Month: December 2019

Despite being Gonzalez’s replacement, Calvillo is hardly a lesser competitor. In fact, two years ago, Calvillo spoiled Gonzalez’s UFC debut with none other than a submission victory. While the UFC isn’t getting Gonzalez, they’re getting somebody who bested her in this very field at UFC 210. “I may not be a straight jiu-jitsu fighter but
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Image: Irish Times Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor, two of the most heated rivals in UFC history, both have fights booked. Nurmagomedov will defend the lightweight title against Tony Ferguson in April of the new year, while McGregor is slated to return to the cage against Donald Cerrone on January 18 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Male Slapping Championships — courtesy of Russia (of course) — is back in the news this morning after its previously undefeated champion, Vasily Kamotskiy, suffered the first loss of his career by way of violent, bloody knockout. Rookie Vyacheslav Zezulya is now king of the beards. Kamotskiy doubled over after taking one flush from Zezulya
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On Episode 1 of UFC 245 Embedded, welterweight champion Kamaru Usman goes from “scruffy” to polished at home and then hits the gym for more finishing touches. Rival Colby Covington arrives in Las Vegas and dedicates his upcoming success to a famous family. Featherweight title challenger Alexander Volkanovski makes the long trip from New Zealand
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At UFC 213 workouts, Yoel Romero put on a show in Las Vegas on Wednesday evening. Subscribe: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/u8VvLi Visit our playlists: http://goo.gl/eFhsvM Like MMAF on Facebook: http://goo.gl/uhdg7Z Follow on Twitter: http://goo.gl/nOATUI Read More: http://www.mmafighting.com MMA Fighting is your home for exclusive interviews, live shows, and more for one
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2:38 PM ET Liz Carmouche was involved in the first women’s fight in the UFC. She just fought for the UFC women’s flyweight title, a loss to Valentina Shevchenko in August. So, it came as a surprise when she was released by the UFC last week. Carmouche said Monday on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show that
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The penultimate Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) card of the year sees them pull out all the stops, as three title fights are set to hit the promotion’s sacred stomping grounds of T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, this weekend (Sat., Dec. 14, 2019). In UFC 245’s pay-per-view (PPV) main event, Welterweight champion Kamaru Usman makes
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With several hundred athletes on the roster, it’s no surprise that there is a revolving door of fighters joining and leaving the ranks of the UFC. A couple recent releases were rather notable in former UFC bantamweight champion Renan Barao and former women’s bantamweight and flyweight challenger Liz Carmouche, who left under very different circumstances
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