Donald Cerrone once again found himself in the headlines this week after claiming that he will be facing Conor McGregor for the UFC interim-lightweight title. It all started with a tweet. A direct admission of respect for one of the game’s most revered veterans in the wake of an incredibly gritty showing at UFC Brooklyn last month. For a fight …
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Even though there were plenty of superstars present for the UFC 235 pre-fight press conference, it was unbeaten debutant Ben Askren who well and truly stole the show. While it is the champ Tyron Woodley who will face off against the former Ultimate Fighter winner Kamaru Usman next, Askren could not help himself when it came to having a thinly-veiled dig at …
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UFC President Dana White has had his say on a potential lightweight bout between Conor McGregor and Donald Cerrone. There had been rumblings of a fight between the pair after Cowboy confirmed his return to lightweight and after a dominant victory over Alexander Hernandez on UFC’s debut card on ESPN+, McGregor, clearly impressed, tweeted that he would fight Cerrone after …
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The UFC’s lightweight division is in for quite an interesting 2019 following the decisions made by the NSAC during yesterday’s UFC 229 hearing. To get a better understanding of the exact punishments given to Khabib Nurmagomedov, Conor McGregor, and the others involved, you can take a look at our original report here. The important points that are of relevance here …
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Paulie Malignaggi’s issues with Conor McGregor are well documented, but it was his boss, UFC President Dana White, that the ex-boxing champion took issue with when speaking to MMAJunkie. Boxing compadre Oscar De La Hoya recently got into the MMA promotion business, with his inaugural fight card being headlined by Tito Ortiz and Chuck Liddell last year. Naturally, that led …
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The UFC president addressed the recent comments from both Donald Cerrone and Conor McGregor concerning a possible fight between them. Cerrone put on one of the best performances of his career at UFC Brooklyn last night, comprehensively shutting down the hype behind up-and-comer Alexander Hernandez in a Fight Of The Night-winning effort that will serve only to further his legendary status. …
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UFC welterweight contender, Colby Covington has put Dana White on blast following the UFC president’s decision to pass him up on a UFC title shot. Earlier this week it was announced that Kamaru Usman will challenge the long-reigning welterweight champion Tyron Woodley at UFC 235 in March. Covington won the interim-title last year and was expected the face Woodley on …
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Rose Namajunas will defend her UFC women’s strawweight world title at UFC 237 in Brazil when she takes on Jessica Andrade. Namajunas will defend her belt for the second time in May when she travels to enemy territory to take on Brazilian slugger Andrade, who herself is fighting for the belt for a second time. Dana White confirmed the news …
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The UFC have revealed their event schedule for the first half of 2019, a time that will see them debut on ESPN after the conclusion of their deal with FOX. And it’s a pretty stacked schedule, to say the least. Kicking off with their debut on ESPN+, a card that will feature the flyweight title super-fight between champion Henry Cejudo …
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Daniel Cormier has long said he will retire from professional MMA by the time he turns 40 years old. Although, with that retirement date only three months away and his star shining as bright as ever, it is difficult to see the UFC heavyweight champion walk away from competing at this stage. 2018 will go down as a monumental year …
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