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Al Iaquinta calls for fight with Dustin Poirier: ‘I’m gonna f**k him up’
Al Iaquinta is looking to get back to his winning ways and believes fellow former lightweight title challenger Dustin Poirier is the guy that should be standing across the Octagon from him. Following his title fight with Khabib Nurmagomedov — which he took on a little over a day’s notice after the craziness of the […]
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Iaquinta “Pretty Pissed” UFC Didn’t Give Him Bonus For KO Of Pearson
Al Iaquinta pulled off an upset this past Friday in the co-main event of UFC Fight Night Sydney where he KO’d Ross Pearson. The event broke UFC records as the first card to end with all finishes, something that Iaquinta believes is a reason he didn’t get a post-fight bonus. He spoke to Ariel Helwani […]
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UFC Fighters React To Iaquinta’s Upset Over Ross Pearson
In last night’s co-main event, massive underdog, Al Iaquinta, made it look easy against top UFC lightweight, Ross Pearson. The MMA World Reacted: Holy fucking shit @ALIAQUINTA @ufc — Alptekin Ozkilic (@alpozkilicmma) November 8, 2014 Hellll ya @raylongomma @bxrgrl18 @erichyertko @GPVillante that's wha talking about! Wow way to go guys love my NY family. @smiocic […]
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UFC FN 55 Results: Iaquinta earns TKO victory over Pearson
Al Iaquinta (10-3-1 MMA, 5-2 UFC) defeated Ross Pearson (16-8 MMA, 8-5 UFC) via TKO in the second round of tonight’s UFC Fight Night 55 co-main event bout in Sydney, Australia. Al Iaquinta utilized some good head movement and fancy footwork early to begin outpointing his opponent Ross Pearson. Both men were happy to strike […]
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REPLAY! Watch Ross Pearson KO Gray Maynard
In case you weren’t excited enough to see Ross Pearson fight Al Iaquinta this Friday on UFC Fight Pass at UFC Fight Night Sydney, the UFC has posted the following video on their official Instagram of Pearson finishing Gray Maynard back in August. #UFCSydney: Rockhold vs Bisping @RossTheRealDeal vs Iaquinta Friday, Nov.7 10pm ET | […]
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PHOTO | Chris Weidman Ready For UFC Fight Night Sydney
UFC middlweight champion Chris Weidman is getting ready to travel to Australia to likely coach his teammate Al Iaquinta as he fights Ross Pearson. Wiedman posted the following photo on his official Instagram. Beard game ready to go for Australia. A photo posted by Chris Weidman (@chrisweidmanufc) on Nov 11, 2014 at 11:43am PST
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Al Iaquinta Confident In Stand Up Against Ross Pearson
“I think I have an advantage on the feet. I see it starting on the feet and ending on the feet. If it ends up going to the ground, I’ll be more than happy to go to the ground. I’ve been working with Matt Serra and just getting better and better on the ground every […]
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Ross Pearson vs. Al Iaquinta added to UFC Fight Night 55 in Sydney
A lightweight bout between Ross Pearson and Al Iaquinta is the latest addition to November’s UFC Fight Night 55 event in Sydney. UFC officials announced the bout Thursday evening. Ross Pearson (16-7 MMA, 8-4 UFC) was last seen in action in the co-main event of August’s UFC Fight Night 47 fight card in Maine, where he knocked […]
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Commission Changes Time For Iaquinta Stoppage From UFC FN 50
The official stoppage time for Al Iaquinta’s TKO win over Rodrigo Damm has been officially changed from 2:41 to 2:26. While this may seem irrelevant and unimportant, the difference is of extreme importance to betters who wage bets on if the fight will end in the first or second half of the round or even […]
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UFC 169 Medical Suspensions: 8 Fighters Receive Indefinite Suspensions
UFC 169 is a wrap and you know what that means…time for medical suspensions. None of the fighters in the two title fights received any, but overall there were 8 fighters who received indefinite suspensions. The New Jersey Athletic Control Board released the full list of medical suspensions from UFC 169. Jamie Varner received a […]
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‘UFC Fight Night 30: Machida vs. Munoz’ Preliminary Card Play-By-Play & Live Results
Before today’s broadcast kicks off, the ‘UFC Fight Night 30: Machida vs. Munoz’ event goes live with a stellar, six-fight preliminary card event. BJPENN.COM is up early to provide fans with live results in real-time right here in this very thread. Tune in here for all the blow-by-blow and round-by-round action you can handle! Results: […]
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Interview With TUF Quarterfinalists | UFC NEWS
By Evan Stoumbelis Heading into the second half of the quarterfinal fights, reporters had a chance to catch up with fighters Andy Ogle, Vince Pichel, Al Iaquinta, and Chris Saunders. After being pent up and cut off from the rest of the world for a very long time, the light at the end of the […]