Jon Jones was in good spirits last night as he took to the stage to promote his UFC 232 return against Alexander Gustafsson in December. It seemed as though the former light-heavyweight champion was genuinely excited to resume his UFC run after an incredibly rocky year or so out of the game. On the mic, he was at his very …
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Watch: Cormier & Lewis Get Up Close At Personal At UFC 230 Weigh-Ins
Daniel Cormier and Derrick Lewis went nose-to-nose for their final face-off ahead of tonight’s UFC 230 main event showdown for the heavyweight title. These two can’t wait for those cage doors to close by the looks of things. Tonight, the UFC’s heavyweight title will be on the line for the first defence of Daniel Cormier’s reign atop the division. And …
Read More »Watch: Jon Jones Shoves Alexander Gustafsson At UFC 232 Press Conference
There were heated scenes at the UFC 232 press conference tonight as Jon Jones and Alexander Gustafsson got a little too close for Dana White’s comfort. Jones and Gustafsson are set to face off on December 29th for the light-heavyweight title and Jones clearly wanted to get into his opponent’s head during the event. After an intense face-off, both fighters posed …
Read More »LIVE: UFC 232 Official Press Conference ft. Jon Jones & More
Jon Jones will make his return to the mic as one of the fighters featured this evening as the official UFC 232 press conference gets underway. Jones hasn’t been inside the UFC octagon since his third-round TKO victory (later overturned to be a no-contest) over UFC 230 headliner Daniel Cormier last year. And while there has been quite a lot …
Read More »LIVE: UFC 230 Ceremonial Weigh-Ins ft. Cormier, Lewis, Weidman & More
UFC 230’s ceremonial weigh-ins take place now as the athletes set to compete on tomorrow’s event face off the for the final time. For all of the pull-outs and switch-ups that surrounded the weeks and months leading up to this card, fight-week itself has been relatively uneventful save for a few fun sound-bytes and a pair of fighters missing weight …
Read More »UFC 230 Preview: Daniel Cormier Vs. Derrick Lewis Prediction
Not long is left until UFC 230 gets underway so with that in mind we’re going to have a go at predicting the main-event showdown between Daniel Cormier and Derrick Lewis. X-factors like the power and sheer physical strength of Derrick Lewis make picking winners in this sport a tricky business – especially when the margin for error is as …
Read More »Henry Cejudo Hints At The Demise Of The UFC 125lb Division
The reigning champion of the UFC’s flyweight division, Henry Cejudo, has hinted that the weight-class might not be around for much longer. When Cejudo managed to upset the odds by handing the longtime champion Demetrious Johnson his first career as a flyweight, who could ever have imagined that the former pound-for-pound number-1 would be part of a ground-breaking trade that …
Read More »Breaking: UFC London Official For St. Patrick’s Weekend 2019
The UFC have announced that they are returning to London, England for a show in The O2 Arena on March 16, 2019. European MMA fans rejoice, the world’s biggest mixed martial arts promotion is set to make its return to the English capital next year. Their last stop in London took place last March on St. Patrick’s Day, a card …
Read More »Win Or Lose, Derrick Lewis Has Already Managed To Take Home Gold
In a massively insightful interview with MMAFighting’s Luke Thomas, Derrick Lewis made it clear that his motivations for fighting are centred on one thing and one thing only. Speaking to Luke Thomas on his SiriusXM radio show, Lewis explained how the darkness in his past has made him wary of the joy he now feels. “A bunch of bad stuff has happened …
Read More »Mighty Mouse Reflects On UFC Run, Expresses Excitement For Future
The legendary former pound-for-pound number one reflected on his time in the UFC while expressing how excited he is for the new challenges that await him in his new home. The trade that saw Demetrious Johnson make the move over to ONE Championship in Asia is one that many are pointing to as a potentially game-changing breakdown of the barriers that …
Read More »Watch: UFC 230 Media Day Face-Offs ft. Cormier, Lewis, Jacare, Weidman
The athletes featured on Saturday’s UFC 230 main-card faced off against each other for the penultimate time as we move closer to fight-night. It might not have the same level of buzz as its predecessor UFC 229 did, but in its own way UFC 230 is slowly building up its hype-levels and when you look at the card as a …
Read More »Cormier Admits Interest In Trilogy – “The Mega-Fight Is Jon Jones & I”
Despite being linked to a lucrative showdown with Brock Lesnar, Daniel Cormier has made it clear that the trilogy fight with Jones is more significant. The Lesnar fight was one that seemed to be set for Jon Jones himself when he recorded a third-round TKO victory over Cormier at UFC 214. The troubled former champion’s journey towards redemption was complete. …
Read More »Three Times That The Power Of Derrick Lewis Left Us In Awe
There’s something about a come-from-behind KO that grabs the attention more than anything else and UFC 230 headliner Derrick Lewis is a man who specialises in them. For those who were uninitiated to the way of ‘The Black Beast’ prior to UFC 229 last month, the power that this man possesses is an x-factor that few in the UFC’s heavyweight division …
Read More »Ben Askren Wants Darren Till In London For UFC Debut
The UFC’s newest addition to their roster, Ben Askren, has called for a London showdown with Darren Till for his UFC debut. If you told any MMA fan one month ago that the UFC’s most successful champion Demetrious Johnson would be traded off to ONE Championship in a deal that would see Ben Askren join forces with Dana White and …
Read More »Cormier Not Buying Into Derrick Lewis’ Nonchalant Facade
Cormier doesn’t believe for one second that his UFC 230 opponent Derrick Lewis doesn’t work extremely hard to get himself into the best shape possible for his showdowns inside the octagon. Lewis has managed to establish himself as one of the promotion’s most popular fighters over the course of the last few weeks. UFC 229 saw him pull off one …
Read More »Khabib Refuses To Attend Hearing – “Give Me 10 Year Ban, I Don’t Care”
UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov insists that he will not be attending the hearing in Las Vegas following his involvement in a brawl with Conor McGregor’s team post-UFC 229. Khabib and McGregor are due to learn their fate following the Nevada State Athletic Commission’s meeting on December 10th, with a ban and a suspension expected for the pair’s involvement in …
Read More »Irishman Kiefer Crosbie Has First Bellator Fight Set For December
Irish MMA is about to have another representative on a big stage. Kiefer Crosbie is yet another prospect from Straight Blast Gym in Ireland, and the Irishman became one of many to join the ranks of Bellator MMA back in July. Following in the footsteps of teammates James Gallagher and Richard Kiely, Crosbie will fight under the Bellator banner, and …
Read More »Abdelaziz – “I Really Want To See Conor Drink His Own Blood”
Khabib Nurmagomedov’s manager Ali Abdelaziz has had his say on a potential rematch between the lightweight champion and the man he defeated at UFC 229, Conor McGregor. McGregor and Abdelaziz did not quite see eye to eye in the lead-up to the first fight with the former calling the latter “a f–king snitch, terrorist and rat.” Speaking to TMZ Sports, Abdelaziz …
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