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9:03 PM ET Yoel Romero‘s UFC run has come to an end Romero and the promotion have parted ways, his manager, Malki Kawa, confirmed to ESPN on Friday. Romero had three fights left on his deal, sources said. “While we didn’t expect Romero’s time in the UFC to end like this,” Kawa told ESPN, “we
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Welcome to Midnight Mania! “Contender Series” has been an effective vehicle for recruiting new, cheap talent, as each time the show airs, somewhere between two-to-four new athletes join the roster. That adds up over a month-and-a-half of weekly events, which has lead to UFC looking to trim the proverbial fat. When top-ranked UFC Flyweight Jussier
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image via @ufc on Instagram (photographer not listed) Former UFC interim welterweight champion Colby Covington shared a message for anyone doubting that he could destroy LeBron James. Following Jake Paul’s nasty knockout victory over former NBA player Nate Robinson at last weekend’s ‘Tyson vs. Jones Jr.’ event, Covington shared the following statement on social media.
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We will not be seeing Yoel Romero soon or likely ever again in the UFC Octagon. According to an ESPN report, Yoel Romero and the UFC have parted ways despite Romero having three fights remaining on his deal. This sudden move was confirmed by Romero’s manager Malki Kawa. Romero is 43 years old. The last
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Khabib Nurmagomedov will not be looking to compete with Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) after acquiring his own MMA promotion, but rather feed the organization top-tier talent. After retiring from MMA this past October, Khabib has turned his attention to promoting fights, having recently acquired Gorilla Fighting Championship and rebranded it as Eagle Fighting Championships (EFC).
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USADA announced on Friday that an independent arbitrator has rendered a decision in the case of former UFC athlete Chi Lewis-Parry, of Surrey, United Kingdom, and determined that Lewis-Parry should receive a four-year period of ineligibility for anti-doping policy violations that he committed while he was in the UFC program. This decision comes after the facts
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Image: @ufc on Instagram Jack Hermansson is okay with Israel Adesanya moving up to light heavyweight to fight Jan Blachowicz. Sometime in early 2021, Adesanya will look to become a champ-champ against Blachowicz. However, many people didn’t get the fight as both men have plenty of options to defend their own titles. Yet, for Hermansson,
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Welcome to Midnight Mania! Yesterday, disgraced former Bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw took some pot shots from the sidelines, complaining that the weight class is all messed up and led by an interim champion undeserving of the title. Despite the fact that he’s returning from a two-year USADA suspension and knockout loss, Dillashaw also demanded an
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8:10 PM ET Jake Paul is already one of the most talked-about boxers in the world, even with only two pro fights. The polarizing YouTube and social media star is coming off a second-round knockout Saturday of Nate Robinson, the former NBA player, on the very successful Mike Tyson vs. Roy Jones Jr. undercard. Now?
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UFC Vegas 17 — Ultimate Fighting Championship’s (UFC) final event of 2020 — has suffered another setback, as MMA Fighting is reporting that Alexandre Pantoja has been forced out of scheduled fight against Manel Kape. The Flyweight fight — which was set to go down on Dec. 19, 2020 inside UFC APEX in Las Vegas,
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