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Donald Trump Indictment Draws Fighter Ire

BAD MMA News — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 19:25:43 +0000

UFC fighters and other mixed martial artists took to Twitter after the news broke about the Donald Trump indictment. The reactions ranged from supportive of Trump to skeptical of a political machine that appears to target him at all costs to the belief that news outlets are driving America’s problems and division. Donald Trump Indictment Details Former U.S. President Donald J.

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Knockout Radio Live: TUF 18′s Jessica Rakoczy, Patrick Cote, TJ Grant, Stitch Duran and Mike Dolce

BAD MMA News — Fri, 27 Sep 2013 02:05:01 +0000

Tomorrow at 7:05 EST we talk to @JessRakoczy plus @StitchDuran @TheDolceDiet @patrick_cote & @TJ_Grant @MMAWeeklycom Tune in Thursday, Sept. 26, at 6 p.m. EST, as Knockout Radio is back with TUF 18′s Jessica Rakoczy , UFC fighters TJ Grant and Patrick Cote, cut man Jacob “Stitch” Duran, and MMA nutrition expert Mike Dolce

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Fight Path: Training with future UFC fighters got Josh Shockley hooked on MMA

BAD MMA News — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 23:15:00 +0000

Josh Shockley was a baseball fan, but when family member and fighter Mark Burch gave him tickets to one of his fights, Shockley went to watch. His life hasn’t been the same since.

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Rampage vs. Tito Media Conference Call Audio

BAD MMA News — Tue, 06 Aug 2013 03:33:55 +0000

Check out the media conference call with Quinton “Rampage” Jackson , Tito Ortiz , and Bellator president Bjorn Rebney answering questions about the former UFC fighters signing with Bellator and being featured in the company’s first pay-per-view and cross-promotion on TNA’s Impact Wrestling. Courtesy of Bellator.com . Be sure to Like MMAWeekly.com on Facebook and Follow @MMAWeeklycom on Twitter .

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With host Jon Anik, ‘UFC: Ultimate Insider’ to lead FOX Sports 1 debut

BAD MMA News — Mon, 05 Aug 2013 18:00:00 +0000

When FOX Sports 1 blinks to life on Aug. 17, UFC programming will be front and center. That evening, the promotion will hold UFC Fight Night 26 on the new cable network from TD Garden in Boston. But earlier that day, a cornerstone of UFC shoulder programming will beam to an estimated 90 million homes across the country. UFC commentator Jon Anik told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) that “UFC: Ultimate Insider” is likely to lead a block of UFC programming that culminates with the live fight card. “I believe it will begin with ‘Ultimate Insider’ at 3 p.m. (ET), so it’s going to be a huge day of UFC programming and ‘UFC: Ultimate Insider,’ hopefully, will be the show that kicks it all off,” Anik said. The show, which profiles UFC athletes and goes behind the scenes at live events, debuted in 2010 as a web-only series before being moved to FUEL TV with the UFC’s broadcast deal with FOX. In the past three years, host Anik has interviewed some of the biggest names in the sport and given fans an inside look into the lives of UFC fighters. “I enjoy the opportunity to interview fighters, and to introduce the features, but it’s all about the fighters and the producers, who just get us such great content on location,” he said. Anik, who previously worked as a commentator at ESPN before joining the UFC’s ranks in 2011, said the switch to FOX Sports 1 could prompt a move from the show’s usual Tuesday evening time slot to Sunday, though he said nothing had been decided. “I think that’s still to be decided,” he said. “We’re hoping to get picked up for a third season.” If it is, Anik said, he’ll still be an integral part of the show beyond his work in front of the camera. “I think for any TV personality, you really want to write your own stuff as much as possible,” he said

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Video: UFC 163′s Anthony Perosh has another finish, not retirement, on his mind

