Featherweight contenders collided in an absolute war on the UFC 232 main-card as Alexander Volkanovski blasted through Chad Mendes for a brutal TKO win. And while it lasted, it was a fantastic firefight between two featherweight fighters who mirrored each other on a physical level and matched each other for intensity from the off. Mendes came into the octagon that …
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We make an attempt to answer some of the burning questions that surround Mayweather vs. Tenshin, perhaps the most bizarre combat sports spectacle of the year. Sometimes a fight comes around that is so completely and utterly bizarre that it leaves you without words. Most recently, we had that to a certain extent with Floyd’s August 2017 showdown with MMA’s …
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Floyd Mayweather has issued a brief response to UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, who called him out after defeating their mutual rival Conor McGregor at UFC 229. I wouldn’t hold my breath for this one but after running into the CEO of Mayweather Promotions Leonard Ellerbe at an event in Russia, Khabib Nurmagomedov made a call-out of the legendary retired …
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Exactly one year has passed since the worlds of both boxing and mixed martial arts collided for an event that was unlike anything that we’ll ever see again in our lifetimes. “That Mayweather/McGregor fight next Saturday, it’s an absolute disgrace, makes no sense. F**k the two of them they’re just conning us for the money.” “So you won’t watch it …
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One of the top featherweight fighters in the world will return to pro-MMA following his ban at the hands of USADA for testing positive for GHRP-6 in 2016. Chad ‘Money’ Mendes is back! After testing positive for the banned-substance GHRP-6, a growth hormone stimulator, in a USADA-administered drug-test, Mendes was given a two-year ban from all competition, something that will …
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Modern football is moving at an astounding rate. With transfer fees sky-rocketing, TV deals soaring and the gap between fans and clubs increasing, the sport is losing its soul in many ways. Nobody needs examples of this. The behemoth that is the Premier League is snowballing year on year, as the game becomes more and more commercial. The riches possessed by the …
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Ahead of his UFC 222 co-headliner against Brian Ortega, remind yourself of Frankie Edgar’s dominant first-round KO of Chad Mendes back in 2015. The longtime featherweight contender and former UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar faces a unique threat on Saturday night when he takes on the highly-dynamic submission wizard Brian Ortega. Although Edgar’s shot at the belt was set in …
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The odds for a hypothetical MMA match-up between boxer Floyd Mayweather and pro-wrestling superstar CM Punk have been revealed and the resulting figures may come as a surprise to most. Last year, when the worlds of both boxing and MMA were both turned on their respective heads to allow the insanely lucrative meeting between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor to …
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The UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson has become the latest fighter to challenge the boxing superstar Floyd Mayweather following word that he has supposedly shown an interest in competing under the UFC banner. If this turns out to be anything more than the ‘nothing-story of 2017’ then this writer will eat his hat. Floyd Mayweather recently made it clear that …
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Various members of Team Mayweather predict the outcome of a boxing match between Conor McGregor and Oscar de la Hoya.
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Dana White recently spoke about exactly why Paulie Malignaggi decided to leave Conor McGregor's fight-camp as he prepared to face Floyd Mayweather.
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Floyd Mayweather made quick work of a public heckler who repeatedly told him he was afraid to come out of retirement to face Gennady Golovkin.
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SBG Ireland head-coach John Kavanagh appeared on the most recent edition of the Late Late Show and gave some valuable insight into Conor McGregor's next move.
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The one-time rival of the current UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor, Eddie Alvarez recently revealed his newfound respect for the Irishman after the performance he put in against Floyd Mayweather last month. Rivalries in MMA can often be a fickle thing. Sure, nasty words are exchanged and the tension can often be riveting but for the most part, when all …
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Justin Gaethje has given a very interesting take on why it is exactly that Conor McGregor seems to struggle to find his composure in moments where he fatigues mid-fight. I reckon it’d be hard to pin down a UFC debut in recent times that thrilled as much as the former WSOF champ Gaethje’s first venture into the octagon when he …
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The current 135lb UFC champion and his legendary coach sat down with Joe Rogan and gave some pretty valuable insight into the causes for Conor McGregor’s stamina dip in last month’s record-breaking showdown with Floyd Mayweather. We’re now just about ten days removed from boxing’s potentially record-breaking super-fight between Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather but despite the fact that the …
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José Aldo has made a lengthy statement in which he gave his own views on last weekend’s Mayweather-McGregor fight and explained his heavily-criticised reaction to his great rival’s defeat. José Aldo is a man who could well hold the most vicious one-sided vendetta in MMA today. With us now almost two years removed from his crushing UFC 194 knockout loss …
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Coach Owen Roddy of SBG Ireland spoke with the Late Late Show’s Ryan Tubridy and detailed the immense heartbreak he, Conor McGregor and his whole team felt after failing to hand Floyd Mayweather his first loss last weekend. Coach Roddy is a man who is certainly no stranger to the big stage after the last few years but following up from August …
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