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Fatima Kline dominates Tabatha Ricci at UFC Oklahoma City

BAD MMA News — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 04:42:39 +0000

The UFC Oklahoma City main card featured a women’s strawweight bout between contenders Tabatha Ricci and Fatima Kline . Ricci entered the match ranked No. 8 in the division and looking to rebound from a decision loss to No

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Ben Askren has strong opinion on Charles Oliveira’s BMF title winning performance

BAD MMA News — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 21:29:13 +0000

Despite his accolades in wrestling, Ben Askren wasn’t impressed with Charles Oliveira ‘s dominant grappling performance during his BMF title clash against Max Holloway at UFC 326.

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Mackenzie Dern defeats Virna Jandiroba in controversial decision at UFC 321

BAD MMA News — Sat, 25 Oct 2025 21:43:31 +0000

Top women’s flyweight contender Virna Jandiroba faced No. 5 ranked Mackenzie Dern in the UFC 321 co-main event on Saturday with the vacant title on the line. Jandiroba entered the title fight rematch at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi riding a five-fight winning streak. Dern was coming off back-to-back wins and was ranked No.

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Khamzat Chimaev absolutely dominated Dricus Du Plessis in UFC 319 main event

BAD MMA News — Sun, 17 Aug 2025 06:02:31 +0000

A middleweight title fight between champion Dricus Du Plessis and the unbeaten Khamzat Chimaev headlined Saturday’s UFC 319 fight card. Both men were undefeated inside the octagon. Du Plessis was riding an 11-fight winning streak and hadn’t felt defeat since October 2018. Chimaev had steamrolled most of his opponents leading up to Saturday’s showdown at the United Center in Chicago. After an intense face-off, the fight began

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Reinier de Ridder edges out Robert Whittaker by split decision in UFC Abu Dhabi main event

BAD MMA News — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 02:13:17 +0000

Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Reinier de Ridder remained undefeated in the UFC with a hard-fought split decision victory over former middleweight champion Robert Whittaker in a grueling five-round affair. While he did get absolutely bombed with a punch that knocked him to the ground in the third round, de Ridder showed off some impressive grappling and managed to hurt Whittaker several times with some nasty knees to the body. Combine that with his ability to control the distance and outwork Whittaker in the clinch and that was enough for de Ridder to secure the win in the UFC Abu Dhabi main event

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Chris Weidman Was Not 100-Percent When He Defeated Anderson Silva at UFC 162

BAD MMA News — Wed, 25 Sep 2013 02:25:45 +0000

UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman was able to do what no other 185-pound fighter could before him, hand former titleholder Anderson Silva his first UFC loss in seven years of competition when the two fought at UFC 162 on July 6. The 29-year-old New Yorker secured an early takedown in the title fight. He attempted two submissions and knocked out the greatest of all time with a left hook in the second frame. It was an amazing feat, but made more incredible by Weidman not being in top form for the fight. “I think I went out there and worked hard and went for everything that I felt. In the first round, I went for the heel hook and knee bar. I didn’t get it, but I went for it. I felt a little sluggish in there,” said Weidman during the UFC World Tour: Weidman vs.

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UFC Fight Night 26 results and photos: Ovince St. Preux KOs Cody Donovan

BAD MMA News — Sun, 18 Aug 2013 01:03:00 +0000

BOSTON – Cody Donovan probably wishes he could have that takedown back. Donovan tied Ovince St. Preux up for a while, then took him to the canvas.

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UFC Fight Night 26 results and photos: James Vick chokes out Ramsey Nijem

BAD MMA News — Sun, 18 Aug 2013 00:38:00 +0000

BOSTON – Ramsey Nijem came in looking for the takedown, while James Vick showed up in search of the choke. It was Vick’s that proved to be the winning strategy.

Twitter Mailbag: Fowlkes on Biogenesis, MMA scoring, Bellator MMA’s pay-per-view

BAD MMA News — Fri, 09 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0000

This week’s Twitter Mailbag has a little of everything, from MMA’s connection to the Biogenesis scandal, to the trouble with scoring takedowns, to still more discussion of this whole Bellator pay-per-view thing. If you’ve got a question of your own, or, hey, even just a pithy observation about life, why not tweet it to @BenFowlkesMMA ? I love pithy observations. Except for when I don’t. Talking to fighters, you get a sense that they have a pretty good idea how the mind of a judge works when it comes to takedowns. Close round? A takedown in the final minute will almost invariably sway it, usually even if the takedowner does very little to the takedownee after the fight hits the mat.

Twitter Mailbag: Fowlkes on Biogenesis, MMA scoring, Bellator MMA’s pay-per-view – MMA Junkie

UFC 163 Results: Phil Davis Steals a Decision From Lyoto Machida on the Brazilian’s Home Turf

BAD MMA News — Sun, 04 Aug 2013 09:01:18 +0000

Normally when a fighter competes in his hometown, there is a term commonly referred to in the fight game as “the hometown advantage.” Well, someone forgot to tell UFC light heavyweight and Belem, Brazil, native Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida about this saying before his UFC 163 bout with Phil Davis on Saturday night. And if they did tell him, rest assured, Machida would tell you that old fighting adage is for the birds. In front of his hometown faithful, inside a packed HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Machida dominated the former two-time National Champion from Penn State from pillar to post for the majority of the fight, only to suffer a perplexing unanimous decision loss as the scorecards were read. Round one was all Machida as he peppered Davis with counter jabs and body kicks from the outset. Davis circled to the left, showing some improved striking, but nothing to write home about. Midway through the first frame, Machida scored a slick straight left that drilled Davis on the chin and had him retreating. Machida followed up with a thudding flying knee to the body, as Davis recouped to the center of the Octagon. It took the former All-American almost four minutes into the round to attempt his first takedown, but when he did it was successful. As the first round came to a close, Davis was in Machida’s half-guard scoring powerful ground and pound. Round two was more of the same from Machida, as Davis opened with flashy front kicks and uncharacteristic combination punching. It looked good, but the attempts were more or less futile. Davis shot on Machida and the Brazilian sprawled with precision. The Dragon spent the majority of the round peppering his opponent with well-timed counter punching and textbook defense – something that has become a trademark of the former UFC light heavyweight champion

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