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Israel Adesanya compares UFC 324 main event to Forrest Griffin vs. Stephan Bonnar

BAD MMA News — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 07:36:46 +0000

The first UFC event under the fight promotion’s new media rights agreement with Paramount is in the books. UFC 324: Gaethje vs.

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Israel Adesanya compares UFC 324 main event to Forrest Griffin vs. Stephan Bonnar – MMA Weekly

White’s defense of Bonnar tells us everything we need to know about UFC HOF

BAD MMA News — Tue, 02 Jul 2013 22:15:00 +0000

Five days before he’s due to induct a man he’s still not speaking to into the UFC Hall of Fame, UFC President Dana White did his best to explain to the media why he thinks Stephan Bonnar is deserving of the honor. “The way I’m looking at it is, I’m inducting Forrest [Griffin], and Stephan goes with him,” White said. “Those two – it wasn’t just Forrest – both of those guys took us to this next level.” In other words, it’s because of that one fight, which we all pretty much already knew. What we don’t seem to appreciate, at least in White’s eyes, is what that one fight truly meant for the UFC, which came into the very first live finale for “The Ultimate Fighter” with an uncertain future, and left with a deal that would at least ensure that it could keep the lights on for a little while longer. You know this chapter of the origin story by now. The UFC, down to the last of the small fortune that the Fertitta family was willing to pump into it, bought its way onto Spike TV with an MMA reality show that White hoped would be the steppingstone to success. A gambler at heart, the UFC president bet everything on that first season

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White’s defense of Bonnar tells us everything we need to know about UFC HOF – MMA Junkie

Mike “Quick” Swick Plans to Return to the Middleweight Division

BAD MMA News — Wed, 26 Jun 2013 00:23:49 +0000

The last few years of Mike Swick ’s fighting career have been marred with injuries and illness. With that behind him, Swick plans to return to the middleweight division in his next fight. “I wanna come back at a big and healthy 185. No more sickly 170 for me,” Swick recently posted on Twitter. After making a name for himself in the WEC, Swick was featured on the debut season of The Ultimate Fighter in 2005 as a light heavyweight. He advanced to the semifinals before losing to Stephan Bonnar by submission.

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Mike “Quick” Swick Plans to Return to the Middleweight Division – MMA Weekly

Twitter Mailbag: Rampage, Rua-Sonnen, Bonnar in HOF, six-packs and PEDs

BAD MMA News — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 21:30:00 +0000

Between Quinton “Rampage” Jackson’s big Bellator news and the UFC 161 switcheroo, this week’s Twitter Mailbag is practically bursting at the purely figurative seams. But don’t worry. There’s room for all the hot topics here, from Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira ‘s chances to pull off another Brazilian miracle to B.J. Penn ‘s post-retirement prospects, and much more. You can ask your own question on Twitter at @BenFowlkesMMA , but first you’re going to want to sit down and dig right in to this week’s #TMB. * * * * My brain says that Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira won’t beat Fabricio Werdum at UFC on FUEL TV 10 this Saturday, but my gut says that you can never count out “Big Nog,” especially in Brazil.