Sean McClure’s Articles at Pro MMA Now, Page 5

Security guard suing for McGregor’s money for press conference incident

September 11, 2017September 11, 2017 by Sean McClure

The Blast is reporting that William Pegg is suing Conor McGregor for hitting him with a Monster Energy can. At the UFC 202 media conference in August 2016 the security guard says he was hit with the can and now wants $95K. ESPN also confirmed the lawsuit that apparently came about in March and … Read more

Bisping and Woodley argue over potential middleweight bout

September 11, 2017 by Sean McClure

Everyone wants a shot at UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping including welterweight champion Tyron Woodley. Watch the two go back and forth this past weekend during the UFC 215 coverage.

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Bisping doing Shevchenko’s dance is epic win

September 11, 2017September 11, 2017 by Sean McClure

Michael Bisping is a great fighter, maybe not a great dancer, but a great fighter all the same. A video was posted to Instagram of him doing women’s bantamweight contender Valentina Shevchenko’s signature dance. Check it out.

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The Reebok payouts for UFC 215 total just $185K

September 11, 2017September 11, 2017 by Sean McClure

MMA Junkie reported the UFC 215 Reebok payout figures and as expected they are still mind bogglingly ridiculous. Only four fighters got $20K or more and to put that in perspective upper mid card fighters like Brendan Schaub were making over $100K a fight before the UFC/Reebok deal and that can be fact checked. Here … Read more

Mitch Clarke emotionally retires after UFC 215 loss

September 10, 2017September 10, 2017 by Sean McClure

Mitch Clarke lost via TKO to Alex White last night at UFC 215 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Afterwards, an emotional Clarke unexpectedly retired in The Octagon.

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Fertitta brothers sell remaining UFC shares

September 8, 2017 by Sean McClure

The end of an era. The Fertitta brothers bought the UFC for a mere 2 million dollars in 2001 and took the struggling combat sports attraction and made it a juggernaut. Now, according to a report by Forbes.com, they have sold their remaining shares in the company. Their money is now being utilized in their … Read more

WWE inks international TV deal

September 8, 2017 by Sean McClure

WWE announced yesterday that they would be broadcasting an abbreviated edition of RAW on TVA sports. The deal is a landmark for the company after years of attempting to reach an agreement. TVA SPORTS AND WWE® ANNOUNCE BROADCAST AGREEMENT MONTREAL and STAMFORD, Conn., (September 7, 2017) – WWE (NYSE: WWE) and TVA Sports today announced … Read more

GSP gave Johnson praise before UFC 215 main event cancelled

September 8, 2017September 8, 2017 by Sean McClure

Just a short while before Demetrious Johnson found out that the fight with Ray Borg was off for UFC 215 he received some high praise from Georges St. Pierre. Becoming champion is hard, but staying champion is even harder. Now, Demetrious Johnson is the best fighter competing in mixed martial arts today. And he’s on … Read more

UFC 215 main event cancelled, Borg sick

September 8, 2017September 8, 2017 by Sean McClure

MMAFighting.com reported that the main event of UFC 215 was cancelled. Demetrious Johnson and Ray Borg will have to wait to square off now after the doctors intervened and said Borg was unfit to fight. Dr. Michelle Ingels of Perfecting Athletes explained it to Ariel Helwani. It wasn’t weight related. Ray has been getting progressively … Read more

Amanda Nunes ‘I know I’m not the beautiful girl’ or ‘face’ of the UFC

September 7, 2017September 7, 2017 by Sean McClure

Yahoo! Sports spoke with Amanda Nunes about her co-main event spot on the UFC 215 card against Valentina Shevchenko this Saturday. Nunes was vocal about her lack of promotion in the lead up to her destruction of Ronda Rousey and just in general. She seems okay with it now hearing what she had to say … Read more