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UFC 229 Results: Dominick Reyes defeats Ovince Saint Preux (Highlights)
Chris Taylor - October 6, 2018
A key light heavyweight bout between veteran Ovince Saint Preux and surging undefeated contender Dominick Reyes took place at tonight’s UFC 229 event in Las Vegas. Dominick Reyes (9-0 MMA) has gone a perfect 3-0 under the UFC banner thus far in his career, scoring first-round finishes in all three of those contests.
UFC 229 Results: Derrick Lewis KO's Alexander Volkov in final seconds (Highlights)
Chris Taylor - October 6, 2018
A key heavyweight bout between perennial contenders Alexander Volkov and Derrick Lewis took place at tonight’s UFC 229 event in Las Vegas. Alexander Volkov enters tonight’s contest on a six-fight win streak, his latest being a fourth-round knockout victory over former champ Fabricio Werdum this past March in London.
UFC 229 Results: Michelle Waterson defeats Felice Herrig (Highlights)
Chris Taylor - October 6, 2018
A women’s strawweight bout between Felice Herrig and Michelle Waterson kicked off tonight’s UFC 229 main card from Las Vegas. Felice Herrig is coming off a split-decision loss to former title challenger Karolina Kowalkiewicz in her most recent outing at UFC 223. Prior to the setback, Herrig had reeled off four straight wins.
UFC 229 Results: Jussier Formiga defeats Sergio Pettis
Chris Taylor - October 6, 2018
A key flyweight bout between perennial division contenders Jussier Formiga and Sergio Pettis served as the featured bout of tonight’s UFC 229 prelims. Sergio Pettis enters tonight’s contest having won five of his past six fights. His latest win came over former title challenger Joseph Benavidez at UFC 225 in Chicago.
VIDEO | Watch Aspen Ladd smash Tonya Evinger at UFC 229
Chris Taylor - October 6, 2018
UFC women’s bantmaweight fighter Aspen Ladd scored another impressive finish at tonight’s UFC 229 event stopping Tonya Evinger in the very first round. Ladd was able to get Evinger to the ground early on. Once on the canvas, Aspen began unleashing some absolutely nasty ground and pound which forced the referee to step in and call a stop to the action.
VIDEO | The first fight of UFC 229 ends with a brutal head kick knockout
Chris Taylor - October 6, 2018
The first fight of tonight’s highly anticipated UFC 229 event ended with a thunderous head kick knockout courtesy of welterweight Tony Martin. Tony Martin was likely ahead on the scorecards after putting in two solids rounds against opponent Ryan LaFlare.
UFC 229 Live Results: McGregor vs. Khabib
Chris Taylor - October 6, 2018
The octagon returns to T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas for tonight’s UFC 229 event which is headlined by former two-division champion Conor McGregor returning to challenge current lightweight title holder Khabib Nurmagomedov. Tonight’s highly anticipated UFC 229 event will mark the first time that Conor McGregor (21-3 MMA) has competed in the octagon since defeating Eddie Alvarez via second-round knockout at UFC 205 in November of 2016.
VIDEO | Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor have one last stare down at the ceremonial weigh-ins before UFC 229
Drake Riggs - October 5, 2018
https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1048372818994315265 We’re just a day away. They have hit their marks on the scales and everything is good to go barring any absolute freak accidents in the remaining time.
Alexander Volkov prefers to face Daniel Cormier over Brock Lesnar in potential heavyweight title shot
Drake Riggs - October 5, 2018
UFC 229 is playing host to one of the biggest fights in UFC’s history but among the lineup to get there is plenty of great action in its own right. In the main card second bout, we get a massive contender matchup between Derrick ‘Black Beast’ Lewis and Russia’s ‘Drago’, Alexander Volkov.
Jon Jones claims he didn't snitch to reduce USADA suspension, doesn't care to fight Daniel Cormier a third time
Drake Riggs - October 5, 2018
The former light heavyweight champion Jon Jones is just a little under a month away from being able to return to action for the first time since July 2017. Jones has been out of action since that time as he wound up testing positive for banned substances after his UFC 214 encounter with current champion Daniel Cormier.
