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Liz Carmouche welcomes third fight with Valentina Shevchenko
Tom Taylor - August 12, 2019
Valentina Shevchenko and Liz Carmouche are now tied 1-1 across two bouts. Carmouche won the first fight, a 2010 encounter, with a controversial cut-related stoppage. Shevchenko won the second fight, which headlined Saturday’s UFC Uruguay card, with a dominant unanimous decision win, retaining her UFC flyweight belt in the process. While this is not the type of rivalry that generally screams trilogy, Liz Carmouche is more than willing to step into the cage with Valentina Shevchenko again to settle their score.
UFC Vancouver gets official poster featuring Donald Cerrone, Justin Gaethje
Tom Taylor - August 12, 2019
In September, the UFC will return to the beautiful Canadian province of British Columbia with the exciting looking UFC Vancouver card. The card will be topped by a lightweight fight that has fans salivating, as the always entertaining Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone will look to wrangle former World Series of Fighting champion Justin Gaethje.
Mike Perry sends classy invitation to Vicente Luque from Uruguay hospital
Tom Taylor - August 12, 2019
Rising UFC welterweight stars “Platinum” Mike Perry and Vicente Luque went to war in the UFC Uruguay co-main event. After three wild rounds, Luque left the Octagon with a razor close split decision win, while Perry left it with a badly broken nose. Both men pocketed $50,000 Fight of the Night bonuses for their efforts. Post-fight, Perry, whose nose had set up camp under his right eye, was rushed to the hospital for corrective surgery. Since his successful surgery, he’s been busy on social media, commenting on his UFC Uruguay fight, and sending a classy message to his adversary Luque.
Former enemies Michael Bisping and Jorge Masvidal link up at UFC Uruguay
Tom Taylor - August 12, 2019
Jorge Masvidal and Michael Bisping were both in Montevideo for his past Saturday’s UFC Uruguay card. As recently as a few months ago, would have been a problem. Until very recently, the former UFC middleweight champion and the top welterweight contender were mortal enemies, with Masvidal taking repeated shots at Bisping in interviews and on social media.
Nate Diaz: Now I'm fighting the 'Wheaties box dude'
Christopher Taylor - August 11, 2019
A welterweight bout between Nate Diaz and Anthony Pettis will co-headline next weekend’s UFC 241 pay-per-view event in Anaheim. Diaz has not competed since suffering a controversial majority decision loss to Conor McGregor in the headliner of UFC 202 in August of 2016.
Listen | Audio leaks from Colby Covington and Miesha Tate interview spat
Christopher Taylor - August 11, 2019
Colby Covington received a radio-show ban from ‘MMA Tonight’ following a verbal argument with former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDwwf4tXmcY
Henry Cejudo wants to become first intergender world champion by fighting Valentina Shevchenko
Christopher Taylor - August 11, 2019
Current UFC ‘champ champ’ Henry Cejudo is not happy that fans and analysts are touting Valentina Shevchenko as the most dominant MMA champion in the world. The UFC’s reigning men’s flyweight and bantamweight world champion, Cejudo (15-2 MMA), recently took to Twitter where he sent the following message to ‘The Bullet’.
UFC 241 | Nate Diaz vs. Anthony Pettis Video Preview
Chris Taylor - August 11, 2019
Fan favorites Nate Diaz and Anthony Pettis will collide in the co-headliner of next weekend’s UFC 241 pay-per-view event.
Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson could be next for Vicente Luque
Adam D Martin - August 11, 2019
Welterweights Vicente Luque and Mike Perry put on a show for the fans in the co-main event of UFC Uruguay, fighting to a razor-thin split decision in Luque’s favor. Both fighters were rewarded a $50,000 bonus for their efforts in the fight. In his post-fight interview with UFC color commentator Michael Bisping, Luque called his shot for his next fight. He said he wants a top-ranked opponent, and specifically mentioned Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson as a potential opponent.
Katlyn Chookagian wants to be Valentina Shevchenko's next opponent
Adam D Martin - August 11, 2019
Not many fighters want to take on UFC women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko, but Katlyn Chookagian apparently does. The top contender at 125lbs took to social media following UFC Uruguay, and raised her hand in a Tweet directed towards the champ. Here’s what Chookagian said. It was short and to the point.
Leon Edwards calls Jorge Masvidal a 'p*ssy' and a 'journeyman' in Twitter rant
Adam D Martin - August 11, 2019
One of the guest fighters at UFC Uruguay was welterweight star Jorge Masivdal, and the American Top Team product once again went after rival Leon Edwards during his media scrum with reporters. ‘Gamebred’ went so far as to say he would ‘murder’ Edwards inside the Octagon when and if they ever do meet. Edwards heard what Masvidal had to say, and the Brit took to Twitter to launch a rant against his arch rival.
UFC Uruguay Bonuses: Vicente Luque and Mike Perry win Fight of the Night for crazy war
Adam D Martin - August 11, 2019
The UFC handed out the Fight of the Night award and two Performance of the Night awards for the most exemplary fights at UFC Uruguay. The four bonus winners each took home $50,000 for their efforts. The promotion revealed following the event that Fight of the Night went to welterweights Vicente Luque and Mike Perry for their crazy three-round war in the co-main event. Luque won the fight by split decision in a back-and-forth battle that saw Perry suffer one of the worst broken noses in the history of mixed martial arts. At least Perry will have some extra cash for his troubles to make up for the nasty break he suffered in this fight.