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MMA Junkie’s Fight of the Month for March: Justin Gaethje and Rafael Fiziev claim award – again

BAD MMA News — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 02:22:26 +0000

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

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Ozzy Diaz overcome with emotion after first 15-minute fight, pre-UFC 313 adversity

BAD MMA News — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 15:28:02 +0000

LAS VEGAS – Ozzy Diaz beat Djorden Santos with a unanimous decision Saturday to open the preliminary card at UFC 313 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Take a look inside the fight with Diaz, who had to go 15 minutes for a win for the first time in his career. Ozzy Diaz def. Djorden Santos Result: Ozzy Diaz def. Djorden Santos via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) Updated records: Diaz (10-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC), Santos (10-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC) Key stats: Diaz and Santos landed the eighth most combined strikes in UFC middleweight history – 270 total, with Diaz with a narrow edge at 136-134

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Ozzy Diaz def. Djorden Santos at UFC 313: Best photos

BAD MMA News — Sun, 09 Mar 2025 02:29:54 +0000

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UFC 313 videos: Backstage winner post-fight interviews

BAD MMA News — Sun, 09 Mar 2025 02:29:48 +0000

LAS VEGAS – UFC 313 took place Saturday with 10 bouts on the lineup. MMA Junkie has you covered with backstage winner interviews from T-Mobile Arena. You can hear from all the UFC 313 winners by checking out their post-fight news conferences below. For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 313 .

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UFC Fight Night 248 video: Zhang Mingyang crushes Ozzy Diaz to keep perfect finish rate

BAD MMA News — Sat, 23 Nov 2024 13:02:47 +0000

Zhang Mingyang showed once again that he is a force in the opening round when he put Ozzy Diaz away in highlight-reel fashion at UFC Fight Night 248 . Mingyang (18-6 MMA, 2-0 UFC) maintained his rate of finishing his opponent in the first round in all of his career wins when a perfect short left elbow dropped Diaz (9-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC) and led to a flurry of ground-and-pound to end the light heavyweight bout less than 3 minutes in at Galaxy Arena in Macau. The crowd went wild for Mingyang’s handiwork, and you can check out the replay of it below (via X ): THAT ELBOW WAS CLEAN #UFCMacau pic.twitter.com/RXXBcqu4d0 — ESPN MMA (@espnmma) November 23, 2024 Zhang Mingyang records just the 10th finish in UFC history stemming from an elbow strike at distance and the first in light heavyweight history! #UFCMacau pic.twitter.com/Br9kRxhl11 — UFC (@ufc) November 23, 2024 Afterward, the 26-year-old Mingyang delivered an enthusiastic post-fight interview in which he said he is looking forward to big things from his future at 205 pounds. “This knockout is for you, for the hometown crowd,” Mingyang said through an interpreter in his post-fight interview with Michael Bisping.

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Ozzy Diaz vs. Zhang Mingyang prediction, pick, start time for UFC Fight Night 248

BAD MMA News — Sat, 23 Nov 2024 02:13:44 +0000

Ozzy Diaz and Zhang Mingyang meet Saturday on the UFC Fight Night 248 main card at Galaxy Arena in Macau. Check out this quick breakdown of the matchup from MMA Junkie analyst Dan Tom. Last event: 4-1 UFC main cards, 2024: 99-90-3 Ozzy Diaz vs. Zhang Mingyang UFC Fight Night 248 preview Diaz (9-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC) makes his UFC debut in a main card opening spot. After a failed audition on Dana White’s Contender Series in 2022, Diaz navigated his way to the UFC by picking up two stoppage wins in 2024 under the LFA banner. … Zhang (17-6 MMA, 1-0 UFC) enters on a double-digit winning streak, and will look to extend it further in his second UFC appearance. In February, Zhang debuted with a first-round finish of Brendson Ribeiro at UFC 298

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LFA 127 results: Ozzy Diaz wins middleweight title, gets immediate call to DWCS

BAD MMA News — Sat, 26 Mar 2022 05:20:43 +0000

LFA has crowned a new middleweight champion, but he won’t be sticking around to defend his new title. In the main event at LFA 127 on Friday evening, Ozzy Diaz faced Bruno Assis for the vacant middleweight title. The event took place at The Commerce Casino & Hotel in Los Angeles. The classic striker vs. grappler matchup would be determined by the man with the sharper stand-up game

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