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Pros react after Ciryl Gane KO's Tai Tuivasa at UFC Paris
Chris Taylor - September 3, 2022
Today’s UFC Paris event was headlined by a key heavyweight contest featuring Ciryl Gane taking on Tai Tuivasa. Gane (11-1 MMA) had entered the contest looking to rebound, this after suffering his first career loss as a professional to Francis Ngannou at UFC 270 in a bout for the promotions undisputed heavyweight title. Prior to that setback, ‘Bon Gamin’ had gone a perfect 7-0 inside of the Octagon.
UFC Paris Results: Ciryl Gane KO's Tai Tuivasa (Video)
Chris Taylor - September 3, 2022
Today’s UFC Paris event is headlined by a key heavyweight bout featuring Ciryl Gane taking on Tai Tuivasa. Gane (10-1 MMA) will enter the contest looking to rebound from his first career loss as a professional. The Frenchman was defeated by Francis Ngannou at UFC 270 in a bout for the promotions undisputed heavyweight title. Prior to that setback, ‘Bon Ton’ had gone a perfect 7-0 inside of the Octagon.
Pros react after Robert Whittaker defeats Marvin Vettori at UFC Paris
Chris Taylor - September 3, 2022
Today’s UFC Paris event was co-headlined by a key middleweight matchup featuring former champion Robert Whittaker taking on Marvin Vettori. Whittaker (24-6 MMA) had entered the contest looking to rebound, this after suffering his second career defeat to Israel Adesanya in his previous effort at February’s UFC 271 event. Prior to that setback ‘The Reaper’ had put together three straight unanimous decision wins over opponents Darren Till, Jared Cannonier and Kelvin Gastelum.
UFC Paris Results: Robert Whittaker defeats Marvin Vettori (Highlights)
Chris Taylor - September 3, 2022
Today’s UFC Paris event is co-headlined by a key middleweight matchup featuring former champion Robert Whittaker taking on Marvin Vettori. Whittaker (23-6 MMA) will enter the contest looking to rebound, this after suffering his second career defeat to Israel Adesanya at February’s UFC 271 event. Prior to that setback ‘The Reaper’ had put together three straight unanimous decision wins over opponents Darren Till, Jared Cannonier and Kelvin Gastelum.
Luke Rockhold clarifies retirement talk, states he could return in the future: "I want to get my body back, but I’ll never close the door"
Josh Evanoff - September 2, 2022
Former UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold has left the door open for a return. The 37-year-old returned to action last month at UFC 278 against Paulo Costa. The bout ended a three-year layoff for the former titleholder. Despite the time out of the cage, Rockhold didn’t miss a beat.
Anderson Silva granted Arizona boxing license, inches closer to making Jake Paul fight official
Josh Evanoff - September 2, 2022
Former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva is one step closer to boxing Jake Paul. ‘The Spider’ has been out of action since an exhibition boxing match with Bruno Machado in May. That outing was an eight-round affair that saw the latter being knocked down and dominated. However, because it was an exhibition, the bout wasn’t scored.
Coach says Ryan Spann is "one of the scariest dudes that gets into the Octagon," expects Dominick Reyes scrap to be "a great fight"
Cole Shelton - September 2, 2022
Fortis MMA head coach Sayif Saud is excited Ryan Spann is getting a massive opportunity as he faces Dominick Reyes at UFC 281 at Madison Square Garden. Reyes will be making his return after suffering a KO loss to Jiri Prochazka in May of 2021, a setback which marked his third defeat in a row. Spann, meanwhile, is coming off a dominating win over Ion Cutelaba and according to Saud, he believes Spann is one of the scariest guys that fights in the UFC.
GSP’s Mount Rushmore of MMA consists of seven heads, including Royce Gracie
Josh Evanoff - September 2, 2022
Georges Saint-Pierre has given his MMA Mount Rushmore, and it has a lot of heads. When it comes to MMA, fans and pundits love debating who’s the greatest fighter of all time. Names such as Jon Jones, Anderson Silva, Georges St-Pierre, and more, are all included in the debate. As far as women’s MMA goes, Amanda Nunes is almost unanimously agreed as the greatest ever.
