What’s the story? CM Punk’s debut in MMA did not go down well, as he was submitted by Mickey Gall inside the Octagon at UFC 203. It took about two years for this fight to happen but his debut lasted just over two minutes. After the fight everyone thought that it will be better for the pro-wrestler to try fighting in some lower division first and some even thought his MMA dream to be over....
Former UFC double-champion, Daniel Cormier, was recently seen having high praises for his bitter Octagon rival, Jon Jones. The reigning heavyweight champion made an appearance on ‘The MMA Hour,’ with Luke Thomas, this past Monday, and was seen weighing in on matters concerning Jones, as well as the haphazard UFC 232 drug testing incident. In case you didn’t know.. Following the serving of a shortened suspension of 15 months, the light heavyweight champion, Jon Jones was deemed legally fit to return to the Octagon in October, last year....
In case you didn’t know… Tony Ferguson made his UFC debut in spectacular fashion when he knocked out Ramsey Nijem in the final of The Ultimate Fighter 13, in order to win the season and eventually earn himself a UFC contract. On October 7 2017 at UFC 216, Tony Ferguson defeated Kevin Lee via a triangle angle choke submission in the third round in order to win the UFC Interim Lightweight Championship....
Ngannou, who hasn’t fought since June this year, could end his short hiatus soon as the #2 ranked Heavyweight revealed that he had had a very productive meeting with Dana White and Hunter Campbell of the UFC. The Predator stated that he is excited to get back to work and that the fans should be prepared for some big news that’s on the way. He tweeted: Ngannou has been on a rampage ever since suffering back-to-back losses to Stipe Miocic and Derrick Lewis in 2018....
When American soldiers moved into the remains of Uday’s bombed-out palace last month, they found thousands of videotapes among the rubble. NEWSWEEK has watched almost 100 of those recordings, many of which feature the Hussein scion at work and at play. Those viewed so far have been less pornographic than puerile. There are professionally produced music videos of Uday playing with his pet lions–now about to be dispatched to new lives in South Africa....
The 21-year-old broke into the first-team at Dacia Arena last season after impressing during a loan spell with Ascoli in 2015-16. Arsenal 12/1 to win Premier League Leicester City and Bournemouth were linked with Jankto last year, but his value has risen following his involvement at the European Under-21 Championship. According to his agent Beppe Riso, the Gunners and two of Italy’s biggest clubs are keen to take him away from Udinese....
After looking at the draws that were held in Nyon, Switzerland, a couple of weeks ago, it is obvious that the competition is set to be very tough and unpredictable. While the current champions Real Madrid are set to face the Italian giants, Juventus, everybody will be witnessing an all-Premier League affair when Liverpool will be locking horns with Manchester City. Though the above-mentioned fixtures will be taking the centre-stage, Bayern Munich’s clash against Sevilla and Barcelona’s against Roma can’t be undermined in any way....
Norwegian striker Erling Braut Haaland and Dinamo Zagreb midfielder Mislav Orsic were the star performers on the first matchday when the duo became the first pair of debutants to bag Champions League hat-tricks in the same season. Haaland has since continued his goal-scoring exploits by becoming only the third player to score in his first four games in the competition, as the Norwegian teenager remains on course to emulate Cristiano Ronaldo’s record of scoring in every group-stage game....
McGregor didn’t have an answer for Mendes takedowns, but Mendes didn’t have an answer for McGregor’s striking. MORE: Astonishing UFC photos | Husband of UFC Octagon girl arrested on attempted murder charge Mendes took the first round thanks to his outstanding wrestling and heavy counter shots. But McGregor stood tall, and after spending much of the second round on the floor, he got back to his feet and finished the Team Alpha Male product with strikes at the 4:57 mark of the second round....
Former interim UFC welterweight champion Carlos Condit knows those feelings. He reached the mountain top. “The Natural Born Killer” gets a rare thing, another chance to become world champion. Condit faces welterweight champion Robbie Lawler in the main event of UFC 195 on Jan. 2 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. MORE: 30 days of Ronda Rousey | Rousey vs. Holly Holm, UFC 193 Condit almost didn’t get the championship fight....
