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UFC Brooklyn: Future in Balance in Henry Cejudo vs. TJ Dillashaw?

History will be made as TJ Dillashaw looks to become a two-division champion while Henry Cejudo aims to avenge the fall of the flyweight division at the first UFC event on ESPN. In the last two years, there have been three...
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UFC: We’ve Missed ‘the Mark’ on Colby Covington

You shouldn't like Colby Covington. In fact, you're not supposed to like him — but that doesn't mean he wasn't robbed of a title shot in the UFC's welterweight division. Colby Covington is a heel and there’s no doubt about...
Cain Velasquez UFC 200

UFC: Five Fights We Can’t Wait to See in Early 2019

Every year in MMA brings us incredible highlights, exciting matchups, and fantastic fights. Last year had its fair share; but based on the first quarter slate for the UFC in 2019, we have plenty more to look forward to...
Floyd Mayweather (right) landing on Tenshin Nasukawa at RIZIN 14

After RIZIN 14: Mayweather vs. Nasukawa, Can We Put the Whole MMA vs. Boxing...

Mayweather vs. Nasukawa at RIZIN 14 didn't really tell us anything we didn't already know. Except that the MMA vs. boxing argument has grown old. Well, that was certainly something. If RIZIN 14 taught us anything, it's that MMA fighters...
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UFC 232: Jon Jones Has Returned, But It Seems No One Is Ready to...

Jon Jones triumphant return at UFC 232 has everyone waiting with bated breath, because frankly, it's a once bitten, twice shy scenario. Keep holding your breath. At least for a few more weeks. We've been here before, after all. When...
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Having Finished Rousey and Cyborg in Ninety-Nine Seconds, Amanda Nunes Has Forced UFC’s Hand

Amanda Nunes was a champion overlooked heading into UFC 232. The argument has long been that the UFC has failed to promote the women's bantamweight champion. On Saturday at UFC 232, with a history-making victory against Cris Cyborg, Nunes...
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Previewing MMA’s Takeover of New Year’s Eve 2018

This year, MMA fans will be treated to a trove of action with the UFC, PFL, and RIZIN all celebrating the start of 2019 with blockbuster events. First, the action will get started 48 hours earlier with the UFC's annual...
Korean Zombie and Yair Rodriguez, UFC Denver

MMA 2018 Year in Review: Knockout of the Year

Perhaps the single most insane finish in MMA history topped the list of contenders for Knockout of the Year 2018. If there was anything surprising about the Knockout of the Year 2018 candidates, it was the lack of heavyweight contenders....
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MMA 2018 Year in Review: Submission of the Year

A crafty veteran and a hail Mary, last second finish topped the list of 2018's best submissions in MMA. The submission of the year race in 2018 was neck and neck, no pun intended. Two names stood out. Aleksei Olenik,...
Conor McGregor exiting the cage following UFC 229

MMA 2018 Year in Review: Event of the Year

With a strong second half, there were a handful of cards to choose from for Event of the Year 2018, but in the end, one show stood out above the rest. MMA 2018 was notable perhaps more so for what...