The theme for the card appears to be legends vs. prospects, as the top three fights all come in that form, and with plenty of local Australian talent up and down the card, a hot crowd is pretty much a guarantee. Interestingly enough, this will also be the final UFC card to be aired on Fox Sports 1 (in the US), and so hopefully a run that’s lasted since the channel’s launch in 2013 can go out with a bang....
Fight Night 166 has a tremendous main event in the form of Junior Dos Santos vs. Curtis Blaydes, but outside of that, well, the co-main between Michael Chiesa and Rafael Dos Anjos sounds okay, but that’s about it. Still, I’d rather see the bigger fights saved for pay-per-views, so a weaker card like this kind of makes sense. Here are the predicted outcomes for UFC Fight Night 166: Blaydes vs....
More UFC betting info: Odds on Rousey-Holm rematch Henderson (22-5) moved to welterweight in his last fight, successfully defeating tough customer Brandon Thatch via fourth-round submission. Henderson’s resume is filled with wins over several top fighters, including Frankie Edgar and Donald Cerrone twice each, as well as Gilbert Melendez and Nate Diaz. Masvidal (29-9) is a solid fighter in his own right and has won four of his last five bouts coming into this important contest....
In his second fight of 2020, Greg Hardy finished off Maurice Greene in the second round of their fight. In his post-fight interview, Hardy opened up about his past issues and claimed that his fight at UFC Vegas 12 almost got canceled after past accusers resurfaced. Greg Hardy claims UFC Vegas 12 fight almost fell through While speaking to the media in his post-fight interview, Greg Hardy briefly opened up about his fight almost falling through prior to UFC Vegas 12....
However, it now seems that the tide may be beginning to turn in favor of a rematch between the pair in 2020. During a recent interview with the Russian sports channel Zhivina100, Khabib’s father and manager Abdelmanap Nurmagomedov made the following comments regarding a future fight with The Notorious Conor McGregor. Unfinished Business As much as the UFC would love to run back the most financially successful fight in their history as soon as possible, Nurmagomedov pointed out that it will, quite rightly, be Tony Fergsuon who gets the next shot at the lightweight title....
In case you didn’t know… Anderson Silva’s USADA suspension has kept him out of Octagon action since last February of 2017, however, later next month, the former UFC Middleweight Champion will once again be clear to fight in the UFC, as he prepares himself to make a grand return to Octagon competition. The heart of the matter Following Conor McGregor’s huge return to the UFC after an absence of two years, there have been discussions of several big dream fights surrounding The Notorious One and one of those fights which McGregor apparently is interested in is a showdown against former UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva....
Jake Paul has been an extremely vocal critic of the pay structure in popular MMA promotions, specifically the UFC. He has been in a longstanding feud with president Dana White in a bid to bring about a change in the system. ‘Smile’N’ recently suggested that Paul could cost a number of fighters their jobs if every fighter demanded a raise. He further admitted that Paul’s efforts weren’t genuinely geared towards improving the fighters’ conditions....
Ahead of his comeback, UFC has updated the list of pound for pound rankings and to the surprise of many, even though he hasn’t won a fight since 2016, the outspoken and charismatic Irishman has climbed one spot up to #13. Per UFC president Dana White, if McGregor manages to get past Cerrone, he will be next in line for a second crack at Khabib Nurmagomedov’s UFC lightweight title after the latter locks horns with Tony Ferguson at UFC 249....
While speaking to Submission Radio, Reyes said that he is prepared for what’s coming his way and is least bothered by what Jones would have to say. According to the Light Heavyweight title challenger, Jones’ trash talk is equivalent to the barbs exchanged between brothers. Reyes called it childish and something that a little kid would engage in. He claimed that puerile trash talk has no place in a setup where two professional Mixed Martial Artists will be fighting for the top title of a promotion....
Former UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos is without an opponent now that Stefan Struve has pulled out of their scheduled bout at UFC Halifax next month, and has openly stated that he’d like a rematch with former champ Fabricio Werdum next. Werdum has stated that he is only looking to fight for the title right now, causing dos Santos to respond by insinuating that he has ducked him multiple times before....
