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Dana White: Key to Zuffa Boxing is for best to fight best

BAD MMA News — Thu, 08 Aug 2019 20:34:25 +0000

Dana White has often stressed how he dislikes the boxing model. Which is why the UFC president is looking to launch Zuffa Boxing by the end of the year, in hopes to fulfill his main goal: He wants the top fighters to face off against each other. “Exactly what the key is here is to go after the best up-and-coming fighters in the world, and the best fight the best,” White told MMA Junkie and other reporters Tuesday. “That’s it

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Dana White’s Contender Series 23: Grading the winners

BAD MMA News — Wed, 07 Aug 2019 21:31:52 +0000

Dana White’s Contender Series 23 took place Tuesday in Las Vegas, and we’re grading the winners from the five-fight card, which streamed on ESPN+ from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. With a refreshing but digestible format that has had the MMA fanbase responding, this series has shown to have legs in multiple ways while serving as a crockpot for contenders whom the UFC matchmakers can use for future events. So, with that trend in mind, I will once again be taking a look at the winning fighters regardless of whether or not they won a UFC contract, grading their performances in regards to their probability of returning to a UFC stage. Dwight Joseph Weight class : Bantamweight Result : Grade : C+ Summary : Don’t let the letter grade fool you, as I still contend that Dwight Joseph arguably over-performed in this spot against Jay Perrin. Joseph, who came in as a slight underdog to Perrin, found himself taken down early and forced into exchanges with the slightly more experienced man. Nevertheless, Joseph was able to explode back to his feet and quietly punctuate the striking stanzas with counter lefts and body kicks.

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Dana White’s Contender Series 23 results: Three more fighters join UFC roster

BAD MMA News — Wed, 07 Aug 2019 04:25:23 +0000

LAS VEGAS – Venezuelan lightweight Omar Morales (8-0) kept his career record perfect, scoring an impressive second-round TKO over Harvey Park (12-3). The bout served as the featured contest of Tuesday’s Dana White’s Contender Series 23 event, which streamed on ESPN+ from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Morales was light on his feet to start, spinning his opponent with a low kick and then following with a big shot up top. Park was a bit more stationary in his approach and then elected to move to the clinch, driving a few attacks to the body before accidentally landing a knee to the groin.

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Dana White’s Contender Series 23 results

BAD MMA News — Tue, 06 Aug 2019 22:33:08 +0000

LAS VEGAS – Dana White’s Contender Series action returns to our screens on Tuesday night as the UFC Apex plays host to five more fights, as 10 hopefuls look to impress Dana White and earn themselves a contract with the UFC. All 10 fighters passed their first test as they all successfully made weight at Monday’s weigh-ins, with all fighters efficiently hitting their contracted weights within just 13 minutes of the weigh-in window opening.

Dana White’s Contender Series 23 results – MMA Junkie