Khabib Nurmagomedov did not appreciate Dana White asking where Conor McGregor's belts were at press conference
Tom Taylor - October 5, 2018
Tony Ferguson has been toting his UFC interim lightweight belt around with him all week — even though he no longer technically owns that title. Khabib Nurmagomedov, who is the undisputed lightweight champion, is surprisingly just fine with that. “When you fight like this, high-level fight, you have to believe you’re the champ, nobody can beat you,” Khabib Nurmagomedov said Thursday at the UFC 229 pre-fight press conference (transcript via MMAjunkie). “It’s OK. I’m OK about this.”
Dan Hardy announces that he's been medically cleared to fight again
Tom Taylor - October 5, 2018
Former UFC welterweight title challenger Dan Hardy has not fought since September of 2012, when he was pulled out of competition as the result of a rare heart disorder called Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome. The condition is not usually dangerous, but Hardy has been kept out of the cage ever since as a precaution. While Hardy has kept plenty busy in the years since, working as a commentator and analyst for the UFC, and even penning a book, it sounds like a return to the cage is in the cards. In an interview with Sherdog.com, the 36-year-old Nottingham native announced that he’s been cleared to fight again, should he so choose.
Nate Diaz makes pick for UFC 229 main event, says he won't fight Conor McGregor a third time
Tom Taylor - October 5, 2018
Tomorrow night, in the main event of UFC 229, former UFC lightweight and featherweight champion Conor McGregor will return to the cage to battle undefeated lightweight champ Khabib Nurmagomedov. Nate Diaz, who is 1-1 with Conor McGregor across two previous bouts, is bound to be watching this fight with particular interest. Speaking to TMZ, Nate Diaz weighed in on this UFC 229 main event showdown. It sounds like he’s leaning toward McGregor.
Conor McGregor says he could make $50 million for UFC 229 fight with Khabib Nurmagomedov
Cole Shelton - October 4, 2018
Everyone knows Conor McGregor made a ton of money in his last fight. His last fight, however, was not in the Octagon, rather in a boxing ring against Floyd Mayweather. Boxers typically make more money than mixed martial artists, but that is slowly changing. The UFC superstar McGregor claims he will be making around $50 million for his Saturday night fight with Khabib Nurmagomedov.
EXCLUSIVE | Anthony 'Lionheart' Smith talks Volkan Oezdemir, new weight class, and Jon Jones
Mike Straus - October 4, 2018
Perhaps no fighter is a better example of what fighting at a more natural weight class can do for your fighting career than Anthony ‘Lionheart’ Smith. Smith has had a career rebirth so to speak this year. The 30-year-old fighter from Omaha, Nebraska has typically been a middleweight fighter in his career. Lately, however, Smith has decided that cutting down to 185 pounds and then ballooning back up to 230 pounds just isn’t worth it anymore. Let alone the damage that does to your body.
Conor McGregor praises Dana White, 'he doesn't get enough credit that he truly deserves'
Drake Riggs - October 4, 2018
We’re almost there. UFC 229 is nearing and once it arrives we’ll finally get the answer as to who is the lightweight division’s best. In the main event, we have the highly anticipated title bout that pits the champion of 155-pounds, Khabib Nurmagomedov against Conor McGregor.
MMA Inequity | Joanna Jedrzejczyk: From royalty to afterthought overnight
Drake Riggs - October 4, 2018
Poland’s most accomplished mixed martial artist of all time also happens to be one of MMA’s most accomplished champions of all time. That, of course, is none other than the former strawweight queen Joanna Jedrzejczyk. Jedrzejczyk entered the UFC as an undefeated 6-0 rising contender in 2014 who was fresh off a big second-round knockout over the experienced Rosi Sexton.
VIDEO | Felice Herrig on Conor McGregor: 'I'm always going to think he's a piece of sh*t'
Drake Riggs - October 4, 2018
UFC strawweight @FeliceHerrig doesn't care about the fan backlash of speaking out against Conor McGregor: "What he did was wrong. I still think he's a piece of sh*t and I'm always going to think he's a piece of sh*t." #UFC229 pic.twitter.com/6IPIzY56q8 — MMAFighting.com (@MMAFighting) October 4, 2018