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UFC free fight: Jairzinho Rozenstruik rebounds with knockout of Junior Dos Santos

BAD MMA News — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 13:02:18 +0000

Jairzinho Rozenstruik continued to show off his fight-ending abilities in his most recent outing. Looking to rebound from his first career loss to Francis Ngannou at UFC 249, Rozenstruik faced former heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos at UFC 252 in December.

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UFC free fight: Stipe Miocic closes out trilogy, defeats Daniel Cormier at UFC 252

BAD MMA News — Sat, 02 Jan 2021 13:44:18 +0000

UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic faced the sternest test of his championship credentials when he faced Daniel Cormier , but over the course of three epic meetings, it was the Ohio native who came through victorious. In their first outing, Cormier stunned Miocic by knocking him out in Round 1 and taking his heavyweight title at UFC 226. But Miocic was able to exact his revenge in the rematch at UFC 241 by stopping Cormier in Round 4 to regain his title. With the score tied at one win apiece, Miocic faced Daniel Cormier at UFC 252 in August and after both men claimed stoppage victories in the first two meetings, the trilogy fight proved to be a different encounter, with the pair battling all the way to the scorecards. Miocic used his most effective tool from their rematch, attacking Cormier’s body early.

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MMA Junkie’s ‘Fight of the Month’ for August: A slugfest in a rematch

BAD MMA News — Sat, 05 Sep 2020 03:11:04 +0000

With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best fights from August 2020. Here are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMA Junkie’s “Fight of the Month” award for August. At the bottom of the post, let us know if we got it right by voting for your choice.

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MMA Junkie’s ‘Submission of the Month’ for August: A scary-looking choke

BAD MMA News — Fri, 04 Sep 2020 04:16:07 +0000

With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best submissions from August 2020. Here are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMA Junkie’s “Submission of the Month” award for August. At the bottom of the post, let us know if we got it right by voting for your choice.

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Daniel Cormier formally withdraws from USADA testing pool, sealing retirement

BAD MMA News — Wed, 02 Sep 2020 22:22:03 +0000

LAS VEGAS — Daniel Cormier already let the world know he was retiring from mixed martial arts back at UFC 252, telling Joe Rogan during his post-fight interview following his loss to heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic that he was through. But nothing quite formalizes things like the moment a retiring fighter drops out of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency’s UFC drug testing program. According to UFC president Dana White, the former UFC heavyweight and light heavyweight champion formally notified the company Tuesday that he’s withdrawing from the USADA testing pool, and has also requested to be removed from the UFC’s official rankings. “He told us today to take him out of USADA and take him out of the rankings,” White said at the DWCS 31 post-fight news conference

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UFC champ Stipe Miocic: Francis Ngannou rematch ‘isn’t exciting to me,’ fresh challenger preferable

BAD MMA News — Thu, 27 Aug 2020 18:06:47 +0000

UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic doesn’t appear all that keen to run it back with Francis Ngannou . All signs point to Ngannou (15-3 MMA, 10-2 UFC) getting the next title shot at Miocic (20-3 MMA, 14-3 UFC) after the champ successfully defended the belt in his trilogy fight with Daniel Cormier at UFC 252 this month. UFC president Dana White has said multiple times that’s “definitely” the fight he wants . The problem, however, is that Miocic has already thoroughly beaten Ngannou. He handed “The Predator” his first octagon defeat by unanimous decision at UFC 220 in January 2018, but since then Ngannou has worked his way back up.

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Kai Kamaka bet on himself, altered pre-UFC perception with ‘Fight of the Night’ debut win

BAD MMA News — Thu, 27 Aug 2020 15:44:05 +0000

It’s wonderful when a plan comes together. For Kai Kamaka , that what unfolded in the weeks leading up to winning “Fight of the Night” in his UFC debut. In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, the MMA world can be ripe with opportunity for certain athletes. A prospect like Kamaka (8-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC), who has been keen to break through to a big organization for the past few years, can take advantage if the appropriate steps are taken. Kamaka traveled from his native Hawaii to fight under the LFA banner on July 31, where he beat Michael Stack by unanimous decision .

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Sean O’Malley responds to Ben Askren’s criticism over using stretcher: I thought he was smart

BAD MMA News — Fri, 21 Aug 2020 20:01:19 +0000

Sean O’Malley thinks Ben Askren ’s criticism toward him was unwarranted. O’Malley (12-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC), who suffered his first pro loss to Marlon Vera at UFC 252, was stretchered out of the arena after rolling his ankle multiple times in the fight, which visibly hindered his movement. Vera took advantage and stopped O’Malley with a TKO late in Round 1.

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Sean O’Malley responds to criticism from Ben Askren: I thought he was smart

BAD MMA News — Fri, 21 Aug 2020 16:20:45 +0000

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Sean O’Malley gives no credit to Marlon Vera: ‘I lost to someone who I look at as not very good’

BAD MMA News — Thu, 20 Aug 2020 20:17:25 +0000

Sean O’Malley has no intention of humbling himself after losing for the first time against Marlon Vera at UFC 252. In fact, O’Malley (12-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) doesn’t feel the setback was particularly legitimate, and days later the outcome is eating away at him. O’Malley brought a lot of hype and an unbeaten record into his bantamweight co-headliner with Vera (16-6-1 MMA, 10-5 UFC) at UFC 252. He was comfortable to start the fight, but then things quickly took a turn as an ankle issue started to hinder his movement. “Chito” capitalized and got top position, where he landed some big shots that forced the referee to stop the fight in the first round