In a recent interview with Polish MMA news outlet MMARocks, UFC strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk hinted very strongly that she and rival Claduia Gadelha will serve as coaches for the upcoming 23rd season of the Ultimate Fighter. The UFC has not officially commented on the casting for the upcoming season. Strawweight contender Tecia Torres commented …
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Not long after it was announced that he was being replaced by Anderson Silva in the main event against Michael Bisping, Gegard Mousasi gave an update to his fans via his Twitter account. https://twitter.com/mousasi_mma/status/680111347204370432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw With no injury to Mousasi it seems that the UFC wanted to make a splash with the Silva announcement. Hardcore fight …
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Remove Gegard Mousasi and insert Anderson Silva for the UFC's return to London in February of 2016. It was announced on Thursday that the former middleweight champion will go up against Micheal Bisping. It would be Silva's first fight back since his year long suspension after failing pre and post fight drug tests for his …
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Following the death of lightweight fighter Yang Jian Bing due to weight cutting techniques, Asian MMA promotion ONE Championship has decided to take action. The promotion has introduced a new policy that will ban all of its fighters from cutting weight by dehydration. In a press release that can be viewed on their website, the …
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An undisclosed injury has forced Kelvin Gastelum out of his UFC 195 bout against Kyle Noke. The injury was confirmed by the UFC on Tuesday. In Gastelum's place will be Alex Morono, who will be making his UFC debut. Gastelum (11-2) is coming off a decision loss to Neil Magny back in November. In the …
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Emanuel Yarbrough, a former sumo wrestler and who famously fought at UFC 3 has passed away at the age of 51. Yarbrough passed away on Monday in Richmond, Virginia. The cause of death is not yet known. Yarbrough was a lifelong athlete having wrestled and played football at Morgan State University. He was an All-American wrestler …
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The first ever "Ultimate Fighter" female winner, Julianna Pena, was arrested early Sunday morning on two charges of assault. The incident occurred outside a bar in downtown Spokane, Washington. According to reports Pena and teammate Josh Gow were trying to enter a bar named Zola's after a street fight. When the two were denied entry into …
After defeating Donald Cerrone with a first round TKO will Rafael Dos Anjos finally start getting respect from fans and the MMA community? Is the UFC's heavyweight division weak or strong? Plus what is the difference between what Conor McGregor is doing as opposed to what the Diaz Bros. have been doing for years? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfbfF9KKJQQ
The upward trajectory of UFC lightweight champion Rafael Dos Anjos continued on Saturday night. Dos Anjos only needed 66-seconds to dispatch Donald Cerrone in their main event championship bout. The UFC on Fox card was the final event of 2015 for the UFC and it capped of tremendous year of surprises and upsets. Dos Anjos struck …
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In a bit of an upset WSOF featherweight champion Lance Palmer was defeated on Friday night by Alexandre Almeida in a closely contested bout. Almeida won the featherweight title via a unanimous decision scoring 48-47 on all three score card in the main event for WSOF 26. The event was held at Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan …
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