As of next week, the UFC risk losing another outstanding talent as Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza is about to enter the last fight of his current contract. There is no bigger topic in MMA at the moment than the potential Conor McGregor-Floyd Mayweather superfight. Additionally, the issues of weight cutting and fighter treatment are particularly important. However, the subject of free …
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In August of last year, on an episode of The MMA Hour, Chris Weidman told Ariel Helwani that he found it “embarrassing” to tell people of Michael Bisping’s status as UFC middleweight champion. A couple of months later, in October, Weidman went on the same show and used that word again, when talking about Bisping’s performance in a successful title …
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In the wake of the news that the ‘California Kid’ Urijah Faber will be joining the UFC’s Hall of Fame, we’re going to take a look at ten active fighters who look destined to join him in that esteemed group of athletes when they finally call it a day on their careers. Ten men and women who have had an …
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The UFC’s middleweight and welterweight champions have added fuel to the fires of their potential matchup by recently engaging in a brief, but one-sided Twitter skirmish. Say what you want about Britain’s Michael Bisping as a fighter, but when it comes to the delicate art of talking-trash, he’s most certainly in a category that only a few can join him …
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UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping has revealed what exactly he thinks his future opponent Georges St-Pierre is planning with his comeback and if we’re completely honest, it’s pretty insane to say the least. Michael Bisping’s reign as the UFC’s middleweight champion has not been without its controversy but you cannot deny that the very fact that he emerged victorious in …
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In this edition of Pundit Arena’s ‘Fighter Of The Week’ series, we will be taking a closer look at the man who currently stands as the UFC’s #1 middleweight contender, the ‘Soldier of God’, Yoel Romero. At 13-1 as a mixed martial artist and a perfect 8-0 inside the UFC, you wouldn’t be crazy to assume that after his impressive victories over …
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At the beginning of the month, the UFC announced it’s intention to pair middleweight champion Michael Bisping with returning former welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre on an, as of yet, undetermined date later this year. However, on Monday’s edition of his podcast, ‘Believe You Me’, Bisping suddenly threatened to derail the fight. Hearing that ‘GSP’ wants to push the bout, originally …
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At the beginning of the month, UFC president Dana White announced on SportsCenter that Georges St-Pierre’s first fight back after a hiatus of more than three years will be against the promotion’s middleweight champion Michael Bisping. White, however, did not reveal a date or venue for the fight at that time. Nor was that information revealed at a press conference …
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After his first-round knockout loss to Michael Bisping at UFC 199, Luke Rockhold admitted that he had fatally underestimated Michael Bisping. “It was just underestimating and over-committing with a jab,” Rockhold, who suddenly found himself an ex-UFC middleweight champion, told UFC on Fox shortly after the fight(via MMAMania). “It was stupid, I just didn’t feel like he had anything for …
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With the explosive UFC London now in the past, we take a look at the ten most prolific modern fighters who made their rise through the rapidly improving European MMA circuit. UFC London most certainly can place itself amongst the year’s most entertaining fight cards to date but on top of that, it did a tremendous job at proving that …
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Michael Bisping has just posted an update on Instagram having undergone a second minor procedure on his recovery from a torn miniscus. The UFC recently confirmed the news that Britain’s first UFC champion, Michael Bisping, would be facing Georges St-Pierre later this year. Although a date for the bout has not yet been set, it is believed that the pair …
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UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping is a man known just as much for his colourful personality as he is for his achievements inside the octagon and now, during a recent podcast appearance, he spoke briefly on the career of the Phenom, Vitor Belfort. Michael Bisping fancies himself as a bit of a ‘legend-killer’ these days having seen off both Dan …
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The UFC’s longtime former middleweight champion Anderson Silva has called for two high-profile rematches in the near future in a rather direct Instagram post aimed at both Michael Bisping & Nick Diaz Anderson Silva is without a doubt one of the most iconic figures in the sport of MMA’s short history. Over a span that totalled 2,457 days, he ruled over …
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It probably wasn’t the first time that a combat sports analyst picked against a colleague in studio ahead of a big fight, but what made Yves Edwards’ recent prediction of a Georges St-Pierre win over Michael Bisping, who was seated right next to him, was that he didn’t even attempt to sugar coat it. Edwards and UFC middleweight champion Bisping …
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Luke Rockhold must have immediately regretted his choice of words when he called out UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping on a recent episode of Aussie MMA show Submission Radio. “I’m taking a detour,” said the American Kickboxing Academy representative, before dropping a rather bizarre line that left him wide open to ridicule. “I’m going straight for Bisping’s ass. He’s been …
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In this edition of Pundit Arena’s Fighter of the Week, we take a closer look at the man who many consider to be among the greatest to ever compete in mixed martial arts, the Canadian superstar, Georges St-Pierre. What exactly is it that makes the former UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre as remarkably good as he is? For years, we watched in awe as …
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Joe Rogan has expressed some serious concerns about the UFC’s recent inclination to prioritise ‘money fights’. Since the emergence of Conor McGregor in the UFC, there has been an increasing tendency for the promotion to create ‘money fights’ over traditional champion vs number one contender bouts. Dana White stated recently that he himself is sick of hearing about ‘money fights’ …
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Former UFC welterweight title challenger Nick Diaz recently opened up about his failed attempt to secure a shot at the UFC’s middleweight champ Michael Bisping in a what would have been a non-title, catchweight bout. The long-awaited return of Stockton’s own Nick Diaz has become something of an increasingly unlikely prospect in recent times. The elder Diaz brother, just like …
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