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In case you didn’t know… Conor McGregor last fought Eddie Alvarez at the UFC 205 pay-per-view, which was held back in 2016 in New York. The brash Irishman scored an emphatic second-round TKO to win the lightweight title, becoming a two-division champion in the process. The heart of the matter The day was November 12, 2016, when Conor McGregor created history by becoming the first fighter in the UFC to hold two championship titles simultaneously....

Alvarez recently talked about the matter to TMZ. Alvarez about Mayweather: “He’s not going to fight with me” Alvarez has fought in 56 fights in his professional boxing career, where he has won 53, drawn 2, and lost only the one. The solitary loss in his career remains against the unbeaten Boxing legend Floyd Mayweather Jr. (50-0). This is something that he has always looked upon as something to avenge, but with Mayweather retired, he never had the chance....

In a recent episode of the Bad Guy Inc podcast, Sonnen narrated an incident that took place at UFC 223 during the fight between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Al Iaquinta. Islam Makhachev was Khabib’s cornerman during the match. Sonnen explained how Makhachev checked on Iaquinta after the fight and even offered his towel to ‘Raging’ after seeing that he was bleeding. ‘The American Gangster’ was highly impressed with Makhachev’s humility and described it as beautiful....

In an interview with Submission Radio, Weidman spoke about dethroning Jon Jones, how it compares to the Anderson Silva upset and not being particularly impressed with Jones’ performances lately. “He’s the guy I’m gunning for” When asked about facing Jon Jones and how it compares to his big upset over Anderson Silva years ago, Weidman said: Weidman said that it doesn’t matter which division, he’s comfortable against whoever he is inside the Octagon....

However, McGregor’s notorious social media antics were seemingly shut down by Holloway who precisely mocked his former fellow Featherweight fighter in a cunning manner. In case you didn’t know… On August 17, 2013, at UFC Fight Night 26, Conor McGregor and Max Holloway locked horns in the UFC Octagon. McGregor dominated Holloway with his customary boxing capability and also caught Holloway with several of his signature taekwondo kicks. Throughout the bout, Conor managed to maintain the upper hand on “Blessed” with his severe striking range and once the fight was taken to the ground, the Irishman maintained top control and eventually won the contest by unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–26)....

He bet $100,000 on Alvarez to win via knockout. The boxing encounter at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas took place at the same time as the women’s strawweight title showdown between Rose Namajunas and Zhang Weili at Madison Square Garden. At a press conference following UFC 268, White told MMA journalists that he was watching Alvarez vs. Plant because of the bet he placed. Watch Dana White speak about Canelo Alvarez vs....

In a recent conversation with MMA Fighting, Cormier went in-depth on his thoughts surrounding his impending retirement from the sport. In case you didn’t know… Cormier had always planned to walk away from the sport on the day of his 40th birthday back in March. However, that day has long since passed and DC is currently gearing up to face Stipe Miocic in a headline bout this weekend at UFC 241....

Diaz recently lost the BMF title to Jorge Masvidal at UFC 244 due to a doctor stoppage, and it is hardly surprising to note that the Stockton Slugger was not a happy man after the event. A frustrated Diaz called out The Rock and was unapologetically critical of the former WWE Champion’s behaviour while in attendance at the event to award the BMF title. The Rock responded to Diaz’s comments on the most recent edition of Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show....

In a recent interaction with MMA Fighting, Dantas opened up on his training sessions with Aldo and how he thinks the Brazilian will fare at UFC 245. Dantas says that Aldo has been training very hard and will show up at the weigh-ins in spectacular shape and the Brazilian will be fully prepared to beat Moraes when he enters the Octagon. Dantas bets on Aldo to get his hand raised due to his far superior experience compared to fellow Brazilian Moraes....

This presents other tough questions, including the one nobody wants to ask. Should UConn ditch football altogether and go all-in as a basketball school? After all, that would fit the Big East model. None of the 11 current Big East schools have FBS football. Before asking these questions, one must look at UConn’s max value as a football program and the options available when it leaves the AAC, which has been the strongest Group of 5 conference in the College Football Playoff era....

