Dana White has opened up on the historic trade which saw Ben Askren leave the One Championship to join the UFC with Demetrious Johnson going in the other direction. There has been much speculation on who Askren will fight for his first ever bout in the UFC and White has now narrowed that down in an interview given to TMZ …
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Reports coming from the Twitter account MMA Team Dagestan have claimed that a fight between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Georges St-Pierre is in the works. We’re going to tread carefully with this one. ⚡️ KHABIB vs. GSP in the works. This is all that is known at the moment. — MMA TEAM DAGESTAN (@MMATeamDagestan) October 29, 2018 It’s hard to know …
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John Kavanagh has admitted that he has yet to speak to Conor McGregor face-to-face since UFC 229 but is hopeful that a plan will be made when they do. It’s hard to know what to make of Conor McGregor’s UFC 229 loss to Khabib Nurmagomedov and the effect it will have on his future. We were deprived of the opportunity …
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Demetrious Johnson has revealed exactly why he decided to leave the UFC in favour of a move to Asian MMA promotion ONE Championship. Speaking to the media on Sunday night via conference call, Johnson explained how his views on fight-promotion in the US contributed to his decision to leave the world’s biggest MMA organisation. “I was always never the biggest …
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Khabib Nurmagomedov’s manager Ali Abdelaziz has taken to Twitter to hint at a major announcement regarding the Dagestani fighter’s future. The lightweight champion is fresh off the heels of his title defence against Conor McGregor at UFC 229 which resulted in a now infamous pull-apart brawl inside and outside of the octagon involving both sets of teams. On Sunday, Khabib’s manager …
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John Kavanagh took to Facebook on Sunday to launch a passionate defence of SBG fighter Artem Lobov following the Russian’s defeat to Micheal Johnson at UFC Moncton on Saturday night. The featherweight fighter was defeated by Johnson via a unanimous decision in what was Lobov’s third UFC loss in a row and a result which took his record to 13-15-1. …
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In one of the most creative promo videos in the history of the UFC, Daniel Cormier promises that he will return to the 205lb division to defend his belt. This is one tremendously creative piece of work! Anthony Smith threw down with and eventually submitted Volkan Oezdemir at last night’s UFC Moncton to give his title-aspirations a kick ahead of …
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Daniel Cormier will make the first defense of his UFC heavyweight title against The Black Beast Derrick Lewis at UFC 230 next month. Many are writing off Lewis’ chances of upsetting the odds with this one but if there is one thing that history will show us, it’s that this guy can crack – even if the latest stages of …
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The UFC’s newest signing has taken to Twitter to ask his new boss to unblock him on the social media platform now that he has signed for the UFC. Those who aren’t fully aware of who Ben Askren is might be surprised to find out that he and UFC president Dana White have had a long and turbulent history. Askren spoke to …
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The former UFC welterweight title challenger Darren Till has called out Conor McGregor for a showdown in Liverpool before he retires. And it’s a challenge that has seemingly come out of nowhere. Till was last seen at UFC 228 where he was on the receiving end of a dominant performance at the hands of 170lb champ Tyron Woodley and has …
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Hotly-tipped prospect Calvin Kattar managed to blast through former Cage Warriors champion Chris Fishgold in the very first-round at UFC Moncton. Kattar entered last night’s contest with a 2-1 UFC record – with his sole loss in the promotion coming at the hands of no. 4 ranked contender Renato Moicano. He has been gaining momentum steadily since signing for the …
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Anthony Smith had to weather an early storm to get the job done against the former title-challenger Volkan Oezdemir at UFC Moncton last night. ‘Lionheart’ proved his toughness as he stood toe-to-toe with the dangerous ‘No Time’ and for the first round or two, it really did appear as though it would be Volkan’s night. As things went on, though, …
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SBG Ireland’s Artem Lobov came up short against Michael Johnson in UFC Moncton’s entertaining featherweight co-main event fixture. And it was a well-fought encounter between the two. The speed and length of Johnson made it a relatively comfortable night for him, though. Artem was in there from the first bell to the last but couldn’t find the target enough to …
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Watch Derrick Lewis’ thrilling victory over Travis Browne from UFC Halifax as he gears up for the biggest test of his career to date next month. On paper, it does appear to be a foregone conclusion that the heavyweight champ Daniel Cormier will successfully defend his title on November 3. The technical difference in every department is glaring and just …
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With UFC 230 drawing ever-closer, the UFC have released dual-weight world champion Daniel Cormier’s stunning first-round KO of Stipe Miocic in full. You might have picked DC to spring the upset in your predictions for the UFC 226 main-event, but there are very few who could have predicted that the 205lb champion would get it done in the manner that …
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On Friday night, Hispanic mixed martial arts company Combate Americas presented Combate 25, from Guadalajara, Mexico. The frantic fight card contained 12 bouts with 10 finishes in an event that was filled with intense action that fans of the promotion have become accustomed to seeing. One of the featured fights on the card was 7-2 Victor Madrigal, who is the 35th ranked …
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Former lightweight champion Frankie Edgar has been forced to pull out of the main event of UFC Denver against Chan Sung Jung, aka ‘The Korean Zombie’ due to a bicep injury. ESPN’s Brett Okamoto first reported the news of Edgar’s injury also outlining that the UFC have already found a new opponent for Jung in the shape of featherweight prospect Yair …
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Michael Johnson filled in for Zubaira Tukhugov on short-notice to face Artem Lobov and was unable to make the 146lb limit ahead of UFC Moncton. Coming in just 1lb over, Johnson would have forfeited 20% of his fight-purse to Lobov if the SBG Ireland man hadn’t already refused to accept it due to the circumstances surrounding the bout’s booking. Artem …
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