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(curated source: BloodyElbow) The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has already drug tested Brock Lesnar three times since it was officially announced that the WWE superstar would be returning to the Octagon to challenge newly-crowned heavyweight champion, Daniel Cormier. According to USADA’s official website — updated August 1 — Lesnar, the former UFC heavyweight champ, has been tested three times […]
T.J. Dillashaw has told anyone who would listen that Demetrious Johnson never “manned up” for the champ vs champ superfight. A fight that almost the entire MMA world would LOVE to see. However, according to Johnson, he did in fact agree to the fight, but was injured in training and the UFC lost interest, never circling back […]
Anderson Silva is the greatest MMA fighter we have ever seen. That’s my opinion anyway. If you don’t agree, that’s ok. You’re wrong, but I forgive you. Chatter of his return made its way to Twitter as MMA Junkie asked their fans who Anderson Silva should face in his come-back fight. From the looks if […]
The CM Punk experiment by the UFC seems to be winding down. Having lost to a rising fighter in Mickey Gall many thought it was a case of CM Punk being outclassed. So, the UFC paired him with another unproven fighter in Mike Jackson. The results were the same. While Jackson didn’t finish CM Punk the way Gall […]
For the UFC strawweight champion Rose Namajunas, her biggest moment inside the octagon so far, would still be her first round TKO win over Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 217. However, up until that moment that shook up the world of women’s MMA, “Thug Rose” had won most of her fights via submission. Namajunas is a brown belt in Brazilian Jiu […]
Mackenzie Dern, a multiple-time jiu-jitsu world champion, made her MMA debut in 2016 under the Invicta FC banner. She went 5-0 with that promotion before she signed with the UFC. Her octagon debut came in March when she earned a split decision win over Ashley Yoder. Because of her jiu-jitsu success, Dern drew comparisons to […]
When news broke that that Tony Ferguson was out of the UFC 223 title fight against Khabib Nurmagomedov “The Eagle” thought it was some kind of April Fool’s joke. As it turns out it was not. Ferguson injured his knee, requiring surgery and was off the much anticipated UFC 223 card. By now we know that an always game Max Holloway […]
If you are anything like me, you were SUPER disappointed to hear the news that Tony Ferguson was out of his UFC 223 fight with Khabib Nurmagomedov. As it turns out Ferguson injured his knee and it will require surgery. This struck a major blow to what was an amazing UFC 223 card. That major blow was quickly […]
Recently, Alexander Volkov defeated Fabricio Werdum in the 4th round of their UFC Fight Night 127 Main Event matchup. He used his striking to finish Werdum, a world class Jiu Jitsu athlete. However, leading up to the event, Volkov had some choice words for the Jiu Jitsu community while speaking to the effectiveness of Jiu Jitsu in the sport […]
On the fight, MMAJunkie Writes: Yana Kunitskaya went for it against Cris Cyborg. But after a little bit, it was vintage Cyborg. Cris Cyborg (20-1 MMA, 5-0 UFC) retained her women’s featherweight title and stopped Kunitskaya (10-4 MMA, 0-1 UFC) with a first-round TKO. The stoppage came at the 3:25 mark of the round. Kunitskaya came to […]