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Benson Henderson to the rescue for UFC Fight Night in Ireland?
With the fallout of the main event bout between Joseph Duffy and Dustin Poirier, former UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson threw his name in the cap to fight on very short notice. Henderson posted a tweet to the UFC saying he could fight preferably at 170, but could make 155 pounds. Hey @UFC if you guys […]
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UFC books 2 bouts for UFC 195
Tickets for January 2nd’s UFC 195: Lawler vs. Condit go on sale to the general public this Friday. As a result the UFC has been busy booking fights for the highly anticipated card. Today the UFC announced that Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson vs. Neil Magny and Lorenz Larkin vs. Albert Tumenov had been added to the […]
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Ryan Bader responds to Anthony Johnson’s “REAL NUMBER ONE CONTENDER” talk
Reports of Anthony “Rumble” Johnson trying to get a fight with Ryan Bader have been buzzing over the media lately, but Bader was not even aware of it until Wednesday. Johnson said in a recent Facebook post, “How can a true athlete feel that he/she is the next best in line for a title shot […]
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MacDonald: “Amazing” title fight with Lawler was “really good for my career”
Back in July, in the co-main event of UFC 189, Robbie Lawler and Rory MacDonald went to war for the better part of 5 rounds for the UFC welterweight championship. Ultimately, Lawler landed a brutal cross that landed clean on the nose of MacDonald, who crumpled to the floor. The fight is arguably one of […]
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“I think Duffy shat himself” leading to main event UFC Fight Night
Check out this interview with UFC featherweight Rob Whiteford and his own opinion on Joseph Duffy not being able to compete after suffering an injury just days before his scheduled fight. Duffy was set to battle Dustin Poirier at UFC Fight Night in Dublin, Ireland on Saturday. Do you think Duffy should have sucked it […]
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Conor McGregor causing mayhem in Ireland!
The fans are packing the streets as the pride of Ireland is back in his home country. Conor McGregor posted this photo to Instagram where fans are lining up just to get a glimpse of the “The Notorious.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Conor McGregor Official (@thenotoriousmma) McGregor isn’t set to […]
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This is how Ben Rothwell feels about the Arlovski versus Miocic fight
https://youtu.be/TFl8Qh1tU_U After Ben Rothwell’s fight at UFC Fight Night 76 with Stipe Miocic was canceled due to Miocic suffering an injury, “Big Ben” was campaigning hard for a fight with former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski. However, Rothwell seems to have gotten left out of the party as the UFC announced Wednesday of a booked […]
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Officials announce new date for Bellator 147
Officials announced today that the initial Dec. 11 date for Bellator 147 has been changed to take place a week earlier, on Dec. 4, according to MMA Junkie. Fighters already scheduled on the card include lightweights in former Strikeforce champion/UFC vet Josh Thomson (21-8 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) vs. Pablo Villaseca (10-1 MMA, 0-1 BMMA) as […]
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TBT! Cody Garbrandt gets brutally knocked out during amateur fight
Cody Garbrandt is quickly climbing the UFC’s bantamweight rankings with an undefeated professional record of 7-0 that has seen him finish 6 of his 7 opponents via KO/TKO. However, back in 2012 in just his 7th amateur fight Garbrandt was knocked out cold and left stiff on the canvas. Check out the video above!
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Robbie Lawler reveals 15-year-old injury postponed Condit fight
Robbie Lawler and Carlos Condit was the first choice for the main event of UFC 193 in Melbourne in November. However, Lawler sustained an injury that forced the fight to be rescheduled to UFC 195 in Las Vegas. In the video from MMA Weekly, see what Lawler reveals as the reason for the postponement and […]
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Cody Garbrandt discusses what caused the scuffle with McGregor on TUF
If you caught the latest episode of TUF, you saw the brawl that almost erupted between the two teams with Cody Garbrandt and Conor McGregor getting in each other’s face after words were exchanged. Garbrandt spoke with the TUF Talk podcast and revealed a little more on what happened and his opinion on McGregor. “So […]
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Wanderlei Silva congratulates ‘dear friend’ for becoming Canadian Prime Minister
Wanderlei Silva was ecstatic earlier this week when Canada elected The Axe Murderer’s good friend Justin Trudeau as Prime Minister. He took to Instagram to show his support for Trudeau. Congratulations to my dear friend and great leader Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Your victory is Canada’s victory. Parabéns ao meu amigo e grande líder novo […]
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Smolka talks emotional rollercoaster leading up to headlining bout
Yesterday it was revealed that Joseph Duffy would be unable to fight Dustin Poirier in the main event of ‘UFC Fight Night: Dublin’ on Saturday due to a concussion sustained in training. Dustin Poirier was offered Norman Parke as a replacement opponent, however Poirier declined. In addition, interim UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor offered to […]
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Holloway to McGregor: ‘Stop running!’