But he has recently crossed the line with his insults according to one particular family, who reached out to MMA Junkie to make their discontentment known. Covington’s trash talk spares not even the dead Covington recently brought up the late founder of Blackzilians, Glenn Robinson, in connection to his UFC 245 clash with Kamaru Usman. The Welterweight Champion trained with the Blackzilians for most of his MMA career, and like many great fighters before him, owes much of his success to Robinson....
The Turkish midfielder came off the bench in the second half replacing Croatian midfielder Ivan Rakitic and scored the first goal for the Catalan side. The Barcelona captain was particularly happy about Turan’s strike in the match and talked about his teammate’s performance to Sport-English. “Arda’s contribution was key for the goal, but also for everything else he added. That’s the beauty of this squad.” Also read: UEFA Champions League 2016/17: Borussia Monchengladbach 1-2 Barcelona - Player Ratings...
The match ended 2-2, with Dortmund striking back on both occasions following goals by Real Madrid. The first goal was scored by Cristiano Ronaldo but Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang levelled in the 43rd minute. Raphael Varane put Madrid in the lead but substitute Andre Schurrle scored the final goal of the game in the 87th minute. Here are five talking points from the best fixture of this week: #1 Cristiano Ronaldo roars back into form The Real Madrid talisman was criticised by a number of people after a rather forgettable outing against Las Palmas during the weekend, in which he was substituted after 72 minutes....
Real Madrid have won the last three titles and the Champions League winners have been dominated by Spanish sides over the past 10 years. Inter Milan, Chelsea, Manchester United and Bayern Munich have all won in the recent past, but it has been the teams from La Liga who have left a mark of continuous success in the tournament with Guardiola’s Barcelona and Zidane’s Real Madrid tasting back to back successes....
Madrid, Sep 12 (IANS): European soccer body UEFA has announced an embargo on Spanish clubs Atletico Madrid and Malaga while it investigates their debts towards employees, with other clubs and to tax authorities. According to UEFA’s fair-play laws, clubs participating in European competitions (Malaga are in the Champions League and Atletico are in the Europa League) are obliged to present information over the state of their outstanding payments going back to June 30, reports Xinhua....
With the aim of clarifying some of these doubts, let’s talk football. What is the UEFA Nations League? Admittedly, we all hate the international break. Unless it’s a major tournament like the Euros or the World Cup, no one is much interested in international games. The friendlies and even the qualifiers seem dull amid the excitement of club football. Well, fortunately, UEFA thought the same too. So, in order to replace the so-called ‘meaningless friendlies’ during the international break and bring in competitiveness to the international games, UEFA has started a completely new tournament called the ‘UEFA Nations League’....
Both teams made some changes in their staring elevens. England played Gomez as one of the centre backs in their back-three and Luke Shaw as the left-back. Spain played Saul Niguez in the central midfield, Nacho in the central defence, Marcus Alonso as the left-back and Rodrigo in the right wing. Players like Andres Iniesta, Gerard Pique, Jordi Alba and David Silva did not feature in that young Spanish team....
Galatasaray joins Paris Saint-Germain among Champions League clubs this season under extended scrutiny for possible “Financial Fair Play” breaches. The rules require Champions League and Europa League clubs to approach break-even on soccer-related business. Though UEFA investigators reached agreement with Galatasaray in June, the finance panel’s judges decided to “refer the case back … for further investigation.” The settlement remaining in force during the case includes Galatasaray paying 6 million euros ($6....
In steps No. 2 ranked featherweight Chad Mendes to face McGregor in an interim title fight. The fight hasn’t lost much luster as both guys don’t like each other and have been jawing at each other whenever they do an interview. MORE: Photos from the cage | Five reasons to watch UFC 189 | Pro athletes we want to see in MMA In the co-feature, Robbie Lawler defends the welterweight title in a rematch against Rory MacDonald....
The main event features Amanda Nunes defending her UFC women’s bantamweight championship battling No. 2 ranked Raquel Pennington. In the co-main event, in middleweight action, No. 2 ranked Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza takes on No. 5 ranked Kelvin Gastelum. Will Nunes be able to walk out of her home country with the belt or does Pennington pull off the upset? MORE: UFC pound-for-pound rankings — No question at the top...
