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Coach John Kavanagh predicts Conor McGregor to beat Nate Diaz in round four
Russell Ess - August 8, 2016
UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor has been training for what he calls the most important fight of his career. Leading up to the rematch with Nate Diaz, McGregor’s coach John Kavanagh says that this camp has been a game changer for “The Notorious.”
Team Georges St-Pierre also brings up Nick Diaz fight: GSP 'spent the entire night vomiting'
Russell Ess - August 8, 2016
With the recent buzz of Nick Diaz claiming he was drugged before his UFC 158 fight with former UFC welterweight king Georges St-Pierre, team GSP also brought a situation from their contest to light. St-Pierre’s longtime BJJ coach, John Danaher recently recalled the night before the fight with Diaz and explained how “Rush” got extremely sick and was vomiting all night.
VIDEO | On This Day: Anderson Silva in the Matrix vs. Forrest Griffin
Russell Ess - August 8, 2016
https://youtu.be/Rt1IIJMpcgI Former UFC middleweight kingpin Anderson Silva has put on some of the most entertaining performances we have seen in the UFC.
Conor McGregor to jump in the WWE ring to settle the beef?
Russell Ess - August 8, 2016
UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor is a pure genius when it comes to marketing his brand. With his recent stab at the WWE wrestlers being “messed up puss–s,” “The Notorious is getting a ton of attention from a single phone call.
VIDEO | Richard Perez talks about Nick Diaz being drugged before fight with Georges St-Pierre
Russell Ess - August 8, 2016
Nick Diaz is fresh off an 18-month suspension for testing positive for marijuana.
VIDEO | Joe Rogan and Joey Diaz's hilarious reactions to Rafael dos Anjos vs. Eddie Alvarez
Russell Ess - August 8, 2016
Eddie Alvarez put on more than Rafael dos Anjos could handle during their UFC lightweight championship fight at UFC Fight Night 90 in July.
VIDEO | UFC 202 Preview: Nate Diaz vs. Conor McGregor 2
Russell Ess - August 8, 2016
https://youtu.be/kmPXlUd_SKQ Conor McGregor has what he calls the most important fight of his life coming up on August 20.
MMA community reacts to insane ninja fight between Yair Rodriguez and Alex Caceres
Russell Ess - August 7, 2016
The main event of UFC Fight Night 92 in Salt Lake City, Utah was an insane matchup of two wild styles. Yair Rodriguez and Alex Caceres threw crafty strikes for all five rounds of their main event scrap that had people highly entertained.
Wrestling legend The Iron Sheik put Conor McGregor on blast!
Chris Taylor - August 7, 2016
Earlier this week UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor took a shot at the WWE by saying that the promotions roster was mostly full of “messed up puss*s”. The brash Irishman took things a little further today when he sent out this tweet “clarifying” his previous remarks to WWE fans:
USADA did not expedite Brock Lesnar's UFC 200 results
Chris Taylor - August 7, 2016
Former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar returned to the octagon after a five-year layoff and was able to defeat perennial contender Mark Hunt via unanimous decision at last month’s UFC 200 event in Las Vegas. Five days after the blockbuster event, the UFC was informed by its anti-doping partner USADA that Lesnar had tested positive for estrogen-blockers.
UFC Fight Night 92 Reebok Fighter Pay
Chris Taylor - August 7, 2016
Yair Rodriguez defeated Alex Caceres via split-decision in the headlining bout of last night’s UFC Fight Night 92 event in Salt Lake City. The fighters from last night’s card took home a combined $137,500 from the promotions sponsorship deal with Reebok.
Nate Diaz clarifies his "The UFC played me again" post
Chris Taylor - August 7, 2016
Nate Diaz turned heads in late July when he tweeted his apparent displeasure with the UFC the day after appearing on Conan. Diaz announced on social media that the “UFC played me again,” along with the hashtag #trustnobody.
Two former champions removed from the UFC rankings
Chris Taylor - August 7, 2016
Earlier today news broke that current UFC interim light heavyweight champion Jon Jones had been removed from the UFC rankings. Well two other former UFC title holders were also removed from the UFC ranking over the weekend, as both Brock Lesnar and Lyoto Machida are no longer listed.
Jon Jones removed from UFC rankings
Chris Taylor - August 7, 2016
Current UFC interim light heavyweight champion Jon “Bones” Jones was removed from the UFC rankings over the weekend. Jones was supposed to fight current UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier in a title unification bout in the headliner of last month’s blockbuster UFC 200 event in Las Vegas, but was pulled from the card just days before the event after testing positive for two estrogen blockers.
VIDEO | Brutal arm break occurs in Judo match at Rio Olympics
Chris Taylor - August 7, 2016
Brazilian Sarah Menezes suffered a brutal arm injury in the quarter finals of women’s judo (48kg) during Day 1 of the Olympic Games in Rio. Menezes was grappling with Mongolia’s Urantsetseg Monkhbat, when she was tossed to the ground. Once on the mat, Monkhbat locked up Menezes right arm and began working an armbar submission. Monkhbat hyper-extended Menezes’ arm to the point it appeared to snap. Menezes would tapout but not until the damage had already been done.
VIDEO | Take a look at Conor McGregor's training camp for UFC 202
Chris Taylor - August 7, 2016
The piper will be paid, and the price will be high. A video posted by Coach Kavanagh (@coach_kavanagh) on Aug 6, 2016 at 2:00pm PDT
Conor McGregor clarifies his remarks about the WWE
Chris Taylor - August 7, 2016
UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor recently stated on a UFC 202 media conference call that the WWE was full of “messed up puss*s”. The brash Irish superstar took to Twitter to send out a message to WWE fans and clarify his previous remarks:
VIDEO | Dennis Bermudez backstage interview
Chris Taylor - August 7, 2016
Dennis Bermudez scored a unanimous decision victory over Rony Jason in the co-main event of UFC Fight Night 92 yesterday evening in Salt Lake City.