Several people have given their opinion and prediction for the welterweight bout between Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz in the main event of UFC 196. Some believe the hype train behind McGregor and sees him steamrolling Diaz early. On the other hand, some believe that Diaz will make the fight go to the distance (5-rounds)
Several people have given their opinion and prediction for the welterweight bout between Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz in the main event of UFC 196. Some believe the hype train behind McGregor and sees him steamrolling Diaz early. On the other hand, some believe that Diaz will make the fight go to the distance (5-rounds) and earn a decision victory.
Over the weekend, MMA Crazy TV asked the fighters who fought on the UFC Fight Night 84 card about who they think will win. Here are the fighters predictions:
Anderson Silva: Diaz.
Michael Bisping: McGregor. “There’s no way in hell Diaz wins this fight.”
Gegard Mousasi: McGregor.
Makwan Amirkhani: First or second TKO win for McGregor.
Brad Pickett: McGregor.
Norman Parke: McGregor via late round KO.
Mike Wilkinson: Diaz.
Reza Madadi: McGregor.
You can watch the video here:
UFC 196 takes place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Saturday, March 5, 2016. The main card airs on PPV at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT while the prelims air on FOX Sports 1 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT, and on UFC Fight Pass at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m PT.
UFC veteran Mikey Burnett, who once fought Pat Miletich for a UFC title during the “dark ages” of the sport, was reportedly shot three times during an attempted robbery in Tulsa, Oklahoma this week.
According to local reports, Burnett and his so…
UFC veteran Mikey Burnett, who once fought Pat Miletich for a UFC title during the “dark ages” of the sport, was reportedly shot three times during an attempted robbery in Tulsa, Oklahoma this week.
According to local reports, Burnett and his son were held up outside of Rib Crib, a popular Bar-B-Q restaurant in Tulsa. The reports claim Burnett was shot three times while his son, Freddie, was shot once in the leg.
News On 6 reported the following details about the incident:
“Tulsa police said, as the father, Mikey Burnett, and son, Freddie Burnett, got to their car, two men walked up and tried to rob them. We’re told Freddie tried to fight off the suspected robbers when they held up his dad.
Police said Mikey was shot three times in the abdomen and Freddie was shot once in the leg. Police said Mikey was taken to the hospital for surgery. Both are expected to survive.”
Mikey Burnett last fought for the UFC during “The Comeback” themed season of The Ultimate Fighter.
While she is no doubt focused on her own battle against Holly Holm at UFC 196 this Saturday, longtime Women’s Bantamweight contender Miesha Tate recently admitted that even she is anticipating a Holm vs. Ronda Rousey rem…
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While she is no doubt focused on her own battle against Holly Holm at UFC 196 this Saturday, longtime Women’s Bantamweight contender Miesha Tate recently admitted that even she is anticipating a Holm vs. Ronda Rousey rematch.
Tate, who challenges Holm for the UFC Women’s Bantamweight Championship in the co-main event of this Saturday’s pay-per-view, stated the following about wanting to see Holm-Rousey II during her recent appearance on ESPN SportsCenter:
“I wanna see the rematch too, at some point, I think everybody does. As a fan of the sport myself, I would love to see that. When I go in there and win the belt on Saturday, that’s probably gonna throw a wrench in the mix, so they can either put the trilogy together between Ronda and myself, with me as the champion, or they can make a non-title bout between Holly and Ronda, whatever they prefer, but I just wanna go in there on March 5 and win the belt.”
UFC 196: McGregor vs. Diaz takes place this Saturday, March 5th from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Make sure to visit MMANews.com on 3/5 for the best UFC 196 live results coverage on the web!
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) added an interesting welterweight contest for the upcoming UFC Fight Night 87: “Overeem vs. Arlovski” mixed martial arts (MMA) event on Sun., May 8, 2016, taking place inside Ahoy Rotterdam in Rotter…
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) added an interesting welterweight contest for the upcoming UFC Fight Night 87: “Overeem vs. Arlovski” mixed martial arts (MMA) event on Sun., May 8, 2016, taking place inside Ahoy Rotterdam in Rotterdam, Netherlands, live on FOX Sports 1.
