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Tom Taylor - April 19, 2018

Earlier this week, we learned that Hawaiian welterweight slugger Yancy Medeiros will return to the cage opposite a fellow action fighter in Mike Perry. The pair are scheduled to collide in the midst of International Fight Week, at UFC 226 on July 7.

Tom Taylor - April 19, 2018

All-action Hawaiian welterweight Yancy Medeiros, who battles Mike Perry at UFC 226 this July 7, is a close friend of welterweight legend Nick Diaz. Speaking on the latest episode of BJ Penn Radio, Medeiros discussed the possibility of the elder Diaz brother returning to the Octagon after his four-year hiatus—and ultimately wound up telling a pretty funny Nick Diaz drinking story.

Tom Taylor - April 19, 2018

#Psych… #DoublePsych#AFC139 pic.twitter.com/FX9o2ooeQ1 — UFC FIGHT PASS (@UFCFightPass) April 19, 2018

Tom Taylor - April 19, 2018

This Saturday, on the main card of the UFC’s stop in Atlantic City, New Jersey, red-hot heavyweight prospect Justin Willis will collide with all-action fan favorite Chase Sherman.

Nick Nadel - April 19, 2018

Part three of a series celebrating badassery in film and TV A martial arts badass’ greatest weapon is usually their hands and feet. Sometimes, however, a sword, staff or, say, a flying guillotine hat comes in handy when taking down their opponent. Wielding a weapon in combat takes serious skill, and sometimes it pays to get creative when facing down a horde of enemies.

Tom Taylor - April 19, 2018

Earlier this month, former UFC lightweight champ Conor McGregor travelled to Brooklyn, New York for UFC 223, and promptly went ballistic. The Irishman ran amok inside the UFC 223 host venue, throwing a dolly through the window of a shuttle bus carrying a number of fighters, and injuring two of them. In the wake of this ridiculous incident, we’ve all been waiting keenly to see what kind of repercussions the Irishman will face from the UFC, the Barclay’s Center, the New York State Athletic Commission, and the fighters he injured.

Tom Taylor - April 19, 2018

At UFC 225, which goes down on June 9 in Chicago, Illinois, former Invicta featherweight champ Megan Anderson will make her anticipated Octagon debut opposite former bantamweight champion Holly Holm.

Tom Taylor - April 19, 2018

https://twitter.com/UFCONFOX/status/986797094701744128 This weekend, in the main event of the UFC’s stop in Atlantic City, dangerous lightweight contender Kevin Lee will return to the cage opposite Edson Barboza. Ahead of this scrap, Lee partook in a video interview with Daniel Cormier and Kenny Florian on FOX Sports. For this interview, Cormier and Florian had a bit of fun, dressing up as the famously fashionable Lee. The result was a pretty hilarious interview, during which Lee seemed to have a pretty hard time keeping a straight face. Watch it above!

Drake Riggs - April 18, 2018

Despite what many may be led to believe, there is a flawlessly dominant wrestler outside of the UFC that may be a lot more well known than people assume. That wrestler turned undefeated multi-time MMA champion is none other than ‘Funky’ Ben Askren. Askren went 18-0 in his professional career before semi-retiring this past November. Funky Ben was most well known for being the dominant champion of both Bellator and ONE Championship.

Tom Taylor - April 18, 2018

Last Saturday night, in the main event of the UFC’s action-packed stop in Glendale, Arizona, Dustin Poirier authored a jaw-dropping win over former World Series of Fighting champion Justin Gaethje, putting his foe down with a blistering fourth-round punch. In the wake of this win, Poirier made his hopes for his next fight very clear. He wants a crack at new UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. On Tuesday night, the surging lightweight contender took to Twitter to reiterate this plan, promising that he’ll be the lightweight champ before the curtains close on the year 2018.

Tom Taylor - April 18, 2018

The lightweight division could not be interesting right now. The undefeated Khabib Nurmagomedov now sits on the UFC lightweight throne, while Tony Ferguson recovers from surgery, and Conor McGregor adds an ever-present asterisk to the lightweight title situation. Then there are dangerous UFC lightweight contenders like Dustin Poirier, Eddie Alvarez, Al Iaquinta, Kevin Lee, and Edson Barboza. And of course, there are the countless top lightweight talents who currently reside outside the UFC, like Bellator staple Michael Chandler. Speaking on MMAJunkie Radio this week, Chandler delved deep on the state of the lightweight division. While he’s certainly paying attention to the goings-on over in the UFC, however, he has no intention of leaving Bellator when his current contract wraps up.

