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MMA Junkie’s Fight of the Month for February: 40-year-old Jared Cannonier stages major comeback

BAD MMA News — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 03:55:38 +0000

With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best fights from February 2025: Here are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMA Junkie’s Fight of the Month award for February. At the bottom of the post, let us know if we got it right by voting on your choice. * * * * Nominees

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UFC 312 bonuses: Three debuting fighters take home extra $50K

BAD MMA News — Sun, 09 Feb 2025 08:08:27 +0000

The UFC handed out four bonuses after Saturday’s card, including three to promotional newcomers. After UFC 312 , four fighters picked up an extra $50,000 for their performances in Sydney.

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UFC 312′s Kody Steele explains value of teammates Khalil Rountree, Merab Dvalishvili

BAD MMA News — Sun, 26 Jan 2025 17:42:38 +0000

For much of his professional career, Kody Steele winged it and didn’t train at a highly-functioning MMA gym. So you can imagine the epiphanies he’s had since he joined Syndicate MMA in Las Vegas.

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UFC newcomer Kody Steele learning MMA ‘on the job,’ hopes for active 2025 campaign

BAD MMA News — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 16:28:52 +0000

As a part of Kody Steele ’s UFC job interview process, he had to endure back-to-back weight cuts in a month’s time. It wasn’t a planned scenario, and it certainly wasn’t what Steele (7-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) envisioned, but it happened when his first Dana White’s Contender Series opponent pulled out just minutes before their fight . Steele was primed to impress Dana White and the UFC matchmakers at DWCS 71 on Sept. 10 , but his scheduled opponent, Quemuel Ottoni, didn’t allow him to fight for a contract.

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Dana White’s Contender Series 75: Grading the winners

BAD MMA News — Wed, 09 Oct 2024 15:02:15 +0000

Week 9 of Dana White’s Contender Series (2024) took place on Tuesday in Las Vegas, and we’re grading the winners from the five-fight card, which streamed on ESPN+ from the UFC Apex. With a simple 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 the UFC matchmakers can use to fill their roster for future events. With that trend in mind, I once again will be taking a look at the winning fighters, regardless of whether or not they won a UFC contract, and grading their performances in regard to their probability of returning to a UFC stage. *** Sean Gauci Sean Gauci def.

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Alex Pereira attended DWCS Week 9, four UFC contracts awarded

BAD MMA News — Wed, 09 Oct 2024 03:58:44 +0000

Light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira attended Tuesday’s Dana White’s Contender Series in Las Vegas and witnessed the last man to beat him in kickboxing be awarded a UFC contract. Pereira played a role in UFC CEO Dana White ‘s decision to grant the Russian a contract. Pereira and Vakhitov fought twice in kickboxing with Pereira winning their first fight via split decision and Vakhitov evening the score in the rematch by majority decision. On Tuesday, Vakhitov scored a first-round finish over Frenchman Islem Masraf. After the fight, Pereira told White to sign Vakhitov. Four UFC contracts were awarded on Tuesday.

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DWCS 75 video: Kody Steele shuts down Chasen Blair with liver shot

BAD MMA News — Wed, 09 Oct 2024 02:48:34 +0000

Kody Steele finally got his opportunity to fight in front of the UFC brass and he made the most of it. At Dana White’s Contender Series 75 , Steele (7-0) finished Chasen Blair (6-3) with a body shot to end the fight at 4:07 of Round 2. The lightweight bout took place Tuesday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The fight was somewhat competitive while it lasted. Blair landed some strikes, but Steele’s seemed to go a lot further in the damage department.

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Dana White’s Contender Series 75 results: Alex Pereira’s foe Artem Vakhitov among four UFC contract winners

BAD MMA News — Wed, 09 Oct 2024 02:48:33 +0000

LAS VEGAS – MMA Junkie was on scene reporting live from Tuesday’s Dana White’s Contender Series 75 event. Dana White’s Contender Series cards see prospects fighting for the opportunity to sign a UFC deal, with UFC president Dana White on hand to make the decisions. The ninth week of the eighth season will saw 10 fighters compete for their shot at a UFC contract. In the feature bout at light heavyweight, former kickboxing standout Artem Vakhitov (3-1), who holds a September 2021 victory over UFC champion Alex Pereira under the GLORY banner, took on Islem Masraf (3-1).

Dana White’s Contender Series 75 live updates and official results

BAD MMA News — Wed, 09 Oct 2024 00:27:52 +0000

LAS VEGAS – MMA Junkie is on scene reporting live from Tuesday’s Dana White’s Contender Series 75 event, which begins at 8 p.m. ET.

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Dana White’s Contender Series 75 live updates and official results (8 p.m. ET)

BAD MMA News — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 12:12:21 +0000

LAS VEGAS – MMA Junkie is on scene reporting live from Tuesday’s Dana White’s Contender Series 75 event, which begins at 8 p.m. ET. Dana White’s Contender Series cards see prospects fighting for the opportunity to sign a UFC deal, with UFC president Dana White on hand to make the decisions. The ninth week of the eighth season will see 10 fighters compete for their shot at a UFC contract. In the feature bout at light heavyweight, former kickboxing standout Artem Vakhitov (2-1), who holds a September 2021 victory over UFC champion Alex Pereira under the GLORY banner, will take on Islem Masraf (3-0).

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