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Salahdine Parnasse stops Dan Hooker in the first round

BAD MMA News — Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:15:42 +0000

Living up to the hype has proven a difficult task for many making their UFC debuts, but that wasn’t the case for Salahdine Parnasse. Making a first appearance in the UFC in front of thousands of hometown fans in his home country of France was always going to be tough for anybody. While it doesn’t get much bigger than a main event fight on home turf in your debut, Parnasse made it look like a sparring session against a true tried and tested veteran in Dan Hooker

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Salahdine Parnasse stops Dan Hooker in the first round

BAD MMA News — Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:15:42 +0000

Living up to the hype has proven a difficult task for many making their UFC debuts, but that wasn’t the case for Salahdine Parnasse.

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Ali Bagautinov admits jitters slowed UFC Fight Night 28 knockout win

BAD MMA News — Thu, 05 Sep 2013 10:10:00 +0000

BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil – Russian flyweight Ali Bagautinov received a healthy does of hype ahead of his UFC debut, and the 28-year-old delivered with a knockout win. But he admits he started a little slowly when octagon jitters got the best of him early.

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UFC Fight Night 27 results: Takeya Mizugaki halts Erik Perez hype, earns split

BAD MMA News — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 05:03:00 +0000

INDIANAPOLIS – Erik Perez may still prove to be the future of the UFC’s bantamweight division, but Takeya Mizugaki proved to be a little too much for the Mexican prospect.

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UFC Fight Night 27 results: Brandon Thatch makes quick work of Justin Edwards

BAD MMA News — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 03:03:00 +0000

INDIANAPOLIS – Brandon Thatch entered his bout with Justin Edwards with an impressive amount of hype. After 83 seconds of pure offense, it appears the talk was all justified.

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After Conor McGregor’s UFC ‘loss,’ Dana White an even bigger fan

BAD MMA News — Sun, 18 Aug 2013 16:45:00 +0000

BOSTON – Conor McGregor entered UFC Fight Night 26 with absolutely unprecedented hype, to the point that even he admitted a decision win felt more like a loss than anything else. That makes UFC President Dana White an even bigger fan.

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UFC Fight Night 26 results and photos: Conor McGregor dominates Max Holloway

BAD MMA News — Sun, 18 Aug 2013 03:25:00 +0000

BOSTON – Conor McGregor had more than a little pressure on him, and he lived up to the hype again with a unanimous decision win over Max Holloway that he said had to go the distance thanks to a second-round knee injury.

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With all the hype behind UFC Fight Night 26′s Conor McGregor, what if he loses?

BAD MMA News — Fri, 16 Aug 2013 03:00:00 +0000

BOSTON – If you still weren’t quite sure how much the UFC believes in Irish prospect Conor McGregor , consider how Thursday’s pre-UFC Fight Night 26 press conference opened: UFC President Dana White directing the “Notorious” featherweight to unveil a custom-designed poster of himself. “I literally sent them to every Irish bar in Boston, New York, Kansas City, San Francisco,” White told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) after the press conference ended. “You can’t walk in a place in Dublin where there isn’t a poster of him down there

Video: Watch UFC Fight Night 26′s Conor McGregor fight Marcus Brimage

BAD MMA News — Tue, 13 Aug 2013 23:45:00 +0000

The Conor McGregor hype train rolls into Boston on Saturday. Find out why the Irishman has garnered so much attention.

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USA TODAY: ‘Confidently cocky’ Irishman Conor McGregor says UFC hype justified

BAD MMA News — Tue, 13 Aug 2013 17:45:00 +0000

Say what you will about UFC featherweight Conor McGregor; just don’t say he lacks confidence.

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USA TODAY: ‘Confidently cocky’ Irishman Conor McGregor says UFC hype justified – MMA Junkie