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Combat Rewind, May 1: An iconic passing of the torch, after 90 minutes of battle

BAD MMA News — Fri, 01 May 2020 11:10:27 +0000

There’s “Flashback Friday” and “Throwback Thursday” (and Tuesday, too, if you want). But at MMA Junkie, we figured why not expand that to every day? “Combat Rewind” brings you some of combat sports’ best highlights from every calendar day of the year.

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Combat Rewind, May 1: An iconic passing of the torch, after 90 minutes of battle – MMA Junkie

Quintet Ultra: Team PRIDE looking forward to post-match drinks to ‘bring back PRIDE the right way’

BAD MMA News — Thu, 12 Dec 2019 21:52:05 +0000

LAS VEGAS – PRIDE never die. Thursday night at Quintet Ultra, five of PRIDE’s most notable veterans will compete against teams representing the UFC, WEC, and Strikeforce. The openweight elimination challenge takes place at Red Rock Casino Resort in Las Vegas and streams on UFC Fight Pass

Quintet Ultra: Team PRIDE looking forward to post-match drinks to ‘bring back PRIDE the right way’ – MMA Junkie

Video: Kazushi Sakuraba, Takanori Gomi clashed in meeting of MMA legends at Quintet Fight Night 4

BAD MMA News — Sat, 30 Nov 2019 20:31:13 +0000

Two of the most notable names in Japanese MMA history took to the mats in their home country. MMA legend Kazushi Sakuraba and former PRIDE lightweight champion Takanori Gomi met in a “special iron man match” at Saturday’s Quintet Fight Night 4 in Tokyo, which streamed live on UFC Fight Pass . The brainchild of Sakuraba, Quintet features a 5-on-5 team grappling format

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Video: Kazushi Sakuraba, Takanori Gomi clashed in meeting of MMA legends at Quintet Fight Night 4 – MMA Junkie

Quintet’s Vegas card features Gilbert Melendez, ‘Rumble’ Johnson, Chad Mendes, more

BAD MMA News — Mon, 11 Nov 2019 23:12:31 +0000

The UFC’s final pay-per-view card of 2019 is a suitably festive event, as UFC 245 on Dec. 14 features a stacked card with three title fights. It will be a big enough week leading up to the show at T-Mobile Arena that other events of note are being planned for fight week in Las Vegas.

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Twitter Mailbag: On Jon Jones conspiracy theories, ‘snitching,’ and more

BAD MMA News — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 20:32:19 +0000

What are we to make of the details and potential fallout from Jon Jones’ USADA case? What’s to become of Fabricio Werdum?

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Twitter Mailbag: On Jon Jones conspiracy theories, ‘snitching,’ and more – MMA Junkie

Competing against Sakuraba at Quintet 3 ‘dream come true’ for Urijah Faber

BAD MMA News — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 16:50:06 +0000

The night before the UFC hosts the “biggest fight of the year,” a some MMA legends will be competing on the mats. UFC officials recently announced that UFC Hall of Famer Kazushi Sakuraba ’s Quintet grappling organization will make its U.S. debut Friday, Oct. 5 at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, one night before UFC 229 is headlined by a lightweight title fight between champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor. Sakuraba launched Quintet earlier this year in his native Japan

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Competing against Sakuraba at Quintet 3 ‘dream come true’ for Urijah Faber – MMA Junkie

Stream or download MMAjunkie Radio #2577 with Urijah Faber, Josh Barnett, Kazushi Sakuraba, Tom Vaughn

BAD MMA News — Tue, 11 Sep 2018 16:45:38 +0000

Stream or download Monday’s episode of MMAjunkie Radio with guests Urijah Faber , Josh Barnett , Kazushi Sakuraba and Tom Vaughn. Faber, Barnett and Sakuraba stopped by the studio to talk about Quintent 3, which goes down Oct. 5 at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas. Vaughn, who coaches former UFC flyweight champion Nicco Montano , called in to talk about the fallout from UFC 228, where Montano was stripped of her title after being hospitalized during her weight cut.

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Stream or download MMAjunkie Radio #2577 with Urijah Faber, Josh Barnett, Kazushi Sakuraba, Tom Vaughn – MMA Junkie

Watch MMAjunkie Radio here (1 p.m. ET) with Urijah Faber, Josh Barnett, Kazushi Sakuraba, Tom Vaughn

BAD MMA News — Mon, 10 Sep 2018 16:54:50 +0000

MMAjunkie Radio kicks off today at 1 p.m. ET (10 a.m. PT) with guests Urijah Faber , Josh Barnett , Kazushi Sakuraba and Tom Vaughn.

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Watch MMAjunkie Radio here (1 p.m. ET) with Urijah Faber, Josh Barnett, Kazushi Sakuraba, Tom Vaughn – MMA Junkie

Quintet 3 brings Sakuraba, Faber, Barnett, Bravo to Las Vegas one night before UFC 229

BAD MMA News — Sun, 09 Sep 2018 20:00:55 +0000

The night before “the biggest fight in UFC history” just got a little star power added, as well. UFC officials recently announced that UFC Hall of Famer Kazushi Sakuraba ’s Quintet grappling organization will make its U.S. debut on Friday, Oct. 5 at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas.

Kazushi Sakuraba’s QUINTET Fight Night submission grappling returns to UFC Fight Pass tonight

BAD MMA News — Fri, 08 Jun 2018 21:19:20 +0000

MMA and grappling legend Kazushi Sakuraba ’s new submission-only team grappling concept returns to UFC Fight Pass tonight, streaming live from Tokyo at 11 p.m. PT/2 a.m. ET

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