Share this: Feb. 11, 2017 will be a night of firsts for the UFC. Holly Holm and Germaine de Randamie will square off in the first ever women’s featherweight title fight, marking the UFC’s first appearance in Brooklyn, New York. UFC announced the fight Tuesday night. The introduction of the women’s featherweight division, which will be fought at 145 pounds, is an exciting step for UFC. Holm became a well-known fighter in mixed-martial arts when she handed Ronda Rousey her first loss at UFC 193 in November of last year, and claiming the women’s bantamweight title in the process. Holm failed to defend her title, though. She lost to Miesha Tate at UFC 196, then lost back-to-back fights for the first time in her career when Valentina Shevchenko
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UFC Fight Night Albany Results: Derrick Lewis Earns TKO Win Vs. Shamil Abdurakhi…
Share this: Friday’s UFC Fight Night Albany main event between heavyweight contenders Derrick Lewis and Shamil Abdurakhimov wasn’t pretty, but Lewis did get the finish at Times Union Center in Albany, N.Y., stopping his foe in the fourth round. “That was one of my most terrible fights,” Lewis said. “I didn’t like my performance at all. I know it was a five-round fight, I just tried to pace myself, but that was some bulls—. I expected a better performance.” A win’s a win though, and for Houston’s Lewis, it was his fifth in a row. An early Round 1 kick by Lewis allowed Abdurakhimov to get the bout to the mat, and after escaping from a kimura attempt, Lewis got to his feet. Abdurakhimov
Ronda Rousey Is Out For Revenge In Intense Promo For UFC 207 Return
Ronda Rousey is back, and she’s not going down without a fight. The former UFC bantamweight champion is making her return to the sport Dec. 30 in a title fight against Amanda Nunes at UFC 207. And, if the possibility of seeing Rousey win her belt back after a year-long break doesn’t pump you up enough, UFC released a goosebump-inducing promo for the event through TMZ on Wednesday. Rousey last fought Nov. 15, 2015, when Holly Holm handed her the first loss of her career at UFC 193. However, no one has been able to hold onto the bantamweight belt since then, as Holm lost to Miesha Tate at UFC 196 and Tate
Report: UFC Star Conor McGregor To Appear On HBO’s ‘Game Of Thrones’
Could Conor McGregor be the latest man to try to take the Iron Throne? The 28-year-old UFC star — who in November became the only simultaneous dualweight champion the promotion has ever had — reportedly is in talks to make an appearance HBO’s extremely popular show, “Game of Thrones.” “It’s been agreed that McGregor will appear in one of the remaining two seasons of Game of Thrones,” sources told The Sunday Life, as transcribed by Metro. “He was headhunted as it were by HBO, as one of the Game of Thrones directors is a huge UFC fan. They believed that he would be a perfect fit for the show.” There a number of
Conor McGregor Denies UFC Stripped Him Of Featherweight Title Belt
Share this: Conor McGregor says he still has the UFC featherweight title belt, and if you want him to give it up, you’ll have to do so in the Octagon. UFC recently announced McGregor vacated the featherweight belt he won at UFC 205 last month after beating Eddie Alvarez. UFC rules prohibit fighters from holding two belts simultaneously, but McGregor, who also owns the lightweight belt, doesn’t appear to care. He even went as far to deny he relinquished the featherweight belt. “I’m also in something going on with the UFC, they’re trying to strip me and I was like, ‘Well, I ain’t stripped. I still got that belt, that belt is still at home right now’,” McGregor recently said at an event in Northern Ireland. “I’m
Conor McGregor Gets Boxing License, But Floyd Mayweather’s Camp Not Concerned
Share this: Could it happen? While some consider a Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather boxing match no more than a pipe dream, the idea became a bit more feasible Wednesday, when McGregor obtained a boxing license from the California State Athletic Commission. Despite that news, CEO of Mayweather Promotions Leonard Ellerbe doesn’t seem to care. In an interview with ESPN.com, Ellerbe was firm in his belief that a McGregor-Mayweather boxing match will never happen. “He got a boxing license. Congratulations to him,” Ellerbe said. “Conor McGregor can say anything he wants to, but he has a boss, and his name is (UFC president) Dana White. He is under contract to the UFC, and if he wanted to fight Floyd Mayweather in a boxing match he can’t
Watch Fans Brawl Before Conor McGregor’s UFC 205 Fight At Madison Sq. Garden
Share this: Some people can’t help but to ruin other peoples’ fun. That was the case Saturday night at Madison Square Garden when fans in attendance started brawling shortly before the UFC 205 main event between Conor McGregor and Eddie Alvarez. One younger guy seemed to be fighting three or four older men, who showed him the folly of his youthful recklessness. [embedded content] Never forget, violence is acceptable in only one place at a UFC event: the octagon. H/t Deadspin.com More Stories Source link