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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).

GFL draft results: Former UFC champions surprise with unexpected entries – MMA Junkie

Former UFC headliner ‘Cowboy’ Oliveira knocked out in bareknuckle debut in Russia

BAD MMA News — Sat, 21 Sep 2024 15:48:16 +0000

The combat sports world can be a fickle mistress, which a former UFC headliner continued to discover Friday. Alex Oliveira made his bareknuckle boxing debut at a REN TV Fight Club event in Russia. He was knocked down twice in the first round and suffered a TKO loss to Igor Ionov

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UFC veterans in MMA and boxing action July 21-22

BAD MMA News — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 13:28:17 +0000

This week, the UFC heads across the pond for UFC Fight Night 224 in London. The event at the O2 Arena features a heavyweight tilt between Tom Aspinall and Marcin Tybura . Elsewhere, many other combat sports events are taking place that feature a number of familiar names that have competed under the UFC banner. Check out which veterans of the global MMA leader are competing in MMA and boxing this week from July 21-22.

UFC veterans in MMA and boxing action July 21-22 – MMA Junkie

MMA Junkie’s Knockout of the Month for June: Sadibou Sy wheel kicks his way to PFL playoffs

BAD MMA News — Sun, 02 Jul 2023 22:52:38 +0000

With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best knockouts from June 2023: Here are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMA Junkie’s Knockout of the Month award for June. At the bottom of the post, let us know if we got it right by voting for your choice.

MMA Junkie’s Knockout of the Month for June: Sadibou Sy wheel kicks his way to PFL playoffs – MMA Junkie

Video: UFC vet Alex Oliveira scores wild knockout of Titan FC 82 opponent with judo throw

BAD MMA News — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 23:48:33 +0000

It’s not often (if ever) you see an MMA fight finished with a judo toss, but that’s exactly what happened for former UFC welterweight Alex Oliveira . At Titan FC 82 at SPENS 02 in Novi Sad, Serbia, Oliveira (25-14-1 MMA) hit a powerful throw on Stefan Sekulic with about 70 seconds remaining in the first round. The bout streamed live Friday evening on UFC Fight Pass.

Video: UFC vet Alex Oliveira scores wild knockout of Titan FC 82 opponent with judo throw – MMA Junkie

UFC veterans in MMA action June 2-3

BAD MMA News — Wed, 31 May 2023 15:01:17 +0000

This week, the UFC is back in action in Las Vegas for UFC on ESPN 45 on June 3. The event features a flyweight main event between Kai Kara-France and Amir Albazi. Elsewhere, many other combat sports events are taking place that feature a number of familiar names that have competed under the UFC banner. This weekend, there are a total of eight veterans of the global MMA leader competing in MMA this week from June 2-3. Check out the names and details about their bouts below.

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UFC veterans in MMA and boxing action March 30-April 1

BAD MMA News — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 13:02:11 +0000

The UFC idle this week after a trip to San Antonio for UFC on ESPN 43 , where Cory Sandhagen picked up a big bantamweight win over Marlon Vera . Elsewhere, many other MMA events are taking place, including Bellator and PFL kicking off their 2023 regular season. Those events, and others feature a number of familiar names that have competed under the UFC banner. This week, there are a total of 32 veterans of the global MMA leader competing in MMA and boxing this week from March 30-April 1. Check out the names and details about their bouts below. Upcoming event information from Tapology

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UFC veterans in MMA action from Dec. 21-31

BAD MMA News — Wed, 21 Dec 2022 14:49:15 +0000

The UFC is done for the year after UFC Fight Night 216 in Las Vegas. However, there are other MMA promotions in action for their final cards of the year during holidays that feature a number of UFC veterans, including multiple former flyweight title challengers. These 15 veterans of the UFC are competing across the globe from Dec. 21-31

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Alex ‘Cowboy’ Oliveira parts ways with the UFC after 22 appearances

BAD MMA News — Mon, 11 Apr 2022 19:15:44 +0000

Alex Oliveira ’s UFC run is done for the time being after completing the final fight on his contract. Oliveira (22-12-1), who fought 22 times with the promotion an amassed a 11-10 record with on no contest dating back to his octagon debut in March 2015, was informed by UFC brass that he would not be offered a new deal. MMA Junkie verified the news Oliveira’s manager Alex Davis. “It’s an unfortunate perspective of the sport that a fighter like Alex Oliveira, who winning or losing always lets it all hang out, ends up not being renewed after a string of losses,” Davis said. “But that is the present moment in MMA. Alex thanks the UFC for the opportunities! At 34 and healthy, he is sure to rebuild and put on many more great fights for everyone!” Oliveira, 34, suffered four consecutive losses to end his UFC tenure, albeit to notable competition in Kevin Holland, Niko Price, Randy Brown and Shavkat Rakhmonov

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UFC 272 post-event facts: Rafael dos Anjos joins exclusive 20-win club

BAD MMA News — Sun, 06 Mar 2022 21:22:06 +0000

The UFC’s third numbered offering of the year took place Saturday in Las Vegas with UFC 272 at T-Mobile Arena. Although there were a handful of notable results, the entire event centered around the main event grudge match. Colby Covington (17-3 MMA, 12-3 UFC) finally shared the octagon with heated foe Jorge Masvidal (35-16 MMA, 12-9 UFC), who was a former roommate and teammate, and came out with a lopsided unanimous decision victory .

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