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The UFC’s lightweight division is filled with men who are poised to make a charge at the current title holder, Anthony Pettis. Tony Ferguson is in such a position. After an impressive win at UFC 184, “El Cucuy” should expect to face some tougher opposi…
The UFC’s lightweight division is filled with men who are poised to make a charge at the current title holder, Anthony Pettis. Tony Ferguson is in such a position. After an impressive win at UFC 184, “El Cucuy” should expect to face some tougher opposition from this point forward.
These five men would make interesting opponents for the next time he steps into the Octagon.
This weekend, two women’s champions looked dominant as they defended their titles. Ronda Rousey needed just 14 seconds to keep her belt, while Cristiane Santos won her fight in 46 seconds. As the UFC continues to answer questions about what is needed t…
This weekend, two women’s champions looked dominant as they defended their titles. Ronda Rousey needed just 14 seconds to keep her belt, while Cristiane Santos won her fight in 46 seconds. As the UFC continues to answer questions about what is needed to get these two into the cage, the fact remains that a lot of work will have to be done in order to put together the biggest fight available in women’s mixed martial arts.
Even through “Cyborg” and “Rowdy” have years of going back and forth between each other on the books, there are a number of hurdles that need to be overcome before they can get into the Octagon together.
UFC President Dana White addressed the main issue of Santos fighting in a higher weight class.
“The thing is with Cyborg is making that weight. I don’t know if she can make the weight,” White said during the post-fight conference (via MMA Fighting). “She has to make the weight.”
Santos answered similar questioning during the Invicta 11 post-fight press conference when reporters wondered about the potential of a fight with Rousey.
“I am trying to make 135 pounds. I know everyone wants to see me fight Ronda Rousey,” Santos is quoted in saying via a report from Sherdog. “I am going to try very hard to make this fight happen.”
Santos has gone back and forth about cutting down to 135 pounds. She recently mentioned that she will not be able to make the weight and will continue competing at 145 pounds. Back in 2012, Damon Martin of MMA Weekly wrote a piece in which doctors nixed the idea of Santos losing the additional 10 pounds to fight.
Rousey‘s continued success has eliminated many of the potential contenders that would create interesting fights. With her victory over Cat Zingano, she has defeated the top five women currently listed in the UFC’s rankings. Rousey recognized the idea that the Santos fight is there, but downplayed how important it is to her legacy.
“I really don’t feel like there is anything hanging over this fight,” Rousey said. “I’m very proud of what we did but there isn’t anything hanging over this fight.”
Dana White interjected to let everyone know that this is not on Rousey.
“If she makes the weight, we can make the fight,” White said. “I’m going to say it. She asks me all the time and says that she will fight her whenever she makes the weight. She wants to fight her. It’s not on Ronda. She’s the world champion. ‘Cyborg’ has to make the weight. Make 135 pounds and the fight will happen.”
Ronda Rousey is one of the biggest stars that the UFC can offer fans. The promotion is in a tough position, as it can not provide her with the challenger that everyone wants to see at this time. Until then, the two best women fighters will be kept on separate paths.
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Fact: Ronda Rousey’s 14-second submission at UFC 184 is the fastest finish of any kind in a UFC championship fight.
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Fact: Ronda Rousey‘s 14-second submission at UFC 184 is the fastest finish of any kind in a UFC championship fight.
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Ronda Rousey needed less than 30 seconds to put away Cat Zingano and retain the UFC women’s bantamweight crown. The former Olympic judoka defended her belt for the fifth time and pushed her record to 11-0.
As she looks down at the rest of the division …
Ronda Rousey needed less than 30 seconds to put away Cat Zingano and retain the UFC women’s bantamweight crown. The former Olympic judoka defended her belt for the fifth time and pushed her record to 11-0.
As she looks down at the rest of the division chasing her, questions arise as to who will be her next opponent. There are a number of individuals to pick from, but Holly Holm should not be the answer.
When looking at the UFC rankings for the 135-pound women’s division it’s clear that Rousey has nearly cleaned out the entire group. She has soundly defeated all of the top five contenders to her title since moving over to the promotion in 2013.
Moments before Rousey‘s successful title defense, fight fans witnessed the promotional debut of Holm as she earned a split decision victory over Raquel Pennington. The former women’s boxing champion looked crisp in her striking technique but never put her opponent in any clear position of danger. Rousey may have mentioned her in the post-fight interview, but Holm should not be feed to the champion at this point in time.
Other options should include No. 7-ranked Bethe Correia and even current Invicta featherweight champion Cristiane Justino. UFC President Dana White has already nixed the potential rivalry bout with Santos.
Even though Rousey started her MMA career as a featherweight, it seems as if her fighting the Invicta featherweight champion, who had a dominant win of her own on Friday, is off of the books at this time. The conversation has turned to a catch-weight fight between the two, but White has called that off.
