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Drake Riggs - June 15, 2018

The Brock Lesnar saga continues. The current WWE Universal champion is also a former UFC heavyweight champion. And it has been made clear that he would like to get back into the Octagon after his time is done inside the ring. A Lesnar MMA return has been continually teased to us for the past so many months this year. And it’s gone as far from pictures at the UFC Performance Institute to Dana White himself stating that Lesnar will return…and potentially for a title shot.

Drake Riggs - June 15, 2018

The rumor of all MMA rumors continues to find it’s legs. We may be getting closer to finally seeing Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov meet inside the octagon. Russian MMA insiders, MMA Team Dagestan have reported that the potential lightweight championship bout is in the works for the October 6th date in Las Vegas at UFC 229.

Tom Taylor - June 15, 2018

On the latest episode of the MMA Roasted podcast, UFC interim welterweight champion Colby Covington got talking about Brazilian Jiu Jitsu ace turned ONE Championship star Garry Tonon. It should come as no surprise that Covington claimed he could easily defeat Tonon in a grappling match. It did not take long for Tonon to respond to this comment from Covington, and he seems more than happy to let the UFC champ try to prove it.

Tom Taylor - June 15, 2018

“Sir Michael Bisping”. It has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it? If a petition created by UK MMA fans is successful, that’s what we’ll soon be calling the former UFC middleweight champ.

Nick Nadel - June 15, 2018

Part two of a three-part series celebrating outrageous, WTF moments in MMA and pop culture. Trouble tends to find the gang on AMC’s Preacher. Throughout their quest to find God, Jesse, Cassidy and Tulip have gotten into their fair share of brutal scraps. That tends to happen when you’re a vampire, a pistol-packing badass and a former man of the cloth with the power to control others with a single command.

Tom Taylor - June 15, 2018

Greg Hardy’s first-round knockout of Austen Lane, which occurred on this week’s episode of Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series, earned him a “development” contract with the UFC. Speaking to TMZ this week, Dana White himself shed some light on what this development deal will actually look like, and when we might see Hardy again. Apparently, White is hoping to have Hardy compete on another episode of the Contender Series in July. In other words, we can expect the UFC to build Hardy up via other avenues before he debuts in the Octagon proper.

Tom Taylor - June 15, 2018

Bellator star Chael Sonnen watched Mike Jackson and CM Punk’s fight at UFC 225, and where many onlookers saw a clumsy tilt between two unskilled hopefuls, he claims to have seen something different. He gave his take on the fight on a recent episode of his Beyond The Fight podcast.

Tom Taylor - June 15, 2018

UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier’s next fight will occur in the heavyweight division, as he’s set to battle divisional king Stipe Miocic in a heavyweight title fight at UFC 226. By moving to the heavyweight division, Cormier has temporarily deprived top light heavyweight contender Alexander Gustafsson of the title shot he has earned. Luckily, the champ has an idea for Gustafsson’s next fight. Cormier feels that, because his teammate Luke Rockhold is injured, Gustafsson should welcome fearsome middleweight contender Yoel Romero to the light heavyweight division.

Tom Taylor - June 15, 2018

Last Saturday, in the first bout of the UFC 225 main card, former pro wrestler CM Punk stepped into the cage with Mike Jackson, keen to erase the memory of his disastrous MMA debut, in which he was thrashed to a first-round submission by Mickey Gall. Regrettably, Punk’s sophomore effort went no better than his first, as he was battered to a lopsided decision loss. In the wake of Punk’s latest lost, opinions on his MMA run have varied. Some admire his ambition and his heart. Others are more focused on the fact that he seems to lack the physical tools to cut in a cage fight. In the opinion of UFC President Dana White, you have to respect what the former pro wrestler attempted to do. If you don’t, well, you’re a “fucking idiot.”

Drake Riggs - June 14, 2018

“I don’t have a very good opinion [of Greg Hardy being signed to the UFC]. I had a spat with domestic violence before I moved out to Vegas. That’s actually why I moved to Vegas.

Drake Riggs - June 14, 2018

UFC 225’s main event was an instant classic. It featured a rematch between two of the greatest middleweight fighters MMA has ever seen. The fighters competing in said main event were Yoel Romero and the UFC champion, Robert Whittaker. Unfortunately, after Romero missed the championship weight the day before by .02 pounds, the fight was changed to a non-title bout. But it didn’t stop the two from beating the hell out of one another.

Drake Riggs - June 14, 2018

“I’m feeling great. I’m feeling positive. I’m feeling excited. I’m ready to go, man. Ready to take this next step and see where it takes us.

Drake Riggs - June 14, 2018

https://youtu.be/TsZd2-NHkgQ When it comes to fun, must-see fighters in the lighter weight classes, British MMA legend, Brad Pickett has been one of the names that always came to mind for the better half of the past decade.

Drake Riggs - June 14, 2018

July 29th, 2018 will mark a full year since Jon Jones last competed inside the Octagon. And his situation has still yet to get a clear resolution. The 30-year-old 22-1 former light heavyweight champion just hasn’t been able to avoid troubles outside the cage since 2015. The spiral began with the infamous hit-and-run incident that led to the first stripping of his title.

Tom Taylor - June 14, 2018

Now that Robert Whittaker has defeated Yoel Romero for a second time — he did so by decision in the main event of UFC 225 — there are two clear frontrunners in the race to the next middleweight title shot. One is former middleweight champion Chris Weidman. The other is streaking contender Kelvin Gastelum. Weidman believes he deserves the next middleweight title shot because he submitted Kelvin Gastelum in his last fight. He also believes that his accolades as a former middleweight champion — with three defenses to his name — outweigh his three recent losses to Luke Rockhold, Romero and Gegard Mousasi.

Tom Taylor - June 14, 2018

UFC heavyweight contender Derrick Lewis has previously stated that he would love to punish former NFL star and MMA hopeful Greg Hardy for the infamous incident of domestic violence in his past. Now, having knocked out Austen Lane on Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series, Hardy is signed with the UFC. The former football player was awarded a developmental contract with the promotion, and will probably debut with the promotion sometime in the near future.

Tom Taylor - June 14, 2018

At 18-1 overall, Juan Archuleta boasts one of the most impressive records of any fighter on the Bellator MMA roster. At Bellator 201, which goes down on June 29 in Temecula, California, he’ll look to make that record even more impressive with a win over UFC veteran Robbie Peralta.

Tom Taylor - June 14, 2018

Over the last few weeks, there’s been a rash of fighters missing weight for high-profile UFC bouts, from Mackenzie Dern, to Darren Till, to Yoel Romero. In the opinion of UFC welterweight Alan Jouban, there’s an easy way to explain some of these weigh-in misses — particularly the more significant ones.