a unanimous decision win for Muniz, keeping his undefeated streak alive […]
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James Krause believes it will take a “more well-rounded” fighter than Kai Kara-France to beat Brandon Moreno
Brandon Moreno will have a new head coach in his corner at UFC 277 and it will be James Krause. Moreno has spent the majority of his career at Entram Gym, including having them in his corner when he won UFC gold. Yet, he revealed he needed a change and decided to go to Glory […]
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Josh Emmett reacts after Urijah Faber sounds off on Dana White and the UFC: “He’s just looking out for me”
Josh Emmett is reacting after Urijah Faber sounded off on Dana White and the UFC. Emmett’s coach, Urijah Faber was unhappy the treatment his fighter received during International Fight Week, saying to ‘MMA Junkie‘: “He had a really bad experience. He was put way back in the seating, not even with the rest of the […]
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Charles Oliveira willing to forget about Conor McGregor after recent comments from Khabib: “I’ll beat Islam Makhachev and then challenge Khabib to come back from retirement”
Charles Oliveira is willing to forget about Conor McGregor after recent comments from Khabib Nurmagomedov. Oliveira (33-8 MMA) was stripped of his title after missing weight against Justin Gaethje (23-4 MMA) at UFC 274 in May of this year. Oliveira did win the match via rear-naked choke just 3:22 into the first round. ‘Do Bronx’ […]
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Just Scrap Radio Ep. 85 with James Krause, Jared Vanderaa, and Cody Brundage
The 85th episode of Just Scrap Radio on BJPENN.com with host Cole Shelton is live ahead of UFC Vegas 58. We’re first joined by James Krause (1:37). Next, UFC heavyweight Jared Vanderaa (23:23) comes on. Closing out the program is UFC middleweight Cody Brundage (41:28). James Krause opens up the show to discuss his coaching […]
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Miesha Tate expects title shot against Valentina Shevchenko with win over Lauren Murphy at UFC on ABC 3: “If not me then who else?”
Miesha Tate believes she has a good chance of earning a title shot against Valentina Shevchenko if she can beat Lauren Murphy. On July 16 at UFC Long Island, Miesha Tate will attempt to kickstart her run to another UFC title shot – but this time, she’s going to be doing so at flyweight. Her […]
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Chael Sonnen reacts to Dustin Poirier – Michael Chandler altercation at UFC 276: “That is not the Poirier that we know”
MMA analyst Chael Sonnen has given his thoughts on the altercation between Dustin Poirier and Michael Chandler over the weekend. Last Saturday night at UFC 276 in Las Vegas, fans got a bit more than they bargained for in the crowd as Dustin Poirier and Michael Chandler got into an altercation during the broadcast. Gilbert […]
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Deiveson Figueiredo has a change of heart on UFC 277’s interim flyweight title fight: “It is what it is, let them fight”
Deiveson Figueiredo has changed his tune regarding UFC 277’s interim title fight between Brandon Moreno and Kai Kara-France. Later this month at UFC 277, Brandon Moreno and Kai Kara-France will battle it out for the interim flyweight championship with the winner going on to face current champion Deiveson Figueiredo. As it turns out, the champ […]
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Jessica Eye plans move to pro wrestling following MMA retirement: “I want to be female Undertaker”
Jessica Eye has set her sights on a move to professional wrestling following her retirement from mixed martial arts. At the age of 35, Jessica ‘Evil’ Eye has opted to walk away from the cage for the final time following a unanimous decision defeat to Maycee Barber last weekend. The loss dropped her pro MMA […]
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Marvin Vettori blasts “boring” Israel Adesanya after UFC 276, says the division “needs a new champ”: “Italy will have his first UFC champion soon”
Marvin Vettori was not a fan of Israel Adesanya’s performance at UFC 276. Adesanya beat Jared Cannonier by a decision in the main event in a lackluster fight that saw fans leave the arena halfway through the contest. After the fight, Adesanya said it was an “off-night” for him but Vettori doesn’t believe that. Instead, […]
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Israel Adesanya opens as sizeable favorite over Alex Pereira
Israel Adesanya has opened as the betting favorite over Alex Pereira which will likely be his next title defense. Adesanya and Pereira both competed at UFC 276 and they have a history with one another. Pereira beat Adesanya in kickboxing twice, including knocking him out once and now it appears they will be meeting for […]
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Israel Adesanya explains Undertaker walkout at UFC 276: “I’m an artist”
UFC middlweight titleholder Israel Adesanya has explained why he walked out like The Undertaker at UFC 276. ‘The Last Stylebender’ faced Jared Cannonier in the main event of UFC 276 last Saturday night. The New Zealand native went on to defend his title via unanimous decision. While the fight itself went on to be blasted […]