UFC News
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WWE Superstars react to CM Punk’s MMA debut at UFC 203
Say what you will about CM Punk, but he has certainly drawn a degree of attention after finally making his transition to MMA after a long career in professional wrestling. After making his much-discussed and anticipated MMA and UFC debut, the social media reactions to the fight were certainly very interesting.…
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UFC 203 Video: Faber, Werdum, and teammates get stuck in an elevator after weigh-ins
Here’s another instance of the MMA Gods throwing all manner of random events at our beloved sport. On Friday (courtesy of MMA Fighting and ZombieProphet), we had the odd occurrence in which members of Team Alpha Male, Kings MMA, and a few other assorted fighters crammed into an elevator after…
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Overeem doubts McGregor and Mayweather earn as much as they claim
For years, fans and media have speculated on full paydays for MMA fighters, mostly due to the secretive nature of the sport when it comes to financials. Despite disclosure from various commissions and organizations, there’s always the undisclosed contractual pay for some of the bigger names, making things more nebulous…
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Tyron Woodley talks about racist fan backlash to winning title
Before UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley won his title, he had faced a degree of derision from some fans that were not excited about the possibility of him fighting Robbie Lawler. Fans saw other contenders to be more worthy, and pointed at the fact that Woodley had been sitting out…
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Former Bellator lightweight contender Marcin Held signs with the UFC
Another Bellator talent has joined the UFC, and this time it’s season 10 lightweight tournament winner and Polish MMA grappling phenom Marcin Held. The 24-year-old fighter had previously been released from the promotion earlier this year after a win over fellow former Bellator fighter Dave Jansen, and has amassed a…
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White on possible McGregor/Diaz trilogy: ‘We’re definitely not doing this a 3rd time right now’
In some regards, UFC 202’s main event was worth the price of the PPV overall. It was an obvious fight of the year candidate that had plenty of swings in tempo and control with both fighters throwing everything they had at each other. Chief among the parties that were thrilled…
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Dominick Cruz on Cody Garbrandt: ‘I thought he was CM Punk’
After a brutal stoppage win over #11 ranked bantamweight Takeya Mizugaki, Cody Garbrandt had some choice words for champion Dominick Cruz, who was doing desk duty for the Fox Sports team as an analyst. Not a bad moment to do so, considering that the champion was right there and Garbrandt…
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UFC sale complete, new owners send first memo to fighters
With all of the attention this week focused on the massive expectations of the much-anticpated UFC 202, it’s easy for a lot of things to fly under the radar. Luckily for us, UFC flyweight Ryan Benoit shared a company e-mail that was sent to all of the fighters showing the…
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UFC 202 Video: Conor McGregor fuming backstage after bottle throwing incident
The build up to UFC 202 continues, and the new episode of Embedded picks up right where we left off with the fallout of the bottle-throwing incident between Nate Diaz and Conor McGregor. Backstage, a very agitated McGregor was fuming after the incident, more frazzled than Jose Aldo was in…
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UFC 202: Teammates for Diaz, McGregor banned from promotional events
After the UFC 202 presser ended with an ugly incident in which water bottles and other items were thrown around, UFC senior vice president of public relations Dave Sholler revealed that the teammates and/or other non-licensed personnel of Nate Diaz and Conor McGregor are banned from events related to the…
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