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Amanda Nunes takes on Cris Cyborg on December 29, 2018 in Las Vegas at UFC 232. Cris currently reigns unchallenged in the featherweight division as the champ and Amanda Nunes dominates at 135 as the bantamweight queen. So dominant are they that the UFC had to make this fight happen for the fans and being … Read more
Floyd Mayweather versus Conor McGregor was at one point inconceivable – a crossover bout between the biggest name in boxing and in mixed martial arts. Yet in September last year the bout materialized, taking place in the boxing ring, with a 40-year-old Mayweather predictably picking apart McGregor en-route to a tenth-round stoppage. Hindsight suggested the … Read more
UFC 230 goes down on November 3rd in New York at Madison Square Garden. The main event is heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier vs Derrick Lewis and is propped up by a potential war between Jacare Souza and former light heavyweight champion Chris Weidman. Initially we were getting Luke Rockhold vs Weidman but the injury bug … Read more
Tomorrow night UFC Fight Night 138 takes place in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. The main event is a solid one seeing light heavyweights Anthony Smith and Volkan Oezdemir trying to impress the boss to get a title shot. Oezdemir is coming off a loss to champion Daniel Cormier but Smith is riding high after knocking … Read more
UFC 232 is probably the most anticipated event of this year right behind the hype that was UFC 229. It features a colossal clash between UFC bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes and featherweight champ Cris Cyborg in the co-main event. Capping the event off will be a rematch that fans have wanted to see since the … Read more
Volkan Oezdemir is a solid fighter with the heart of a lion and his next opponent Anthony Smith might as well be one. The pair will throw down in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada on October 27th at the appropriately titled UFC Moncton event. Volkan is coming off of a loss to Daniel Cormier back at … Read more
Back at UFC 194 Luke Rockhold knocked out then middleweight champion Chris Weidman to take his title making Luke one of a select group of fighters to hold a belt in multiple major organizations along with names like Eddie Alvarez (Bellator and UFC), Ronda Rousey (Strikeforce and UFC, and Anthony Pettis (UFC and WEC). He … Read more
Back when Jon Jones defended his UFC light heavyweight championship against Alexander Gustafsson he was a massive favorite going in to the bout. They scrapped at UFC 165 in 2013 and it ended up being one of the best fights in UFC history which some thought Gus might have actually won. The betting lines for … Read more
Conor McGregor was the underdog coming in to his UFC 229 bout with lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. The Irishman’s +140 was very fairly trumped by the Russian’s -170 mainly because Conor had been away from MMA hyping and fighting in a boxing match you may have heard about with Floyd Mayweather Jr. Meanwhile, despite injuries … Read more
From the moment the referee stopped the Conor McGregor vs Khabib Nurmagomedov fight on Saturday at UFC 229 the talk of a rematch started. The Irishman tapped out after being dominated for 3 1/2 rounds by the Russian grappling phenom and in most cases a performance that bad would not warrant a return bout. This … Read more