Month: April 2024

Curtis Blaydes learned a long time ago that just because a fight should happen in the UFC, doesn’t mean it will happen. Following a knockout of top prospect Jailton Almeida in March, the perennial heavyweight contender immediately started calling for a rematch with current interim champion Tom Aspinall. Their first encounter ended in less-than-spectacular fashion
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Beneil Dariush resumed sparring in March after taking some significant time off from hard sessions in the gym, Kings MMA coach Rafael Cordeiro recently revealed on MMA Fighting’s Trocação Franca podcast. Dariush had an eight-fight winning streak snapped by Charles Oliveira and Arman Tsarukyan in 2023, both via stoppage due to strikes — after which,
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Pantoja would fail to defeat Hiromasa Ogikubo in the semifinals and was eliminated from the tournament. UFC did not ignore the potential they saw in Pantoja, though, giving him a contract and quickly matching him up with fellow TUF castmate Eric Shelton for his UFC debut. Although he didn’t win TUF, the show gave the
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Spann admits he hasn’t seen mixed martial arts as a “career” since before his Octagon debut in September 2018. That said, he’s had his fair share of success under the UFC banner, collecting a 7-4 record including five finishes and wins over Dominick Reyes, Ion Cutelaba and Antônio Rogério Nogueira. Last year wasn’t his best,
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When asked how he expects the matchup to pan out, he admitted, “I don’t know… For example, all the fighters that say they are strikers, but when they fight with me they go to wrestle. So maybe this is not the exception, right?” One thing he was sure of, however, was what he wants after
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Bookies never miss an opportunity to play the game of chance, at your expense of course, and we’ve seen some pretty wild wagers over the years. That includes the betting line that had Conor McGregor’s arrest record in play during the buildup to his UFC 264 headliner opposite Dustin Poirier back in summer 2021. Sigh
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