Welterweight

Cowboy posts a photo that doesn’t point at taking a dive for McGregor, and we dissect the troll theory

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For the love of all that is holy people hate that former UFC double champ Conor McGregor is incredibly talented at fighting and incredibly successful outside of MMA. The latest trolling is based on the ridiculous idea that Donald Cowboy Cerrone would take a dive in his January 21, 2020 bout against the returning McGregor … Read more

LMAO: Video clowns Usman for pretending he doesn’t know who Jorge Masvidal is

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LMAO. Bruh…. UFC Welterweight champ Kamaru Usman should stop trying to copy Colby Covington and Chael Sonnen when it comes to trash talk. It ended badly for them with Sonnen losing to Anderson Silva twice and Covington a short time ago to Kamaru himself. The point is that things usually never end well when there … Read more

Din Thomas shares 2019 plans for Woodley that include facing Colby Covington

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Coach Din Thomas opened up recently about what 2019 holds for UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley and included in said plans was a showdown with former interim champ Colby Covington. Colby has been trash talking and calling Woodley out since before he won the interim belt – to no avail. Up until now Tyron has … Read more

Diaz says he will walk through Woodley, champ responds

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It’s heating up. Stockton legend and UFC bad boy Nick Diaz is never afraid to speak his mind, ever. BJ Penn’s Twitter account reported that Diaz slammed UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley and it did not go unnoticed. Here’s the initial post and Woodley’s clap back. What do you think? Would you like to see … Read more

Dana slams Woodley and Covington and says interim 170 title likely

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We all know the difficulties Dana White has had with UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley. Dana essentially claims that Woodley is hard to book fights for, unwilling to engage in conversations about fighting, and has even turned down fights in the past. If you would like a good example of his frustrations just read what … Read more

Watch the Bellator 206 weigh ins here live at 5PM ET

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Bellator 206 promises to be fireworks with Rampage Jackson and rival Wanderlei Silva fight for a 4th time, the welterweight Grand Prix kicks off, and the main event is a whopper. Welterweight champion Rory MacDonald moves up to middleweight to face the division champ Gegard Mousasi. Tomorrow night the action commences but before then you can watch the weigh-ins for the event right here at 5PM ET.

VIDEO: Hendricks says no IV policy contributed to his decline

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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 still stands by his GOAT pick

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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

Another former champ calls it quits

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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