Gunnar Nelson vs. Albert Tumenov.
Nelson (14-2-1) will try to shake off last December’s lopsided loss to Demian Maia, the second across a span of three fights. “Gunni” coughed up a split decision to Rick Story in late 2014 before rebounding with a submission win over Brandon Thatch at UFC 189.
Clinging to that last spot is Tumenov (17-2), the winner of five straight after coming up short in his Octagon debut. “Einstein” was smart enough to work his way past Lorenz Larkin at UFC 195 back in January and could have a breakout year in 2016.
But he has to first get past Nelson.
UFC Fight Night 87 will be headlined by the 265-pound showdown pitting Alistair Overeem against fellow contender Andrei Arlovski. Elsewhere on the card, heavyweight bruiser Antonio Silva trades mitts with local “Skyscraper” Stefan Struve.
For the latest UFC “Rotterdam” fight card and rumors click here.
Veteran MMA referee Herb Dean spoke with Ariel Helwani on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour about the controversy stemming from this past Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 84 main event between Anderson Silva and Michael Bisping. Below are some of the highlights from the interview.
On his decision not to stop the action when Michael Bisping’s mouth piece came out:
“That’s the way the mechanic works, is that you replace the mouthpiece during a lull in the action,” Dean said during an appearance on Monday’s edition The MMA Hour. “And [Bisping] signaled once, and Anderson was actually in the process of attacking him. For a lot of reasons that are pretty evident you can’t stop to replace the mouthpiece during a heated exchange, and that qualified as a heated exchange.
“If we were doing that, we’d have guys getting their bell rung, spitting out the mouthpiece to get a little extra time or sometimes you’re feeling a little tired, just spit your mouthpiece out. So obviously we can’t do that in the middle of an exchange.”
On why he didn’t stop the fight when Silva dropped Bisping with the flying knee:
“Well, [Silva] hit him with the knee and dropped him, and then he walked off and started to celebrate,” he said. “He had been dropped, but you know, in MMA we don’t stop the match just because someone gets dropped. I saw that when he fell he was not unconscious. He was facing Anderson. Anderson didn’t give him a threat to protect himself from, but — I don’t want to start playing what if, what if he attacked and whatnot — the bottom line is he didn’t attack. The round ended and, because Anderson was celebrating, there was some confusion as to what was going on.
“But I never had any confusion. I knew that I hadn’t stopped the match and that the match was going to continue.”
On Silva celebrating as if he’d won and Herb Dean’s fight to restore order:
“I wasn’t really that worried about that because, it was pandemonium and of course I can’t run around and start yelling at everyone to get out of the cage, there was just too many people,” he said. “But, what I did do is I let people know that the fight wasn’t over. And eventually, once I started expressing that it wasn’t over to the right people — the inspectors, the fighters — that order was going to be restored and we’d continue with the match.”
On Bisping’s claims that the facial damage he suffered was Dean’s fault:
“Well, I don’t know, maybe he’s not aware of the rules,” he said. “A lot of fighters, most of them real the fouls but they don’t read all the rules on the mechanics. Maybe he wasn’t aware of that. But the rule is to replace the mouthpiece during a lull in the action.”
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Veteran MMA referee Herb Dean spoke with Ariel Helwani on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour about the controversy stemming from this past Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 84 main event between Anderson Silva and Michael Bisping. Below are some of the highlights from the interview.
On his decision not to stop the action when Michael Bisping’s mouth piece came out:
“That’s the way the mechanic works, is that you replace the mouthpiece during a lull in the action,” Dean said during an appearance on Monday’s edition The MMA Hour. “And [Bisping] signaled once, and Anderson was actually in the process of attacking him. For a lot of reasons that are pretty evident you can’t stop to replace the mouthpiece during a heated exchange, and that qualified as a heated exchange.
