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Submission Underground 2 results: Jon Jones taps out Dan Henderson, challenges Chael Sonnen to January contest

BAD MMA News — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 04:13:26 +0000

Filed under: Featured , News Apr 26, 2013; Newark, NJ, USA; Jon Jones (left) and Chael Sonnen face off after the weigh-in at the Prudential Center. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports Apr 26, 2013; Newark, NJ, USA; Jon Jones (left) and Chael Sonnen face off after the weigh-in at the Prudential Center. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports Apr 26, 2013; Newark, NJ, USA; Jon Jones weighs in for his light heavyweight title bout against Chael Sonnen (not pictured) at the Prudential Center

Jon Jones vs. Dan Henderson set for Submission Underground 2

BAD MMA News — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 20:45:51 +0000

Filed under: News , UFC No punches will be thrown, but Jon Jones and Dan Henderson will finally get a chance to compete. Four years after an injury to Henderson led to the cancelation of a title fight with Jones at UFC 151, the recently retired legend will face the UFC interim light heavyweight champ on the grappling mats at Submission Underground 2, fighter and promoter Chael Sonnen today told MMAjunkie.

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Just two more wins and Jeff Monson can retire – or can he?

BAD MMA News — Fri, 22 Jan 2016 20:45:24 +0000

Jeff Monson On Christmas, Jeff Monson climbed into a cage an hour outside of Moscow to fight a man 20 years his junior in the 84th professional bout of his MMA career. It lasted less than a minute. The way it ended was, Donald Njatah Nya, a 23-year-old fighter from Cameroon, hit him just behind the ear with a right hand. For a moment the punch seemed to freeze Monson in mid-air – his hands still up in a defensive posture, his bulging, tattooed arms still stuck to his bulging, tattooed body – then he pitched forward and landed face-first on the mat. The referee rushed in to save him then.

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New book ‘Beast’ details Daniel Straus’ title struggles, Jeff Monson’s detached retina

BAD MMA News — Sun, 01 Nov 2015 20:01:51 +0000

Doug Merlino didn’t know much about MMA the first time he saw the sport. But after spending two years embedded with American Top Team, he penned one of the most in-depth accounts to date of life in the sport. Merlino, a Washington native, was living in New York City in 2010 when a neighbor began talking to him about MMA. That neighbor took Merlino to a bar to watch “UFC 114: Rampage vs. Evans,” and while the main event featured a grudge match between two UFC superstars, it was the infamous heavyweight contest between Mike Russow and Todd Duffee that stuck with the author well after the event. “I left the bar energized,” Merlino wrote in his new book, “ Beast: Blood, Struggle and Dreams at the Heart of Mixed Martial Arts .” “On one level, cage fighting embodied much of what we’re taught is wrong: ‘It was aggressive, violent, an unrepentant celebration of what some would call regressive masculinity.

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The MMA Road Show with John Morgan No. 31: Ali Abdelaziz, Doug Merlino

BAD MMA News — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 11:14:35 +0000

Episode No. 31 of “The MMA Road Show with John Morgan” podcast is now available for streaming and download. MMAjunkie lead staff reporter John Morgan hosts the show while traveling the world to cover the sport.