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Roy Jones Jr. blasts Jake Paul’s fake outrage over Gervonta Davis fight falling apart

BAD MMA News — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 11:10:13 +0000

The Jake Paul and Gervonta Davis exhibition bout faced an uphill battle from the moment it was signed. The exhibition bout was originally scheduled to take place at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia on Nov

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UFC 165′s Jon Jones talks about issues with ‘not relevant to me’ Daniel Cormier

BAD MMA News — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 03:00:00 +0000

LOS ANGELES – At UFC 165, UFC light heavyweight champ Jon Jones is scheduled to fight Alexander Gustafsson , after which he may or may not try his hand in the heavyweight division. Although he doesn’t want to talk about it, he already has a problem with someone in that class: Daniel Cormier . Asked what he thought of Cormier’s recent request to cut the line for a shot at the light-heavy title if successful against Roy Nelson , Jones said: “DC is a guy who really wants to be famous. I don’t think he wants to work hard. I think he just wants to be famous. You can see it in his physique; you can see it in his card.” Jones then paused, obviously irked by the question. “He’s trying to get his Twitter followers up,” the 26-year-old champ said. “That’s about it.” It’s hard to pinpoint exactly where the conflict between the fighters arose, but Cormier (12-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) has been vocal about a fight against Jones (18-1 MMA, 12-1 UFC), who’s been dismissive of the possibility. But that hasn’t kept Jones from taking shots at Cormier on Twitter. In May, he tweeted, “Someone ask DC when his diet starts #Wolftickets,” which prompted Cormier to offer an on-the-spot fight at 220 pounds. Today as part of the UFC’s current “World Tour” at Club Nokia at L.A.

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Strikeforce vet Derrick Mehmen signs with WSOF, moves to heavyweight

BAD MMA News — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:30:00 +0000

World Series of Fighting has bolstered its heavyweight ranks with the signing of Derrick Mehmen . Sources close to the fighter confirmed his signing to MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com), saying Mehmen (15-5) has inked a multi-fight deal with the Las Vegas-based promotion. Mehmen will move up from light heavyweight to fight at heavyweight for WSOF. His debut with the promotion likely will come later this year. “Caveman” Mehmen has a pair of Strikeforce fights on his resume, going 1-1 with a decision win over Roy Jones on a 2011 “Challengers” show before dropping a decision to Gian Villante 13 months ago

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