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Donald Cerrone announces his next fight is 'in the works'
Tom Taylor - January 27, 2019
Donald Cerrone is less than two weeks removed from an impressive knockout defeat of Alexander Hernandez, and already, he says his next fight is in the works. The notoriously busy fighter dropped this interesting tidbit on his official Instagram page.
EXCLUSIVE | For Renato Moicano, fighting Jose Aldo 'means everything'
Cole Shelton - January 27, 2019
Renato Moicano is a rising star in the UFC’s featherweight division. He’s been with the UFC since 2014 and has gone 5-1 during that time with his only loss coming against Brian Ortega. Since the loss to Ortega, Moicano defeated Calvin Kattar and Cub Swanson to then become the backup fighter for the UFC 231 main event. Moicano ended up not having to fight as Max Holloway and Ortega both made weight. However, being the backup fighter showed he was the number one contender at featherweight, and he has to prove that when he takes on Jose Aldo at UFC Fortaleza.
Ryan Bader addresses potential fight with fellow champ-champ Daniel Cormier
Tom Taylor - January 27, 2019
Last night, in the main event of Bellator 214, light heavyweight champ Ryan Bader became Bellator’s first two-division titleholder, knocking out Fedor Emelianenko in less than a minute to capture the Bellator heavyweight title. Heading into this fight, Ryan Bader says he drilled the very punch he used to topple Emelianenko many times. He knew there would be an opening when the Russian legend engaged, and practiced extensively to make sure he’d be ready for it.
Darren Till trashes Ben Askren and his mum, Askren claps back
Tom Taylor - January 27, 2019
Last night, UFC welterweight contender Darren Till let his fingers fly on Twitter, taking aim at a number of his rivals in the division. One of his targets was former ONE Championship and Bellator welterweight king Ben Askren who, unsurprisingly, was prompt to fire back. See the pair’s wild exchange below.
PHOTO | Chris Weidman undergoes 'unexpected' neck surgery
Chris Taylor - January 26, 2019
Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman (14-4 MMA) underwent ‘unexpected’ neck surgery on Wednesday. “The All American” announced the news on his official Instagram page.
WWE Champion Daniel Bryan and UFC flyweight king Henry Cejudo trade shots on social media
Chris Taylor - January 26, 2019
WWE champion Daniel Bryan believes he could submit UFC flyweight champ Henry Cejudo faster than “The Messenger” finished TJ Dillashaw. Earlier today in an interview ABC 15 Sports, Daniel Bryan seemingly warned Cejudo to stay away from his sister-in-law Nikki Bella.
Dillon Danis threatens to suplex Ben Askren if he doesn't 'pipe down'
Thomas Taylor - January 26, 2019
Earlier this week, UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov discussed the upcoming UFC debut of former Bellator and ONE Championship welterweight titleholder Ben Askren. “He never fight in the UFC,” Nurmagomedov told Submission Radio of Askren. “He has to fight in the UFC first of all. He has to show his levels because I see how someone smash him in ONE FC. Somebody like smashed him in ONE FC. He just signed to the UFC and tried talk, you know. But now everybody tries to talk and promote these things, but you have to compete in the UFC, then we’re gonna see his levels.”
Max Holloway teams up with Jameson Whiskey, seemingly takes shot at Conor McGregor
Chris Taylor - January 26, 2019
UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway does not seem to agree with Conor McGregor that ‘Proper Twelve’ is Ireland’s best whiskey. ‘Blessed’ recently took to Twitter where he shared the following post proclaiming ‘Jameson Whiskey’ to be a “true pillar of Ireland”.
WWE Champion challenges UFC flyweight title holder Henry Cejudo
Chris Taylor - January 26, 2019
Nikki Bella is not the only professional wrestling star taking notice of UFC flyweight kingpin Henry Cejudo, so is the reigning WWE Champion. That’s right, the WWE champion Daniel Bryan, who is also the brother-in-law of the aforementioned Nikki Bella, recently issued a challenge to “The Messenger” in an interview with ABC 15 Sports.
Ben Askren fires back at UFC lightweight champ Khabib Nurmagomedov
Chris Taylor - January 26, 2019
Current UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov recently discussed the upcoming octagon debut of Ben Askren. Askren, a former Bellator and ONE champion, will square off with former UFC title holder Robbie Lawler at March’s highly anticipated UFC 235 event in Las Vegas.
