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Edson Barboza may have been utterly dominated by Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 209 but that hasn’t stopped him from denying him his no-1 lightweight status. We’ve seen Edson Barboza lose out in the UFC before. We’ve seen him knocked out, submitted and on the wrong side of a decision but I think it’s fair to say that we had never …

Khabib Nurmagomedov’s manager has lashed out at his client’s great rival, Tony Ferguson, claiming that their long-awaited fight has been set in stone for yet another date. Nurmagomedov-Ferguson is one of those rivalries that has tested the patience of fight fans in recent times. On three separate occasions so far we have been promised a clash between these two world-class lightweights …

Unbeaten UFC lightweight Khabib Nurmagomedov has revealed his plans for the year 2017 as a whole and if I’m completely honest, he may well be expecting a bit too much, all things considered. Picture the scene. It’s pre-UFC 209 and the card’s co-main event features a contest between two of the most electric contenders the lightweight division has ever seen …

Tony Ferguson was a late addition to the guestlist of today’s edition of the MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani and used his slot to discuss UFC 213’s seemingly vacant main-event slot. The UFC’s no. 2-ranked lightweight Tony Ferguson’s title aspirations have taken a real hit in recent times despite the fact that he himself had absolutely no part to play …

The two-time UFC welterweight title challenger Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson has made moves towards getting his eagerly anticipated return to the octagon signed. Thompson’s two unsuccessful title challenges over the course of the last six months have certainly taken the wind out of his sails to a certain extent but despite being unable to best the champ, Tyron Woodley, over the …

Tyron Woodley recently made it known that he has received confirmation of a fight that is scheduled to take place in July, but who exactly will he be taking on when he makes his octagon return? The UFC’s welterweight champion Tyron Woodley has become something of a divisive figure within the mixed martial arts community. On one hand, you have …

Audie Attar, the manager of Conor McGregor, spoke to Ariel Helwani on this week’s edition of the MMA Hour and put forth his own thoughts for an interim-lightweight title fight that would keep the fans occupied while McGregor continues to make moves towards a foray into the world of boxing. Disappointment is something that us sports fans have to deal …

Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson appeared on the MMA Hour today to discuss his next move as a mixed martial artist and gave us his own pick for his next matchup. Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson is fresh off of his UFC 209 loss to Tyron Woodley for the welterweight title, and though the eagerly anticipated matchup was a tepid encounter at best, Wonderboy …

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 …

Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov may not strike you as very similar on paper, but I believe that each man’s destiny has set them up for a meeting in which only one fighter’s self-belief will be proven correct. Conor McGregor’s rise to the top of the MMA game has been nothing short of extraordinary. His talents inside the octagon are, …