What makes a champion memorable is excellence, of course, but also the storylines that accompany the accomplishments. Against Burns, it was the classic friends-turned-foes storyline. Although the heat behind the fight wasn’t ever that vicious, the competitiveness between the former (and rekindled) training partners led to a fascinating matchup aided by Burns’ supposed perfect skillset
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Vitor Belfort was hoping to box Roy Jones Jr. at Gamebred Boxing 4. When Belfort was first offered to box on the card, the Brazilian says he was going to headline the card against Jones Jr. in a massive fight for both men. Yet, the former UFC light heavyweight champion revealed Jones Jr. turned him
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*** NOTE: MMA media is experiencing wi-fi issues inside The O2. We will post full videos as they roll in — scroll down to watch them. *** Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will hold a special fight week media day for some of the top names competing on the UFC 286 pay-per-view (PPV) fight card, including
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Conor McGregor: ‘I’m too skilled for Michael Chandler’ Former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor has wrapped up filming The Ultimate Fighter and coaching opposite Michael Chandler. The two are expected to fight later this year and McGregor believes that he’s simply too skilled for the former three-time Bellator lightweight champion. “For Chandler, I’m too slick
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Mar 10, 2023 Former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou says he has “made amends” with his split from the promotion earlier this year and is focused on booking his professional boxing debut in 2023. Ngannou, 36, was essentially stripped of the UFC heavyweight title in January, when the company said it had failed to come
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Fresh from a stunning knockout of Usman last August that evened their series at 1-1, Birmingham’s Edwards will now make his first title defense against Usman, who has won 19 of his last 20 bouts.  Plus, two of the lightweight division’s most explosive contenders collide, as Justin Gaethje meets Rafael Fiziev in the UFC 286
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UFC President Dana White doesn’t like the idea of Merab Dvalishvili skipping a UFC Bantamweight Championship opportunity for his close friend Aljamain Sterling. Dvalishvili is coming off a one-sided five-round affair against Petr Yan this past Saturday. As UFC color commentator Daniel Cormier mentioned, in any other fight, a performance such as the one Dvalishvili
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