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Pros React to a Classic Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson Performance at UFC Vegas 17

An exciting main event between Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson and a very heavy-handed Geoff Neal transpired at UFC Vegas 17 on Saturday — and what a way to send us into 2021. While 2020 wasn't fantastic outside of the cage,...
Stephen Thompson and Geoff Neal, UFC Vegas 17

UFC Vegas 17 Bonuses: Wonderboy, Tybura Among Big Winners

The UFC closed out 2020 with a solid Fight Night card on Saturday night — and four fighters took home some extra spending cash for Christmas based on strong individual performances. That included main event welterweight Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson, who...
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UFC Vegas 17: Thompson vs. Neal Post-Fight Press Conference Live Stream

The UFC's final show of 2020, a year that has felt like five particularly bad years rolled into one, went down Saturday. UFC Vegas 17, if it wasn't a stacked card, was a very good card on paper, with...
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UFC Vegas 17’s Khaos Williams: “The Work Always Will Speak for Itself in the...

UFC Vegas 17 welterweight Michel Pereira has promised "43 never repeated weird moves" in his fight with Khaos Williams. Or at least how ever many of them he can pull off in fifteen minutes or less. So how does...
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UFC Vegas 17’s Michel Pereira: Khaos Williams May Be Dangerous, but “I’m More Dangerous”

With Michel Pereira making the move to Las Vegas, there was no training with cows, or any other farm animals, ahead of UFC Vegas 17. Instead, "Demolidor" is focused on showing off "a lot of moves," he told Cageside Press...
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UFC Vegas 17: Jose Aldo Still Motivated By Thoughts of Bantamweight Title

Former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo enters UFC Vegas 17 still in search of his first win in the bantamweight division. Two trips to the octagon at 135lbs have thus far failed to produce the desired results. Saturday night, Aldo...
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UFC: Frankie Edgar vs. Cory Sandhagen Targeted for February 6

The UFC is targeting a key bantamweight battle for its February 6, 2021 card. Former lightweight champion Frankie Edgar, who made his 135lb debut earlier this year, is expected to face Cory Sandhagen at a Fight Night event on that...
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UFC Vegas 17’s Gillian Robertson: “If I Can’t Beat Santos Then I Don’t Deserve...

Much like the hapless Dante Hicks in Clerks, Gillian Robertson wasn't even supposed to be here this Saturday. Rather, Canada's Robertson, one of the rising stars of the UFC's flyweight division, was expected to compete a week ago, at...
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UFC Vegas 17: Rob Font “Made Rehab My New Sport” Ahead of Return from...

"I'm excited to be back. It's been way too long," Rob Font said this week ahead of UFC Vegas 17. "I'm getting tired of these damn year-off layoffs." It has indeed been a year since we last saw Rob Font....
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UFC Vegas 17: Anthony Pettis on Sports Psychology, Fighting Out Contract

Anthony Pettis has a nice little bookend to the pandemic era in MMA. Having competed on the first UFC card back from hiatus in May, he now fights on the final event of 2020, UFC Vegas 17 this Saturday....

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