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UFC 229 Live Results: McGregor vs. Khabib
Chris Taylor - October 6, 2018
The octagon returns to T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas for tonight’s UFC 229 event which is headlined by former two-division champion Conor McGregor returning to challenge current lightweight title holder Khabib Nurmagomedov. Tonight’s highly anticipated UFC 229 event will mark the first time that Conor McGregor (21-3 MMA) has competed in the octagon since defeating Eddie Alvarez via second-round knockout at UFC 205 in November of 2016.
VIDEO | Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor have one last stare down at the ceremonial weigh-ins before UFC 229
Drake Riggs - October 5, 2018
https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1048372818994315265 We’re just a day away. They have hit their marks on the scales and everything is good to go barring any absolute freak accidents in the remaining time.
VIDEO | Dominick Cruz believes UFC might be shutting down 125-pound division that he 'created'
Drake Riggs - October 5, 2018
“TJ Dillashaw…I don’t know when the champion is gonna try to defend the belt. I mean, he’s fought one time this year so hopefully, he gets in there before the end of the year for the second time, he has no injuries. So I’d love to see him in there, you know?
Alexander Volkov prefers to face Daniel Cormier over Brock Lesnar in potential heavyweight title shot
Drake Riggs - October 5, 2018
UFC 229 is playing host to one of the biggest fights in UFC’s history but among the lineup to get there is plenty of great action in its own right. In the main card second bout, we get a massive contender matchup between Derrick ‘Black Beast’ Lewis and Russia’s ‘Drago’, Alexander Volkov.
Khabib Nurmagomedov did not appreciate Dana White asking where Conor McGregor's belts were at press conference
Tom Taylor - October 5, 2018
Tony Ferguson has been toting his UFC interim lightweight belt around with him all week — even though he no longer technically owns that title. Khabib Nurmagomedov, who is the undisputed lightweight champion, is surprisingly just fine with that. “When you fight like this, high-level fight, you have to believe you’re the champ, nobody can beat you,” Khabib Nurmagomedov said Thursday at the UFC 229 pre-fight press conference (transcript via MMAjunkie). “It’s OK. I’m OK about this.”
Dan Hardy announces that he's been medically cleared to fight again
Tom Taylor - October 5, 2018
Former UFC welterweight title challenger Dan Hardy has not fought since September of 2012, when he was pulled out of competition as the result of a rare heart disorder called Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome. The condition is not usually dangerous, but Hardy has been kept out of the cage ever since as a precaution. While Hardy has kept plenty busy in the years since, working as a commentator and analyst for the UFC, and even penning a book, it sounds like a return to the cage is in the cards. In an interview with Sherdog.com, the 36-year-old Nottingham native announced that he’s been cleared to fight again, should he so choose.
UFC 229 weigh in results: Khabib Nurmagomedov, Conor McGregor hit their marks (video)
Tom Taylor - October 5, 2018
On Saturday night, the UFC will return to Las Vegas, Nevada’s T-Mobile Arena with arguably its biggest card ever: UFC 229. The reason this card is so massive, of course, is primarily due to its main event, which will pit undefeated UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov against former lightweight and featherweight champ and all-around MMA superstar Conor McGregor.
Nate Diaz makes pick for UFC 229 main event, says he won't fight Conor McGregor a third time
Tom Taylor - October 5, 2018
Tomorrow night, in the main event of UFC 229, former UFC lightweight and featherweight champion Conor McGregor will return to the cage to battle undefeated lightweight champ Khabib Nurmagomedov. Nate Diaz, who is 1-1 with Conor McGregor across two previous bouts, is bound to be watching this fight with particular interest. Speaking to TMZ, Nate Diaz weighed in on this UFC 229 main event showdown. It sounds like he’s leaning toward McGregor.
EXCLUSIVE | Anthony 'Lionheart' Smith talks Volkan Oezdemir, new weight class, and Jon Jones
Mike Straus - October 4, 2018
Perhaps no fighter is a better example of what fighting at a more natural weight class can do for your fighting career than Anthony ‘Lionheart’ Smith. Smith has had a career rebirth so to speak this year. The 30-year-old fighter from Omaha, Nebraska has typically been a middleweight fighter in his career. Lately, however, Smith has decided that cutting down to 185 pounds and then ballooning back up to 230 pounds just isn’t worth it anymore. Let alone the damage that does to your body.
Conor McGregor praises Dana White, 'he doesn't get enough credit that he truly deserves'
Drake Riggs - October 4, 2018
We’re almost there. UFC 229 is nearing and once it arrives we’ll finally get the answer as to who is the lightweight division’s best. In the main event, we have the highly anticipated title bout that pits the champion of 155-pounds, Khabib Nurmagomedov against Conor McGregor.
VIDEO | Conor McGregor says he wants to fight Khabib's manager Ali Abdelaziz at UFC 230
Thomas Taylor - October 4, 2018
https://twitter.com/SubmissionRadio/status/1047980356853354497 This Saturday night, in the main event of UFC 229, Conor McGregor will attempt to reclaim the UFC lightweight title from undefeated champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. Whatever the outcome of this massive title fight, there’s much speculation as to what might come next for the Irish megastar.
MMA Inequity | Joanna Jedrzejczyk: From royalty to afterthought overnight
Drake Riggs - October 4, 2018
Poland’s most accomplished mixed martial artist of all time also happens to be one of MMA’s most accomplished champions of all time. That, of course, is none other than the former strawweight queen Joanna Jedrzejczyk. Jedrzejczyk entered the UFC as an undefeated 6-0 rising contender in 2014 who was fresh off a big second-round knockout over the experienced Rosi Sexton.