Tom Taylor - April 18, 2018

Last weekend, on the main card of the UFC’s exciting stop in Glendale, Arizona, Italian middleweight Marvin Vettori gave up a close decision to highly-hyped prospect Israel Adesanya. Since then, he’s made no secret of the fact that he feels the fight should have gone his way. As it turns out, Vettori’s gripes don’t end with the UFC Glendale judges. He’s also got some lingering beef with Adesanya, and promises to slap the striking specialist next time he sees him.

Tom Taylor - April 18, 2018

Edson Barboza’s December loss to Khabib Nurmagomedov couldn’t have gone a whole lot worse, as he was thoroughly dominated by the Russian for three, lopsided rounds. All the same, the ever-dangerous Barboza feels Nurmagomedov could lose to any number of top-10 lightweights on any given night. “It’s tough to say who is the best,” Barboza told MMAWeekly. “Sometimes the guy who’s the best isn’t the guy who wins that night and he loses. It’s so hard for me to say one guy is the best. I feel like if you see the top five guys in the UFC, you rank the top five guys, all those guys their level is so high.

Tom Taylor - April 18, 2018

There are several options on the table for the first title defense of new UFC lightweight champ Khabib Nurmagomedov. One is Dustin Poirier, who says he’s been contacted by Nurmagomedov’s camp to discuss a title fight. Another is Tony Ferguson, who’s been scheduled to fight Nurmagomedov a whopping four times to no avail in the past. And then, of course, there’s former UFC lightweight champ Conor McGregor, who’s beef with Nurmagomedov is currently absolutely sizzling. Whether it serves as Nurmagomedov’s first title defense or not, UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier believes a Nurmagomedov vs. McGregor fight will happen in the near future. Given that he’s both a long-time Nurmagomedov training partner and a UFC analyst, Cormier’s confidence in this matchup occurring is certainly interesting.

Tom Taylor - April 18, 2018

The reaction to Conor McGregor‘s insane rampage in Brooklyn, during which the Irishman threw a dolly threw the window of a shuttle bus and injured several fighters, was mostly negative. Surprisingly, however, McGregor’s arch rival Nate Diaz initially reacted with a degree of understanding. In his first reaction to the madness, Diaz suggested that McGregor’s actions were justified, as Khabib Nurmagomedov had cornered McGregor’s friend and training partner Artem Lobov earlier in the week.

Tom Taylor - April 18, 2018

Earlier this month, MMA superstar Conor McGregor flew to Brooklyn, New York, and ran amok inside the UFC 223 host venue. The Irishman’s rampage reached a violent crescendo when he threw a dolly threw the window a shuttle bus carrying a number of UFC 223 fighters, injuring Ray Borg and Michael Chiesa. In the wake of this event, many notable fighters have chimed in to give their take on the madness. Some, unsurprisingly, scolded McGregor severely. Others, meanwhile, were more understanding of his actions. And then there’s UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic, who simply assured he’d never act the way McGregor did, because his wife and his mother would kill him if he did.

Tom Taylor - April 17, 2018

“Platinum” Mike Perry and Yancy Medeiros, two of the UFC welterweight division’s most exciting fighters, have been booked for a slugfest this summer. The pair will collide at UFC 226, which goes down on July 7 in the MMA epicenter of Las Vegas, Nevada. This bout was first reported The Las Vegas Review Journal, and subsequently announced by the UFC.

Tom Taylor - April 17, 2018

In November of 2017, long-time UFC strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk succumbed to a first-round knockout dealt by unheralded challenger Rose Namajunas, surrendering her title as a result. Earlier this month, in the co-main event of UFC 223, Jedrzejczyk failed to reclaim that title, giving up a close decision to Namajunas in the pair’s anticipated rematch. While the judges awarded the decision to Namajunas in this rematch, however, Jedrzejczyk has repeatedly stated that she feels the fight should have been scored in her favor. Her main argument to this end is that she technically landed more strikes than her foe.