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Anthony Hamilton and Ruan Potts was an interesting bout and served as the second bout of the night. The heavyweights didn’t exactly come out and woo the crowd but it was a solid performance for the former Maximum Fighting Championship title holder Hamilton. The first five minutes was all Hamilton as he was able to get … Read more
Get in, get out and get paid. That may have not been the game plan for UFC rookie Chris Wade but that’s how it went down in tonight’s first UFC 177 bout. Wade was the former Ring of Combat champion and was set to fight next month but was granted his release by Lou Neglia. … Read more
UFC 177 takes place this evening at Sleep Train Arena in Sacramento, Calif., and features a bantamweight title fight between champ TJ Dillashaw and challenger Joe Soto. This is Soto’s UFC debut, and yes, he’s getting an immediate title shot because Dillashaw’s original opponent, Renan Barao, was forced off the card on Friday due to health … Read more
One day before the UFC 177 Pay-Per-View event in Sacramento, the card loses one of its headliners, Renan Barao, as well as well as the bout between Henry Cejudo and Scott Jorgensen. Barao and Cejudo both had complications cutting weight. Also, because Joe Soto has been plucked from the preliminary card to fill in for … Read more
From the UFC website: Former UFC bantamweight champion and No. 1 contender Renan Barao has been removed from his UFC 177 rematch against current champion T. J. Dillashaw after Barao reportedly feeling ill during his weight cut. Barao will be replaced on the card by bantamweight Joe Soto (15-2), the winner of six consecutive fights who was scheduled to … Read more
The UFC 177 PPV event is set to take place on Saturday at the Sleep Train Arena in Sacramento, California. The event will feature the anticipated rematch between current bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw and former champion Renan Barao. Dillashaw shocked the MMA world with a dominant TKO win in their first match at UFC 173 to dethrone the longtime … Read more
The fighters his the scale today in Sacramento but before they do, the hometown golden boy Urijah Faber and UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis will answer some questions in front of the fans at Sleep Train Arena. “The California Kid” isn’t on the card but his gym is well represented including the bantamweight champion TJ … Read more
[ads1] The UFC 177 PPV event is set to take place on Saturday, August 30, at the Sleep Train Arena in Sacramento, California. The event will feature the anticipated rematch between current bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw and former champion Renan Barao. Dillashaw shocked the MMA world with a dominant TKO win in their first match at UFC 173 to … Read more
Check out the behind the scenes series “Embedded” as we prepare for this weekend’s UFC 177 in Sacramento. This episode will take you from the high tech recovery chamber that UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw to the streets of Rio De Janeiro for Renan Barao’s conditioning. UFC 177 takes place this Saturday so stay close … Read more
UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw shocked the MMA world when he blasted former UFC bantamweight champion Renan Barao at UFC 173 to win via TKO in the fifth round. It was a fairly one sided affair, but Barao hadn’t lost a fight in over eight years while being extremely dominant. There were many who didn’t … Read more