Ben Askren looks set to make his return to action in October when he will face Brazilian welterweight Demian Maia. The fight has not been officially announced by the UFC but the former ONE FC champion took to Twitter earlier today to declare that the fight was indeed a “done deal” and that “Oct 26 we will find out who …
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He might not be your favourite fighter or even one that you like in any capacity, but if he keeps winning the way he has, there must come a point where you tip your hat to Tyron Woodley and accept his status as one of the game’s very best. In a time where divisional stability has become a rarity and …
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Kamaru Usman picked up the biggest win of his career by beating the legendary Demian Maia in Brazil but revealed that he was injured for most of the fight. Kamaru Usman, a man who has been described as the most avoided welterweight on the planet, proved that well and truly belongs in the division’s top-5 with a dominant – albeit …
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Following Frankie Edgar’s stunning KO loss at the hands of Brian Ortega, we take a look at six fighters whose form seems to have dipped in recent times. UFC 222 has now come and gone and while the night’s action – all things considered – was warmly received, one of the main talking points was the vicious KO of the …
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The UFC welterweight champion has revealed that he is gunning to get a spot on July’s UFC 226 card during International Fight Week following a recent surgery on his shoulder. The champ is making his return, ladies and gentlemen. After revealing to the world that he had recently undergone a successful shoulder surgery, Tyron Woodley has now apparently set his …
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Tyron Woodley spoke to TMZ Sports recently and broke down exactly how he felt about Khabib Nurmagomedov after watching him fight for the very first time at UFC 219. It’s hard to imagine but the UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley has claimed that UFC 219 was the first time that he had ever witnessed a full Khabib Nurmagomedov fight. The Russian …
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Everyone’s least favourite MMA heel has fired another threat at the champ Tyron Woodley and love him or hate him, you have to admit that it’s a pretty good one. Respect is something that is earned and displayed 90% of the time in combat sports. Something about seeing another man or woman who has sacrificed so much to be in the same …
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Tyron Woodley has given his breakdown of how exactly he would go about taking out one of the sport of MMA’s most notoriously tough-chinned customers as speculation about him fighting Nate Diaz grows. The UFC’s welterweight champion has found himself on the verge of signing on to compete against one of the sport’s biggest names in Diaz, but he says the ongoing …
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Perhaps the most despised man in MMA today has broken down exactly how a matchup between him and Tyron Woodley would go down.
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While some people adored his outlandish professional wrestling heel style promo after his bloody win over Demian Maia in Sao Paulo on Saturday night, Colby Covington has come in for quite a bit of criticism for calling Brazilian MMA fans “filthy animals” amidst the tirade and he may yet face sanctions from the UFC as a result of his conduct. …
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At a UFC 217 press conference in Toronto earlier this month, Dana White stated that the winner of a mouth-watering upcoming clash between Robbie Lawler and Rafael dos Anjos, which is scheduled for mid December, will get the next crack at UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley. After last night and the show-stealing performance Colby Covington turned in at UFC Fight …
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An insight into the reasons why UFC star Demian Maia was overlooked as the main event for UFC Sao Paulo
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We are just hours away from this weekend's UFC Sao Paulo but with so many other things going on in the MMA world right now, why exactly should you care?
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It's a pretty good time to be a player in both the UFC and Bellator welterweight divisions but who exactly comes out on top when both are combined?
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Carlos Condit has announced out of nowhere that he is now looking to fight this Winter after spending over a year on the sidelines.
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Despite only having one welterweight win to his name, that being his only victory in three fights, Rafael dos Anjos almost landed himself a 170-pound title shot against Tyron Woodley at UFC 214. Dos Anjos faces dangerous welterweight contender Neil Magny at this coming weekend’s UFC 215 card in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, but during a recently released preview of that …
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The UFC’s welterweight champion has made it clear that he plans to cement himself as the greatest welterweight of all time in 2018. All things considered, Tyron Woodley has had a pretty successful 2017. Two wins in his first two title-defences saw him establish his reign atop the 170lb division but despite the fact that he was facing two of …
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Just a couple of days after UFC 214 and his much-derided decision win over Demian Maia, UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley revealed in an interview with Ariel Helwani that he had torn his labrum during the very first round of the fight. “I threw my shoulder out in the first round, I wasn’t able to throw any damaging shots — …
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