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The best UFC photos from November: Don’t say we didn’t warn you about the graphic and bloody images

BAD MMA News — Wed, 28 Dec 2016 21:03:20 +0000

Filed under: Featured , Featured Videos , News , UFC , Videos We’re just two days away from the UFC’s final event of 2016. It’s been a busy year, to be certain, and there won’t be much time to rest before 2017’s slate of cards starts up. With December drawing to a close, it’s time to take a look back at the 40 best UFC photos from November and its five cards: UFC Fight Night 98 in Mexico City, UFC 205 in New York, UFC Fight Night 99 in Belfast, UFC Fight Night 100 in Sao Paulo and UFC Fight Night 101 in Melbourne. In October, we spent 10 days chronicling the year’s best UFC photos in a month-by-month look back. Make sure you get caught up on the year in pictures with the links below for the full galleries, and the videos below for the best of the best. Then stay tuned in early January for a look back at the best photos from December – as well as the best of the best from the entire year

Photos: Best images from UFC Fight Night 101 with a whole bunch of blood

BAD MMA News — Mon, 28 Nov 2016 17:24:52 +0000

Filed under: Featured Videos , News , Photo Gallery , UFC , Videos The UFC returned Saturday for its latest card in Australia. UFC Fight Night 101 started out with eight straight decisions and had 10 of 13 fights go the distance.

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UFC Fight Night 101′s Jon Tuck was ‘robbed’ by judges: ‘This year is not my year, I guess’

BAD MMA News — Mon, 28 Nov 2016 14:42:14 +0000

Filed under: Featured Videos , News , UFC , Videos MELBOURNE, Australia – UFC lightweight Jon Tuck was, to put it very mildly, in disagreement with the way his scrap with Damien Brown was resolved. After landing on the wrong side of a split-decision call at Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 101 event, an emotional Tuck (9-4 MMA, 3-4 UFC) stood by his performance against Australia’s Brown (17-9 MMA, 2-1 UFC) and called for the commission to address the judging. “It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure that split decision went the wrong way,” Tuck said. “It shouldn’t have even been a split decision. To be honest, I feel I won each and every round.

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UFC winner Ben Nguyen unsure ‘why anyone would want to do this, but I love it’

BAD MMA News — Mon, 28 Nov 2016 13:33:01 +0000

Filed under: Featured Videos , News , UFC , Videos MELBOURNE, Australia – After a “devastating” hometown loss back in July, Ben Nguyen wanted more than just a win in his octagon return. He wanted to enjoy himself again. And, after getting past Geane Herrera (9-3 MMA, 1-3 UFC) with relative ease to take home the unanimous-decision win at Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 101 event, Nguyen (15-6 MMA, 3-1 UFC) said he managed to do just that. “I felt alive in there,” Nguyen said.

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After short-notice UFC debut loss, Jonathan Meunier thinks he showed true self in Melbourne

BAD MMA News — Mon, 28 Nov 2016 12:31:16 +0000

Filed under: Featured Videos , News , UFC , Videos MELBOURNE, Australia – After a short-notice octagon debut in June, Jonathan Meunier was glad to finally show what he’s capable of under the right circumstances. In spite of a late third-round scare, Meunier (8-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) outpointed Australia’s Richard Walsh (9-5 MMA, 2-4 UFC) to earn his first UFC win and bounce back from an inaugural submission loss to Colby Covington – the first of his professional MMA career. Coming off back-to-back April and May scraps when he took the Covington scrap, Meunier did what he needed to get his foot in the octagon. But it was now, as he enjoyed a nine-week camp against an orthodox opponent, that he says he got to show his real self. “For sure, I was me,” Meunier said. “Last time, people don’t know but I was just finishing two other fights

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After UFC Fight Night 101 win, Marlon Vera celebrates evolution: ‘I used to fight trying to survive’

