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UFC light heavyweight Anthony Smith submitted top ranked Alexander Gustafsson in the 4th round of their fight on Saturday which was impressive enough in itself. When you find out he broke his hand before that it is a true testament to just how good Smith is. Ariel Helwani shared an x-ray photo of the damage … Read more
A simple recap of Jimi Manuwa’s UFC career is one of up’s and down’s ending in a final disappointing 4 fight skid. He made it as far as to face light heavyweight contenders like Alexander Gustafsson, Anthony Johnson, and Ovince St. Preux. He just never could seem to get past the middle of the pack. … Read more
Alexander Gustafsson has been close to wearing UFC gold on multiple occasions but never so close as his decision loss to Jon Jones at UFC 165. He has been hit or miss since then and after Saturday’s loss to Anthony Smith he has called it quits. After he announced his retirement people were quick to … Read more
This weekend we will get to see two top ranked light heavyweights go to war. Alexander Gustafsson takes on Anthony Smith in a bout that has title shot implications. Gus has lost twice to current 205 pound king Jon Jones meaning it is unlikely that he would get another crack at the title anytime soon. … Read more
Look, man. I’m not the biggest fan of Jon Jones the person we’ve seen in the news or some of the stuff he says on camera, but holy crap he is good. Jon was just under the 24 year mark when he won the UFC light heavyweight belt from Shogun Rua. Think about that. Just … Read more
Rather than rehash the entire Jon Jones/PED fiasco we’ll sum it up real quick. Jon Jones beats Daniel Cormier for the UFC light heavyweight title. Jon Jones pops positive for turinabol. Jon Jones is suspended and stripped of title. Jon Jones has suspension reduced to 15 months for “special assistance” agreement with USADA. When Jon’s … Read more
From now on I will be referring to Jon Jones as *Jon Jones or just ” * “. I think *Jon Jones would probably fit better because the former, current, possibly former again light heavyweight champion will always have that asterisk next to his name on the GOAT list. Jon has tested positive for banned … Read more
After all of the outrage and criticism for his pre-fight ‘atypical’ drug test it appears Jon Jones will have the last laugh. The UFC 232 controversy centered on traces of a PED Jon popped positive for a year ago showing up on a drug test leading up to his bout with Alexander Gustafsson in December. … Read more
UFC 232 was December’s crown jewel for the organization and a great way to end the year from a fan’s perspective. The event featured a blockbuster main event in which Alexander Gustafsson finally got his rematch with light heavyweight champion Jon Jones. It didn’t go the Swedish fighter’s way but it did for the UFC … Read more
Saturday’s UFC 232 event at The Forum in Los Angeles drew 15,862 fans and netted a live gate of just over $2MIL. That’s according to MMAJunkie and pretty amazing given the circumstances. The event was moved to California from Vegas on a week’s notice thanks to the Jon Jones ‘ atypical’ drug testing situation. Dana … Read more