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It’s no secret that the days of completely stacked UFC cards are in large part a thing of the past. With TV and online broadcast deals in place the company has to deliver a certain number of events to meet the contractual requirements. This means the few superstars and budding superstars the company has will … Read more
UFC president Dana White recently said that Irish mega star Conor McGregor is patiently waiting in the wings for the results of UFC 241 and 242. Rival #1 in his career is Nathan Donald Diaz from a little place you may have heard called… Stockton 209! What? WHAT? Nate shocked fans by submitting McGregor at … Read more
All eyes will be on Abu Dhabi when September 7 rolls around, as Dustin Poirier steps up to contest dominant lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov in a highly anticipated UFC 242 battle. Both men have been on impressive runs of form in their own respective careers in the organisation in recent years and all roads now lead … Read more
UFC 242 is fast approaching in what is set to be a memorable event as the organisation moves to Yas Island in Abu Dhabi. This will be just the third visit from the UFC to Abu Dhabi, following the first back in 2014. The event is scheduled for September 7th and will also see the … Read more
The poster for lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and interim lightweight champion Dustin Porier’s September 7th throwdown was debuted on the UFC’s official Twitter account. Khabib last fought in October of 2018 against Conor McGregor in a fight the Russian won fairly easily. Dustin is on an impressive five fight win streak defeating names like Justin … Read more
Someone in the UFC finally has Conor McGregor’s best interests in mind. There are rumors circulating that welterweight contender Jorge “the Askren Assassin” Masvidal might be taking on Conor McGregor upon the Irish mega star’s return. This would be McGregor’s first fight since getting submitted by lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov back in October of 2018 … Read more
Robert Whittaker we salute you sir. UFC middleweight champ Robert Whittaker was sidelined after needing emergency surgery for an intestinal hernia and a collapsed bowel in February. Because of this an interim bout occurred between surging Israel Adesanya and Kelvin Gastelum. Israel would win that bout and wear the belt and that seems to have … Read more
There were a lot of ups and downs at UFC 236 this past Saturday. Featherweight champion Max Holloway missed out on becoming the interim lightweight title holder. Dustin Poirier announced his return to form by playing spoiler for Max’s dream and taking it instead. Israel Adesanya lived up to the hype by capturing the interim … Read more
There were two wars in the main and co-main event spots at UFC 236 this past Saturday. Unfortunately that means suspensions are rampant. Did you like the article title? A Game of Thrones reference for an MMA piece on suspensions. Give me some props homies. MMAFighting was able to provide the entire list of suspensions … Read more
After Dustin Poirier was announced the winner of his interim lightweight championship fight with featherweight champ Max Holloway we got to hear from him inside the Octagon and the elation in his voice was front and center. Since 2011 he has been one or two fights from a shot at a belt. Not anymore. Holloway … Read more