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Video: Watch Matt Hughes’ epic title slam KO of Carlos Newton at UFC 34

BAD MMA News — Fri, 31 May 2019 16:49:49 +0000

Matt Hughes will go down as one of the all-time great fighters in UFC history. Maybe one of his most famous fights came against Carlos Newton when he won the welterweight title for the first time at UFC 34 in November 2001. His win came courtesy of a trademark Hughes slam – he dropped Newton right on his head to knock him out. But when the slam took place, Hughes was in a deep triangle choke from Newton with Newton’s head resting on the top of the cage

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Video: Watch Matt Hughes’ epic title slam KO of Carlos Newton at UFC 34 – MMA Junkie

The 10 most forgettable UFC title reigns

BAD MMA News — Mon, 02 Apr 2018 18:59:10 +0000

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 … 10 With an unfortunate injury ripping apart this weekend’s UFC 223 headliner, UFC President Dana White said Tony Ferguson’s interim lightweight title will be revoked. Was that the most forgettable title reign in UFC history? We’ve put together a list of others that rank up there, though none have the kind of quickness of George St-Pierre’s brief ride as middleweight champ at the end of 2017. Georges St-Pierre’s middleweight title reign (33 days) Georges St-Pierre is one of the greatest champions in UFC history. However, that’s largely due to his time a welterweight champ, and not because of his cup of coffee with the middleweight belt

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Ex-UFC champ Carlos Newton urges ABC to adopt new weight classes in 10-point plan

BAD MMA News — Wed, 26 Jul 2017 01:06:26 +0000

Whatever fighters might say to each other in the buildup to a fight, they’re united by the suffering of a weight cut, according to former UFC welterweight champion Carlos Newton . “If Conor (McGregor) and Floyd (Mayweather) had to cut weight together, they’ll be best friends,” said Newton. Before UFC Hall of Famer Matt Hughes woke up from a triangle choke in time to claim the title from Newton at UFC 38, the opponents bonded in the sauna. Hughes struggled to cut one-tenth of a pound to make the 170-pound limit for the fight. The process was not going well, according to Newton. Hughes’ lips were peeling and he had stopped sweating

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UFC class-action lawsuit plaintiffs include Cung Le, Jon Fitch and Nate Quarry

BAD MMA News — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 21:06:02 +0000

Cung Le Former UFC fighters Jon Fitch and Nate Quarry , as well as current UFC fighter Cung Le , are among the plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit filed today in U.S. District Court in Northern California, MMAjunkie has learned. As previously reported, the class action suit alleges that the UFC participated in anti-competitive practices that hindered fighters. Here’s a short look at the plaintiffs and their sometimes rocky history with the UFC: Jon Fitch Jon Fitch Fitch, 36, won his first eight fights with the promotion, which led to an unsuccessful bid for the title against then-champ Georges St-Pierre in 2008. Later that year, the UFC released him from his contract after he refused to sign a deal granting the promotion exclusive rights to his likeness for the “UFC Undisputed” video game. One day after news broke of his contract release, he agreed to sign the deal and was reinstated to fight at UFC 94

UFC class-action lawsuit plaintiffs include Cung Le, Jon Fitch and Nate Quarry – MMA Junkie