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Amanda Nunes officially back in UFC anti-doping program clearing way for return from retirement

BAD MMA News — Sun, 20 Jul 2025 03:00:00 +0000

Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC Amanda Nunes has taken the next necessary step to resume her career after declaring plans to fight again following her retirement back in 2023. The former two-division champion is officially back in the UFC’s anti-doping program with her being drug tested once within the past seven days. Testing numbers are provided weekly on the UFC’s anti-doping website with Nunes appearing with the latest update

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Raquel Pennington vs. Norma Dumont in the works for Noche UFC 3

BAD MMA News — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 02:00:00 +0000

Photo by Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC A bantamweight showdown between former champion Raquel Pennington and Norma Dumont is currently in the works for the upcoming Noche UFC 3 card taking place in San Antonio on Sept. 13. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed the matchup to MMA Fighting on Tuesday following an initial report from AG Fight .

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Raquel Pennington vs. Norma Dumont in the works for Noche UFC 3 – MMA Fighting

Coach Raul Arvizu confident in the future of Mexican talent in UFC: ‘There’s an expansion coming’

BAD MMA News — Sat, 01 Feb 2025 01:13:53 +0000

Mexican MMA, specifically in the UFC, has taken a hit. Recently, Mexico had two undisputed UFC champions in Brandon Moreno and Alexa Grasso , an interim UFC champion in Yair Rodriguez and a title challenger in Irene Aldana , who was slated to fight women’s MMA great Amanda Nunes. Fast-forward to 2025 and all that is gone. There are no Mexican UFC champions or current contenders scheduled to fight for a belt. Yet, despite the somewhat demoralizing outlook, veteran coach Raul Arvizu is confident big things are coming for his country.

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Coach Raul Arvizu confident in the future of Mexican talent in UFC: ‘There’s an expansion coming’ – MMA Junkie

Irene Aldana questions commission’s handling of massive cut at UFC 306: ‘My health was on the line’

BAD MMA News — Thu, 17 Oct 2024 20:43:46 +0000

Irene Aldana had a rough night at the office at UFC 306, and although a lot was unpreventable, some other things were not, at least according to the former UFC title challenger. Unfortunately for Aldana (15-8 MMA, 8-6 UFC), she suffered arguably the worst cut in UFC history during her decision loss to Norma Dumont in her women’s bantamweight bout at Sphere in Las Vegas last month. It was a gruesome gash that went from the bottom of her eyebrow all the way to her hairline and appeared to be half an inch wide. This nasty cut stemmed from an accidental, but illegal, headbutt towards the end of Round 2. Although these things happen in the chaotic nature of the fight game, Aldana claims she was hit more than once with headbutts. “It wasn’t just the only one headbutt, there were multiple in that fight,” Aldana told MMA Junkie in Spanish in an exclusive interview

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Irene Aldana questions commission’s handling of massive cut at UFC 306: ‘My health was on the line’ – MMA Junkie

With stitches out, Irene Aldana shares healing progress on insane cuts suffered at UFC 306

BAD MMA News — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 21:14:03 +0000

Does Irene Aldana have a Marvel-like mutant healing factor? “Wolverine ,” fellow UFC fighter Angela Hill commented on Aldana’s Instagram post Thursday. In her latest social media post, Aldana shared a short selfie video showing her healing progress after removing her stitches

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With stitches out, Irene Aldana shares healing progress on insane cuts suffered at UFC 306 – MMA Junkie

Irene Aldana’s ‘worst cut in UFC history’ looks very different days later

BAD MMA News — Sat, 21 Sep 2024 20:23:20 +0000

Time heals, and that looks to be the case for Irene Aldana ‘s ‘worst cut in UFC history’. The UFC women’s bantamweight division has been on fire of late, and Aldana has been a huge part of that. Putting on back to back fight-of-the-night contenders — with one of those being Jon Anik’s 2023 fight of the year — the 36-year-old has been a joy to watch

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Irene Aldana’s ‘worst cut in UFC history’ looks very different days later – MMA Weekly

New Irene Aldana gruesome cut photos surface

BAD MMA News — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 15:15:49 +0000

One of the major talking points of UFC 306 at the Las Vegas Sphere was Irene Aldana ‘s gut-wrenching cut. On what is being touted as the most unique night in the history of the sport, September 14 was filled with unforgettable moments from start to finish. Standing atop the list of the most memorable was an injury that was endured during the event’s featured prelim. Going toe-to-toe in a 15-minute war, Irene Aldana and Norma Dumont were unlucky not to take home fight of the night honors when all was said and done. But, despite putting on a phenomenal display for the fans, the quality of the fight was overshadowed by what is being considered the worst cut in UFC history.

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New Irene Aldana gruesome cut photos surface – MMA Weekly

Irene Aldana’s UFC 306 cut barely noticeable two days later (OK, that’s a lie)

BAD MMA News — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 18:51:09 +0000

Irene Aldana ’s UFC 306 cut looks like a scratch two days later … if the scratch was from an excavator on a construction site. In other words, holy hell – it’s gnarly. Norma Dumont (12-2 MMA, 8-2 UFC) beat former women’s bantamweight title challenger Aldana (15-8 MMA, 8-6 UFC) with a unanimous decision to close out the prelims at Noche UFC at Sphere in Las Vegas. The result wasn’t what wound up being notable, though. Dumont opened up a massive cut on Aldana’s forehead that may have been the worst in UFC history.

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Irene Aldana’s UFC 306 cut barely noticeable two days later (OK, that’s a lie) – MMA Junkie

UFC 306 post-event facts: Merab Dvalishvili’s streak reaches historic status in title win vs. Sean O’Malley

BAD MMA News — Sun, 15 Sep 2024 20:01:40 +0000

The UFC’s historic event at Sphere in Las Vegas on Saturday produced historic results, because UFC 306 joined the short list of events to crown two new champions on the same night In the main event, Merab Dvalishvili (18-4 MMA, 11-2 UFC) claimed the bantamweight title from Sean O’Malley (18-2 MMA, 10-2 UFC) in a one-sided unanimous decision . A similar result occurred in the co-headliner, when Valentina Shevchenko (24-4-1 MMA, 13-3-1 UFC) outworked Alexa Grasso (16-4-1 MMA, 8-4-1 UFC) to a unanimous decision in their trilogy bout to reclaim the women’s flyweight belt. For more on the numbers to come out of the entire card, check below for MMA Junkie’s post-event facts from UFC 306. * * * *

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UFC 306 post-event facts: Merab Dvalishvili’s streak reaches historic status in title win vs. Sean O’Malley – MMA Junkie

Norma Dumont unsurprised UFC 306 fight vs. Irene Aldana wasn’t stopped – despite grotesque cut

BAD MMA News — Sun, 15 Sep 2024 18:39:45 +0000

LAS VEGAS – As Norma Dumont watched opponent Irene Aldana ’s skin part, she was unsurprised their fight didn’t get stopped due to the gaping gash. At Saturday’s UFC 306 , Dumont (12-2 MMA, 8-2 UFC) defeated Aldana (15-8 MMA, 8-6 UFC) by unanimous decision, but a laceration to the latter stole the show. “Every time I fight, I check who the ref is,” Dumont told MMA Junkie and other reporters through a Portuguese-language interpreter.

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Norma Dumont unsurprised UFC 306 fight vs. Irene Aldana wasn’t stopped – despite grotesque cut – MMA Junkie