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Just hours after she made a successful first defence of her UFC women’s featherweight title against Holly Holm at UFC 219, Cris ‘Cyborg’ Justino was the victim of a rather surprising social media attack at the hands of an official representative of the JacksonWink fight team, of which her opponent Holly Holm is a part. The powerful Justino overcame Holm …

UFC women’s featherweight champion Cris ‘Cyborg’ Justino topped the list of disclosed salaries for UFC 219 in Las Vegas on Saturday night, receiving a flat payout of $500,000 for her main event turn, while fellow headliner Holly Holm and three other fighters also earned six-figure sums. ‘Cyborg’, who showed patience, poise and characteristic power to overcome Holm via unanimous decision, …

Having withdrawn from UFC 209 the day before he was finally due to lock horns with Tony Ferguson, 2017 became an odd year for Khabib Nurmagomedov… After a dominant performance against Michael Johnson at UFC 205 in November of 2016, ‘The Eagle’ was sitting pretty as the number one contender in the lightweight division and poised for a shot at …

On Saturday night in Las Vegas, UFC women’s featherweight champion Cris ‘Cyborg’ Justino proved that she is far more than merely a mix of bullish aggression, power and strength, as she scored a unanimous decision win over crafty former bantamweight queen Holly Holm in the main event of UFC 219. Ahead of the fight, there seemed to be two main …

Khabib Nurmagomedov moved to 25-0 in his MMA career with a devastating victory over Edson Barboza on Saturday night at UFC 219.  The Russian well and truly stamped his authority as the most feared lightweight in the world with an incredibly dominant performance, taking the bout by unanimous decision. Barboza must be admired for the heart and courage he displayed …

Top lightweight contender Khabib Nurmagomedov returned from a near 14-month layoff in Las Vegas on Saturday night, and reminded everybody of what a uniquely terrifying force he is by thoroughly dominating Edson Barboza over three rounds at UFC 219. Though he fought bravely and never stopped trying to turn the tide, Barboza looked physically and psychologically broken at the end …

UFC 219 goes down this weekend and in the co-main event is the eagerly anticipated lightweight bout between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Edson Barboza.  All eyes are on Khabib ahead of the weigh-ins to see will he successfully come in under the 155-lbs limit after his catastrophe the last time out at UFC 209 in March. Back then, ‘The Eagle’ was …

Heading into UFC 219, all anyone seems to want to talk about is the weight of Khabib Nurmagomedov. Ahead of one of the most anticipated fights of the year, Khabib Nurmagomedov was rushed to hospital after suffering from severe side effects in cutting weight for his clash with Tony Ferguson at UFC 209. However, it seems that things are going …

Khabib Nurmagomedov takes on Edson Barboza this weekend at UFC 219 in what promises to be a cracking lightweight bout.  Much of the talk in the buildup to this showdown is surrounding Khabib’s weight. The last time ‘The Eagle’ was scheduled to fight was back at UFC 209 in March against Tony Ferguson when he was forced to withdraw due …

The first episode of UFC 219 Embedded has landed. We are just a few days away from the final event on the UFC’s 2017 calendar. Over the weekend, the show lost one of it’s most intriguing scraps, a bantamweight bout between Jimmie Rivera and John Lineker, but it still has plenty to offer – with Cris ‘Cyborg’ Justino defending the …

With just five days remaining until Holly Holm and Cris Cyborg lock horns in the UFC 219 main event, we thought we’d take a look back at the only knock out loss in Holm’s distinguished combat sports career.  Although Holly Holm is now most known for her time as a UFC fighter (most notably inflicting Ronda Rousey’s first loss upon her …

UFC 219 might not be the card that many were hoping it would be and it doesn’t quite boast the enormous star-power of 2016’s year-end event, UFC 207, but it still has an awful lot to offer. While the UFC 207 headliner between women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes and Ronda Rousey generated far more hype, UFC 219’s main event between …

New Zealand’s Dan ‘The Hangman’ Hooker seems pretty mystified by the fact that fellow UFC lightweight Khabib Nurmagomedov manages to drain himself down to the division’s weight limit. Of course, Nurmagomedov did experience weight-cutting issues earlier this year that led to his hospitalization and the subsequent scrapping of his interim title fight with Tony Ferguson at UFC 209, but he …

Khabib Nurmagomedov is getting ready to fight Edson Barboza at UFC 219 on December 30.  ‘The Eagle’ has been the brunt of jokes concerning his weight-cutting difficulties amongst a range of MMA followers since his failure to fulfil his scheduled bout with Tony Ferguson back at UFC 209. Khabib was hospitalised on the eve of the weigh-ins for that mouthwatering …

Khabib Nurmagomedov has assured fans that his weight is where it needs to be with UFC 219 and his mouth-watering clash with Edson Barboza looming. Nurmagomedov was famously hospitalized due to complications with an attempted cut to 155lbs a matter of hours before he was scheduled to face Tony Ferguson for the interim lightweight title at UFC 209 back in …

With it now being over a year since we have seen UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor clinched that title at UFC 205 and it appears as though it will be at least mid-2018 before we see him defend the belt, it is fair to say that the division feels like it is being held up.  In the meantime, Tony Ferguson has …

This could be huge… Tony Ferguson and Khabib Nurmagomedov were scheduled to fight back at UFC 209 for the interim lightweight championship of the world but that fight disastrously fell apart at the last minute on the count of Khabib physically succumbing to his weight cut. Since then it appeared as though business in the 155 lbs division had moved …

With Holly Holm and Cris Cyborg recently added to the UFC 219 card, there is still some confusion with regard to the December 30th main event.  Having stated on multiple occasions that he would finalise a headline fight for UFC 219 over two weeks ago, Dana White has gone into hiding since Conor McGregor was involved in some very controversial …