“Why would the champ go there? It just doesn’t make sense,” White said during the post-fight press conference, via MMA Fighting. “She’s the 135-pound champion here; she’s dominant. The champ doesn’t chance other people. If you want to fight the champ, you go to the champ.”
Correia has been on a run of her own that has included victims who are Rousey‘s training partners. Her last two wins, over Shayna Baszler and Jessamyn Duke, were dominant victories that pushed her up the rankings ladder. Rousey mentioned her during her interview with Joe Rogan immediately after the fight, but White has not confirmed that she may be next in line.
“She’s been pretty aggressive about getting the fight,” White said. “She’s undefeated so we will see what happens.”
Even though Holm came into the event with a lot of hype, do not expect her to be the next to fight the champion.
“Listen a lot of hype came in around Holly. It’s her first time here,” White said during questioning. “When you come in here it is a completely different ball game. She went in there tonight and she performed. Let’s let her get a couple of fights and let her feel like the UFC is her home. She has some time to get there.”
“I would like to get my feet wet. I finally got this first UFC fight over with,” Holm responded when questioned about the potential to face Rousey next.
Media professionals such as Patrick Wyman took to Twitter to express their idea that Holm is not ready at this point in time.
Ronda Rousey continues to epitomize the idea of dominance in sports as she maintains her position as the women’s 135-pound champion. As the community awaits an announcement for her next challenger, Holly Holm should be given the opportunity to grow before being placed in the main event.
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LOS ANGELES — When Anderson Silva beat Nick Diaz last month at UFC 183, Silva jumped out of the Octagon and greeted Jon Jones in celebration.
Jones, the UFC light heavyweight champion, doesn’t think anything differently about his friend now despite Silva’s testing positive for steroid metabolites in drug tests before and after the Diaz fight.
Jones said during a fan Q&A session during the UFC’s Welcome to the Show press conference at LA Live on Saturday that he doesn’t know the whole story about Silva’s situation, but he plans on standing behind the UFC legend.
“When you go through a situation like he’s gone through, there’s a lot of medical people that are gonna advise you to do this or that to heal yourself,” Jones said. “I’ll never look at Anderson as a cheater. What he’s been able to accomplish throughout his career is just unbelievable. He’s still a guy I admire and look up to tremendously and I’m pulling for him to just get through all this and continue being the champion that he’s been.”
Silva, 39, made his comeback from a gruesome broken leg in the fight against Diaz, winning by unanimous decision. The former UFC middleweight champion tested positive for drostanolone and androstane in an out-of-competition test nearly a month before the fight and also popped hot for drostanolone, an anabolic steroid, in the post-fight test.
Silva also tested positive for two benzodiazepine class drugs, oxazepam and temazepam, after the fight. Neither of those are banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency, but Silva reportedly did not alert the commission that he took them, so they could add to his discipline.
“The Spider” has been temporarily suspended from competition by the Nevada Athletic Commission (NAC) and is currently awaiting further penalty at a hearing in March or April. It’s likely Silva will be suspended for a year or more and have to pay a substantial fine.
Jones, who defends his title against Anthony Johnson at UFC 187 on May 23 in Las Vegas, doesn’t think the positive test was a statement on what Silva has been doing for years to achieve his greatness.
“I’ve never been a guy to condone steroids,” Jones said. “I’ve had my own personal issues, but I do not condone steroids. I don’t really know the whole situation. I don’t believe he’s been doing it his whole career.”
Silva had some sage words for Jones following UFC 183 when the shoe was somewhat on the other foot. Jones tested positive for cocaine metabolites in an out-of-competition test before his fight with Daniel Cormier at UFC 182. Jones admitted to making the mistake and entered himself into a rehab evaluation program when the news was announced.
Jones faced no discipline from the NAC, because cocaine is not a banned substance out of competition.
“Jones is my friend,” Silva said. “I talk to Jones all the time. He’s young. He has all the problems. All the people hear his problems. There are problems in the world. The people talk (that) this guy is bad. He’s not bad. When I talk to Jones, I say, ‘Bro, I like you bro. You need to change. All the kids are watching you, the families are watching you. You’re the best fighter now. You need to change everything.'”
LOS ANGELES — When Anderson Silva beat Nick Diaz last month at UFC 183, Silva jumped out of the Octagon and greeted Jon Jones in celebration.
Jones, the UFC light heavyweight champion, doesn’t think anything differently about his friend now despite Silva’s testing positive for steroid metabolites in drug tests before and after the Diaz fight.
Jones said during a fan Q&A session during the UFC’s Welcome to the Show press conference at LA Live on Saturday that he doesn’t know the whole story about Silva’s situation, but he plans on standing behind the UFC legend.
“When you go through a situation like he’s gone through, there’s a lot of medical people that are gonna advise you to do this or that to heal yourself,” Jones said. “I’ll never look at Anderson as a cheater. What he’s been able to accomplish throughout his career is just unbelievable. He’s still a guy I admire and look up to tremendously and I’m pulling for him to just get through all this and continue being the champion that he’s been.”
