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Cynthia Calvillo heading to 125, expects UFC flyweight debut in April
Cynthia Calvillo is officially done with the 115-pound weight division. After closing out 2019 fighting Marina Rodriguez to a majority draw — a fight in which she missed weight after her body began to shut down during her cut — Calvillo has made the decision to make the move up to the women’s flyweight division. […]
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Sergio Pettis Considering Return To Flyweight
Sergio Pettis (12-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) earned a unanimous decision victory over Matt Hobar (9-3 MMA, 1-2 UFC) at Saturday’s UFC 181 event in Las Vegas. The win moved Sergio to 3-1 in the UFC, with all four of those fights taking place in the bantamweight division of 135-pounds. But after the fight, Pettis suggested […]
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Why was Louis Smolka Wrongly Informed He Missed Weight?
On the heels (no pun intended) of his impressive side kick knockout at UFC Fight Night 55, Louis Smolka reveals that he shed additional pounds after his weigh-in because an error in converting kilos to pounds showed him as being over the flyweight limit. Video courtesy of Submission Radio.
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Demetrious Johnson Talks Dominant Victory Over Cariaso
UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson proved once again why he’s not only the best flyweight in the world, but why he’s one of the pound for pound best in the world as well by defeating Chris Cariaso via submission in the 2nd round. After the bout, McGregor joined Ariel Helwani to discuss what went down.
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After UFC 178, Demetrious Johnson Wants To Take The Rest Of 2014 Off
Demetrious Johnson is arguably one of the UFC’s top pound for pound fighters. The flyweight champion has just one loss to his name during his time with the UFC. After UFC 174 where Mighty Mouse defeated Ali Bagautinov via a unanimous decision, the champ wanted to take some time to recuperate, however the UFC had […]
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PHOTO | Ian McCall Undergoes Hand Surgery
Ian McCall is fresh off a dominant win over Brad Pickett at UFC Dublin last month. During his post fight octagon speech, he mentioned that he would have to undergo hand surgery to fix a nagging injury that was preventing him from training at 100% with it. McCall had the surgery, and snapped a picture […]
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Ian McCall: I Pose The Biggest Threat To Demetrious Johnson
UFC Flyweight Ian McCall is coming off an excellent performance against Brad Pickett at UFC Fight Night Dublin. After the bout McCall was asked who he would like to fight next, to which he replied with the fair answer: Demetrious Johnson. McCall spoke to Sherdog.com this week to discuss his plans for getting a shot […]
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Demetrious Johnson Set To Face Chris Cariaso At UFC 177
UFC Flyweight kingpin Demetrious Johnson is set to face Chris Cariaso in the co-main event of UFC 177 on August 30th. Cariaso is 7-3 in his UFC career, and is currently on a three fight winning streak that saw him defeat Illiarde Santos, Danny Martinez, and most recently Louis Smolka in May. champion Demetrious Johnson […]
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UFC Signs Four New Fighters
The UFC has announced the signing of four new prospects: Bryan Barberena, Brendan O’Reilly, Paddy Holohan, and Matt Dwyer. MMAJunkie.com reported that Bryan Barberena will be fighting Joe Ellenberger, who is not to be confused with his brother Jake, after his last opponent Johnny Case withdrew from their bout due to an eye issue. The […]
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UFC 174 Has Lowest Gate In Vancouver
The UFC’s return to Vancouver this past Saturday at UFC 174 fell short of spectacular, particularly when it came to the gate and attendance. The UFC had a total of 13,506 people attend the event, and the gate was just 1.14 million. This is compared to UFC 131, which also took place in Vancouver drew […]
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Jon Anik And Kenny Florian Preview UFC 174 (Video)
Jon Anik and Kenny Florian previewed UFC 174 during last Saturday’s UFC broadcast. Check out the video below.
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Sampo vs. Makovsky set for UFC 170
By Evan Stoumbelis It appears flyweights Josh Sampo and Josh Makovsky (pictured) will square off at UFC 170: Rousey vs. McMann on February 22nd. The UFC has not officially confimed this bout but a Fox sports 1 source close to the UFC confirmed the two have verbally agreed to fight on the card. Josh Sampo […]
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Exclusive | Part 2: Ian McCall on Chuck Liddell and more
By Evan Stoumbelis (@MMAEvan) Here is part 2 of my exclusive BJPENN.com interview with Ian “Uncle Creepy” McCall, as always Ian’s response is italicized. ES: If you could go back and change anything would you? “I’d change a lot, everyone says that you know ‘I wouldn’t change a thing’, fuck yeah I would, I screwed […]
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Exclusive | Ian McCall: I offered to fight Frankie Edgar
By Evan Stoumbelis (@MMAEvan) I recently did an interview with UFC flyweight Ian “Uncle Creepy” McCall, we chatted about his future in the sport, future opponents, how he got his start in MMA, and much more. Ian’s responses are italicized. ES: First off Ian thanks for taking the time to do this interview, I really […]
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Jon Jones Arrested For DUI This Morning | UFC NEWS
By Jonathan Kirschner UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones was arrested earlier this morning for a DUI (Driving Under the Influence) after crashing his Bently, and ultimately totaling it in Upstate NY, TMZ learned. Law enforcement stated that the UFC fighter crashed his car into a pole at 5:00 AM on Saturday morning in Binghamton, […]
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Alexander Gustafsson Feels Ready To Fight Jon Jones
By Evan Stoumbelis: After defeating Thiago Silva this past weekend, Light Heavyweight Alex Gustafsson feels he’s ready to face one of the top 5 light heavyweight fighters in the division, and feels “more than ready” to fight for the title should the opportunity present itself. Gustafsson said that he had no added pressure during […]