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Opponents set to face UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor have a tendency of pulling out of the fight. Four of McGregor’s eight UFC opponents have not made it to fight night.MORE ON UFC 196: Buy Tickets to UFC 196 | Check out the stacked fight card | Join UFC FIGHT PASS to watch all the best fights of McGregor and Diaz featured in Faceoff collection | Free Fights: McGregor vs. Chad Mendes | McGregor vs. Diego Brandao | Holly Holm vs. Ronda Rousey | Miesha Tate vs. Jessica Eye McGregor took aim at lightweight champion Rafael Dos Anjos at the UFC 19 … Read the Full Article Here

LONDONLondon is set to host the biggest fight in the history of UFC FIGHT PASS on Saturday night, as the greatest mixed martial artist England has ever produced, Michael Bisping, takes on the most spectacular proponent the sport has boasted, Anderson “The Spider” Silva. The iconic English capital is gearing itself towards the UFC’s return to The O2. Billboards declare the arrival of the world’s flagship promotion all over the stations that support London’s underground transport system. Three letters synonymous with the fight game, UFC, are sprawled across Potter&r … Read the Full Article Here

TORRANCE, CaliforniaHundreds of fans lined up here early in the morning on the side of the UFC Gym building in searing 80-something degree temperatures with no relief from the sun.Thank goodness for the comic relief and entertainment from UFC featherweight champion, Conor McGregor.

 
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As he always does, McGregor delighted his fans at the UFC 196 press conference Wednesday by starting and engaging in an expletive, insult-ridden war of words with his new opponent in the main event, lightweight contender Nate Diaz, just over a week before their March 5 battle in Las Vegas.McGrego … Read the Full Article Here

LONDONOn Saturday, UFC is staging a monumental Fight Night in London, headlined by the UK’s longest-serving UFC athlete, Michael “The Count” Bisping and the former middleweight champion, Anderson “The Spider” Silva. This event is huge for so many reasons: It’s a former champion against a Top 10 contender; for some, it’s the greatest fighter of all time versus one of the most polarizing and successful UFC fighters; it’s an exclusive UFC Fight Pass broadcast and it’s happening in London. Behind these obvious headlines for UFC Fight Night Lo … Read the Full Article Here

TORRANCE, CaliforniaNate Diaz was sitting in an unexpected hot seat Wednesday at the UFC 196 press conference alongside Conor McGregor. There was only a moderator, and a war of harsh words between them.THE OTHER SIDE: McGregor doesn’t disappoint as he starts verbal war with DiazA whirlwind 24 hours had followed since Rafael Dos Anjos announced he was backing out of his UFC 196 title defense against McGregor due to a broken foot sustained while training. Diaz quickly stepped up to be the fill-in for the fight, now with no belt on the line, and he flew in to Los Angeles from Central California e … Read the Full Article Here

It was a unique introduction to Makwan Amirkhani. While the last few of the 30,000 fans in attendance at UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Johnson were leaving Stockholm’s Tele2 Arena into a freezing Swedish January 2015 night, a small auditorium in the massive stadium’s catacombs was packed with a few dozen reporters.A few hours earlier, UFC debutant Amirkhani had blown up the huge arena with a blistering eight-second flying knee knockout of veteran featherweight Andy Ogle. Given that some, including commentator Joe Rogan, seemed to think that the stoppage might have been a tad earl … Read the Full Article Here