Author: By Jonathan Bradley

Fabricio Werdum
Since 2008, heavyweight Fabricio Werdum has lost just one fight – a three round decision against Alistair Overeem. Werdum outstruck Overeem 43-32 in that bout and landed the only takedown of the fight. The loss is the only blemish on an impressive eight-fight streak by the Brazilian, where he defeated the likes of Bigfoot Silva, Roy Nelson, Minotauro Nogueira, Travis Browne, and Mike Russow. The most significant win during that span came in 2010 when Werdum ended Fedor Emelianenko’s nine-year, 28-fight win streak, shocking the world and establishing himself as … Read the Full Article Here

Six fighters joined UFC Managing Director Tom Wright, after a record-breaking night at Fight Night Sydney: Australian lightweight Jake Matthews, Soa Palelei, co-main event winner Al Iaquinta, middleweight Robert Whittaker, and headliners Luke Rockhold and Michael Bisping. Fight Night Sydney, the last UFC FIGHT PASS event of the 2014, will go down in the record books as the event with the most ever finishes in the modern era. It also marks the third time every fight on the card ended in a finish. The previous events were UFC 40 (8), and the Ultimate Fighter 5 Finale (9). Performance of the Nigh … Read the Full Article Here

 
What brings you guys to Vegas and to The Ultimate Fighter in particular?
Rapinoe: FOX is going to be showing our games this summer, and they told us about the show. So we just came to check it out and see how things worked behind the scenes. We picked their brain and they picked ours a little bit. It was a really good experience for us.
Leroux: Yea same situation. It was really cool to see the similarities that we have and obviously the very big differences. So watching it has been a good experience.
What are some of the similarities and differences you guys noticed?
Rapinoe: We … Read the Full Article Here

Tell us a little bit about your relationship with Aisling Daly?
Aisling Daly has been with me in Straight Blast Gym since day one. She was the only girl – she still is the only girl. But when the team was only four people strong, we were only in a little shed hitting bags, doing nothing really, Ais was always there. She’s been on our team a long, long time.
What was your first impression of Aisling?
Aisling is a friendly girl, but she’s tough as nails, ya know? She’s a nice girl but don’t mess with her.
What do you think she brings to the women’s 115-l … Read the Full Article Here

Featherweight champion Jose Aldo is one of the more dominant title holders in UFC history. Aldo has won 17 straight fights dating back to 2006, with notable wins over Cub Swanson, Urijah Faber, Manny Gamburyan, Kenny Florian, Chad Mendes, and Frankie Edgar. With 15 career wins by knockout and one by submission, Aldo is considered one of MMA’s best pound-for-pound fighters. He’ll look to keep his streak and tact – and his belt – when he faces Team Alpha Male rival Chad Mendes at UFC 179.

 
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More: KO of the Week – Jose Aldo vs. Cub Swanson | Jo … Read the Full Article Here

Rory MacDonald
25-year-old welterweight Rory MacDonald is a phenom in every sense of the word. The British Columbia, Canada native made his professional MMA debut at the age of 16 and got his first action in the Octagon against Mike Guymon at just 21 years old. MacDonald showed impressive resilience in his debut, finishing Guymon after getting dropped early. He immediately received a jump in competition in his next fight when he was slated to take on exciting welterweight Carlos Condit at UFC 115. Despite falling to Condit, MacDonald went on to win seven of his next eight fights, including … Read the Full Article Here