Month: August 2021

Retired former UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov reacted to Conor McGregor’s tweet mocking his late father, Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov. After McGregor suffered a first round TKO loss to Dustin Poirier as a result of a doctor’s stoppage due to a broken tibia and fibula at UFC 264.  That evening, Nurmagomdeov tweeted his thoughts on the result.
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1:44 PM ET Former UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold will return to the Octagon in November. Rockhold (16-5) has agreed to face Sean Strickland (24-3) at UFC 268 on Nov. 6, multiple sources told ESPN. The UFC has not announced a location for the pay-per-view event, but the current target is New York City. The
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Fedor Emelianenko has an opponent for his homecoming bout. The former PRIDE champion makes his return against recent interim title challenger Tim Johnson at the upcoming Bellator Moscow event scheduled for Oct. 23 at VTB Arena. Bellator officials confirmed the news to MMA Fighting on Thursday following a report from Russian outlet TASS. Considered arguably
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Welcome to Midnight Mania! Khabib Nurmagomedov is less than pleased with Conor McGregor. Following McGregor’s shin-snapping injury and subsequent loss to Dustin Poirier, Khabib congratulated “The Diamond” and remarked that “good always defeats evil.” A couple weeks afterward, McGregor returned fire with quickly deleted tweets, suggesting that by Khabib’s logic, his recently deceased father is
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It might be an understatement to say the UFC has some questionable rankings.  You would expect rankings to be questionable as they are subjective; however, in this column, I will point out rankings that I think are glaring mistakes.  I will also analyze significant movement in the rankings that I agree with. Editorial Commentary by
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Sean Strickland has steadily risen up the UFC middleweight ranks since joining the promotion as an undefeated prospect in 2014. He will face Uriah Hall in his first main event billing at UFC Vegas 33. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription service
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At the UFC on FOX 11 weigh-ins, Fabricio Werdum and Travis Browne both made weight Friday evening in Orlando. Subscribe to our channel for more MMA videos! Click here: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=mmafightingonsbn – Check us out on Facebook (Facebook.com/MMAFighting) and follow us on Twitter (@MMAFighting)! – MMA Fighting http://www.mmafighting.com
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The UFC will not be implementing any rules for fighters that require them to receive a COVID-19 vaccination in order to compete in the promotion. That’s according to UFC president Dana White, who addressed the situation ahead of UFC 265, which actually lost the co-main event after two-division champion Amanda Nunes dropped off the card
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July 13, 2019; Sacramento, CA, USA; Julianna Pena (red gloves) fights Nicco Montano (blue gloves) during UFC Fight Night-Sacramento at Golden 1 Center. Pena defeated Montano via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-27). Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports Former Ultimate Fighting Championship flyweight champion Nicco Montano has officially been dropped from the roster. MMAFighting was
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UFC lightweight contender Michael Chandler was recently booked to throw down against fellow Top 5 action fighter Justin Gaethje as part of the upcoming UFC 268 pay-per-view (PPV) event this November at Madison Square Garden in New York. There’s just one teeny, tiny little problem. Chandler, 35, has yet to receive a vaccination for COVID-19,
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