Curtis Blaydes doesn't believe 'past transgressions' had anything to do with Greg Hardy DQ loss
Chris Taylor - January 26, 2019
Curtis Blaydes doesn’t believe that Greg Hardy intentionally broke any rules in his disqualification loss to Allen Crowder at UFC Brooklyn. The controversial former Dallas Cowboy, Hardy, made his octagon debut at last weekend’s UFC on ESPN+ 1 event against Allen Crowder.
Kevin Lee open to fighting Gregor Gillespie, this after turning down Darren Till
Chris Taylor - January 26, 2019
Kevin Lee was given the opportunity to move up a weight class and fight one of the UFC welterweight divisions biggest stars in Darren Till. Shortly after suffering his second career loss to Al Iaquinta at UFC on FOX 31 this past December, the promotion offered “The Motown Phenom” a main event spot opposite Darren Till at UFC London on March 16.
Report | Daniel Cormier got massive payday for saving UFC 230 card in November
Tom Taylor - January 25, 2019
The UFC had a very difficult time locking down a main event for the UFC 230 card in New York City in early November. Eventually, however, the promotion convinced UFC heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier to make a short notice title defense against fearsome knockout artist Derrick Lewis on the card. Daniel Cormier has never hid the fact that the UFC made it well worth his while to step in and fight Lewis in the short-notice UFC 230 main event.
Miesha Tate gives interesting perspective on Cris Cyborg's loss to Amanda Nunes
Tom Taylor - January 25, 2019
After more than a decade of dominance, UFC women’s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg’s reign came to a shocking end at UFC 232, when she was knocked out by reigning UFC women’s bantamweight champ Amanda Nunes in just over a minute. In the opinion of former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate, Cyborg’s shocking loss to Amanda Nunes can be attributed to the fact that she didn’t stick to her strategy. That being said, Tate feels Cyborg has never really needed a strategy before, so she can’t exactly be faulted for that mistake.
John McCarthy gives his take on controversial Henry Cejudo vs. TJ Dillashaw stoppage
Tom Taylor - January 25, 2019
Henry Cejudo needed just 32 seconds to defend his UFC flyweight title against UFC bantamweight champ TJ Dillashaw at the recent UFC Brooklyn event on ESPN. Unfortunately for him, some members of the MMA community — Dillashaw and UFC President Dana White included — feel the referee intervened a little too early in this fight. Speaking ahead of the Bellator 214 card, where he will serve as a cage-side commentator, veteran MMA referee “Big” John McCarthy gave his take on this controversial stoppage.
Bellator boss Scott Coker scolds CSAC for handling of Jon Jones situation, CSAC responds
Tom Taylor - January 25, 2019
Ahead of UFC 232, several Jon Jones drug tests detected trace amounts of the banned substance turinabol, which prompted the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) to deny the light heavyweight legend a license. This forced the UFC to move the entire UFC 232 card to Los Angeles, California, as the more lenient California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) was willing to license Jones. Since then, a Voluntary Anti Doping Agency (VADA) test administered on the night of the UFC 232 weigh-ins has once again detected the same banned substance in the system of Jon Jones. Despite this new information, however, the CSAC will not be punishing Jones, maintaining that the anomalies on his test results are due to his previous ingestion of a banned substance — for which he’s already been punished.
Conor McGregor and Donald Cerrone plan to party at the Press Conference
Christopher Taylor - January 24, 2019
Former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor appears to be down for a fight with former lightweight title challenger Donald Cerrone. Following Cowboy’s impressive stoppage victory over Alexander Hernandez at UFC Brooklyn, McGregor took to Twitter with the following.
Jon Jones reacts to his UFC 232 drug tests with VADA
Christopher Taylor - January 24, 2019
Yesterday afternoon it was announced that steroid metabolites had once again surfaced in Jon Jones UFC 232 drug tests with VADA. The same trace amounts of the steroid Turinabol, which forced UFC 232 to be moved from Las Vegas to Los Angeles so Jones could be licensed to compete, were once again discovered by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Agency.