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QUICK TWITT | Swanson & Lamas Jockey For Position
Sitting at the top of the featherweight heap are two men worthy of title contention. Both Ricardo Lamas and Cub Swanson have done their part to be talked about in the title picture, but neither fighter has received a blessing from the UFC to challenge current divisional kingpin, Jose Aldo. The two recently took to […]
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Aldo Favors Swanson/Lamas Over Rematch Against Mendes
Sorry Chad Mendes, Jose Aldo is not interested in a rematch! Former title challenger, Chad Mendes has made a strong case for a rematch against Jose Aldo. The champ however, has different plans. Here’s what Aldo told MMAFighting.com about the pecking order in his division: “Chad Mendes is still starting, haven’t fought anyone ranked yet, […]
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Cub Swanson: I’m the biggest threat to Aldo
Cub Swanson (19-5 MMA, 4-1 UFC) is set to square off with Dennis Siver (21-8 MMA, 10-5 UFC) live this Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. A victory over Siver at UFC 162 would make it 5 straight wins for Swanson and would inch him closer to a possible rematch with current […]
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Lamas Removed From UFC 162, Boetsch vs. Munoz Promoted To Main Card
When the ‘Korean Zombie’ got shifted to Brazil to face Jose Aldo, he left Ricardo Lamas without an opponent for UFC 162. The UFC his apparently opted against filling that vacancy and instead will give Lamas his show money for stepping down and not competing on July 6. With the UFC 162 event now absent […]
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Passed Up On Title Shot, Lamas Is Still Getting Paid According To UFC Boss
“You have two guys who both could’ve gotten this fight and Ricardo, unfortunately, I know is bummed out. And I told him, ‘You’re in that place that Chuck Liddell was in at one time. You’re in that place that Carlos Condit was in at one time. And you’re in that place that Johny Hendricks has […]
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Pettis Injured, Korean Zombie Steps in to Fight Aldo at UFC 163
UFC president Dana White sent out a tweet earlier today revealing the news that former #1 UFC lightweight contender, Anthony Pettis (16-2), had injured his knee and was out of his divisional debut against featherweight champion, Jose Aldo (22-1) at UFC 163. Pettis dropped to featherweight for this bout in an attemt to steal gold […]
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James Krause is No Warm-Up Fight at UFC 161
Through all the injury shuffling that took place for this weekend’s UFC 161 main card, there are still plenty of reasons to purchase the PPV. Two former MMA champions do battle while two intriguing heavyweight fights take place. While some fans are understandably opting out of the PPV bill for this particular event and […]
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Aldo: Pettis cut in line for title shot; I might as well do the same thing
Former lightweight contender Anthony “Showtime” Pettis (16-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC) is set to face off with UFC featherweight champ Jose Aldo (22-1 MMA, 4-0 UFC) at UFC 163 this August in Brazil. This weekend Aldo was asked for his thoughts regarding Pettis dropping down to 145lbs and receiving an immediate title shot, thus pushing aside […]
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EXCLUSIVE | Ricardo Lamas In-Depth: “I’m Not Going To Play TKZ’s Game”, Talks Title Shots & More | Late Night Cageside Radio
UFC featherweight Ricardo Lamas joined BJPenn.com’s ‘Late Night Cageside’ Radio Show for an interview. Are you surprised with how fast the sport of MMA has grown in such a short period of time? “No not at all, when you look at it MMA has something for everybody. Its got wrestling and jiu-jitsu for the grappling […]
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Ricardo Lamas vs. Korean Zombie Official for UFC 162 | UFC News
Ricardo Lamas announced via his Twitter this evening that he will be facing Chan Sung Jung at UFC 162 on July 6th. The fight may have title implications but little is known about the fight besides its existence. Lamas is coming off of a TKO win over Erik Koch back in January. As for […]
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Quick Twitt: With Gamburyan Out, Mendes Calls Out Lamas – Lamas Declines | UFC NEWS
With news that Manny Gamburyan was forced to pull out of his schedule bout with Chad Mendes, the former featherweight title challenger quickly took to twitter to call out Ricardo Lamas, who has been vocal about wanting a title bid of his own. Here it is:
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Lamas Joins Club Hendricks: Unhappy With UFC’s Choice of Pettis vs. Aldo | UFC NEWS
“I’m pretty upset about it. I’m busting my ass, I put in all this work and I’m not being rewarded. I’m just a little dumbfounded by the whole situation.” … “I thought I already established I was the number one contender. If Koch would have beaten me, none of this would have happened.” – UFC […]
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BJPenn.com FIST-ta-CUFF Radio 173 Ricardo Lamas, Douglas Lima, Tiffany Van Soest, & Erik Koch
Listen to internet radio with FIST TA CUFF RADIO on Blog Talk Radio BJPenn.com’s FIST-ta-CUFF Radio is back this week with two men who could be fighting for their shot at Jose Aldo, a man looking to win the Bellator tournament, and a champion kickboxer ready to blow up.Our first guest is one half of […]
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Clay Guida vs. Hatsu Hioki added to UFC on FOX 6 in Chicago | UFC News
After a long run in the UFC’s lightweight division, Clay Guida (29-13 MMA, 9-7 UFC) will now make his featherweight debut when he meets Hatsu Hioki (26-5-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC) in Chicago at UFC on FOX 6. Guida dropped a close split decision to Gray Maynard in the main event of UFC on FX 4 […]
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Erik Koch vs. Ricardo Lamas moved to UFC on FOX 6 in Chicago | UFC News
A featherweight tilt between Erik Koch (13-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC) and Ricardo Lamas (12-2 MMA, 3-0 UFC) is set to go down in Chicago on January 26 for UFC on FOX 6. The bout was originally targeted for the year-end UFC 155 event in Las Vegas, but now finds a home in the Windy City. UFC officials recently stated that the winner […]
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Erik Koch vs. Ricardo Lamas set for UFC 155 in Las Vegas | UFC News
A key featherweight match-up between Erik “New Breed” Koch (13-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC) and Ricardo Lamas (12-2 MMA, 3-0 UFC) is set to go down at UFC 155 in Las Vegas. Koch was originally slated to face featherweight champion Jose Aldo at UFC 149 in July, but an injury to Aldo put Koch on the […]