Author: By Jordan Newmark

On Saturday, December 12, at UFC 194 in lovely Las Vegas, an undisputed UFC featherweight champion will emerge as interim champ Conor McGregor collides with current champ Jose Aldo. Historically, this will be the seventh time two fighters with a UFC belt around their waist in the same weight class will meet to settle who can continue wearing their gold and lay claim to being the division’s true top dog.

 
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Here’s a look at the UFC’s current champion vs. interim champion clashes.TITO ORTIZ (c) vs. RANDY COUTURE (ic) at UFC 44THE SETUP: Whether it was injurie … Read the Full Article Here

The bigger the opponent and, apparently, the bigger the weight limit makes everything better for Jorge Masvidal.After going 5-2 as a UFC lightweight, the 12-year pro out of South Florida decided the juice wasn’t worth the squeeze to keep scrapping at 155 pounds. “It was like running through a desert to get to a fight,” Masvidal said of his previous weight cuts. Only three months following his controversial split decision loss to Al Iaquinta, Miami’s Masvidal returned to the Octagon in July as a welterweight against The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil winner Cezar “Muta … Read the Full Article Here

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Current ranking for former UFC lightweight champion “Smooth” Benson Henderson as a UFC lightweight
 
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Pounds’ division that Henderson successfully moved up to with a fourth round rear naked choke over Brandon Thatch in February, which earned a Fight of the Night bonus
 
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Career submission wins by Henderson
 
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Consecutive wins to kick off Henderson’s UFC career, 2nd longest streak in division history behind Gray Maynard’s 8
 
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UFC event where Smooth won the UFC lightweight title from Frankie Edgar
 
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For most, another day at the office is humdrum and unremarkable. For a former Olympian turned UFC fighter, another day at the office meant Fredy Serrano scored a Performance of the Night bonus in his Octagon debut. “My mindset was to be prepared for a three-round war,” Serrano said of his March bout against Bentley Syler. “Go out there, do my job, follow my game plan and, finally, have fun. My feelings needed to be in complete harmony with my motivation, my fears and what I wanted to do. In a perfect balance, my thoughts were that this was something very important, but I ha … Read the Full Article Here

Sam Sicilia wants to finish 2015 how it started – with a knockout win.On January 24 at UFC on FOX: Gustafsson vs. Johnson, The Ultimate Fighter 15 alum scored his third finish inside the Octagon via knuckle sandwich as Sicilia dropped and stopped Akira Corassani in front of the Swede’s home crowd. This Saturday at UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs. Masvidal, Sicilia is intent on recreating that pummeling performance by scoring a knockout of Dooho Choi in Choi’s native South Korea.

 
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“I started this year out how I wanted to and I’m going to close it … Read the Full Article Here

13Current ranking of Neil Magny as a UFC welterweight9UFC wins by Magny, tied with Donald Cerrone for most UFC wins since 20137Fight win streak by Magny inside the Octagon from February 2014 to August 2015, one of 26 fighters in UFC history to win at least seven consecutive UFC fights5Of those wins by Magny occurred in 2014, tied with Roger Huerta’s 2007 for most UFC wins in a calendar year1UFC fighter has fought five times in back-to-back calendar years – Magny524Significant strikes landed by Magny, 9th most among active UFC welterweights47.2Significant striking accuracy percentage by … Read the Full Article Here