Showing posts with label UFC. Show all posts
Showing posts with label UFC. Show all posts

Sunday, February 28, 2016

UFC Fight Night 84: 5 Burning Questions Heading into UFC 196

UFC 196: Holly Holm - Ready to Defend Championship Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports The Fight: Conor McGregor vs. Nate DiazThe Real Fight: Nate Diaz vs. The UFC"s Best InterestThe StakesA massive fight between UFC lightweight champ Rafael dos Anjos and UFC featherweight champ Conor McGregor fell...
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UFC Fight Night 84"s Rustam Khabilov happy his back no longer against wall

UFC 196: McGregor vs. Diaz - Money FightLONDON The last time UFC lightweight Rustam Khabilov walked out of the octagon, he was on a two-fight skid. Then he sat out for one year.The threat of unemployment motivated Khabilov (18-3 MMA, 4-2 UFC) to get back in the UFCs good graces. Thankfully for him, he was able to do so by outpointing Norman Parke (21-5-1 MMA, 5-3-1 UFC) on the UFC Fight Pass-streamed prelims of UFC Fight...
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Sunday, January 31, 2016

Video: Cameraman falls filming Alex Caceres walkout at UFC on Fox New Jersey

UFC on FOX 18 Post-Fight Press ConferenceOops. Turns out walking backwards in front of a UFC fighter as he makes his entrance to the cage isn"t always easy. Alex Cacares took a unanimous decision win overMasio Fullen last night to open the Fox Sports 1 preliminaries of UFC on Fox 18: Johnson vs. Bader. Cacares aka "Bruce LeRoy" dominated Fullen with his flashy "real-life Tekken" approach and took every round on all three...
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UFC on FOX 18 results: Ben Rothwell scores shocking submission of Josh Barnett

EA SPORTS UFC 2 | Ultimate Team CHAMPIONSHIP GameplayNEWARK, N.J. Keep doubting Ben Rothwell, and he will keep surprising you. And maybe one day, youll be forced to give him a title shot.Rothwell (36-9 MMA, 6-3 UFC) became the first fighter to legitimately submit former UFC heavyweight champion Josh Barnett (34-8 MMA, 6-3 UFC), tapping him with the same choke he used to make his previous opponent quit.The heavyweight bout...
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UFC on FOX 18 bonuses: Jimmie Rivera, Iuri Alcantara cash in for "Fight of the Night"

UFC on FOX 18 Post-Fight Press ConferenceIuri Alcantara and Jimmie RiveraNEWARK, N.J. Anthony Johnson, Ben Rothwell, Jimmie Rivera and Iuri Alcantara each earned $50,000 fight-night bonuses at Saturdays UFC on FOX 18 event.Johnson and Rothwell picked up Performance of the Night awards, and Rivera and Alcantara picked up Fight of the Night honors.UFC exec Dave Sholler announced the winners at the post-event press conference,...
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Monday, March 16, 2015

Henry Cejudo eyeing Mexico City following flyweight win at UFC 185

Henry CejudoAfter several previous failed attempts to make flyweight, Henry Cejudosuccessfully made the 125-pound limit for his UFC 185 bout with Chris Cariaso.Things went well in his first bout inthe UFCs lightest weight classas the 2008 Olympic gold medalist controlled the fight from bell to bell, using his wrestling to dictate where the fight took place and sticking Cariasos(17-7 MMA, 7-5 UFC) back to either the cage...
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