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Chris Taylor - April 15, 2018

Justin Gaethje on loss to Dustin Poirier: “I will be known and remembered as one of the most entertaining fighters that ever did it!” UFC lightweight contender Justin Gaethje suffered his second straight stoppage loss in the headliner of last night’s UFC on FOX 29 event in Glendale to Dustin Poirier.

Chris Taylor - April 14, 2018

MMA Community reacts to Dustin Poirier’s thrilling TKO victory over Justin Gaethje Surging UFC lightweight contender Dustin Poirier continued his climb up the 155-pound ladder tonight in Glendale by scoring a sensational fourth-round TKO victory over Justin Gaethje.

Chris Taylor - April 14, 2018

UFC Glendale Results: Dustin Poirier stops Justin Gaethje A key lightweight fight between perennial division contenders Dustin Poirier and Justin Gaethke served as the headliner of tonight’s UFC on FOX 29 event in Glendale, Arizona.

Chris Taylor - April 14, 2018

UFC Glendale Results: Alex Oliveira submits Carlos Condit A welterweight bout between surgingin division contender Alex Oliveira and former interim weltweight champion Carlos Condit served as the co-main event of tonight’s UFC on FOX 29 fight card in Glendale.

Chris Taylor - April 14, 2018

UFC Glendale Results: Michelle Waterson defeats Cortney Casey A women’s strawweight bout between Michelle Waterson and Cortney Casey kicked off tonight’s UFC on FOX 29 main card in Glendale, Arizona.

Chris Taylor - April 14, 2018

UFC Glendale Results: Antonio Carlos Junior submits Tim Boetsch A middleweight scrap between Tim Boetsch (21-12 MMA) and Antonio Carlos Junior (11-2 MMA) served as the featured bout of tonight’s UFC on FOX 29 prelims in Glendale, Arizona.

Chris Taylor - April 14, 2018

VIDEO | John Moraga defeats Wilson Reis at UFC Glendale A key flyweight tilt between perennial division contenders John Moraga and Wilson Reis took place on today’s UFC on FOX 29 prelims from Glendale, Arizona.

Chris Taylor - April 14, 2018

VIDEO | Brad Tavares finishes Krzysztof Jotko in round three at UFC Glendale UFC middleweight Brad Tavares extended his win streak to four in a row at tonight’s UFC on FOX 29 event in Glendale by scoring a third-round knockout victory over Krzysztof Jotko.

Chris Taylor - April 14, 2018

UFC Glendale Live Results The octagon invades Glendale, Arizona tonight for the promotions UFC on FOX 29: Gaethje vs. Poirier event.

Tom Taylor - April 13, 2018

UFC 225, which goes down on June 9 in beautiful Chicago, Illinois, looks like an early frontrunner for 2018’s Card of the Year. One of the latest additions to this absolutely stacked card is a women’s featherweight showdown between former Invicta featherweight champ Megan Anderson, and former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm. Given that there is only a handful of fighters in the UFC women’s featherweight division, it should come as no surprise that this newly announced matchup is of particular interest to divisional champ Cris Cyborg. Speaking to Amy Kaplan of Fansided, Cyborg gave her take on this matchup. While she isn’t surprised that the UFC put the fight together, she also doesn’t seem sure it was the right fight to make.

Tom Taylor - April 13, 2018

Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey has left the world of mixed martial arts behind, and from the looks of it, she couldn’t be happier with her new life as a pro wrestler. That being said, Rousey’s transformation from fighter to pro wrestler—particularly her exit from the UFC—was not exactly easy.

Tom Taylor - April 13, 2018

Tomorrow night, the UFC will take over Glendale, Arizona’s Gila River Arena with an exciting, 14-fight card. This UFC Glendale card will be headlined by a lightweight showdown between long-time contender Dustin Poirier, and former World Series of Fighting champion Justin Gaethje. The co-main event of the evening, meanwhile, will pit former interim welterweight champion Carlos Condit against Alex “Cowboy” Oliveira, who steps in to replace the injured Matt Brown on short notice. Other features of this UFC Glendale main card include the sophomore UFC effort of red-hot prospect Israel Adesanya, who battles Italy’s Marvin Vettori, and a women’s strawweight bout between former Invicta atomweight champ Michelle Waterson and Cortney Casey. The undercard, finally, includes names like Tim Boetsch, Antonio Carlos Junior, John Moraga, Wilson Reis, Krzysztof Jotko, Brad Tavares, Dhiego Lima, and Yushin Okami.

Tom Taylor - April 13, 2018

On June 1, in the main event of the UFC’s stop in Utica, NY, Jimmie Rivera will fight former WSOF champ Marlon Moraes. For a time, however, Rivera was asking for a different fight: a showdown with former champion Cody Garbrandt. In the end, of course, Rivera didn’t get his desired scrap with Garbrandt. In his opinion, that’s because Garbrandt is ducking him.

Tom Taylor - April 13, 2018

The UFC’s May 19 debut in Santiago, Chile seems to have taken a major hit, as Raphael Marinho of Combate is reporting that the card’s Volkan Oezdemir vs. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua co-headliner is off. According to Combate’s report, Oezdemir will not be able to leave the United States as planned due to legal issues stemming from an incident in late 2017. At this time, it’s not known whether Shogun will fight a new opponent on the card, or if the bout will be rescheduled for an event on American soil.

Tom Taylor - April 13, 2018

If things had gone according to the original plan, Tony Ferguson would have battled Khabib Nurmagomedov for the UFC lightweight title in the main event of UFC 223 last Saturday night. Regrettably, Ferguson sustained a freak knee injury while going about his UFC 223 media obligations, and was replaced by Max Holloway, who was later replaced by Al Iaquinta. On Monday, Ferguson went under the knife to repair the injured knee that forced him out of UFC 223. Shortly thereafter, he shared a photo of his post-surgery wound to Instagram, and let’s just say it’s going to leave one hell of a scar.

Tom Taylor - April 13, 2018

Last weekend, Conor McGregor and a handful of his cronies unleashed a ridiculous rampage in Brooklyn, New York—the host city for UFC 223. This rampage reached its violent crescendo when McGregor threw a hand truck threw the window of a shuttle bus carrying multiple UFC 223 fighters, injuring both Ray Borg and Michael Chiesa. It was a terrible scene, and UFC strawweight Michelle Waterson is worried what will happen if it goes unpunished. Speaking at a Thursday media day promoting her Saturday night UFC Glendale clash with Cortney Casey, Waterson explained this worry.

Tom Taylor - April 12, 2018

Recently, there as been some discussion about a potential light heavyweight showdown between perennial light heavyweight contender Alexander Gustafsson and former UFC middleweight champ Luke Rockhold. While Rockhold is definitely interested in this fight, he’d prefer to wait until after his friend and training partner, UFC light heavyweight champ Daniel Cormier, battles Stipe Miocic for the heavyweight belt at UFC 226 this July.

Nick Nadel - April 12, 2018

Part two in a series celebrating badassery in film and TV Considering the high-stakes drama that goes on inside the MMA cage, it’s no wonder that Hollywood has caught on. UFC stars like Ronda Rousey and Rampage Jackson appear in blockbuster films, while a number of action flicks have delved into the no holds barred world of mixed martial arts.