Writer vs. Fighter: UFC Vegas 31

This week's Writer vs. Fighter features Cageside Press' feet on the ground, Gabriel Gonzalez, and UFC's Bryan Barberena making their picks for UFC Vegas 31. It's time for another battle for pick supremacy. We pit those who write about face...
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UFC Vegas 31: Makhachev vs. Moises Weigh-In and Face-Off Highlights

Las Vegas, NV — The UFC Vegas 31 official (and only) weigh-ins took place Friday morning in Las Vegas, with the full card of 22 fighters successfully making weight. Saturday's Fight Night card, technically UFC on ESPN 26, is headlined...
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UFC Vegas 31: Billy Quarantillo Calls First UFC Loss a “Good Wake-Up Call”

Las Vegas, NV — UFC Vegas 31 featherweight Billy Quantantillo enters Saturday's showdown against Gabriel Benitez coming off the first loss of his UFC tenure. "It was a tough loss, but I was on a nine-fight winning streak including a...
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UFC Vegas 31’s Dustin Stoltzfus: Rodolfo Vieira is “Best Opponent I Could Have Wished...

Las Vegas, NV — After winning big off a slam on the Contender Series, Dustin Stoltzfus' UFC debut fizzled. Against Kyle Daukaus, Stoltzfus (13-2) fought to an uninspired unanimous decision loss at UFC 256. It's a hard loss to take anything...
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UFC Vegas 31: Rodolfo Vieira Has “Never Felt Comfortable” Inside the Cage

Las Vegas, NV — Through his first seven fights, multi-time Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champion Rodolfo Vieira admits that he never felt comfortable in the cage. He most certainly did not feel comfortable in fight number eight, which represented his first...
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UFC Vegas 31: Makhachev vs. Moises Weigh-In Results — Full Card On Point

Trailing in the wake of Poirier vs. McGregor 3, which proved to be another massively successful Conor McGregor card for the UFC (1.8 million buys, reportedly), UFC Vegas 31 felt like an afterthought. But look a little closer, and...
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The Weight Cutting Chronicles: UFC Vegas 31

Like it or not, weight-cutting is deeply rooted in mixed martial arts. MMA adopted its weight-cutting from the sport of wrestling, where it is presumed to be very advantageous to be the biggest and strongest in your weight class....
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UFC Vegas 31: Despite Crackdown on Weigh-in Antics, Jeremy Stephens Doesn’t Believe Things Will...

Las Vegas, NV — Jeremy Stephens was the impetus for the UFC cracking down on fighters touching each other at weigh-ins. That, after a violent shove injured would-be opponent Drakkar Klose earlier this year, canceling the pair's bout in...
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UFC Vegas 31: Mateusz Gamrot “Ready for Everything” Against Stephens, Even At Weigh-Ins

Las Vegas, NV — Jeremy Stephens' reputation proceeds him, and as a result, current opponent Mateusz Gamrot is ready for anything and everything that might come his way. Even at weigh-ins this Friday. Gamrot, a former KSW double-champ, is coming off...
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UFC Vegas 31: Gabriel Benitez Admits He Was Mad After Last Opponent Rejected Catchweight

Las Vegas, NV — Back in May, Gabriel Benitez was expecting to face Jonathan Pearce in a featherweight fight, his first of 2021. Only, it didn't happen when Benitez missed weight. While the weight miss is admittedly on him, what...

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