BAD MMA News — Mon, 28 Nov 2016 00:05:43 +0000

Filed under: Featured Videos , News , UFC , Videos MELBOURNE, Australia – It wasn’t a walk in the park but, after edging out Ning Guangyou with 29-28 scorecards across the board, Marlon Vera was happy to get the crowd going along the way. “I really like it when the crowd gets nuts, because it makes me feel like I’m fighting for them,” Vera said. “Obviously, every fighter has his own reasons for fighting – I’m a dad for two kids, so obviously I fight for the better living of my kids. But when the crowd gives us some love I’m like, ‘(expletive), I have to go in there and throw’ and that’s how I felt today. “I feel good

UFC Fight Night 101 reactions: Winning and losing fighters on social media

BAD MMA News — Sun, 27 Nov 2016 22:43:33 +0000

Filed under: News , UFC , Videos Since the early days when the sport was anything but a mainstream endeavor, the MMA industry has thrived and survived through various websites, forums and, perhaps most importantly, social-media platforms. Fighters interact with fans, each other and many more through the likes of Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, which helps outsiders get a deeper look into the minds of the athletes. Following Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 101 event in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, several of the winning and losing fighters, along with their coaches, training partners or family members, took to social media to react to the event or share a message with supporters. Check out some of those reactions. * * * * The defeated I didnt get the W tonight, but im looking forward to getting back into that Octagon one day soon. My story is not done here, i am a warrior — Geane Herrera (@CheJitsu) November 27, 2016 @seanshelby i may have not gotten that W.

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Danielle Taylor on UFC Fight Night 101 controversy: ‘I know I didn’t poke her eye’

BAD MMA News — Sun, 27 Nov 2016 21:43:22 +0000

Filed under: Featured Videos , News , UFC , Videos MELBOURNE, Australia – Danielle Taylor was confident she deserved the win. She’s also sure that it’s a clean victory without controversy. In Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 101 main-card opener, Taylor (8-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) picked up her first career UFC victory after earning a narrow split-decision win over fellow strawweight Seo Hee Ham (16-8 MMA, 1-3 UFC). The bout, which aired on FS1 from Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, saw Taylor struggle in the first round, but after finding her range and pushing the action, she finished strong to get the win via 28-29, 30-27 and 30-27 scores.

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UFC Fight Night 101 winner Andrew Holbrook not mad about boos after massive upset

BAD MMA News — Sun, 27 Nov 2016 19:24:08 +0000

Filed under: Featured Videos , News , UFC , Videos MELBOURNE, Australia – Andrew Holbrook knew he was a big underdog coming into his fight against Jake Matthews. But the lightweight was neither surprised nor bothered by his position. So much that he took no particular satisfaction in silencing the Melbourne crowd as he took the split-decision nod over Matthews, an Australian prospect who entered the fight as much as a 6-1 favorite

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Although power was key for UFC debut, Jenel Lausa won’t ‘necessarily’ focus on striking moving forward

BAD MMA News — Sun, 27 Nov 2016 17:00:00 +0000

MELBOURNE, Australia – Jenel Lausa knew he had the power advantage coming in against Yao Zhikui on Saturday, but don’t expect him to rest on that. After outstriking an impressively resilient Zhikui (2-4 MMA, 1-3 UFC) in UFC Fight Night 101’s opening bout – eye-grabbing head kick included – to earn his inaugural octagon win, Lausa (7-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC) said that, while striking was his specific gameplan coming into this fight, he’s got more tools in the bag for the future. “For this specific fight I really wanted to focus on striking, knowing that I have a competitive edge in terms of power against him,” Lausa told reporters backstage with the help of an interpreter. “But it doesn’t necessarily mean I’m focused on strictly striking moving forward, we’re going to keep trying to find the best option to win the next one.” . @DDemolitionMan sneaks a right & avoids the counter! #UFCMelbourne https://t.co/9M0XT6OJ0P — #UFCMelbourne (@ufc) November 26, 2016 The flyweight bout opened up the preliminary card of Satuday’s UFC Fight Night 101 event at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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