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With so little context from the tweet, the intent was hard to read. Was Meerschaert kicking a man while he was down? Downplaying Brady? Trying to ride the wave of the moment? He explains it was none of the above. He just felt bad that the ruleset took a weapon away from Craig Jones on

Yan took his familiar approach in the highly anticipated interim title clash, displaying patience and an economic approach to his output through the opening five minutes, falling behind a round as Sandhagen fought from in the pocket, focused on staying in the former champion’s face. It would be the only round Sandhagen would win on

“In that moment, and I still think about it, it brings tears to my eyes,” said Holm. “By him saying that, right then, it gave me no room for my mind to be in the gutter and keep entertaining those negative thoughts. It put my mind right back on a positive track.” Positivity has always

You wouldn’t know it by his looking at his Twitter or Instagram feeds, but there was a time when Jeff Molina didn’t see the value of flexing his thumbs and snapping pictures of his daily activities. “I didn’t want to be that guy that is posting my egg whites every morning, posting every time I’m

Alexa Yanes – GrapplingAge: 27 All the talk of the UFC FIGHT PASS Invitational SuperFights was on Danielle Kelly and her #5 No-Gi ranking and Alexa Yanes seemingly came from out of nowhere and took the decision win back to San Antonio. She may not have literally “come from out of nowhere,” as Yanes has

After Jim breaks the news to Matt that he has COVID (and feels okay), actor and star of 9-1-1: Lone Star, Ronen Rubinstein, makes his UFC Unfiltered debut. After he and Jim trade stories about commuting to and from auditions to Staten Island, he shares why he believes Ciryl Gane will defeat Francis Ngannou in

With so many homegrown names now in the UFC, does FIGHT PASS have any big names left? Oh yeah. We’re barely scratching the surface. Here are the fighters to watch for in 2022! Solomon Renfro – CFFC Record: 8-2Age: 25 Although this list is in no particular order, it would be hard not to kick

In advance of the contest, he’d relocated to Las Vegas and began training at Xtreme Couture, getting additional looks and bodies to work with as he geared up for the biggest opportunity of his career. While the night didn’t go as planned, the foundational pieces of the fight camp were solid, giving Sterling plenty of

First, Carla Esparza makes her UFC Unfiltered debut. She discusses Dana White’s recent announcement that she will be the next UFC strawweight to face Rose Namajunas for the belt, her reaction to a match-ending cut on her face that occurred during her grappling exhibition match against Danielle Kelly last week at Fury Grappling 3, and

McKinney earned four wins in 2021 in a combined 112 seconds, finishing each of his four opponents by stoppage due to strikes. The scary thing to think about is that everyone you ask about the promising lightweight swears that his wrestling is even more developed and dangerous than his striking. Consider yourselves warned, UFC lightweights.

On a night where Charles Oliveira cemented his standing atop the lightweight division, Julianna Peña shocked the world to claim the bantamweight title, and “Suga” Sean O’Malley showed he’s ready for a step up in competition, Blanchfield still managed to put forth the kind of performance that left people talking about her once the smoke

“When you look at Sean Brady, who’s 15-0 and regarded as one of the top grapplers in that weight class, going against someone like Craig Jones, who is one of the best grapplers, if not the best grappler in the world, that’s got fireworks written all over it,” said Fury Pro Grappling president Rob Haydak.

Car trouble is one of the most inconvenient issues a person can have, but former high school wrestler Canaan Bower recalls how it led him to save two lives almost two years ago. “I was driving up the street to work on my truck,” Bower explains. “I stopped at the gas station. My town is

New Yorkers are known for their attitude. And even though Harley Flanagan was born in San Francisco, he’s as New York as they come. With that status comes a certain way of looking at life, so I have to wonder if the Renzo Gracie Jiu-Jitsu black belt would have stuck with “the gentle art” if

Kamaru Usman defined 2021 in many ways. UFC.com’s Fighter of the Year defended his title in spectacular fashion three times in the year, taking out Gilbert Burns, Jorge Masvidal (also UFC.com’s Knockout of the Year), and Colby Covington. He doesn’t have much time to sit back, though, as another wave of contenders is prepared to

A native of Kansas who ultimately found his way to Hawaii, Mr. Penn raised six children with his wife Lorraine Shin-Penn, naming three of the boys after himself. And while he was a master carpenter and successful businessman in his adopted home state, he was drawn into the fight game when he realized that a

Ortega clamped onto a mounted guillotine with just over two minutes remaining in the third round, locking it in tight. If you put 100 people into the same position at the same point of the fight, maybe 10 are getting free. Just over a minute later, Ortega locked up a triangle choke, hooking the leg

In fact, Katsuyoshi explains that while Harvard is Ivy League, Harvard athletes aren’t wound as tight as some may think they are. “I’d say there may be slight divides between teams, but the people in athletics tend to bond together closer than with the other students because we’re all in the same boat,” Katsuyoshi explained.