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This date in MMA history: Demetrious Johnson starts historic UFC flyweight title reign

BAD MMA News — Sun, 22 Sep 2024 20:29:39 +0000

A dozen years ago, Demetrious Johnson made history. “Mighty Mouse” outworked Joseph Benavidez for a split decision in the final of a four-man tournament to become the UFC’s inaugural flyweight champion. It was the start of a run in the division that will be hard to topple. Johnson defended the 125-pound title 11 consecutive times before he lost it in a highly debatable split decision to Henry Cejudo at UFC 227 a little more than six years ago. After that, he moved to ONE Championship, where he won that promotion’s 135-pound title before he recently announced his retirement. On the anniversary of that first UFC flyweight title fight, take a look back at Johnson’s UFC title wins while he was considered by many to be the top pound-for-pound fighter in the sport

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The Comeback: ‘Cyborg’ vs. Ronda Rousey (verbally, again), Jon Fitch vs. UFC

BAD MMA News — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 12:37:32 +0000

Filed under: Featured , Featured Videos , News , UFC , Videos In a sport that never stops moving, even MMA junkies can struggle to keep up with all the latest news. If you missed any of Wednesday’s biggest headlines, catch up with “The Comeback.” Check out the video above to get caught up on the latest headlines. And if you’d like to read more, check out the following links: ‘Cyborg’ calls out UFC, Ronda Rousey following Vitor Belfort report Alexander Gustafsson thinks UFC’s Reebok deal hurts development of MMA UFC 191 Reebok-sponsor pay: Outside of title fight, vet Frank Mir is top earner On Friday, watch Bellator’s heavyweight champion – on UFC Fight Pass Bellator 115 video highlights Jon Fitch on UFC lawsuit: I’ll fight until my death to support fighter cases and causes The Speed Bag: Fighting Ronda Rousey? ‘Tank’ Abbott, what is wrong with you?

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Five ways of looking at Deadspin’s Vitor Belfort revelations

BAD MMA News — Tue, 22 Sep 2015 18:23:35 +0000

Vitor Belfort If you haven’t read Deadspin’s report on the “sketchy” Vitor Belfort drug test that the UFC reportedly accidentally emailed to a group of fighters, managers and trainers back in 2012, the first thing you should do is go read that right now . All done? Good. A few things about that, as we try to wrap our minds around what Josh Gross’ report tells us about the past, present and future of the UFC (which, by the way, declined to comment on the story when contacted by MMAjunkie): 1.

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Five ways of looking at Deadspin’s Vitor Belfort revelations – MMA Junkie