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UFC on ESPN 64 winner MarQuel Mederos says ‘f*ck it’ and calls out lightweight veteran

BAD MMA News — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 01:28:48 +0000

MEXICO CITY – MarQuel Mederos wasn’t totally thrilled with his performance, so a callout wasn’t the first thing on his mind. But just as he was going to officially decline a namedrop once and for all, he had a change of heart. Following his UFC on ESPN 64 win over Austin Hubbard on Saturday in Mexico City, Mederos (10-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC) mentioned the experienced veteran Jared Gordon (20-7 MMA, 8-6 UFC) as a potential next fight. “I have some things in mind,” Mederos told MMA Junkie and other reporters at a news conference after the win.

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UFC Fight Night 254 loses one fight due to injury

BAD MMA News — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 23:39:40 +0000

UFC Fight Night 254 ( ESPN+ ) will go on with one less bout. On Thursday, the promotion announced that Marquel Mederos has been forced to withdraw from his lightweight bout against Evan Elder due to an undisclosed injury. As a result, Elder has been moved to UFC on ESPN 66, replacing an injured Mitch Ramirez against Ahmad Hassanzada . UFC on ESPN 66 goes down on April 26 in Kansas City. UFC Fight Night 254, also known as UFC Vegas 104, takes place this Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. the event will now go on with 13 bouts

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Dana White’s Contender Series 67: Grading the winners

BAD MMA News — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 15:47:27 +0000

Week 1 of Dana White’s Contender Series (2024) took place on Tuesday, and we’re grading the winners from the five-fight card, which streamed on ESPN+ from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Since its inception in 2017, 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, here are the grades for the winning fighters – regardless of whether or not they earned a UFC contract – and an assessment of their probability to return to a UFC stage

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UFC Denver fight card loses two more bouts

BAD MMA News — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 23:25:05 +0000

The bad luck continues for the UFC as its summer schedule continues to be pelted by fighter withdrawals. Most recently, the UFC on ESPN 59 event on July 13 at Ball Arena in Denver has absorbed the brunt of the blow. One day after news surfaced its main event between Maycee Barber and Rose Namajunas was canceled (with Tracy Cortez now stepping in ), two undercard fights have also been pulled

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One fight into UFC tenure, MarQuel Mederos has a request: ‘Don’t bring me back to the Apex’

BAD MMA News — Mon, 05 Feb 2024 22:28:32 +0000

LAS VEGAS – Marquel Mederos beat Landon Quinones with a unanimous decision Saturday on the preliminary card at UFC Fight Night 235 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Take a look inside the fight with Mederos, who won his official UFC debut after punching his ticket through Dana White’s Contender Series.

UFC Fight Night 235 video: Hear from each winner, guest fighters backstage

BAD MMA News — Sun, 04 Feb 2024 00:07:54 +0000

LAS VEGAS – UFC Fight Night 235 took place Saturday with 13 bouts on the lineup. We’ve got you covered with backstage winner interviews from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. You can hear from all the UFC Fight Night 235 winners by checking out their post-fight news conferences below. For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 235 .

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Fresh Ink: Meet the 14 fighters the UFC signed in October 2023

BAD MMA News — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 14:38:59 +0000

The UFC roster is bigger than ever – and it continues to expand. Fresh faces appear on nearly every card, whether onboarded as short-notice opening fillers, “Dana White’s Contender Series” signees, or rare straight-up additions. Sometimes it’s hard to keep track of the hustle and bustle of the mixed martial arts news beat, but here at MMA Junkie, we’ve got you covered. “Fresh Ink” is your list of fighters added to the UFC roster the previous month and provides background on who they are and where they came from. Check out the October 2023 list below.

DWCS 66 winner Marquel Mederos’ perfect debut would be vs. James Llontop at UFC 296

BAD MMA News — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 20:34:26 +0000

LAS VEGAS – Marquel Mederos wants a fellow Dana White’s Contender Series graduate in his UFC debut. Mederos (8-1) extended his winning streak to six when he knocked out Issa Isakov (10-3) to earn a UFC contract Tuesday at Dana White’s Contender Series 66. Mederos would love to share the UFC 296 card with Factory X teammate Brandon Royval, who challenges flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja in the co-main event. Mederos thinks DWCS 62 contract winner James Llontop (14-2) would be a good fight. “I do want to fight on that same card as Brandon (Royval), that Dec.

DWCS 66 video: Marquel Mederos lands crushing first-round knee knockout

BAD MMA News — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 01:10:11 +0000

Knockouts by knee are the trending result at the season finale of Dana White’s Contender Series. In the second bout of Dana White’s Contender Series 66 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Marquel Mederos (8-1) became the second fighter in as many bouts to finish a fight with a knee knockout. In the first round against Issa Isakov (10-3), Mederos pressed forward and timed a crushing knee to the jaw

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