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The UFC hype machine is in full effect. Just a few days removed from UFC Fight Night 59 and Conor McGregor’s expected beatdown over UFC veteran Dennis Siver, UFC CEO Lorenzo Fertitta has compared the Irish superstar to the most well known combat sports athlete of all time, Muhammad Ali. From MMAJunkie: “I hate even […]
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The return of “The Spider” is nearly here. Former longtime UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva is ready to return to the Octagon against former Strikeforce welterweight champion Nick Diaz in the main event of UFC 183 later this month. With reports coming out that Silva looks as dangerous as ever in training camp, fans of […]
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Former Olympic gold medalist Henry Cejudo will return to the Octagon on March 14th to take on former No. 1 flyweight contender Chris Cariaso. Cejudo made his UFC debut at UFC on FOX 13 this past December, defeating Dustin Kimura in a Bantamweight bout via unanimous decision. After failing to make the 125 pound limit […]
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Healed! Just days after it was revealed UFC champion Jon Jones entered a rehab facility following a positive test for cocaine, it has been reported by his mother that the champ spent only one day at the facility. Was the short rehab stint simply a publicity stunt, or did Jones’ cocaine issue miraculously disappear after […]
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Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza, Yoel Romero, Lyoto Machida, and Luke Rockhold may have to wait a bit longer than anticipated to face off against middleweight champion Chris Weidman. With Weidman defending his title against Vitor Belfort at UFC 184, fans have been eager to know who will be next in line once those two men duke […]
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Rashad Evans is without a dancing partner for UFC Fight Night 61 on February 22nd in Porto Alegre, Brazil as Glover Teixeira injured his knee during training, and will be forced to withdraw from the main event bout. MMAFighting was first to report the news, stating that UFC opted to move the Frank Mir vs […]
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Just days after his incredible victory over formerly undefeated Olympian Daniel Cormier at UFC 182, UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones has entered a drug treatment facility following a positive test for benzoylecgonine, the main metabolite in cocaine. Yahoo Sports first reported that Jones failed a random drug test administered by the Nevada Athletic Commission […]
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The UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones topped the UFC 182 payroll as he earned $500,000 in a victory over the previously undefeated Daniel Cormier. His opponent? The former Olympic wrestler went home with a $90,000 check. The other notable salaries were Donald Cerrone ($140,000) and Hector Lombard ($107,000). Here are the full UFC 182 […]
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Even following his dominant victory over bitter rival Daniel Cormier this weekend at UFC 182, UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones was still irked by how much trash-talking Cormier did prior to their monumental title bout. Heading into the fight, Cormier was extremely confident in his Olympic-caliber wrestling, noting he could take Jones down “100 […]
Read More… from Jon Jones takes shot at Daniel Cormier following UFC 182 victory
The hotly anticipated UFC 182 event may not have provided as many finishes as fans would have hoped, but the main event between bitter rivals Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier certainly delivered. In the end, Jones retained his UFC title by dominating the formerly undefeated Cormier en route to a unanimous decision win. Instead of […]
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