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UFC Swedish prospect Khamzat Chimaev claims to have sparred hard with former UFC title challenger Alexander Gustafsson when he first paired up with him. “I did not get into Alexander Gustafsson’s gym right away. I watched his fights on YouTube. When I even had a break at work, I watched videos about MMA, I was…
Friday will be the last part of Bellator MMA, in which Cris Cyborg will lead the battle map, preparing to defend his title against Leslie “The Peacemaker” Smith. Here has put together everything you need to know ahead of the event – including who to look out for and how to watch the fights. Bellator…
Conor McGregor (22-5) lost to Dustin Poirier (27-6, 1 NC) by TKO in the second round of their rematch at UFC 257 in January, leaving him out of the race for a potential second world title. The 32-year-old Irish fighter, defeated in four rounds by former UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov in October 2018, fired…
UFC light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz takes nothing for granted and continues to insist that he prepares for the best version of Glover Teixeira, despite admitting that he will be “looking for a knockout.” Blachowicz (28-8) will make the second defense of his 205-pound title when he takes fight on Teixeira (32-7) in the main…
Brazilian featherweight Edson Barbosa (22-9 MMA, 16-9 UFC) believes he deserves to take on the 145-pound top five after an early win over Shane Burgos at UFC 262. “You can see the top five guys: Calvin Kattar, Yair Rodriguez, Zabit (Magomedsharipov),‘ Korean (Zombie) ’, Max Holloway,” Edson Barboza told MMA Junkie Radio. “That’s a main…
That night in Las Vegas, Aljamain Sterling did his best against Petr Yan, but ultimately many fans felt that “No Mercy” Yan was starting to push ahead on the scorecards, heading into the later rounds of the fight. Unfortunately, an illegal knee resulted in Petr Yan’s disqualification, which resulted in Aljamain Sterling receiving the UFC…
Paige VanZant has officially changed the world of MMA to bare-fisted boxing. A surprise to many, her husband, Austin Vanderford, also found it to be a bit difficult to see. “It honestly felt like an MMA fight,” Austin Vanderford said of VanZant’s bare-knuckle boxing debut on What the Heck. “Of course, there’s a little more at…
Beneil Dariush dominated Tony Ferguson for 15 minutes at UFC 262 last Saturday for the biggest win of his career. During his post-fight interview with UFC commentator Joe Rogan, Beneil Dariush used it as an opportunity not to challenge another challenger in the division, but rather Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla’s electric car company….
The rating Russian lightweight (up to 70 kg) UFC fighter Islam Makhachev ironically explained on social networks the organization of his fight with the little-known Brazilian Thiago Moises, which will take place on July 17 at the UFC Fight Night. “On July 17th in Las Vegas I will have the next fight. In the near…
Having defeated Tony Ferguson, Beneil Dariush believes that he has every reason to count not only on a fight with an opponent from the top five UFC lightweights, as promised by Dana White, but also to claim a fight with reigning division champion Charles Oliveira. Beneil Dariush is now 21-4-1 in his career and closer…
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