Georges St-Pierre believes Kamaru Usman is facing a “hell of a challenge” after suffering nasty KO loss to Leon Edwards at UFC 278
Susan Cox - September 2, 2022
Georges St-Pierre believes Kamaru Usman is facing a ‘hell of a challenge’ after suffering a nasty knockout loss to Leon Edwards at UFC 278. It was Usman (20-2 MMA) vs Edwards (20-3 MMA) in the welterweight main event on Saturday, August 20th. It was Leon Edwards who stunned Kamaru Usman (& fans) with a last-minute knockout to claim the world title.
Sean O’Malley reveals the UFC fight that inspired his journey into MMA
Susan Cox - September 2, 2022
Sean O’Malley has revealed the UFC fight that inspired his journey into MMA. It was almost a decade ago that O’Malley entered the UFC as a bantamweight contender.
Sayif Saud explains why Alonzo Menifield was so "pissed off" with "sauced up" Askar Mozharov: "We just kind of blocked it out""
Cole Shelton - September 2, 2022
Alonzo Menifield had one of the more unusual UFC fight weeks in recent memory. Menifield was set to welcome Askar Mozharov to the Octagon back at UFC Vegas 56 in June, in what was expected to be a banger of a fight. However, fight week was an unusual one as Mozahrov had a record of 25-7 but by the time he made the walk to the Octagon his record was 18-13 as he had used fake names and had fights that never took place on his record.
Chael Sonnen explains why the UFC should have no regrets over trading Demetrious Johnson for Ben Askren
Susan Cox - September 2, 2022
Chael Sonnen is explaining why the UFC should have no regrets over trading Demetrious Johnson for Ben Askren. It was almost four years ago that the UFC made a cross-promotion trade, sending Demetrious Johnson to ONE Championship in return for Ben Askren. In 2018 the agreement was reached between the UFC and Singapore’s ONE Championship which saw the first trade between the two MMA promotions.
Former UFC heavyweight Ben Rothwell books Bobo O’Bannon for his BKFC debut
Harry Kettle - September 2, 2022
Ben Rothwell will make his bare-knuckle boxing debut with BKFC later this year when he battles Bobo O’Bannon. The man known as ‘Big Ben’ was released by the Ultimate Fighting Championship earlier this year ahead of a proposed match-up against Alexander Gustafsson, noting the following during an interview with Ariel Helwani.
Daniel Cormier discusses his recent Twitter exchange with Jorge Masvidal: “When you take to me as a peer, you gotta deal with Daniel Cormier, the fighter”
Harry Kettle - September 2, 2022
UFC Hall of Famer Daniel Cormier issued a word of warning to Jorge Masvidal when discussing their recent back and forth. While we all know Daniel Cormier these days as the fun-loving MMA commentator and analyst, fans and pundits also recognise that back in the day, he was one of the best fighters of all-time.
Marvin Vettori doesn’t believe that "irrelevant" Darren Till will ever fight again, 'The Gorilla' responds
Cole Shelton - September 1, 2022
Marvin Vettori isn’t a fan of Darren Till. Vettori and Till were supposed to fight back in April of 2021, but the Brit was forced out of the contest. Since then, the Italian has taken shots at the Liverpudlian, and ahead of his UFC Paris co-main event fight against Robert Whittaker, Vettori once again blasted Till suggesting that he doesn’t think the ‘The Gorilla’ will ever fight again.
Robert Whittaker believes Marvin Vettori is underestimating his abilities ahead of UFC Paris: "I’m going to hit him too much"
Cole Shelton - September 1, 2022
Robert Whittaker thinks Marvin Vettori is underestimating just how good he is. Whittaker and Vettori are set to meet in the co-main event of UFC Paris in an intriguing matchup. Both seem to be out of the title picture for the time being given they are both 0-2 against Israel Adesanya. However, if they continue to win they could earn another crack at the belt if Adesanya remains the champ.
Hasbulla responds after “bum” Conor McGregor threatens to punt him
Josh Evanoff - September 1, 2022
Hasbulla Magomedov has responded to UFC lightweight star Conor McGregor. The social media star has become a big name in the MMA space for a multitude of reasons. Magomedov is friends with former lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, among other fighters.
Tai Tuivasa explains why he’s finally chasing the UFC heavyweight title: “My son thinks I’m pretty s**t unless I have a belt”
Cole Shelton - September 1, 2022
Tai Tuivasa says his goal is to finally become a UFC champion. Tuivasa is set to headline UFC Paris against Ciryl Gane and should he win, his next fight could very well be for the title. For the longest time, Tuivasa admits he was fighting because he loved it but a recent conversation with his son changed everything.