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Tom Taylor - May 27, 2018

One of the most anticipated features of the UFC Liverpool main card was a featherweight scrap between “Mr. Finland” Makwan Amirkhani and Jason “The Kid” Knight. This fight lived up to all expectations, as the two featherweights gave as an absolutely thrilling scrap. Amirkhani started the first round very strong, cracking his foe repeatedly with a strong lead left, and trash-talking all the way through. As the round wore down, however, Knight dropped his foe not once, but twice, and closed out the round threatening with his vaunted submissions from the bottom.

Tom Taylor - May 27, 2018

The second bout of the UFC Liverpool main card occurred at welterweight, where Brazil’s Claudio Silva took on Canada’s Nordine Taleb. It was a dominant win for the Brazilian, who applied a face-crushing rear-naked choke in the first round, coaxing out the tap as a result.

Tom Taylor - May 27, 2018

The UFC Liverpool undercard was wrapped up by a middleweight bout between the long-absent Tom Breese, and Australian judoka Dan Kelly. It was a rough night for the 40-year-old Kelly. Midway through the first round, Breese connected with a rocket-fuelled uppercut that put Kelly on the retreat, clutching his face in pain. A few followup strikes later, and it was all over.

Tom Taylor - May 27, 2018

Elias Theodorou, who picked up a nice decision win over Trevor Smith during the prelims of Sunday’s UFC Liverpool card, has recently been moonlighting as a “ring boy” for women’s MMA promotion Invicta Fighting Championship. Essentially, Theodorou’s gig with Invicta sees him fulfill the same role as the “ring girls” of Bellator or the UFC. Shortly after his big win in Liverpool, Theodorou announced that he’ll soon be giving other male fighters a chance to try their hands as ring boys — in a sense.

Tom Taylor - May 27, 2018

There was a bevy of mainstream stars in the crowd for Friday night’s Bellator 200 card, including 50 Cent, Conor McGregor, and Hollywood superstar Chris Pratt. Shortly after the event, Pratt, who has recently starred in films like Avengers: Infinity War, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Jurassic World, took to Instagram with a post that praised Bellator 200 main card fighter Michael Page.

Tom Taylor - May 27, 2018

Yesterday afternoon, Darren Till missed weight for his UFC Liverpool headlining showdown with Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson, tipping the scales 3.5 pounds above the welterweight limit of 171 pounds. After a period of much confusion and speculation, we learned that the fight would go ahead as planned, so long as Till weighed in at less than 188 pounds at 1:00pm BST on Sunday. This, of course, meant that he would have to heavily control his rehydration process.

Jordy McElroy - May 26, 2018

David Rickels vowed to take Michael “Venom” Page’s heart in front of his London countrymen at Bellator 200. Yet, when the smoke cleared, Rickels was the one succumbing to defeat at the hands of the British doppelganger of Anderson Silva. Coming off an 18-month hiatus, Page opened up a gash over Rickels’ left eye, forcing a verbal submission at 0:43 of the second round.

Chris Taylor - May 26, 2018

Bellator 200 took place last night live from SSE Arena in London, England. The historic event delivered with some highlight reel finishes and memorable fights.

Chris Taylor - May 26, 2018

It did not take long for current Bellator welterweight champion Rory MacDonald to respond to a challenge issued by newly crowned Bellator middleweight champion Gegard Mousasi. Mousasi called out “The Red King” just moments after defeating Rafael Carvalho via first-round TKO to claim the Bellator middleweight title at last night’s Bellator 200 event in London.

Chris Taylor - May 26, 2018

Former two-time UFC welterweight title challenger Stephen Thompson (14-2-1 MMA) successfully made weight for his highly anticipated showdown with undefeated Liverpool native Darren Till earlier today at Echo Arena. Unfortunately for “Wonderboy”, his UFC Fight Night 130 opponent (Darren Till) could not say the same.

Chris Taylor - May 26, 2018

Add UFC President Dana White to the long list of people who were incredibly disappointed that Darren Till missed weight for his highly anticipated UFC Fight Night 130 showdown with Stephen Thompson. Darren Till (16-0-1 MMA) weighed in at 174.5 pounds earlier today in Liverpool, 3.5 pounds above the welterweight limit of 171-pounds.

Chris Taylor - May 26, 2018

The main event of tomorrow’s UFC Fight Night 130 card was almost scratched earlier today when event headliner Darren Till missed weight by a whopping 3.5 pounds (174.5 pounds). Thankfully the UFC was able to convince Till’s opponent, Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson (14-2-1 MMA), to continue on with the fight despite the Liverpool natives botched weight cut.

Tom Taylor - May 26, 2018

If you haven’t heard, Darren Till missed weight for his UFC Liverpool-headlining showdown with Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson by 3.5 pounds. The fight will go ahead as planned, with the stipulation that Till does not weigh any more than 188 pounds by 1:00pm BST tomorrow. Till will also surrender 30% of his purse to his foe. While reports suggest that Till’s botched weight cut is due, at least in part, to a family emergency, he’s receiving quite a bit of flack all the same. As you probably guessed, some of this flack came from the ever-outspoken Colby Covington, who will fight Rafael dos Anjos for the UFC interim welterweight title at UFC 225 this June 9.

Tom Taylor - May 26, 2018

UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov has a message for Conor McGregor. Nurmagomedov sent this message to McGregor on Instagram.

Drake Riggs - May 25, 2018

MMAJunkie has confirmed initial reports from Front Row Brian that former Strikeforce welterweight champion and UFC veteran, Nick Diaz has been arrested for alleged domestic violence in Las Vegas. The charges are that of felony domestic battery by strangulation, along with a misdemeanor domestic battery for the alleged incident. Diaz’ bail has been set at $18,000. He will not be able to post bail until after his court hearing tomorrow at 9am PST.

Tom Taylor - May 25, 2018

When the UFC made the shocking decision to cut Yair Rodriguez earlier this month, the expectation was that he would find another home quite quickly — potentially with South American MMA powerhouse Combate Americas. Apparently, Combate Americas was initially interested in signing Rodriguez, and quickly offered him a deal that is said to be more lucrative than his last in the UFC. According to MMAMania, however, the promotion has since rescinded its offer.

Tom Taylor - May 25, 2018

Former UFC lightweight and featherweight champion Conor McGregor is known for his extravagant spending. According to NESN, he’ll soon be taking his spending habits to new heights, as he’s set to cash in on an absurdly luxurious villa in the postcard-worthy town of Marbella, Spain. This villa, which is perched just a short distance from the blue-green waters of the Mediterranean Sea, reportedly costs $1.5 million.

Tom Taylor - May 25, 2018

The crowd at Bellator 200 will be full of stars from mixed martial arts, television, and the silver screen. According to Chamatkar Sandhu, who spoke to Bellator officials, names like Conor McGregor, Chris Pratt and Sophie Turner will be in attendance. Been informed by Bellator officials that the following guests will be sitting cageside for #Bellator200 tonight:– Conor McGregor– Paul Daley– Chris Pratt– 50 Cent– The cast of Geordie Shore– Sophie Turner (who plays Sansa Stark on Game of Thrones)Amongst others.