UFC 231

Max Holloway’s PPV drawing power is steadily increasing

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He’s the miggity, miggity, miggity, miggity, max daddy and he’s also the figgity featherweight chizzamp. I just lost 500 street cred points. Moving on… Max Holloway rules the featherweight division literally with an iron fist. He has won 4 fights in a row by KO/TKO with the last being a beatdown of Brian Ortega at … Read more

Shevchenko picks winner of Cyborg vs Lioness

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Valentina Shevchenko sits comfortably atop the women’s flyweight division with the belt around her waist. She defeated Joanna Jędrzejczyk at UFC 231 and in doing so became one of the ‘big 3’ in the women’s division along with Cris Cyborg and Amanda Nunes. Featherweight champion Cyborg will square off in a big time bout with … Read more

Shevchenko reveals her plans for 2019

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New flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko is still flying high after her decision victory over Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 231. The belt is snug around her waist and she doesn’t have any plans of losing it anytime soon. She spoke with BJPenn Radio and laid out her roadmap for 2019 to my former co-host Jason Kindschy. … Read more

UFC 231 Reebok payouts are good for 4 fighters, dismal for others

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Look kids. Big Ben. Parliament. The Reebok payouts are in (via MMAFighting) and if you weren’t in the main or co-main event they are the usual – terrible. Check out the list below. Max Holloway: $40,000 def. Brian Ortega: $30,000Valentina Shevchenko: $30,000 def. Joanna Jedrzejczyk: $30,000Gunnar Nelson: $10,000 def. Alex Oliveira: $10,000Hakeem Dawodu: $3,500 def. … Read more

Holloway and Ortega epitomize sportsmanship in this post fight clip

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UFC featherweight champ Max Holloway and Brian Ortega shared perhaps the classiest post fight moment in 2018 at UFC 231. Despite some pre-fight animosity and the high stakes in the bout they were pure class in The Octagon after Holloway’s incredible performance en route to a 4th round TKO victory. What do you think? Is … Read more

UFC 233 cancelled and UFC is rearranging 2019 schedule

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UFC 233 was having a really tough time holding a main event down let alone one worthy of headlining it following this month’s Jones vs Gustafsson 2 at UFC 232. Brett Okamoto of ESPN broke the news on Twitter: Breaking: UFC is rearranging its pay-per-view schedule. UFC 233 will no longer take place on Jan. … Read more

UFC 231 medical suspensions

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The Ontario Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport has released the list of suspensions for the UFC 231 competitors. Along with Brian Ortega’s losing effort in a featherweight title fight with Max Holloway he received a 6 month suspension for his efforts. Here’s the full list (via MMA Fighting). Max Holloway: Suspended 30 days def. … Read more

White thinks Jedrzejczyk should move back to strawweight

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Joanna Jedrzejczyk moved up a weight class to face Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 231 over the weekend in a bout for the vacant flyweight title. At the post fight press conference many were expecting her to announce a return to strawweight but going by what she said this might not happen until after her next … Read more

UFC 231 post-fight press conference live stream

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Max Holloway put on an epic performance against Brian Ortega to retain his UFC featherweight championship. Valentina Shevchenko became the UFC women’s flyweight champ with a dominant win over Joanna Jedrzejczyk. Gunnar Nelson submitted Alex Oliveira. And Thiago Santos knocked out Jimi Manuwa. Now tune into the UFC 231 post-fight press conference from Toronto for all the fallout.

See UFC 231 full results and video highlights

UFC 231 full fight card, start time, live results and video highlights

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UFC 231: Holloway vs. Ortega takes place Saturday night, Dec. 8, from Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Featherweight champion Max Holloway defends his title against the undefeated Brian Ortega in the main event. In the co-headliner former strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk meets Valentina Shevchenko for the vacant women’s flyweight title. ProMMAnow.com will provide live … Read more