BAD MMA News — Fri, 02 Aug 2013 21:15:00 +0000

At this point in his career, Anthony Perosh is a man who seems to know pretty much what he wants. That includes who and where he’d like to fight – and that he’ll hang up his gloves when he’s good and ready, and that time sure isn’t coming soon. Perosh (13-7 MMA, 3-4 UFC) on Saturday meets Vinny Magalhaes (10-6 MMA, 1-3 UFC) on the main card of UFC 163, which takes place at HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro in Magalhaes’ home country of Brazil. They’ll fight prior to the pay-per-view portion of the show after on FX. Although non-Brazilian UFC fighters have what amounts to a horrible record when fighting Brazilians in Brazil, it was Perosh who wanted to sign on the dotted line to go into enemy territory. “I’ve been to Brazil many times to compete in (Brazilian jiu-jitsu), but never in MMA,” Perosh told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio)

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Morning video: Which fights do UFC fighters want to see? Superfights

BAD MMA News — Fri, 02 Aug 2013 15:05:00 +0000

When it comes to fights that UFC fighters want to see, they’re not unlike the ones most fans want to see. We asked Roger Gracie , Mark Munoz , Josh Thomson , Cub Swanson and others about their dream matchups, and in addition to anything with Michael Bisping , a lot of cross-division superfights were mentioned. Check out the video above. Edit this article

Despite 1-1 mark in promotion, UFC 163′s Tom Watson says sights on title

BAD MMA News — Fri, 02 Aug 2013 03:55:00 +0000

UFC middleweight Tom Watson (16-5 MMA, 1-1 UFC) may not be a household name or ranked fighter, but that doesn’t mean his aspirations fall short of earning a world championship. “Whenever I’m with an organization, the goal is to become the champion and – that’s what the belt represents,” Watson told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio). “The UFC is the same when I signed. I signed to be the champion, I didn’t sign to face some UFC fighters and have a good time.”  After splitting his first two trips to the octagon, the 31-year-old is just days away from his opportunity to truly let fans know what he’s all about when he makes his UFC pay-per-view debut against Thales Leites (20-4 MMA, 5-3 UFC) at UFC 163. Leites was a UFC title challenger himself once upon a time, and a victory over him, especially inside the hostile HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, would raise Watson’s stock higher than ever before. His fight with Leites is on the pay-per-view main card following prelims on FX and Facebook

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Biogenesis PED scandal brings dread for UFC brass

BAD MMA News — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 22:00:00 +0000

UFC President Dana White is hoping none of the fighters under contract with the promotion is linked to the Biogenesis scandal. “Obviously, it’s an athletic commission issue, but it’s just one of those things,” White said. “It’s just another f—king headache I don’t need.” The executive hasn’t been keeping tabs on the story and said he had no idea how he’d handle it if UFC fighters are linked to the shuttered South Florida clinic, which reportedly supplied performance-enhancers to more than a half-dozen MLB stars. This past week, a Biogenesis employee-turned-whisteblower said the number of athletes connected to the clinic actually numbers more than a hundred and includes athletes from MLB, NBA, NCAA, tennis, pro boxing and MMA. So far, no MMA athletes have been named in connection with the scandal and subsequent investigation into the clinic. But White said he would deal with it if that happens. White, though, said he needed to learn more information before deciding a course of action. Following this past Saturday’s UFC on FOX 8 event, which took place at KeyArena in Seattle, he peppered reporters with questions about the case and what kinds of drugs Biogenesis had supplied to athletes. He did not say definitively if he would cut a UFC fighter who appears on the clinic’s client list, but said, “If a guy signs a contract with me and then comes out a list, it’s not going to be good.

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Dana White makes it official: UFC fight-night bonuses staying

BAD MMA News — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 23:30:00 +0000

Several past and present UFC fighters made quite a stir recently when they started raising some gripes about how much money they make to fight. And then UFC President Dana White made a bigger stir when he said, in essence, that if fighters don’t like how much money they’re making, the UFC could raise the fight purses for the guys on the lower end of the pay scale – and eliminate the fight-night bonuses and discretionary “locker room” bonuses that are handed out. Problem solved, White said he and the UFC brass had theorized. Nothing was made official, however – it was merely an idea that White floated to the media . And the fighters responded, apparently. White on Tuesday, as part of a media conference call in support of this month’s UFC on FOX 8 event, said the fight-night bonuses and discretionary bonuses won’t be going away – so fighters can rest easy. “At the last press conference (at UFC 162), I told the press we’re not doing away with the fight-night bonuses,” White said on Tuesday’s call.

Dana White makes it official: UFC fight-night bonuses staying – MMA Junkie