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Thursday night’s official press conference for UFC 244’s main-event pairing of Jorge Masvidal and Nate Diaz gave us an interesting insight into a potential change in the UFC’s attitude towards fight-promotion. Let’s be real, the presser was a bit of mess. Sound issues that were no doubt exacerbated by the choice of setting were joined by some excruciatingly bad questions …

In my eyes, there are three fighters who could well stand in front of Conor McGregor once he makes his return to the UFC octagon either later this year or in the early months of 2020. And it’s a tired topic, don’t get me wrong. But in the wake of UFC 242 and UFC Vancouver’s back-to-back main-events, it’s a subject …

Dustin Poirier has vowed to reclimb the 155lb mountain and avenge his brutal and one-sided UFC 242 defeat to Khabib Nurmagomedov. Poirier certainly gave it a go and in fairness to him, he did better than most. He briefly had two great moments, of course, one in the second round and another in the third but overall, it was the …

The team of UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov have explained why 30-0 is the perfect record for their fighter to take into his inevitable retirement. Of course, given the championship belt around his waist and the sheer calibre of the sharks that are circling, for Khabib to reach such a milestone would be incredibly impressive. Beating Dustin Poirier in such …

ESPN’s Ariel Helwani has made it known that he believes Khabib Nurmagomedov to be the most-dominant fighter in the history of the UFC. And it’s a viewpoint that does seem to be gathering in traction with each passing victory from The Eagle. After making the divisional interim-champion Dustin Poirier look completely out of his depth for the vast majority of …

Dustin Poirier suffered a devastating defeat at the hands of Khabib Nurmagomedov in the UFC 242 main-event in Abu Dhabi last weekend. And it truly was a one-sided fight save for a pair of moments of near-brilliance from The Diamond. Even with that being said, there wasn’t even a second of that fight where Nurmagomedov was in any critical danger. …

Khabib Nurmagomedov produced a sublime performance in the UFC 242 main-event, submitting Dustin Poirier to defend his lightweight title. Khabib is the type of fighter will inevitably raise the standard for what it takes to be a modern-day MMA athlete at the highest level in the same way that the likes of Georges St-Pierre and Jon Jones did. Those two, …

Dustin Poirier explained what it was like to share the octagon with the UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and where he felt he misstepped.  All things considered, the fight that occurred between the two in Abu Dhabi wasn’t overly close. Poirier briefly had two great moments, of course, one in the second round and another in the third but overall, …

Khabib Nurmagomedov moved to 28-0 with a near-perfect performance in the UFC 242 main-event, besting Dustin Poirier to retain the 155lb title. Khabib Nurmagomedov second outing as champion of the UFC lightweight division saw him take on the surging contender Dustin Poirier in the UFC 242 main-event – a night that was filled from top-to-bottom with both his gym-mates and …

Khabib Nurmagomedov’s second defense of his UFC lightweight title will see him take on the surging contender Dustin Poirier in the UFC 242 main-event. Nurmagomedov’s road to eventually winning that title may have taken quite a bit longer than most would have hoped, but now, with a signature win over the sport’s biggest star in his back-pocket, UFC 242 stands …

UFC 242’s ceremonial weigh-in’s live from Abu Dhabi just concluded and thankfully, the lightweight title clash in the night’s main-event is set to go ahead. The question on the mind of every MMA fan on the planet right now is whether or not Dustin Poirier can be the man to hand the champion Khabib Nurmagomedov his first loss as a …

Khabib Nurmagomedov may be best known for his title-run and subsequent defense of that title against Conor McGregor, but his most brutal display was one that came far sooner in his UFC career. There are certain fights that teeter on the edge of being difficult to watch and at this point, I think it’s fair to say that a lot …

Khabib Nurmagomedov spoke to the media in a recent exchange and explained exactly why the idea of switching between weight-classes isn’t as appealing as a run at lightweight. To his credit, staying unbeaten in the most stacked weight-class in the sport is something that should be commended but in the modern-day landscape of MMA, where super-fights are paramount, the idea …

UFC 242 is now just a few hours away and with that in mind, here are three under-the-radar showdowns that you should be excited for. Mairbek Taisumov vs. Carlos Diego Ferreira  Taisumov is one of the most underrated up-and-comers in the sport. Perhaps this has been in some ways due to his stuttering run in the UFC – not in …

Chael Sonnen believes that the MMA community are omitting several key points from their analysis of the UFC 242 headliner between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Dustin Poirier. Nurmagomedov is a massive global superstar at this point. To those who don’t believe that to be the case, I would simply urge you to look at his social media metrics, his post-UFC 229 …

The official YouTube account of the UFC has once again come through with an absolute gift, this time uploading the UFC 229 clash between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor. It says a lot about the dominance of the Russian that his performance was still the biggest talking point of the night even with his post-fight attack on the team of …

Khabib Nurmagomedov has challenged Conor McGregor to recapture his form and momentum before he considers granting him a rematch.  Khabib made his intense hatred of the Irishman clear – telling ESPN that he would ‘go to jail’ if it came to it in order to lash out at him, claiming that their beef ‘will never be finished’. Citing fighters like his UFC …

Khabib Nurmagomedov took a moment during a recent conference call to give his thoughts on his eventual retirement from the sport.  At 27-0, Nurmagomedov holds one of the most impressive records in the sport and in the time since his fourth-round submission victory over Conor McGregor – his status as one of the UFC’s biggest global superstars has been solidified. …