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Watch UFC 208′s Holly Holm in the fight that led to her historic upset of Ronda Rousey

BAD MMA News — Tue, 07 Feb 2017 14:18:30 +0000

Filed under: News , UFC , Videos Before Holly Holm could get her shot at history against then-champ Ronda Rousey, she had to go through a “Bruiser” on a hot streak. At UFC Fight Night 71 in July 2015, Holm took on Marion Reneau in a crucial fight in the women’s bantamweight division. She had to work at it, but Holm earned a unanimous-decision win over the Californian, and she then went on to dethrone Rousey in devastating upset fashion at UFC 193 to win the belt. On Saturday Holm (10-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC) seeks history again when she fights Germaine de Randamie (7-3 MMA, 3-1 UFC) in UFC 208’s pay-per-view main event. The winner becomes the inaugural UFC women’s featherweight champion, which means Holm could join Randy Couture, B.J. Penn and Conor McGregor as the only fighters to hold UFC belts in two different weight classes

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Video: Watch the fight that earned Holly Holm her historic clash with Ronda Rousey

BAD MMA News — Sat, 16 Jul 2016 23:12:44 +0000

Filed under: News , UFC , Videos Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm was recently awarded an ESPY for the year’s greatest sporting upset. Ahead of her return to action at Saturday’s UFC on FOX 20 event, see the fight that earned Holm the opportunity to knock out Ronda Rousey. In what represented her second UFC appearance, Holm met Marion Reneau at UFC Fight Night 71 in July 2015. Reneau entered the fight with a 2-0 mark in the octagon, including a “Performance of the Night” win over Jessica Andrade five months earlier. Holm cruised to a decision win in the contest with Reneau, keeping her undefeated record intact and setting up her legendary UFC 193 fight with Rousey.

Video: Watch UFC Fight Night 85 headliner Frank Mir turn out Todd Duffee’s lights

BAD MMA News — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 14:26:36 +0000

Filed under: News , UFC , Videos After four straight losses over a nearly two-year stretch, Frank Mir had been all but written off as a serious heavyweight contender. But then, after a year off, he came back and knocked out Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva in Brazil. And while some may have written that off as a fluke, Mir seemed to put that talk to rest his next time out. In the main event of UFC Fight Night 71 this past July in San Diego, Mir stood toe-to-toe with fellow big man Todd Duffee – something not many expected out of him, given he had a distinct advantage on the ground. But instead, Mir traded with Duffee and after they both staggered each other, it was Mir who landed a single punch that put Duffee face first into the canvas for his second straight “Performance of the Night” bonus and an affirmation that he was back as a threat in the UFC’s heavyweight division

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UFC Fight Night 71 salaries: Mir gets $200,000 payday, opponent Duffee gets $12,000

BAD MMA News — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 11:48:17 +0000

Headliner Frank Mir was the top earner at this past weekend’s UFC Fight Night 71 event and accounted for $200,000 (23 percent) of the total $886,000 payouts. MMAjunkie recently requested and received the list of disclosed paydays from the California State Athletic Commission. UFC Fight Fight Night 71 took place this past Wednesday, June 15, at San Diego’s Valley View Casino Center.

UFC Fight Night 71 salaries: Mir gets $200,000 payday, opponent Duffee gets $12,000 – MMA Junkie

Manny Gamburyan overcame a hip injury and a ‘slippery’ Jorgensen at UFC Fight Night 71

BAD MMA News — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 15:20:07 +0000

Filed under: Featured Videos , News , UFC , Videos After an elbow injury forced Manny Gamburyan from the UFC on FOX 15 card in April, the bantamweight was not about to pull out of his UFC Fight Night 71 bout with Scott Jorgensen … even if he couldn’t walk during training camp. Gamburyan (15-8 MMA, 6-6 UFC) outworked Jorgensen (15-11 MMA, 4-7 UFC) to take a unanimous decision victory in the bout which aired during the Fox Sports 1 main card broadcast. But his hip almost forced him out of the bout completely. “I was training, it was like mid-June and I hurt my hip really, really, really bad,” Gamburyan told MMAjunkie.

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Kevin Casey trying to put his own violent twist on MMA’s grappling game

BAD MMA News — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 14:48:25 +0000

Filed under: Featured Videos , News , UFC , Videos Kevin Casey has yet to lose in his second stint in the UFC, but his tenure hasn’t been perfect. Casey (9-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC) was victorious on Wednesday , taking a decision over Ildemar Alcantara (21-8 MMA, 4-3 UFC) on the Fight Pass prelims of UFC Fight Night 71. The victory was his first since returning for a suspension for a failed drug test. The failure – for anabolic steroids – erased a knockout of Bubba Bush at UFC 175 and resulted in a year-long suspension. Casey overcame the “cage rust” that can come with time away from active competition to pick up a victory and expects to build on the performance. “It felt great to get back out there again,” Casey told MMAjunkie

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The View from Press Row for UFC Fight Night 71, San Diego

BAD MMA News — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 04:43:20 +0000

Filed under: Featured Videos , News , UFC , Videos SAN DIEGO – See what it looked like cageside as the winners from UFC Fight Night 71 left the octagon on Wednesday night. How did Alan Jouban respond as he walked past Press Row following his win over Matt Dwyer?

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UFC Fight Night 71 reactions: Winning and losing fighters on social media

BAD MMA News — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 03:01:06 +0000

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 Wednesday’s UFC Fight Night 71 event in San Diego, 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.

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The three stars of ‘UFC Fight Night 71: Mir vs. Duffee’ in San Diego

BAD MMA News — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 01:04:53 +0000

Kevin Lee and James Moontasri The UFC plans to stage 45 events in 2015, and during that time, hundreds of fighters will enter and exit the octagon. While pre-fight hype is an enjoyable aspect of the sport, it’s ultimately the in-cage performances that speak most to fans. For the majority of fighters, the opportunity to present their skills to the world only comes along a few times per year. A total of 24 fighters got the chance on Wednesday as part of UFC Fight Night 71 at Valley View Casino Center in San Diego. Nine of the 12 bouts on the card went the distance, which means the fighters who finished their respective opponents stood out above the rest

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Frank Mir, a man of many UFC lives (and bodies), embarks on yet another

BAD MMA News — Thu, 16 Jul 2015 16:53:13 +0000

Frank Mir Who has lived more UFC lives than Frank Mir ? Who has lived those lives in as many different bodies? Whose career would make for a more diverse set of action figures that fans could buy and collect and trade with their friends?

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