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Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterSep 5, 2023, 01:11 PM ET UFC middleweight contender Jared Cannonier will weigh in as a backup for the UFC 293 main event this weekend, his manager Lou DiBono of First Round Management confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday. Israel Adesanya will defend his UFC middleweight title against Sean Strickland in the
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Israel Adesanya is confident he will be leaving Sydney as the UFC middleweight champion. Adesanya is set to defend his title in the main event of UFC 293 against Sean Strickland in a fight that wasn’t the original plan. Instead, after Dricus Du Plessis beat Robert Whittaker in July, the plan was for him to
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UFC middleweight contender Sean Strickland is prowling the streets of Sydney, snapping photos with MMA fans ahead of the UFC 293 pay-per-view (PPV) event this weekend at Qudos Bank Arena. Unfortunately for all parties involved, one Israel Adesanya supporter got a little too close for comfort, ultimately paying the price for his “Tarzan” trash talk.
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Alexander Volkanovski and Valentina Shevchenko are the official cover athletes for the upcoming EA Sports UFC 5 video game. EA Sports announced the news Tuesday. See images of the cover reveal below. Shevchenko and Volkanovski join Israel Adesanya, Jorge Masvidal, Jon Jones, Alexander Gustafsson, Conor McGregor, and Ronda Rousey as UFC fighters to appear on
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Welcome to Midnight Mania! Black belts in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu do not come easily. Though there are rare cases of exceptionally quick promotions and lots of more drawn out journeys, it takes the average grappler anywhere between eight and 12 years to earn a black belt. It’s not solely length of time, however. Ideally, consistency, overall
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And now, armed with three straight stoppage victories, a pair of successful title defenses, and a little bit of buzz, the Lethbridge-based titleholder is really starting to feel like he’s putting all the pieces together. “I was literally just thinking that today, about all the stuff I’ve been through, thinking, ‘Maybe all the stuff I’ve
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One-time title challenger Jared Cannonier has been tapped to back up the Israel Adesanya vs. Sean Strickland headliner at UFC 293. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans, who requested anonymity because the news wasn’t publicly announced, confirmed an MMA Junkie report of Cannonier role for Saturday’s fight. The 39-year-old Texas native will weigh
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Former UFC light-heavyweight champion Rampage Jackson has confirmed his comeback fight. The fan-favorite has been out of the cage for nearly four years, last fighting in Bellator. In December 2019, Rampage Jackson traveled to Japan to face Fedor Emelianenko. In the main event of Bellator 237, ‘The Last Emperor’ easily scored a first-round knockout victory.
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Ciryl Gane won big at UFC Paris last weekend inside Accor Arena, smashing heavyweight “Polar Bear” Serghei Spivac and capturing a post-fight performance bonus. Unfortunately “Bon Gamin” also lost big, thanks to band of brazen burglars who robbed the power-punching Frenchman while he was locked inside the Octagon. “It is possible that the thugs have
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Cormier explains Jones’ logic “My profile was much bigger because of [our] interactions,” Cormier said. “It really does kinda follow that same formula, where once you fight a guy that’s established, your status kind of grows. But, Jon Jones could elevate those guys, but why? See, the difference is this: when we were older fighting
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UFC Paris blew the roof off Accor Arena yesterday (Sat., Sept. 2, 2023) after hometown hero, Ciryl Gane, stopped Serghei Spivac in the second round with an array of strikes (see it again here). In the co-main event, Manon Fiorot made her case for a shot at the women’s Flyweight title after defeating former women’s
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