MMA News

Russell Ess - July 4, 2016

https://youtu.be/eoTXCZShx2I Think you could take a punch from former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell?

Russell Ess - July 4, 2016

Here is some very interesting data put together by twitter user @dimspace on the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency’s testing done on the UFC ranked fighters for every division. The data depicts the number of fights the athlete has had since October 2015 and the number of times they have been tested by USADA.

Russell Ess - July 4, 2016

Fighter pay is always an interesting topic that brings debate from all angles. Recently, undefeated UFC welterweight Alberto Mina commented on his UFC pay and interestingly looks at his compensation with the UFC in a way that you typically don’t hear from many fighters.

Russell Ess - July 4, 2016

The historic UFC 200 event is less than a week away and the Embedded series is back giving you a glimpse of the fighter’s outside of the Octagon.

Russell Ess - July 4, 2016

https://youtu.be/mehYIYq4egE Are you ready for UFC 200?

Russell Ess - July 4, 2016

UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic is a bad dude that knocks opponents out like it’s no big deal. Miocic has finished some of the toughest men in the heavyweight division, winning his last three fights against Mark Hunt, Andrei Arlovski, and Fabricio Werdum all by stoppages.

Russell Ess - July 4, 2016

Blink 182 drummer and music producer Travis Barker recently was bet by a TMZ camera man on the Brock Lesnar vs. Mark Hunt fight.

Russell Ess - July 3, 2016

UFC interim light heavyweight champion Jon Jones is set to rematch UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier in the main event of UFC 200 on July 9.

Russell Ess - July 3, 2016

Dustin Poirier has found a new home in the stacked UFC lightweight division after falling to defeat to the current UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor back in 2014. Poirier has found success in the lightweight division and hasn’t tasted defeat since his bout with McGregor and says that his fight with “The Notorious” helped him grow.

Russell Ess - July 3, 2016

https://youtu.be/B_-AEP3GMBg Former UFC title challenger Chael Sonnen is a very knowledgeable fight analyst for ESPN and has some interesting things to say about the rematch between UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz.

Russell Ess - July 3, 2016

The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has notified the UFC of another “potential Anti-Doping Policy violation.” The UFC released a statement on Sunday regarding UFC middleweight Ricardo Abreu being flagged by USADA.

Chris Taylor - July 3, 2016

Former UFC welterweight champion Matt Hughes revealed that he would come out of retirement for a fight with fellow former welterweight title holder and bitter rival Matt Serra. A fan tweeted Hughes asking “Matt Hughes will you fight Matt Serra at MSG?”, the UFC Hall of Famer responded with the following:

Chris Taylor - July 3, 2016

Earlier this week Jon Jones manager Malki Kawa made waves when he told MMA insider FrontRowBrian that he could see a “super fight happening” between his client (Jones) and Brock Lesnar if both fighters were to prove victorious at next weekend’s UFC 200 event in Las Vegas. Jones recently addressed the rumor on Twitter stating that Kawa was simply attempting to “stir up drama”:

Chris Taylor - July 3, 2016

Former UFC welterweight kingpin Georges St-Pierre recently broke the news that he is currently involved in negotiations to return to the UFC. “Rush”, who is almost three years removed from his last fight at UFC 167, spoke to Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour about fighter pay and the importance of contract negotiations.

Chris Taylor - July 3, 2016

Former UFC title challenger Chael Sonnen is not giving former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar much of a chance in his upcoming UFC 200 bout with knockout artist Mark Hunt. Chael believes that “The Super Samoan” will have an easy payday on July 9 in Las Vegas at the expense of Lesnar, who has not competed in MMA in the last four years.

Chris Taylor - July 3, 2016

Following his recent victory over former title challenger Rory MacDonald, top welterweight contender Stephen Thompson is still awaiting word on what his next from the UFC. “Wonderboy” has reeled off seven straight victories, including a first-round knockout of former champion Johny Hendricks this past February.

Chris Taylor - July 3, 2016

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Chris Taylor - July 3, 2016

Bitter rivals Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Claudia Gadelha will rematch for the UFC strawweight title on July 8 in Las Vegas.