Silva, 39, made his comeback from a gruesome broken leg in the fight against Diaz, winning by unanimous decision. The former UFC middleweight champion tested positive for drostanolone and androstane in an out-of-competition test nearly a month before the fight and also popped hot for drostanolone, an anabolic steroid, in the post-fight test.
Silva also tested positive for two benzodiazepine class drugs, oxazepam and temazepam, after the fight. Neither of those are banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency, but Silva reportedly did not alert the commission that he took them, so they could add to his discipline.
“The Spider” has been temporarily suspended from competition by the Nevada Athletic Commission (NAC) and is currently awaiting further penalty at a hearing in March or April. It’s likely Silva will be suspended for a year or more and have to pay a substantial fine.
Jones, who defends his title against Anthony Johnson at UFC 187 on May 23 in Las Vegas, doesn’t think the positive test was a statement on what Silva has been doing for years to achieve his greatness.
“I’ve never been a guy to condone steroids,” Jones said. “I’ve had my own personal issues, but I do not condone steroids. I don’t really know the whole situation. I don’t believe he’s been doing it his whole career.”
Silva had some sage words for Jones following UFC 183 when the shoe was somewhat on the other foot. Jones tested positive for cocaine metabolites in an out-of-competition test before his fight with Daniel Cormier at UFC 182. Jones admitted to making the mistake and entered himself into a rehab evaluation program when the news was announced.
Jones faced no discipline from the NAC, because cocaine is not a banned substance out of competition.
“Jones is my friend,” Silva said. “I talk to Jones all the time. He’s young. He has all the problems. All the people hear his problems. There are problems in the world. The people talk (that) this guy is bad. He’s not bad. When I talk to Jones, I say, ‘Bro, I like you bro. You need to change. All the kids are watching you, the families are watching you. You’re the best fighter now. You need to change everything.'”
LOS ANGELES — The fight was over in a blink of an eye, but Ronda Rousey thinks the challenger who lasted just 14 seconds with her should get a rematch.
The UFC women’s bantamweight champion told Cat Zingano after submitting her with an armb…
LOS ANGELES — The fight was over in a blink of an eye, but Ronda Rousey thinks the challenger who lasted just 14 seconds with her should get a rematch.
The UFC women’s bantamweight champion told Cat Zingano after submitting her with an armbar at UFC 184 on Saturday night here at Staples Center that she’d be willing to give her another shot.
“I said that we should do this again,” Rousey said at the post-fight press conference. “I think she definitely deserves another shot. Sometimes fights just go down like that. I’m lucky to have a lot of experience in judo and sometimes I walked out and I just got dumped on my head right away and I just wasn’t myself that day. It doesn’t mean that I didn’t deserve to be in that fight or I couldn’t beat that other person. It was just that for some reason I wasn’t there. I understand that feeling and I know that what Cat is capable of and I would definitely like to see more of what she’s capable of.”
Zingano (9-1) charged Rousey at the opening bell and tried to tackle her to the ground. It almost worked, too. Except Rousey reversed it, got on top and latched onto Zingano’s arm in transition quite slickly. Rousey (11-0) didn’t let go until Zingano was tapping.
“Please, don’t do your little magic and say I’m saying something I’m not — she’s good,” Zingano said. “She’s champion for a reason. But I didn’t go out there and perform to my best today and I got caught and that sucks and I’m pissed. I have a lot of respect for her. I was just stunned and speechless and caught in that moment.”
Zingano was supposed to be Rousey’s toughest test and on paper she was. The Colorado native’s foundation is solid wrestling, she’s a strong jiu-jitsu practicioner and is known mostly for technical — and powerful — Muay Thai. But Zingano didn’t get to use any of it. The fight was over too quickly.
“I was thinking of how many competitions I’ve been to, how many tournaments I’ve done throughout my life,” Zingano said. “You just have that much where you just go out and you get smoked. It’s not right.”
At one point during the press conference, Zingano turned to UFC president Dana White and all but begged to be put on track to get another title shot.
“I just want to know what I need to do to get in there again,” Zingano said. “Who’s No. 2? I’ll fight them. I’ll get back. How do I get this again?”
White responded: “I need fights. We’ll get it done. Whenever you’re ready.”
Zingano will almost certainly come back strong. She fought back after ACL surgery and the suicide of her husband to make it here, headlining in front of a sold-out crowd in one of the biggest media markets in the country. A 14-second blip of time isn’t likely to deter her from her goals and dreams.
“Some things in life you don’t get on the first shot,” Zingano said. “Some things take a few times. Some things take whatever. But as long as you keep trying until you get it and figure it out.
“Crap, it’s not always the easy road. I don’t often get the easy road, but I find my way around.”