BAD MMA - The origins of combat™ » teixeira-weigh- https://www.badmma.com The BADDEST Brand on the Planet™ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:38:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 UFC Nashville’s Valter Walker talks Rousimar Palhares comparisons — and the danger of heel hooks https://www.badmma.com/ufc-nashvilles-valter-walker-talks-rousimar-palhares-comparisons-and-the-danger-of-heel-hooks.html https://www.badmma.com/ufc-nashvilles-valter-walker-talks-rousimar-palhares-comparisons-and-the-danger-of-heel-hooks.html#comments Sun, 13 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000 BAD MMA News https://www.badmma.com/ufc-nashvilles-valter-walker-talks-rousimar-palhares-comparisons-and-the-danger-of-heel-hooks.html Valter Walker | Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC Valter Walker wrote his name in the history books by scoring consecutive heel hook finishes inside the octagon, a first for UFC heavyweights, and he wants to make that his thing.

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/ufc-nashvilles-valter-walker-talks-rousimar-palhares-comparisons-and-the-danger-of-heel-hooks.html/feed 0 ‘I’m never going back to 205’: Vitor Petrino celebrates heavyweight debut at UFC Nashville https://www.badmma.com/im-never-going-back-to-205-vitor-petrino-celebrates-heavyweight-debut-at-ufc-nashville.html https://www.badmma.com/im-never-going-back-to-205-vitor-petrino-celebrates-heavyweight-debut-at-ufc-nashville.html#comments Sat, 12 Jul 2025 03:00:00 +0000 BAD MMA News https://www.badmma.com/im-never-going-back-to-205-vitor-petrino-celebrates-heavyweight-debut-at-ufc-nashville.html Vitor Petrino weighed in at 249 pounds | Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC Vitor Petrino is living his best life after getting rid of weight cuts, and expects it to reflect in a better performance when he enters the octagon Saturday to face off with heavyweight Austen Lane in the main card portion of UFC Nashville . The 27-year-old had a great start in the UFC, knocking out Rodolfo Bellato at Dana White ’s Contender Series and then going 4-0 in the promotion with a pair of finishes and bonuses. Petrino stumbled hard next in 2024, losing quickly as a massive favorite over Anthony Smith and then suffering a third-round knockout defeat to Dustin Jacoby

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