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GFL draft results: Former UFC champions surprise with unexpected entries

BAD MMA News — Sat, 25 Jan 2025 03:53:51 +0000

It’s not every day there’s an MMA draft, but Friday there was The 2025 GFL Draft took place virtually with a live stream on MMA Junkie. Six teams, each representing a major city, drafted from a pool of approximately 500 fighters, including big-name free agents and rising prospects. One-hundred-twenty athletes were be selected across 10 weight classes (heavyweight, light heavyweight, middleweight, welterweight, lightweight, featherweight, bantamweight, women’s bantamweight, women’s strawweight, and women’s atomweight).

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Global Fight League announces launch, roster includes giant list of former UFC fighters

BAD MMA News — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 22:57:36 +0000

A new player has entered the MMA landscape, and it has arrived with some big names. Wednesday, Global Fight League (GFL) announced its official launch will come in the opening weeks of 2025. The GFL concept differs from that of UFC and PFL. While it has a league format and playoffs, it is also team-based and has a draft. There will be six franchises (names and cities to follow). The draft is scheduled for Jan

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Khabib Nurmagomedov’s cousin saves woman’s life

BAD MMA News — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 16:14:54 +0000

In an act of pure heroism, Khabib Nurmagomedov ‘s cousin, Abubakar Nurmagomedov , has saved a drowning woman’s life. Abubakar is a four-fight UFC veteran, with his most recent octagon outing coming just last year.

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Rare video shows little Khabib Nurmagomedov and his cousins as kids having a laugh at breakfast

BAD MMA News — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 13:18:10 +0000

Long before Khabib Nurmagomedov became one of the greatest UFC champions of all time, before he was a dominant force, before he took down opponents and bludgeoned them with ground-and-pound, he was a kid. It’s easy to forget that the fighters we watch go to battle inside the cage, at one point, they were just kids who enjoyed being kids. That’s what makes this video of Khabib and his fellow fighter cousins – Umar Nurmagomedov and Abubakar Nurmagomedov – sitting around and having a laugh at the breakfast table while being filmed as children so fascinating to watch. Check this out (via Instagram ): View this post on Instagram A post shared by MMA Karma (@mmakarma) Family is so important to Khabib. It’s why he retired while still in his prime, making a promise to his mother that he would no longer fight after the untimely death of his father, Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov. Seeing this video of Khabib at a family gathering surrounded by cousins reaffirms that sentiment.

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Javier Mendez reveals Abubakar Nurmagomedov popped his knee early in UFC on ESPN 45 loss

BAD MMA News — Wed, 07 Jun 2023 23:51:18 +0000

It appears Abubakar Nurmagomedov had to battle some early adversity at UFC on ESPN 45. Nurmagomedov (17-4-1 MMA, 2-2 UFC) was edged out in a split decision loss to Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos (24-7 MMA, 10-3 UFC) in this past Saturday’s main card at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Coach Javier Mendez revealed that Nurmagomedov hurt his knee in Round 1, but decided to battle through it. Nurmagomedov was able to win Round 2 on two of the judges’ scorecards, but lost Round 3 on all three. “It was such a close and competitive fight,” Mendez said on his YouTube channel. “Hats off to dos Santos

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Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos confident with UFC on ESPN 45 win, says Abubakar Nurmagomedov came to stall

BAD MMA News — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 16:01:27 +0000

LAS VEGAS – Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos knew he had done enough to get his hand raised at UFC on ESPN 45. Zaleski dos Santos (24-7 MMA, 10-3 UFC) returned after serving a one-year suspension by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency to squeak past Abubakar Nurmagomedov by split decision in this past Saturday’s main card at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas

UFC on ESPN 45 post-event facts: Is Jim Miller’s record resume UFC Hall of Fame worthy?

BAD MMA News — Sun, 04 Jun 2023 16:07:49 +0000

The UFC opened a non-stop schedule of summer events on Saturday with UFC on ESPN 45 , which took place at the promotion’s home base of the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The main event saw Amir Albazi (17-1 MMA, 5-0 UFC) remain undefeated inside the octagon and take the next step as a flyweight contender when he edged Kai Kara-France (24-1 MMA, 7-4 UFC) by split decision . There were a number of other noteworthy results on the card

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UFC on ESPN 45 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Program total passes $18 million

BAD MMA News — Sun, 04 Jun 2023 12:52:24 +0000

LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 45 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $199,500. The program, a comprehensive plan that includes outfitting requirements, media obligations and other items under the fighter code of conduct, replaces the previous payments made under the UFC Athlete Outfitting Policy. UFC on ESPN 45 took place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas

UFC on ESPN 45 video: Hear from each winner, guest fighters backstage

BAD MMA News — Sun, 04 Jun 2023 01:00:14 +0000

LAS VEGAS – UFC on ESPN 45 took place Saturday with 13 bouts on the lineup. We’ve got you covered with backstage winner interviews from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. You can hear from all the UFC Fight Night 224 winners by checking out their post-fight news conferences below

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UFC on ESPN 45 predictions: Is anyone picking Kai Kara-France over Amir Albazi?

BAD MMA News — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 21:28:28 +0000

( Kara-France vs. Albazi Caceres vs. Pineda Altamirano vs. Elliott Silva vs. Souza Nurmagomedov vs. Zaleski dos Santos MMA Junkie readers’ consensus picks 77-52 Kara-France (56%) Caceres (75%) Elliott (60%) Silva (74%) Nurmagomedov (59%) Matt Erickson @MattE 86-43 Albazi Caceres Altamirano Souza Nurmagomedov Matthew Wells @MrMWells 81-48 Albazi Caceres Altamirano Souza Nurmagomedov Simon Samano @SJSamano 81-48 Albazi Caceres Altamirano Silva Nurmagomedov George Garcia @MMAjunkieGeorge 78-51 Albazi Pineda Altamirano Silva Nurmagomedov Nolan King @mma_kings 78-51 Albazi Caceres Elliott Silva Nurmagomedov Mike Bohn @MikeBohn 76-53 2014 Champion Kara-France Caceres Altamirano Silva Nurmagomedov Ken Hathaway @kenshathaway -74-55 2018, 2022 Champion Albazi Caceres Altamirano Silva Zaleski dos Santos Farah Hannoun @Farah_Hannoun 72-57 Albazi Caceres Elliott Silva Nurmagomedov Danny Segura @dannyseguratv 70-59 Albazi Pineda Altamirano Silva Nurmagomedov Abbey Subhan @kammakaze 70-59 Albazi Caceres Altamirano Silva Nurmagomedov Brian Garcia @thegoze 68-61 2017 Champion Albazi Caceres Altamirano Silva Zaleski dos Santos Editor’s note: The main card fight between Jim Miller and short-notice replacement Jesse Butler was added too late for our picks deadline and is not included.) After a week off, the UFC is back in Las Vegas with a key flyweight fight at the top of the bill.

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