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MMA Junkie’s mid-year ‘Best Submission’: A legend gets bounced from UFC with a broken arm

BAD MMA News — Thu, 01 Jul 2021 00:40:05 +0000

With six months of action in the books, it’s time to look back and revisit some of the best submissions so far in 2021. With plenty of slick tap-outs that ranged from flawless technique to surprising, the MMA Junkie staff voted on the nominees below and determined what we believe to be the best submission that took place from January through June.

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Cory Sandhagen thinks Petr Yan ‘will definitely’ beat Aljamain Sterling in rematch

BAD MMA News — Mon, 26 Apr 2021 22:02:08 +0000

Cory Sandhagen has no doubt that Petr Yan will reclaim the UFC bantamweight championship. Yan lost his title to Aljamain Sterling by disqualification after he struck Sterling with an illegal knee last month at UFC 259. As a result, the pair is expeted to run things back but not until the end of the year after Sterling underwent neck surgery .

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Thiago Santos rips Aleksandar Rakic for calling him an ‘easy win,’ Rakic responds

BAD MMA News — Mon, 05 Apr 2021 13:22:53 +0000

Thiago Santos appears to have felt disrespected when Aleksandar Rakic suggested he was an “easy win.” Santos (21-9 MMA, 13-8 UFC) met Rakic (14-2 MMA, 6-1 UFC) in a pivotal light heavyweight clash at UFC 259 in March. Both men were jockeying for title contention status. In what was projected to be a barnburner between two of the division’s most prolific knockout artists, Rakic outpointed Santos in a rather lackluster affair. Rakic seemed unfazed with the criticism and recently angled for a title fight with light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz after he scored what he said was an “easy win” over Santos. Although Rakic seemed to control their fight, the overall stats were in favor of Santos – and “Marretta” made sure to remind him of that, which resulted in the pair trading barbs. Check out the back-and-forth between Santos and Rakic below

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Thiago Santos rips Aleksandar Rakic for calling him an ‘easy win,’ Rakic responds – MMA Junkie

MMA Junkie’s ‘Submission of the Month’ for March: A surging lightweight mauls

BAD MMA News — Thu, 01 Apr 2021 02:12:09 +0000

With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best submissions from March 2021: Here are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMA Junkie’s “Submission of the Month” award for March. At the bottom of the post, let us know if we got it right by voting for your choice.

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Aljamain Sterling questions why Petr Yan is being ‘rewarded’ with title rematch after illegal knee

BAD MMA News — Mon, 29 Mar 2021 23:54:46 +0000

Aljamain Sterling thinks Petr Yan intentionally cheated in their bout and shouldn’t get an immediate rematch. Sterling (20-3 MMA, 12-3 UFC) captured the bantamweight title from Yan at UFC 259 after he was struck with an illegal knee which rendered him unable to continue. Yan (15-2 MMA, 7-1 UFC) claimed that he was too focused on Sterling’s hands when throwing the illegal strike to realize his mistake, but Sterling calls shenanigans.

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Israel Adesanya insists future Jon Jones fight isn’t dead: ‘I’m coming for that ass’

BAD MMA News — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 16:23:18 +0000

Despite falling short in his pursuit of becoming a dual UFC champion, Israel Adesanya insists the possibility of a future fight with Jon Jones isn’t dead. Middleweight champion Adesanya (20-1 MMA, 9-1 UFC) experienced his first-career loss against light heavyweight champ Jan Blachowicz at UFC 259, and he agrees with UFC president Dana White that his focus should be on taking care of business in his own division . What Adesanya doesn’t agree with, however, is the general notion that a potential superfight with Jones (26-1 MMA, 20-1 UFC) is dead just because of his lone setback. “Hell no,” Adesanya told ESPN

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Israel Adesanya insists future Jon Jones fight isn’t dead: ‘I’m coming for that ass’ – MMA Junkie

What beef? Matt Serra says he and Aljamain Sterling ‘will always be cool’ despite corner snub

BAD MMA News — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 17:51:37 +0000

UFC Hall of Famer Matt Serra won’t be leaving Aljamain Sterling ’s side. Serra, Sterling’s longtime coach, last week opened up about his disappointment in Sterling’s decision to not include him in his corner for his UFC 259 title fight against Petr Yan. Serra was replaced by Xtreme Couture coach Eric Nicksick, who worked with Sterling in Las Vegas ahead of the fight. The decision prompted Serra to step away from cornering fighters, which drew speculation on a potential rift between him and Sterling, who claimed the UFC bantamweight title after Yan was disqualified for an illegal knee. But Serra took to Instagram to clarify that he and Sterling will continue working together as they always have. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Matt Serra (@mattserrabjj) Myself & @funkmastermma will always be cool “People have been giving Aljamain Sterling a lot of hate, one because of the knee and two because they think me and him have some beef or something like that,” Sterling said in a video before Sterling appears with him.

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What beef? Matt Serra says he and Aljamain Sterling ‘will always be cool’ despite corner snub – MMA Junkie

UFC’s Marc Ratner: Referees can’t view fouls through black-and-white lens; gray areas needed

BAD MMA News — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 20:56:42 +0000

There’s always room for improvement, but UFC vice president of regulatory affairs Marc Ratner largely thinks the three UFC fight-ending fouls over the past two weeks were handled well by officials overseeing those bouts. The parade of recent fouls between UFC 259 and UFC Fight Night 187 has placed MMA officiating and rules pertaining to fouls under the microscope, with fighters, fans, officials, coaches and media all varying in opinions. For Ratner, however, the final rulings on all three recent incidents were the correct calls. So why did the two illegal knees end with different outcomes?

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Aljamain Sterling leans into ‘actor’ label and poses with UFC title, calls to ‘run it back’ with Petr Yan

BAD MMA News — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 19:31:34 +0000

Aljamain Sterling appears ready to steer into the skid a little more than a week removed from his controversial UFC title win. Sterling (20-3 MMA, 12-3 UFC) has received a severe amount of negative feedback from a portion of fans in the aftermath of becoming the first fighter in UFC history to win a title by disqualification . The bantamweight belt changed hands at UFC 259 after Petr Yan (15-2 MMA, 7-1 UFC) hit Sterling with an illegal knee while he was downed, and the fight could not continue. Despite the fact Yan was at fault for breaking the rules, Sterling has been the one getting attacked , with claims he embellished the severity of Yan’s knee and is therefore not a legitimate champion. He’s publicly stated he does not feel like a “true” champion , but it seems now his demeanor could be taking a turn. Related Anthony Smith rips referee's handling of UFC 259 DQ call that gave Aljamain Sterling title over Petr Yan Matt Serra done cornering, 'hurt' by Aljamain Sterling's snub from UFC 259 title fight How the unified rules failed Aljamain Sterling at UFC 259 | Opinion Sterling shared an image of himself holding the UFC belt on his own social media for the first time since the fight on Monday, along with a meme holding an Oscar trophy

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Twitter Mailbag: Will Belal Muhammad get a UFC title shot if he beats Leon Edwards?

BAD MMA News — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 02:51:10 +0000

Questions on your mind about recent happenings in the UFC or sport of MMA in general? MMA Junkie’s Twitter Mailbag is here – and this week, @mma_kings answers: Will Belal Muhammad get a title shot if he defeats Leon Edwards at UFC Fight Night 187 ? Is Belal Muhammad being overlooked? Which UFC Fight Night 187 fight is being most overlooked and why

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