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Coronavirus, stimulus package, and Jon Jones. All of that seems way too surreal right now. As I am certain 100% of our readers now, Jon Jones was arrested for multiple charges recently and everyone who is anyone has been weighing in. This includes one of our favorites, uncle Chael Sonnen. Given that Chael was one … Read more
Please let this bout happen. The tickets for UFC 249’s former UFC interim lightweight champ Tony Ferguson vs current lightweight champ Khabib Nurmagomedov bout finally go on sale tomorrow. The pair will finally, fingers crossed, meet to determine who the best fighter in the world is at 155 pounds. Some of you guys out there … Read more
In case you have not heard, Cain Velasquez showed up on Fox TV. This time it wasn’t an MMA appearance for the former UFC heavyweight champion it was in a WWE ring on Smackdown. The appearance involved old foe and fellow former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar. Cain removed the belt decisively from Lesnar’s waist … Read more
Game of Jones. Take the Iron Jones. Another Game of Thrones reference folks. Get used to it since season 8 premiered this past Sunday. Former UFC and Strikeforce middleweight champion Luke Rockhold is never afraid of using the media as a platform to speak his mind. Rockhold can be one of the biggest trash talkers … Read more
UFC women’s bantamweight and featherweight champ Amanda Nunes has done some amazing things in her UFC career including her shocking and brutal knockout of former featherweight queen, Cris Cyborg at UFC 232. Since her historic win she has been active on social media posting videos ranging from training to simply trying to pull up a … Read more
UFC’s heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier is set to clash with Derrick Lewis in the main event of UFC 230. On November 3rd the heavy hitters will climb in to The Octagon to fight over Cormier’s heavyweight belt. Initially the intended opponent for DC was Brock Lesnar but it fell apart for some reason, or the … Read more
Former UFC and Bellator lightweight champion, Eddie Alvarez was reportedly signing with ONE Championship according to sources this past weekend. It is now official according to Founder / CEO Chatri Sityodtong who confirmed it via Twitter. And via Facebook. Please join me in welcoming Eddie Alvarez to ONE Championship! Eddie is not only one of … Read more
Johny Hendricks at one point was the scariest striker at welterweight and even managed to capture the belt. His run in the UFC ended after he went a head scratching 3-7 in his last 10 bouts and he missed weight in 3 of his last 5. It was a hard fall from grace and fans … Read more
Anderson Silva used to be the consensus pick for greatest of all time, but some still clung to Fedor Emelianenko, and then it was Jon Jones, and then it was Demetrious Johnson. Anderson Silva himself still says it’s the man some considered the unquestionable GOAT at one point – former UFC welterweight and lightweight champion … Read more
Former welterweight champion Johny Hendricks has called it quits at 34. He has struggled to make weight and at one point a few years ago when I spoke with him he mentioned he could retire at ’35 or so’. This is still kind of surprising and came via MMAJunkie’s radio program: I’m done. I’m retiring. … Read more