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Israel Adesanya: ‘Nassourdine Imavov brings nothing I haven’t seen before’

BAD MMA News — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 01:38:30 +0000

For the first time in nearly six years former two-time middleweight champion Israel Adesanya will make the walk to the octagon for a non-title fight. “The Last Stylebender” headlines Saturday’s UFC Saudi Arabia fight card against fifth-ranked Nassourdine Imavov . Heading into the fight, Adesanya feels like the veteran for the first time. The 35-year old looks forward to facing some younger up-and-comers and he’s got one on Saturday in the 29-year old Imavov

Israel Adesanya: ‘Nassourdine Imavov brings nothing I haven’t seen before’ – MMA Weekly

Jon Jones: ‘Tom Aspinall is an a–hole and his fans are annoying’

BAD MMA News — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 01:39:42 +0000

Heavyweight champion Jon Jones puts his title on the line for the first time on Saturday in the UFC 309 main event against former two-time titleholder Stipe Miocic . Interim champion Tom Aspinall will be watching, but Jones has no intentions of doing business with the Englishman. Aspinall has lobbied for a fight against Jones since winning the interim championship last November. Jones recently stated that Aspinall isn’t a fight he’s interested in but proposed a potential match against light heavyweight titleholder Alex Pereira .

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Jon Jones: ‘Tom Aspinall is an a–hole and his fans are annoying’ – MMA Weekly

Stipe Miocic reacts to Jon Jones threat over trash talk | Video

BAD MMA News — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 21:03:42 +0000

The last time former two-time heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic made the walk to the octagon was in March 2021. On Saturday, he headlines the UFC 309 fight card against current titleholder Jon Jones .

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Paddy Pimblett struggled after infection, surgery, and artificial ligaments | UFC 296 Media Day Video

BAD MMA News — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 22:37:57 +0000

It’s been a year since rising lightweight star Paddy Pimblett has fought. During his UFC 282 fight with Jared Gordon, Pimblett injured his foot in the first round and it required several surgeries to repair. Pimblett now has artificial ligaments in his foot and struggled with infection, the surgeries, and the ligaments. On Saturday, Pimblett returns to take on Tony Ferguson on the UFC 296 main card. He’s called the match up a lose-lose fight with Ferguson coming off six loses in a row, but it’s also a must win fight for Pimblett.

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Paddy Pimblett struggled after infection, surgery, and artificial ligaments | UFC 296 Media Day Video – MMA Weekly

Sean O’Malley blasts MMA managers as ‘scumbags’ who will ‘manipulate you’

BAD MMA News — Thu, 17 Aug 2023 22:16:19 +0000

Sean O’Malley is one of a kind in more ways than one. Not only does he beat to his own drum in regard to fashion, but he’s also one of the few high-ranking UFC fighters to not have a dedicated manager overseeing his career. And he likes it that way. “I’d say make sure when you get these manager’s contracts, read them… have a lawyer look through them. Don’t just sign just because these guys say they can get you in the UFC,” O’Malley said at the UFC 292 media day (h/t Bloody Elbow for the transcription). “They’re taking 20 percent of your purse.

Alexander Volkanovski breaks down Islam Makhachev during UFC 284 Media Day | VIDEO

BAD MMA News — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 13:21:54 +0000

Featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski breaks down lightweight Champ Islam Makhachev during the UFC 284 Media Day. The two headline Saturday’s pay-per-view event in Perth, Australia at RAC Arena, but there’s more than just champion vs. champion on the line. Volkanovski is ranked No. 1 on the pound-for-pound likes while Makhachev sits in the second position.

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Alexander Volkanovski breaks down Islam Makhachev during UFC 284 Media Day | VIDEO – MMA Weekly

UFC 283: Title Fight Face-Offs | Media Day Video

BAD MMA News — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 03:19:03 +0000

The four fighters competing in the two title fights that headline UFC 283 on Saturday: Glover Teixeira, Jamahal Hill, Deiveson Figueiredo and Brandon Moreno, faced off at Wednesday’s media day. Former titleholder Glover Teixeira and Jamahal Hill heading the fight card for the vacant light heavyweight championship. In the co-main event, flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo and interim titleholder Brandon Moreno will meet for the fourth time in a title unification bout. Jon Jones ‘guarantees’ at least two more fights

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UFC 283: Title Fight Face-Offs | Media Day Video – MMA Weekly

Luke Rockhold Goes Off About Fighter Pay, Healthcare, and Says Dana White is ‘Suppressing the Sport’

BAD MMA News — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 23:20:34 +0000

Former middleweight champion Luke Rockhold launched several criticisms about the fight promotion during the UFC 278 Media Day on Wednesday. Rockhold went off on fighter pay, fighter health insurance, the bonus system, among other things. Rockhold faces No. 6 ranked former title challenger Paulo Costo in Saturday’s co-main event. Khamzat Chimaev on UFC 279 fight with Nate Diaz: ‘I can smash that guy easy’ (Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube )

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Luke Rockhold Goes Off About Fighter Pay, Healthcare, and Says Dana White is ‘Suppressing the Sport’ – MMA Weekly

Julianna Peña: ‘The UFC women’s featherweight division is a division of literally no one’

BAD MMA News — Thu, 28 Jul 2022 11:14:15 +0000

UFC women’s bantamweight champion Julianna Peña laid out some hard criticisms of the women’s featherweight division during the UFC 277 Media Day. Peña believes it’s a one-fighter division, and she has a valid point. If you go to the UFC Rankings page on the fight promotion’s website , there is only one fighter listed in the weight class, and it’s champion Amanda Nunes . Nunes once held both the featherweight and bantamweight championships, but Peña snatched the bantamweight title from Nunes at UFC 269 in December, submitting the former two-division champion in the second round.

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Julianna Peña: ‘The UFC women’s featherweight division is a division of literally no one’ – MMA Weekly

Julianna Peña: ‘We’re going to see whose ovaries are bigger’

BAD MMA News — Thu, 28 Jul 2022 08:54:14 +0000

Women’s bantamweight champion Julianna Peña puts her title on the line in a rematch against former titleholder Amanda Nunes in the UFC 277 main event on Saturday. Nunes is considered to be the greatest female fighter in the promotion’s history, but Peña made ‘The Lioness’ look human in their first fight.

Julianna Peña: ‘We’re going to see whose ovaries are bigger’ – MMA Weekly