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UFC free fight: Conor McGregor makes quick work of Dustin Poirier

BAD MMA News — Wed, 30 Jun 2021 11:59:49 +0000

Conor McGregor passed the sternest test of his early career rise with flying colors. Making a quick leap up the featherweight ranks, McGregor met battle-tested Dustin Poirier at UFC 178 in September 2014. The brash McGregor played his usual mind games leading up to the fight, and it was evident that he got in Poirier’s head

Fight Flashback: Remembering Dustin Poirier vs. Conor McGregor 1 at UFC 178

BAD MMA News — Thu, 07 Jan 2021 20:29:07 +0000

On Jan. 23, Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor will face off in an eagerly anticipated rematch at UFC 257 . The bout represents a rematch more than six years in the making, with the two UFC lightweights looking to renew their rivalry inside the cage after their featherweight clash in September 2014. Back then, McGregor was a brash upstart looking to catapult himself into title contention at 145 pounds, while Poirier was a rising young star of the featherweight division

Fight Flashback: Remembering Dustin Poirier vs. Conor McGregor 1 at UFC 178 – MMA Junkie

‘You ain’t sh*t, boy’: Before UFC 257, watch Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier face off in 2014

BAD MMA News — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 19:54:23 +0000

This time around, the build-up to Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor ’s fight could be drastically different. The pair are set to rematch more than six years later in the UFC 257 headliner on Jan. 23.

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Ex-UFC PR head Dave Sholler still can’t believe it was Jones-Cormier who tossed him off stage

BAD MMA News — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 17:52:22 +0000

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid4621179066001?bckey=AQ~~,AAAABvaL8JE~,ufBHq_I6FnxR-PQW_F3sm5QdUbP7D6E9&bctid=5518910931001 Filed under: Featured , News , UFC , Videos LAS VEGAS – Dave Sholler got all kinds of things accomplished to push the UFC machine forward during his time with the promotion. But he’s probably best known for an infamous moment in UFC history between Daniel Cormier and Jon Jones – a moment he was caught in the middle of. Literally.

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Ex-UFC PR head Dave Sholler still can’t believe it was Jones-Cormier who tossed him off stage

BAD MMA News — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 17:52:22 +0000

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Video: Rare footage of Dominick Cruz in the UFC octagon

BAD MMA News — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 20:49:58 +0000

Filed under: News , UFC , Videos Search through the past four-plus years of UFC footage – some 160 fight cards – and you’ll find just 61 seconds of Dominick Cruz footage. Here it is. The former UFC bantamweight champion has been sidelined by repeated knee injuries over the past four years, working in just one fight during that stretch, a UFC 178 shellacking of perennial contender Takeya Mizugaki. Cruz made the most of that lone appearance, overwhelming Mizugaki en route to a 61-second knockout win and a “Performance of the Night” bonus. On Jan. 17, Cruz (20-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC), who was stripped of his belt due to inactivity, meets current champ T.J

Video: Rare footage of Dominick Cruz in the UFC octagon – MMA Junkie

Video: Watch UFC Fight Night 59′s Conor McGregor take out Dustin Poirier

BAD MMA News — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 15:08:25 +0000

Filed under: News , UFC , Videos Conor McGregor returns in 10 days for his second headlining bout in the UFC. McGregor (16-2 MMA, 4-0 UFC), the brash Irishman, is in the main event slot at UFC Fight Night 59 in Boston – a city with deep Irish roots – against Dennis Siver (22-9 MMA, 11-6 UFC). And already, McGregor has said he plans to take Siver out “inside two minutes.” It’s not the first time McGregor has predicted a fast finish. This past July, headlining a show in his home city of Dublin, McGregor vowed to stop Diego Brandao in the first, and he did. Then he said he’d do the same against Dustin Poirier at UFC 178 in September, and guess what? Will he have the same kind of prophetic success against Siver on Jan.

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Video: Watch UFC Fight Night 59′s Conor McGregor take out Dustin Poirier – MMA Junkie

Tim Kennedy: Chael Sonnen being ‘ignorant idiot,’ happy to choke him out at Metamoris

BAD MMA News — Thu, 04 Dec 2014 20:13:35 +0000

Yoel Romero and Tim Kennedy UFC middleweight Tim Kennedy begs to differ with Chael Sonnen ’s opinion that he’s “one cranky and bitter son of a b–ch” about a loss to Yoel Romero . “Chael is being an ignorant idiot that evidently doesn’t have any idea what he’s talking about,” Kennedy wrote in a text message to MMAjunkie. The now-retired Sonnen, a three-time title challenger, took Kennedy to task Wednesday for his comments following his UFC 178 fight with Romero that spawned the controversy known as “Stoolgate.” “Have you seen some of the stuff he’s saying lately

UFC 178 ‘Fight Motion’ video, including Conor McGregor’s first-round KO

BAD MMA News — Fri, 17 Oct 2014 01:56:04 +0000

Filed under: News , UFC , Videos Check out the “Fight Motion” super-slow-motion highlights of the UFC’s most recent pay-per-view event. The UFC and FOX Sports highlights captured all the primary fights at the event, which took place Sept. 27 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. In the main event, Demetrious Johnson defended his flyweight title against Chris Cariaso. Plus, Donald Cerrone topped UFC newcomer Eddie Alvarez, and Conor McGregor picked up a stunning stoppage of Dustin Poirier

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UFC 178 drug tests come back clean

BAD MMA News — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 22:34:06 +0000

Tests for performance-enhancing drugs and drugs of abuse came back negative following UFC 178, the Nevada State Athletic Commission today told MMAjunkie. At least one pair of fighters were subject to enhanced testing, the commission added. UFC flyweight champ Demetrious Johnson and title challenger Chris Cariaso, who headlined the Sept. 27 event, were tested for banned substances via blood and urine before and immediately following their fight. The tests were clean. NSAC Executive Director Bob Bennett did not disclose the list of substances tested for by the commission, which has ramped up enhanced testing efforts in the past year

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