source | thescore.thejournal.ie The Irish prescence in the UFC continues to grow, with Joseph Duffy inking a multi-fight deal with the promotion today. TheScore.ie understands that the Donegal lightweight has been granted an early release from his current contract with Cage Warriors Fighting Championship, Europe’s leading promotion. Financial details of …
source | MMAJunkie.com White stated in a recent interview on FOX Sports 1’s “UFC Tonight” that Silva (33-6 MMA, 16-2 UFC) is likely to face the winner of UFC 184’s title bout between Weidman and Vitor Belfort should he get past Nick Diaz (26-9 MMA, 7-6 UFC) at UFC 183 …
source | UFC®.com Two of the heavyweight division’s most intimidating strikers will meet in Dallas, Texas on Saturday, March 14, as Roy “Big Country” Nelson takes on Alistair Overeem at UFC 185 in American Airlines Center. Tickets for UFC 185, which is headlined by the UFC lightweight title bout between …
WATCH THE DRUG TEST HERE!!!! source | Yahoo! Sports But in a random drug test given to him on Dec. 4 by the Nevada Athletic Commission, Jones tested positive for benzoylecgonine, the main metabolite in cocaine. The Nevada commission follows the World Anti-Doping Agency code and benzoylecgonine is not banned …
source | Bleacherreport.com Herb Dean is still UFC President Dana White’s favorite referee, despite a “horrible effort” in the fifth round of the epic light heavyweight title fight between Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier at UFC 182. “Herb Dean, I always talk about him; I think he’s my favorite referee. …
source | MMAJunkie.com “I’m upset with my performance, and I’m going to go watch the tape and figure out what I need to do to capitalize if that happens again,” he said. “I’m very upset for the performance I put in tonight, and I apologize to everyone that was watching …
source | MMAJunkie.com “This is not going to ruin me,” an emotional Cormier said after the fight. “One way or the other, I’m going to stand across the cage from that man again. And I believe, just as I did tonight, I’ll take the fight to him again, I guess.” …
source | MMAJunkie.com Rafael Dos Anjos (23-7 MMA, 12-5 UFC) will be the next fighter to challenge UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis (18-2 MMA, 5-1 UFC), UFC officials today announced. The fight will headline March’s UFC 185 pay-per-view event in Texas. UFC 185 takes place March 14 at American Airlines …
source | MMAJunkie.com Ex-UFC heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia retired from competition this past Saturday after being denied clearance to fight Juliano Coutinho at a Reality Fighting event in Uncasville, Conn. Sylvia ends his career with a 31-10 record. He appeared in the cage alongside his proposed opponent and said an …
Go Cerrone!!! source | MMAJunkie.com Donald Cerrone wanted to fight again as quickly as possible after his win over Myles Jury this past weekend at UFC 182. Two weeks seems pretty quick. UFC President Dana White announced on Instagram that Cerrone (26-6 MMA, 13-3 UFC) has agreed to step in …
source | MMAFighting.com “It’s exactly as I said it was going to be,” McGregor said on Saturday’s UFC 182 pay-per-view. “I said football stadiums. I said world titles. This is what I said and this is what is happening. It’s a beautiful thing when you have the ability to predict …
UFC® on FOX 14: Gustafsson vs. Johnson Date: January 24, 2015 Venue: Tele2 Arena(Stockholm, Sweden) Main Card (FOX®, 8pm et) Alexander Gustafsson vs. Anthony Johnson Dan Henderson vs. Gegard Mousasi Ryan Bader vs. Phil Davis Akira Corassani vs. Sam Sicilia Prelims (FOX® Sports 1, 5pm et) Nico Musoke vs. Albert …
UFC® Fight Night 59: McGregor vs. Siver Date: January 18, 2015 Venue: TD Garden(Boston, Massachusetts) —>WATCH THE WEIGH-INS<— Main Card (FOX® Sports 1, 10pm et) Conor McGregor vs. Dennis Siver Donald Cerrone vs. Benson Henderson Uriah Hall vs. Ron Stallings Norman Parke vs. Gleison Tibau Prelims (FOX® Sports 1, 7pm …
UFC®182: Results & Bonuses Date: January 3, 2015 venue: MGM Grand Garden Arena(Las Vegas, Nevada) Main Card (PPV, 10pm et) Jon Jones def. Daniel Cormier via Decision Donald Cerrone def. Myles Jury via Decision Brad Tavares def. Nate Marquardt via Decision Kyoji Horiguchi def. Louis Gaudinot via Decision Hector Lombard …
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Fight Card: UFC®182: Jon Jones vs Daniel Cormier Date: January 3, 2015 venue: MGM Grand Garden Arena(Las Vegas, Nevada) Main Card (PPV, 10pm et) Jon Jones vs. Daniel Cormier Donald Cerrone vs. Myles Jury Nate Marquardt vs. Brad Tavares Louis Gaudinot vs. Kyoji Horiguchi Josh Burkman vs. Hector Lombard …