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Fernando Quiles Jr. - July 12, 2019

Chael Sonnen is impressed with the way Ben Askren has faced the music. Askren entered the UFC with substantial hype. He was part of the UFC’s trade with ONE Championship. In exchange for Demetrious Johnson, Askren was sent over to the most recognized mixed martial arts promotion. “Funky” had a successful, albeit controversial, debut against Robbie Lawler back in March. He submitted Lawler in the first round. In his second UFC bout, Askren was flattened in a record-setting five seconds via flying knee courtesy of Jorge Masvidal.

Tom Taylor - July 12, 2019

Anthony Smith is eager to work his way to a second title fight with light heavyweight champion Jon Jones. He believes that in order to do so, he’ll first have to defeat one of the division’s other top fighters — namely Dominick Reyes, Jan Blachowicz and Corey Anderson. By his estimation, he’s most likely to be matched up with Corey Anderson, and from the sounds of it, he has no problem with that.

Tom Taylor - July 12, 2019

Thursday was the four-year anniversary of UFC 189, which was topped by a blockbuster interim featherweight title fight between Conor McGregor and Chad Mendes. McGregor had originally been expected to battle undisputed champion Jose Aldo on the card, but was matched up with Mendes on 10 days’ notice when Aldo sustained an injury in training.

Adam Martin - July 12, 2019

Betting odds have been released for a potential bout between UFC superstar Conor McGregor and surging welterweight contender Jorge Masvidal. According to BestFightOdds, the online sportsbook BetOnline is taking bets on a potential McGregor vs. Masvidal matchup. Take a look at the opening odds below:

Natasha Hooper - July 12, 2019

Holly Holm’s head coach Mike Winkeljohn is certain Holly Holm will bounce back from her head kick KO loss, unlike her former opponent Ronda Rousey. The former bantamweight champion looked to reclaim her belt last weekend, but couldn’t defeat the strong adversity that presented itself in Amanda Nunes. At UFC 239, Holm received a head kick and a flurry of punches that secured a first round KO victory for “The Lioness”.

Natasha Hooper - July 12, 2019

The most recent fighter to take the Joe Rogan hot seat is none other than bantamweight contender Aljamain Sterling. The 25-year-old sat down on the Joe Rogan podcast to discuss a range of topics including Diego Sanchez’s recent loss against Michael Chiesa. Rogan and the “Funk Master” criticized Diego Sanchez for picking a new ‘self-awareness coach’ named Josh Fabia to serve as his cornerman in the fight.

Mike Heck - July 12, 2019

Kayla Harrison and Jorge Masvidal came to an agreement prior to “Gamebred’s” UFC 239 knockout of Ben Askren. It was a deal that seemed to work out swimmingly for both fighters. Harrison improved to 5-0 with her first-round submission win over Morgan Frier at PFL 2019: 4. With the victory, which only took 1:25 to secure, Harrison earned her spot in the PFL playoffs and sets up an October matchup with Genah Fabian at PFL 2019: 7.

Tom Taylor - July 12, 2019

Just days after his record-breaking, five-second knockout of Ben Askren, surging UFC welterweight contender Jorge Masvidal called for a lucrative showdown with former-two division champion Conor McGregor. Speaking on his podcast, UFC commentator Joe Rogan gave his take on this potential matchup. He sees it as a “rough matchup” for the Irish star McGregor.

Tom Taylor - July 12, 2019

This Saturday, in the co-main event of UFC Sacramento, Urijah Faber returns to the cage opposite rising bantamweight contender Ricky Simon. If he wins, he’ll take a big step in the direction of a bantamweight title fight with new champion Henry Cejudo, who called him out after claiming the title with a TKO of Marlon Moraes at UFC 238. “Absolutely, I’ll never rule that out,” Faber said of Cejudo in an interview with MMA Fighting. “Henry just called me out, the current champ at two different weight classes and an Olympic gold medalist. So that’s an enticing fight for me because of the matchup, and you know, the reason I’m in the sport. And the fact he threw me in the mix and we talked about it 10 years ago prior, which is kind of cool how that all played out. So that’s always in the back of my head, for sure.”

Tom Taylor - July 12, 2019

On Friday, ONE Championship returned to our screens with the exciting ONE: Masters of Destiny card from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Watch it live below:

Tom Taylor - July 12, 2019

Yesterday was the four-year anniversary of the stacked UFC 189 card — the card that saw Conor McGregor capture his first UFC title with a TKO over Chad Mendes in an interim featherweight title fight. Speaking on Twitter, McGregor reminisced on this historic chapter of his career.

Adam Martin - July 11, 2019

Boxing legend Floyd Mayweather was asked about a potential rematch with UFC star Conor McGregor, and all he could do was laugh. TMZ Sports spoke to Mayweather in Los Angeles this week and asked him about potentially fighting McGregor again. The two previously met in the summer of 2017 in a boxing superfight that did record-setting pay-per-view numbers. Mayweather won the fight via 10th-round TKO, but McGregor has been angling for a rematch ever since.

Adam Martin - July 11, 2019

UFC heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier ran into UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones before the ESPYS on Wednesday, and not surprisingly the encounter wasn’t cordial. According to TMZ Sports, who spoke to Cormier at the event, the lingering resentment between DC and Jones still remains.

Chris Taylor - July 11, 2019

Like many of us, Dwayne Johnson was extremely impressed by Jorge Masvidal’s historic flying knee knockout of Ben Askren at UFC 239. ‘The Rock’, who is an avid UFC fan, recently took to Twitter where he replied to ‘Gamebred’ with the following assessment of his performance last weekend.

Cole Shelton - July 11, 2019

Lyoto Machida and Gegard Mousasi are set to run it back at Bellator 228 on September 28, Bellator announced. The two fought back at UFC Fight Night 36 in February 2014. There, they were the fight of the night but it was Machida who did enough as he edged out a unanimous decision. Since then, the Brazilian went on to fight for the UFC middleweight title again, but lost and then headed to Bellator after a 3-4 record following the Mousasi fight.

Fernando Quiles Jr. - July 11, 2019

Jorge Masvidal is seeing green and a fight with Conor McGregor could help him cash in. Masvidal is the talk of the mixed martial arts world following UFC 239. His devastating flying knee knockout over Ben Askren in just five seconds has skyrocketed “Gamebred’s” popularity. With Masvidal on cloud nine, he’s hoping to capitalize on his momentum with a title shot or a “money fight” with a “Notorious” star.

Matheus Costa - July 11, 2019

Brandon Moreno is back in the UFC roster, and thanks in large part to two-division champ Henry Cejudo, there is still a flyweight division for him to return to. The Mexican flyweight, who got cut along with a long list of flyweights when it appeared that the division was being closed back in February, got hired again by the UFC brass.

Tom Taylor - July 11, 2019

UFC interim middleweight champion Israel Adesanya believes that most MMA fans are fickle and disloyal. Speaking to MMA Fighting at the UFC Hall of Fame ceremony last weekend, the interim titleholder looked back on the moment he realized how “wishy-washy” fight fans are.