John Kavanagh gave his take on the future of Conor McGregor in a fantastic new interview with The Independent’s Paul Kimmage. It seems as though there’s always a certain sense of uncertainty surrounding the fighting future of Conor McGregor these days. The level of wealth he has been able to accumulate over the last four years is something that many …
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Conor McGregor revealed that he was happy to see his former foe Max Holloway back to his very best after a period of uncertainty over the course of the last year or so. From the outside looking in, out of all of his past conquests, it has always seemed as though Conor held Holloway in the highest regard – or …
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Top UFC lightweight contender Dustin Poirier isn’t willing to wait around as the title-picture at the top of his division gets settled. As of right now, it seems quite unlikely that we’ll see either Khabib Nurmagomedov or Conor McGregor in action in the early stages of 2019. Both of their futures are currently in the hands of the Nevada State …
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Bellator will make its return to Dublin and the 3 Arena with the promotion confirming today that they will host an event on February 23 with James Gallagher headlining. Gallagher (7-1-0) is currently preparing for his comeback after suffering the first loss of his professional career against former CFFC champion, Ricky Bandejas, at Bellator 204 in August. “The Strabanimal” suffered …
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After 16 years and 99 numbered events, the Cage Warriors promotion reached the big century last night in Cardiff. Three UFC champions have competed under the CW banner (McGregor, Jedrzejczyk and Bisping), and it remains Europe’s premier MMA competition. The Viola Arena played host to Cage Warriors 100 on Saturday night, and it wasn’t short of action. In the main …
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On Saturday night, Valentina Shevchenko finally became a UFC champion after she defeated former strawweight queen Joanna Jedrzeczyk to capture the vacant flyweight title at UFC 231 in Toronto. The 30-year old was dominant up against the undersized Jedrzecyk as she utilized her power advantage to get the better of the former 115-pound champion with the judges unanimously scoring the bout …
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UFC President Dana White confirmed on Saturday night the reported news that Nick Diaz is set to return to the octagon to fight Jorge Masvidal at UFC 235. Diaz hasn’t fought in the UFC since he faced former middleweight champion Anderson Silva in January 2015, and last month it had been reported by Brett Okamoto that the Stockton fighter was …
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Gunnar Nelson is back and in a very big way. On Saturday night at UFC 231 in Toronto, Gunnar Nelson returned to the octagon for the first time since his devastating loss to Santiago Ponzinibbio in July 2017. If he still had any doubters before last night, he certainly hasn’t got any now. Nelson and his opponent Oliveira who was …
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It’s Max Holloway’s world. We’re all just living in it. On Saturday night, featherweight champion Max Holloway retained his title in a barnburner of a four round battle with Brian Ortega at UFC 231 in Toronto. The challenger Ortega put in a tremendous display of heart and resilience and proved to the world that he is still one of the …
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Brian Ortega’s featherweight title bout against Max Holloway is one of the most highly anticipated 145lb fights in recent memory. The pair were supposed to meet at UFC 226 but the champion Holloway was worryingly pulled from the fight with concussion-like symptoms just days before the event. With both men on weight and ready to go, a confident Brian Ortega knows exactly …
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It’s with a heavy heart that we must confirm this news. Donald Cerrone will not be fighting Conor McGregor. Not anytime soon at least. That’s because Cowboy’s next fight will come against the 10-1 streaking lightweight prospect Alexander Hernandez at the first UFC on ESPN + event on January 19th in Brooklyn. Mike Bohn of MMAJunkie is reporting that the …
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UFC President Dana White has (another) bone to pick with current welterweight champion Tyron Woodley, along with his top challenger Colby Covington. Plans had reportedly been in the works for Woodley to defend his welterweight title at UFC 233 in Anaheim as the promotion scrambles for the main event, with the number one contender Colby Covington his most likely challenger. …
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Aleksandar Rakic returns to the UFC octagon this weekend for his first spot on a pay-per-view card against Devin Clark at UFC 231. Speaking to us here at Pundit Arena MMA, Aleksandar expressed his excitement for what he sees as his opportunity to make a serious statement of intent about his standing at 205lbs. At 26-years-old, time is most definitely on …
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Max Holloway came in a half a pound under the championship limit ahead of his UFC 231 headlining showdown with Brian Ortega tomorrow night. And there were some understandable fears about his ability to make weight following his cancelled fight at UFC 226 in July where he seemed visibly unwell during fight-week. And while we still don’t know for certain …
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Gunnar Nelson is coming up against one of the UFC welterweight division’s most intensely violent customers at UFC 231 but believes that he can use that to his advantage. Read the first part of our interview with Gunnar here. After lay-off that has lasted close to eighteen months, Nelson’s return to the UFC octagon has seen him paired up with …
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Gunnar Nelson spoke exclusively to us here at Pundit Arena MMA about his imminent return to the UFC octagon at UFC 231 this weekend and the work he has put in to ensure that he makes the most of it. Rebounding from a loss is always a tough task but everything from the manner in which Gunnar lost out to …
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Joe Rogan put forth his belief that Dana White created the McGregor/Poirier rumours in order to coax Nate Diaz into taking a third fight with Conor instead. Dana surprised the MMA community to a certain extent when he revealed recently that he believes Dustin Poirier to be the perfect opponent for Conor McGregor’s next fight. For all intents and purposes, …
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The UFC decision-makers have made a few strange calls in the past, but the news that Greg Hardy would be competing on the same card as Rachael Ostovich really angered the MMA community. Ostovich has been in the headlines a lot over the past number of weeks. The UFC flyweight was allegedly attacked by her husband, Arnold Berdon, an attack …
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