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Noche UFC 3 Weigh-In Results: Former title challenger misses weight by 5 pounds

BAD MMA News — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 17:11:40 +0000

The official Noche UFC 3 weigh-in took place on Saturday in San Antonio, Texas. The event is headlined by a featherweight bout between No. 2 ranked contender Diego Lopes (26-7) and No. 10 ranked Jean Silva (16-2)

UFC Fight Night 237 post-event facts: Yair Rodriguez hits unprecedented career slump

BAD MMA News — Sun, 25 Feb 2024 17:21:13 +0000

The UFC’s final event of February took place Saturday with UFC Fight Night 237 at Mexico City Arena in Mexico. A flyweight contender re-emerged in the main event, when replacement headliner Brandon Royval (16-7 MMA, 6-3 UFC) exacted revenge on former UFC champ Brandon Moreno (21-8-2 MMA, 9-4-2 UFC) with a split decision victory in their rematch from November 2020. For more on the numbers to come out of the card, check below for MMA Junkie’s post-event facts from UFC Fight Night 237. * * * *

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UFC Fight Night 237 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Headliners get combined $17,000

BAD MMA News — Sun, 25 Feb 2024 14:47:29 +0000

MEXICO CITY – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 237 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $135,500. 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 Fight Night 237 took place at Mexico City Arena. The entire card streamed on ESPN+. The full UFC Fight Night 237 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included: * * * * Brandon Royval : $6,000 def. Brandon Moreno : $11,000 Brian Ortega : $11,000 def.

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UFC Fight Night 237 pre-event facts: Can Brian Ortega avoid fourth loss in five fights?

BAD MMA News — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 00:24:45 +0000

The UFC returns to Mexico for the seventh time in its history on Saturday with UFC Fight Night 237 , which takes place at Mexico City Arena in Mexico City and streams on ESPN+. The main event will see former champion Brandon Moreno (21-7-2 MMA, 9-3-2 UFC) take on Brandon Royval (15-7 MMA, 5-3 UFC) in a rematch of their November 2020 bout, which Moreno won by first-round TKO .

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UFC’s Claudio Puelles explains how loss to Dan Hooker put him in a ‘ready to die’ mentality

BAD MMA News — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 21:25:16 +0000

Growth can sometimes be painful, and that’s certainly been the case for UFC lightweight Claudio Puelles . Not long ago, the Peruvian fighter was carrying plenty of hype, with many in MMA keeping tabs on his rise through what historically has been one of the toughest divisions in the sport. That all came to a halt, however, when Puelles (12-3 MMA, 5-2 UFC) was stopped by long-time veteran Dan Hooker at UFC 281 in November 2022. Puelles, at the time 26, saw his five-fight winning streak snapped by the man he had called out.

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UFC Fight Night 232 winner Chase Hooper wants Claudio Puelles next in battle of leg lock specialists

BAD MMA News — Sun, 19 Nov 2023 21:15:56 +0000

LAS VEGAS – Chase Hooper thinks his grappler vs. grappler matchup with Jordan Leavitt at UFC Fight Night 232 delivered, and he wants more of those types of fights going forward. Hooper (13-3-1 MMA, 5-3 UFC) quickly dispatched of Leavitt (11-3 MMA, 4-3 UFC) in Saturday’s lightweight bout at the UFC Apex, locking up a rear-naked choke in the opening round to advance him to 2-0 since moving up from featherweight earlier this year. The grappling exchanges between the pair were fast and furious from the outset, but Hooper was one step ahead and managed to catch Leavitt in a mistake and get the finish. “I was expecting a lot longer of a fight, a lot of tougher of a fight,” Hooper told MMA Junkie and other reporters at the post-fight news conference. “But I snaked it up early, and that’s a win, obviously.

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UFC 281 post-event facts: Alex Pereira makes history with title win in 8th career fight

BAD MMA News — Sun, 13 Nov 2022 17:02:25 +0000

UFC 281 took place Saturday at Madison Square Garden in New York, and with 11 finishes in 14 fights, including two title changes, it proved to be among the best cards of the year. The main event saw Alex Pereira (7-1 MMA, 4-0 UFC) earn another combat victory over Israel Adesanya (23-2 MMA, 12-2 UFC), but this time with the highest stakes imaginable when he claimed the middleweight title with a fifth-round TKO . The co-headliner saw Zhang Weili (23-3 MMA, 7-2 UFC) begin a second reign as women’s strawweight champion when she submitted Carla Esparza (19-7 MMA, 10-5 UFC) with a choke in the second round. For more on the numbers behind both title fights, as well as the rest of the card, check below for MMA Junkie’s post-event facts from UFC 281.

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Fight Tracks: The walkout songs of UFC 281 with James Brown, AC/DC and Mötley Crüe

BAD MMA News — Sun, 13 Nov 2022 13:10:29 +0000

While it takes intense training, world-class skills and maybe even a bit of luck to register a UFC win, picking the right song to accompany you to the cage is a key talent, as well. See what the fighters from UFC 281 went with as their backing tracks in New York.

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Dan Hooker def. Claudio Puelles at UFC 281: Best photos

BAD MMA News — Sun, 13 Nov 2022 04:23:17 +0000

Check out the best photos from Dan Hooker ’s second-round TKO win over Claudio Puelles at UFC 281 at Madison Square Garden in New York. (Photos by Jessica Alcheh, USA TODAY Sports)

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UFC 281 results: Dan Hooker avoids Claudio Puelles’ awkward ground attacks, scores stiff body kick TKO finish

BAD MMA News — Sun, 13 Nov 2022 04:23:11 +0000

NEW YORK – Dan Hooker ’s return to the lightweight division was tricky to navigate at times, but “The Hangman” found the path to victory with his long limbs. Opening up the UFC 281 main card at Madison Square Garden, Hooker (22-12 MMA, 12-8 UFC) ended his featherweight experiment by facing leglock specialist Claudio Puelles. Hooker knew Puelles Puelles (12-3 MMA, 5-2 UFC) would eventually try to bring the fight to the ground, but that didn’t stop him from using his long legs to initiate exchanges early

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