“If we were doing that, we’d have guys getting their bell rung, spitting out the mouthpiece to get a little extra time or sometimes you’re feeling a little tired, just spit your mouthpiece out. So obviously we can’t do that in the middle of an exchange.”
On why he didn’t stop the fight when Silva dropped Bisping with the flying knee:
“Well, [Silva] hit him with the knee and dropped him, and then he walked off and started to celebrate,” he said. “He had been dropped, but you know, in MMA we don’t stop the match just because someone gets dropped. I saw that when he fell he was not unconscious. He was facing Anderson. Anderson didn’t give him a threat to protect himself from, but — I don’t want to start playing what if, what if he attacked and whatnot — the bottom line is he didn’t attack. The round ended and, because Anderson was celebrating, there was some confusion as to what was going on.
“But I never had any confusion. I knew that I hadn’t stopped the match and that the match was going to continue.”
On Silva celebrating as if he’d won and Herb Dean’s fight to restore order:
“I wasn’t really that worried about that because, it was pandemonium and of course I can’t run around and start yelling at everyone to get out of the cage, there was just too many people,” he said. “But, what I did do is I let people know that the fight wasn’t over. And eventually, once I started expressing that it wasn’t over to the right people — the inspectors, the fighters — that order was going to be restored and we’d continue with the match.”
On Bisping’s claims that the facial damage he suffered was Dean’s fault:
“Well, I don’t know, maybe he’s not aware of the rules,” he said. “A lot of fighters, most of them real the fouls but they don’t read all the rules on the mechanics. Maybe he wasn’t aware of that. But the rule is to replace the mouthpiece during a lull in the action.”
Before Conor McGregor takes on Nate Diaz at UFC 196, watch McGregor’s 1st round stoppage win over Diego Brandao in an unforgettable main event at UFC Fight Night in Dublin, Ireland. Conor McGregor’s first UFC main event was supposed to be ag…
Before Conor McGregor takes on Nate Diaz at UFC 196, watch McGregor’s 1st round stoppage win over Diego Brandao in an unforgettable main event at UFC Fight Night in Dublin, Ireland.
Conor McGregor’s first UFC main event was supposed to be against Cole Miller at UFC Fight Night in Dublin, Ireland on July 19th, 2014. Miller pulled out with an injury, so in stepped Brazil’s Diego Brandao to face “The Notorious” one in front of a raucous and incredibly boisterous crowd.
The Fight Pass-streamed main event saw McGregor stop Brandao at 4:05 of round 1 after hurting Brandao with a hard left hand and a thudding right to the body, then one more left to send Diego to the canvas. McGregor continued the onslaught of punches until the fight stopped, sending the crowd into mass hysteria. Conor would knockout Dustin Poirier just a few months later, then pick off Dennis Siver, Chad Mendes, and Jose Aldo in a phenomenal 2015.
You can watch the full fight video at the top of the page.
McGregor wheels out a spinning kick and both fighters deploy salvos of leather with both hands. Brandao clinches up and puts McGregor on the fence but McGregor circles to switch positions. Knee to the ribs for Brandao but he’s taken down with a trip. McGregor postures up and Brandao boots him off with both feet, then dodges a foot lock when he jumps back into Brandao’s guard. Brandao angles for an armbar and McGregor stacks him to break the grip.
Half butterfly for Brandao with good posture control. McGregor gives him enough room to push off and escape but McGregor tags Brandao with a shot on his way back up. Roundhouse kick for McGregor but he narrowly avoids a Brandao haymaker. McGregor thuds a left hand right through Brandao’s defense and the sheer power of impact breaks Brandao’s guard open, allowing McGregor to slice a long left through the opening that meets Brandao’s jaw. Brandao wilts to the canvas in slow-motion where McGregor unloads left hands until the ref pulls him off.
And here’s the decidedly indifferent response in the comments section to McGregor’s win:
McGregor takes on Nate Diaz at 170 lbs in the UFC 196 main event on March 5th at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
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