Max Holloway may have lost to Conor McGregor back in 2013, but now that he’s riding a 7-fight win streak that has seen him finish 6 of his opponents, his confidence is at an all time high, and he think’s it’s time Conor McGregor pay attention. Since defeating Holloway via unanimous decision, McGregor has picked […]
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Sonnen: Dillashaw’s a ‘chump’, will lose to Cruz
Former UFC title challenger Chael Sonnen does not believe that current UFC bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw will be cashing any checks from training at the new ‘Elevation Fight Team’ gym in Denver. “The American Gangster” made the statement on his Podcast: “T.J. left under the guise that he was going to be paid to train,” Sonnen […]
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WATCH! Team McGregor vs. Team Faber scuffle from TUF
Last night on ‘TUF 22: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber’ UFC bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw was the subject of trash talk. This resultedin tensions rising between the two teams after UFC interim featherweight champion Conor McGregor called out Dillashaw for being a “snake” and pointing out that Faber has never been able to capture a […]
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Chris Weidman randomly drug tested ahead of UFC 194
It’s no secret that the number of random drug tests are increasing in an effort to clean up the sport of MMA. Just yesterday Cathal Pendred was randomly drug tested ahead of his ‘UFC Fight Night: Dublin’ bout this Saturday. Now, UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman revealed via Twitter that he too has been randomly […]
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Poirier: “This isn’t a Toughman competition; you don’t just fight everybody”
UFC lightweight contender Dustin Poirier was expected to headline this weekend’s UFC Fight Night 76 event in Dublin opposite Joseph Duffy. However, yesterday it was announced that “Irish Joe” had suffered a concussion in training and would not be able to compete in this Saturday’s main event. When the news hit that Duffy was not going […]
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On this day: Matt Hughes submits GSP at UFC 50
#OnThisDay in 2004: @matthughes9x showed his metal against GSP at UFC 50. Watch: https://t.co/TnNr3OavQN https://t.co/caLYkG0kaB — #UFCDublin (@UFCEurope) October 22, 2015 In honor of ‘Throwback Thursday’ enjoy this classic clip of Matt Hughes submitting Georges St. Pierre at UFC 50 back in 2004!
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Cruickshank vs. Felder set for UFC FN 81
An exciting lightweight bout has reportedly been booked for ‘UFC Fight Night: Boston’ on January 17th. According to Paul Felder, he will meet Daron Cruickshank on the card in a bout that is sure to be a spectacular battle of impressive standup fighters. Felder is currently on a 2-fight losing streak after dropping back to […]
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WATCH! Jacare KO’s 2 sparring partners ahead of UFC 194 bout
A video posted by Josuel Silva (@jdistak) on Oct 19, 2015 at 5:02pm PDT A video posted by Josuel Silva (@jdistak) on Oct 16, 2015 at 11:37am PDT As Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza prepares for his UFC 194 fight against Yoel Romero, which will likely determine the #1 contender in the middleweight division, ‘Jacare’ is looking […]
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Rousey discusses future in film industry ahead of UFC 193
[ooyala code=”RlanFieDpGEedZTinkQ-Kv3rZWvHZWGc” player_id=”bd214e34cfad476984102de4bf5e8da2″ width=”1280″ height=”720″ auto=”true”] Ronda Rousey is currently gearing up for her highly anticipated title defense against Holly Holm at UFC 193 next month at Australia’s Etihad stadium. Ahead of the fight, BJPenn.com’s very own LayzieTheSavage spoke to Rousey about her work in the film industry, her roles in upcoming movies, and her […]
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Coach: Duffy suffered concussion on last day of sparring
Yesterday afternoon news broke that ‘UFC Fight Night: Dublin’ headliner Joseph Duffy was forced out of his main event bout against Dustin Poirier due to a concussion. This raised the question of ‘Why was a headlining fighter sparring just days before his fight?’ Duffy’s head coach, Firas Zahabi explained to MMAFighting via text message. “He […]
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Tim Kennedy rips Reebok for ‘not knowing how to do business’
Tim Kennedy hasn’t fought since his controversial TKO loss to Yoel Romero at UFC 178 over a year ago. Since then Kennedy has been vocal about his disproval of the UFC’s Reebok deal, and it seems nothing has changed. Kennedy spoke on the Three Amigos Podcast to discuss what it would take for him to […]
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Fighters react to Joseph Duffy’s ‘UFC Fight Night: Dublin’ withdrawal
News broke Wednesday afternoon that Joseph Duffy had been forced off of the ‘UFC Fight Night: Dublin’ card due to a concussion sustained during training. The UFC offered his opponent, Dustin Poirier, the opportunity to fight Norman Parke instead, however Poirier declined the fight. Conor McGregor, who defeated Poirier last year, also offered to step […]
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Condit hoping for “legendary” fight against Lawler
The last time UFC welterweight champion Robbie Lawler took to the cage fight fans got to witness one of the greatest fights in mixed martial arts history, as “Ruthless” went to war with Rory MacDonald for the better part of five rounds before eventually earning a TKO victory over the talented Canadian late in the fight. […]
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Arlovski wanted to fight Rothwell on short notice, but management intervened
Earlier today we learned that former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski had been booked to fight Stipe Miocic in the co-main event of January’s UFC 195 fight card in Las Vegas. However, according to Arlovski, he was offered a different fight prior to the Miocic bout by UFC officials. “The Pitbull” told MMAJunkie’s Mike Bohn that the UFC […]
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No event in the world can afford The Axe Murderer!
Former PRIDE champion and MMA legend, Wanderlei Silva (35-12-1), has not competed in mixed martial arts since March of 2013, when he scored a knockout victory over Brian Stann. “The Axe Murderer” is currently under suspension, this after he ran away from NSAC officials who were attempting to administer an unannounced drug test. Wanderlei recently spoke to […]