“Fabricio is tough,” Miocic told Brian Stann. “He had me guessing. I caught him with a right hand and he went down. Thank god!” Werdum was overly loose and excited heading into the octagon. The fight started out with an exchange of kicks and shots. Miocic landed a right hand to send Werdum back. While Miocic moved back, the former champion lunged in for a shot, but Miocic hit a straight right hand to send Werdum face-first to the mat....
McGregor proclaimed he was going to make history Saturday, and he did just that in knocking out Alvarez at 3:04 of the second round to become the UFC lightweight champion, too. McGregor is the first fighter in UFC history to hold two titles at the same time. MORE: McGregor and his trash talk are UFC’s secret weapon “You’ve got to have size, read, length,” McGregor told Joe Rogan in his post-fight interview....
The main event will feature the returned UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, Jon Jones, when he takes on the unpredictable contender, Anthony Smith. As if one title fight was not enough, Tyron Woodley will be putting up his Welterweight Title on the line yet again – this time against young up and comer, Kamaru Usman. To know when, where, and how to watch UFC 235 in the US and UK, read on below!...
He was the reigning UFC lightweight champion, appeared on a Wheaties box and had just tapped out Gilbert Melendez for his first successful title defense at UFC 181. Then the wheels came off the tracks in a hurry. Pettis lost the belt to Rafael dos Anjos at UFC 185 and subsequent fights to Eddie Alvarez and Edson Barboza. Feeling a change was needed, Pettis made an ill-fated drop to featherweight where he submitted Charles Oliveira, but missed weight by three pounds for an interim title bout with current 145-pound kingpin Max Holloway....
Nunes overpowered Spencer for a unanimous-decision victory (50-44, 50-44, 50-45) in Saturday’s main event behind closed doors at UFC’s APEX facility in Las Vegas. The champ-champ extended her winning streak to 11. MORE: Clark takes knee in support of BLM before fight The bout marked the first defense of the women’s featherweight title Nunes took from Cris “Cyborg” Justino a year and a half ago. Nunes made history, becoming the first double champion to successfully defend titles in two divisions while holding both belts....
The 27-year-old star extended a couple of streaks. He’s now won 11 in a row and has 26 finishes in 27 wins. The 7th ranked Volkan Oezdemir was at a height disadvantage of 5 inches. And that along with the constant switches of stances gave “No Time” trouble. Volkan did come out fast looking to exchange on the inside. But a left jab by Jiri woke Oezdemir up quickly. Jiri’s awkward showboating was next level also....
Oliveira (31-8, 1 NC) beat Michael Chandler back on May 15 to win the vacant belt by TKO in just two rounds, establishing himself as the champion in the weight class. However, he’ll be tasked with a major challenge on Saturday, as he faces Dustin Poirier (28-6, 1 NC). Despite owning the belt, Oliveira finds himself ranked three spots below Poirier in UFC’s pound-for-pound fight rankings. Poirier most recently fought for the lightweight championship on Sept....
As has become the trend of late, the fight card has seen a number of changes as well. Yair Rodriguez was a late replacement for Frankie Edgar. Former Lightweight Champion Edgar was supposed to take on Former Featherweight Championship challenger Chan Sung Jung. Unfortunately, this was a fight that had to be changed as Yair Rodriguez had to step in when Edgar pulled out due to an injury. Lower down in the card, the death knell of the Flyweight Division has been sounded as the UFC is releasing their talent and closing the division down....
‘Raging’ Al Iaquinta and ‘Cowboy’ Donald Cerrone is set to headline the event, while the co-main event will see Derek Brunson and Elias Theodorou go head-to-head. On the preliminary card of UFC Fight Night Ottawa, Sarah Moras will be facing Macy Chiasson. Sarah Moras has been after a win in the UFC for a while now and is in desperate need of a victory to get away from her last two back-to-back losses....
Entering the Octagon in Vancouver against Cowboy, Gaethje had all the momentum in the world and was certainly beaming with confidence as well, considering the fact that Cerrone had suffered a loss to Tony Ferguson in his last Octagon outing at UFC 238. And, at Fight Night 158 it didn’t take too long for The Highlight to secure another vital win as he knocked Cerrone out into the first four minutes of the fight....
