Frankie Edgar officially declared his intention to move to 135lbs after suffering defeat over five rounds at the hands of Max Holloway at UFC 240. Though by no means a devastating loss, Edgar now finds himself effectively frozen out of the featherweight title picture and while his greatest moments inside the octagon were to be found at 155lbs, the idea …
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Ricardo Almeida, the long-time coach of UFC 240 headliner Frankie Edgar, has explained why a move to 135lb may well be on the cards for his fighter. Frankie found himself outclassed and outgunned by the dominant champion of the featherweight division Max Holloway in his most recent successful defense of his title. Overall, it was a spirited performance from The …
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Marlon Moraes has explained the issues and general mistakes that led to his third-round TKO defeat to the UFC flyweight champion Henry Cejudo. Speaking in a post-fight interview (via MMA Junkie), the former WSOF champion outlined exactly where he felt he went wrong over the course of the fight’s three-round duration. “I just messed up. I got out of the …
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Demetrious Johnson has given props to his former opponent Henry Cejudo after his bantamweight title-clinching victory over Marlon Moraes at UFC 238. The pair, of course, shared the octagon on two different occasions for two extremely different fights in the past. UFC 197 stood as their first meeting and in many ways, it was perhaps the most destructive victory over …
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Henry Cejudo’s incredible third-round TKO victory over Marlon Moraes at UFC 238 last weekend saw him prove himself to be a very, very special talent. I’m quite proud to say that I’ve been aboard the Henry Cejudo bandwagon for quite some time now, ever since I witnessed the dramatic shift in his style upon losing back-to-back fights against Demetrious Johnson …
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Henry Cejudo will attempt to enter champ-champ territory on Saturday night as he faces Marlon Moraes for the UFC bantamweight title at UFC 238. It should not be understated exactly how big of a task this is for the former Olympian. Marlon Moraes has been nothing short of incredible since leaving his 135lb belt in WSOF in favour of a …
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Henry Cejudo will attempt to elevate his status into the pantheon of the all-time greats within the world combat sports by earning a second consecutively-held UFC title this weekend. Olympic gold medalist. UFC flyweight champion. UFC bantamweight champion. The man who ended Demetrious Johnson’s legendary winning-streak. The fighter who took out TJ Dillashaw in under a minute. Dissect each of …
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Marlon Moraes has given his take on the most recent matchup fought by his UFC 238 opponent, the flyweight king, Henry Cejudo. Cejudo took on the former UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw in a fight for the flyweight title – one that saw the 135lb king make a brutal cut down to the 125lb. All things considered, that cut did …
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The former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping has given his take on TJ Dillashaw’s decision to vacate his title following an adverse finding in a recent USADA test. Last week, the world of MMA was left in a collective state of shock and confusion after UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw released a statement revealing that he had been flagged by USADA following …
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Henry Cejudo will get his shot at two-weight world champion status when he steps up to bantamweight to face in-form contender Marlon Moraes for the title. Last week, the world of MMA was left in a collective state of shock and confusion after UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw released a statement revealing that he had been flagged by USADA following …
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Marlon Moraes well and truly established himself as the number-one contender in the bantamweight division with a phenomenal submission of Raphael Assuncao in the UFC Fortaleza main-event. And yet, when the dust settled and we were able to properly assess just how impressive Moraes has been in recent times, it became abundantly clear that very little had changed. In a …
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UFC bantamweight Marlon Moraes flattened streaking contender Jimmie Rivera with a stunning headkick at UFC Utica last night. The bantamweight division has proven to be one of the UFC’s strongest over the years and last night at UFC Utica, we may well have established a new top-contender. As Cody Garbrandt looks to avenge his UFC 217 loss to champ TJ …
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Daniel Cormier and Jimmy Smith combine to hype up this weekend’s bantamweight showdown between Jimmie Rivera and Marlon Moraes. A pivotal matchup for the UFC’s bantamweight division will take place this weekend as the former WSOF champion Marlon Moraes looks to edge one step closer to securing a UFC title shot by taking out the in-form Jimmie Rivera. Rivera has …
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Former WSOF bantamweight champion Marlon Moraes didn’t get off to the greatest of starts in the UFC, as he dropped a split decision to countryman Raphael Assuncao on his promotional debut in June. Moraes has quickly turned things around, however, picking up impressive back to back wins against John Dodson and Aljamain Sterling, the latter of which came in brutal …
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The UFC is back in Brazil. No Anderson Silva? No problem! The featherweight title fight, and a Brazilian-rich card, should make for a hectic night’s fighting. Don’t sleep on the featured prelim between bantamweight contender Raphael Assunção (24-5-0) and newcomer Marlon Moraes (18-4-1). A win here could catapult either man into title contention and Moraes’ debut is highly anticipated. For …
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The good old roundhouse kick caused more than it’s fair share of destruction this weekend, with fighters on both the UFC 201 and WSOF 32 cards utlising it to finish their foes. World Series of Fighting bantamweight king Marlon Moraes had to go the full championship distance with Josh Hill when the pair first met in February of last year, …
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As potent a weapon as they can be, it’s rare that you see leg-kicks bring about a finish. It’s even more rare that you see a single leg-kick bring about an early stoppage. But that’s exactly what happened at WSOF 28 on Saturday night. The main event of the card from Garden Grove, California was a WSOF bantamweight title bout …
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NBC’s premier MMA showcase – ‘World Series of Fighting’ returns for the 18th time to kick-off three big days of mixed martial arts action. A four-fight main card kicks-off on NBC at 1am GMT, which culminates in a tasty looking bantamweight title bout between champion Marlon Moraes (13-4-1) and unbeaten challenger Josh Hill. (10-0) A previous competitor on the UFC’s …
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