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Conor McGregor
Dustin Poirier

Photo | Conor McGregor reveals new frame ahead of Dustin Poirier trilogy at UFC 264

Christopher Taylor - March 30, 2021

Conor McGregor has revealed a new trimmed down frame ahead of his highly anticipated trilogy fight with Dustin Poirier at UFC 264. McGregor and Poirier are set to collide for a third time on July 10, this after splitting their first two encounters.

Diego Sanchez
Donald Cowboy Cerrone

Diego Sanchez says he's "motivated" to beat up Donald Cerrone and send him into retirement

Cole Shelton - March 30, 2021

Diego Sanchez believes his May 8 fight against Donald Cerrone will be “Cowboy’s” retirement after he beats him up. The fight is expected to serve as Sanchez’s retirement fight. With that, he’s very motivated to beat up his former teammate in Cerrone.

Marlon Vera
Sean O'Malley

Marlon Vera open to running things back with Sean O’Malley following UFC 260

Cole Shelton - March 30, 2021

Marlon Vera appears open to rematching Sean O’Malley. At UFC 252 last August, Vera and O’Malley met in a very intriguing fight. Early on, “Suga” was having success landing some strikes but Vera then landed some leg kicks that changed the entire fight. He caused O’Malley to have ‘drop foot’ and he kept on rolling his ankles and Vera eventually got on top of him, and ground and pounded him out to earn a first-round TKO.

Petr Yan
Petr Yan

Petr Yan slams Aljamain Sterling for suggesting the UFC is “rewarding” him with a rematch

Cole Shelton - March 30, 2021

Petr Yan continues to trade shots with Aljamain Sterling. After Yan was DQ’d against Sterling at UFC 259 to lose his bantamweight title, it was thought an immediate rematch would be next. However, Sterling has made it clear he wouldn’t be opposed to a different opponent  and believes Yan shouldn’t get rewarded with a title shot.

Kevin Holland
Kevin Holland

Kevin Holland offers to step in against Marvin Vettori, the Italian accepts

Alfredo Zullino - March 30, 2021

Kevin Holland just offered to step in on 10-days notice to face Marvin Vettori, this after the Italian’s slated UFC opponent Darren Till was forced to withdraw. Till broke his unfortunate news on Instagram on Tuesday afternoon, this following an initial report from ESPN’s Ariel Helwani.

Darren Till, Uriah Hall, Israel Adesanya
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Darren Till withdraws from fight with Marvin Vettori

Thomas Taylor - March 30, 2021

Middleweight contender Darren Till is out of his fight with Marvin Vettori, which was set to headline next Saturday’s UFC Vegas 23 event. Till announced this unfortunate news on Instagram on Tuesday afternoon.

Miesha-Tate
Miesha Tate

Miesha Tate explains why she came out of retirement to return to the UFC and fight Marion Reneau

Adam D Martin - March 30, 2021

Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate explained why she came out of retirement to return to the UFC and fight Marion Reneau. Tate recently announced that she was coming out of a five-year retirement to take on Reneau in July, in what will actually be Reneau’s retirement fight. Speaking to Jim West and James Lynch on the “Victory Loves Company” podcast, Tate explained why she made the decision to leave her job with ONE Championship and make her return to the UFC.

Daniel Cormier, Jon Jones
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Daniel Cormier encourages fans to appreciate UFC champions while they are still here

Adam D Martin - March 30, 2021

UFC legend Daniel Cormier encouraged fans to appreciate the sport’s champions while they are still here because they won’t be here forever. There has been a changing of the guard lately in the sport. Cormier himself, one of the sport’s all-time greats, retired last summer. Cormier’s teammate at American Kickboxing Academy, former UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, recently hung up his gloves and retired from the sport. At UFC 260, Cormier’s longtime rival Stipe Miocic was knocked out by Francis Ngannou and could be contemplating retirement. The same goes for former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley, who lost to Vicente Luque on the same card. With four straight losses, UFC president Dana White hinted Woodley is done.

Francis Ngannou, UFC
Jon Jones

Francis Ngannou sends a message to Jon Jones: Get ready for the biggest challenge of your life

Adam D Martin - March 30, 2021

UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou sent a message to Jon Jones, telling him to get ready for the biggest challenge of his life. Ngannou knocked out Stipe Miocic at UFC 260 to capture the promotion’s heavyweight crown, and it’s expected that he fights Jones in his first title defense. Of course, Jones is currently involved in a public battle with UFC president Dana White over fighter pay, so it’s no sure thing that fight happens. But if you ask Ngannou, he wants the UFC to get the fight done because Jones is the man that he wants to see standing across the cage from him.

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UFC continues roster cuts, four more fighters released

Harry Kettle - March 30, 2021

The UFC has continued to make roster cuts with four more fighters being released as we continue through the bizarre year that is 2021. UFC president Dana White issued the warning that fighters were going to be cut as recently as late last year. He made it clear that while the UFC is still the pinnacle of MMA competition, they need to trim down.

Vicente-Luque-Jorge-Masvidal
Kamaru Usman

Vicente Luque: 'I wanted to fight Jorge Masvidal' until Kamaru Usman 'took' it from him

Drake Riggs - March 29, 2021

At UFC 260, Vicente Luque finished a former champion in the first round. Afterward, he was hoping to challenge the BMF himself. Unfortunately for Luque, Jorge Masvidal has now been granted a rematch with the current undisputed UFC welterweight champion, Kamaru Usman. Thus throwing a wrench in the Brazilian’s plan.

Tony Ferguson, Michael Bisping
Georges St. Pierre

Photo | Tony Ferguson training with GSP and Freddie Roach

Adam Martin - March 29, 2021

Former UFC welterweight and middleweight champion GSP is training with Tony Ferguson and Freddie Roach at the Wild Card Boxing Club. Ferguson revealed a few weeks ago that he will be training with Roach ahead of his upcoming lightweight bout at UFC 262 against top contender Beneil Dariush. After losing back-to-back fights to Justin Gaethje and Charles Oliveira, Ferguson wanted to mix things up and add to his camp. Working with one of the best boxing coaches in the world in Roach surely helps. As well, it appears as though the UFC legend GSP is also training with the two. In a new photo posted on his Instagram, GSP shared a picture of himself with Roach and Ferguson. GSP has worked with Roach before, but training with Ferguson is new.