Outside of teams like Stanford, who ended the Huskies’ 47-game winning streak earlier this season, the majority of their opponents offer little competition to Geno Auriemma’s squad. On Sunday, UConn took on SMU, and well it wasn’t a contest at all. The Huskies led 47-9 at the end of the first half. The second half was a bit more competitive, but this is never a graphic you want to see....

Quite fittingly, Luis Suarez opened the scoring for Barcelona in the first half with his first goal of this year’s Champions League campaign after a pass and a half from Jordi Alba. A dominating presence from Liverpool in the second half in search of the equalizer opened them up to a counter that resulted in some painful ball watching by their own defenders as Lionel Messi tapped in the second....

Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring for the visitors and were cruising in the first half until Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang equalised right on the stroke of halftime. Raphael Varane gave the European Champions the lead in the second half but Andre Schurrle grabbed a point for the hosts right at the end, in what was a fair result for both the sides. Let’s have a look at the player ratings from the game between Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid:...

UEFA recently confirmed that the second legs will all be played at the home team’s stadiums starting from 7th August, contrary to reports suggesting that neutral venues would be assigned. After the Round of 16 culminates, the remaining eight teams will fly to Lisbon to finish the remainder of the campaign in a two-week Champions League bonanza. The quarter-finals and the semi-finals will now be one-off ties with no second legs, and the final will be played on 23rd August at the Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica....

With Arsenal, Athletic Bilabao and Bayer Leverkusen wining their qualifiers, the Premier League, La Liga and Bundesliga will see four teams each. The Serie A will only see two teams after Napoli were beaten in their qualifier. Portugal will see more teams than Italy with Benfica, Porto and Sporting qualifying. In all, teams from 18 different countries will play in this season’s Champions League group stage. They will vie for a place in the knockout stages and eventually play the final at the Olympiastadion in Berlin....

MORE: Aftermath of the attacks, in photos | Horror in Paris | Sports world responds With the tragedy still unfolding in the French capital, White was unsure of the exact details of the tribute, but made clear it would feature significantly in front of an expected record UFC crowd at Etihad Stadium. UFC 193: Fighters predict Rousey-Holm | Weigh-in gets tense | Five reasons to watch “We’re definitely, definitely going to do something....

Since acquiring the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) women’s bantamweight title, Miesha Tate was expected to make her title defense. Contrary to the popular belief and Dana White’s claims, Tate will be making her very first beloved title defense against Amanda Nunes and not Ronda Rousey. This was announced on Wednesday’s episode of UFC Tonight that Miesha “Cupcake” Tate will fight Brazil’s Amanda Nunes at UFC 200 at the newly opened T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada....

ED. NOTE: This article has been updated to reflect the news Wednesday that Jon Jones will not fight in UFC 200 because of a possible doping violation. UFC gives us its best card ever from top to bottom Saturday night from Las Vegas with UFC 200. The main event was supposed to be Jon Jones vs. Daniel Cormier for Cormier’s light heavyweight belt, but Jones was removed from the card Wednesday night after the U....

Conor McGregor’s lightweight bout with Eddie Alvarez headlined UFC 205 at Madison Square Garden and attracted 20,427 mixed martial arts fans through the gate for a whopping $17.7 million. MORE: 37 astonishing UFC photos “We broke the Madison Square Garden record, which I don’t think will ever be broken again,” White said (via Fox Sports). “Jesus is going to have to fight the devil to break that record. I just don’t see what does it....

Instead of exchanging barbs as they did in New York, however, the two fighters didn’t even cross paths at Thursday’s media event. MORE: Join DAZN and watch more than 80 fight nights a year Nurmagomedov, the reigning UFC lightweight champion, appeared on stage on time and was ready to start the press conference without McGregor. “I don’t need to wait for anybody,” Nurmagomedov said as a rowdy pro-McGregor crowd vehemently booed him....