Author: By Matt Parrino

 
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Chaos surrounded Conor McGregor at the UFC 205 pre-fight press conference. An enraged Eddie Alvarez dropped a chair behind the Irishman, setting off an altercation that required UFC President Dana White to step in between the two rivals. After he was late for the show, McGregor was at the receiving end of daggers visually torpedoed in his direction by the other five fighters on stage. But as “The Notorious” has pointed out time and again – it’s the McGregor Show and he runs on his own time.Once the melee ended and all the fighters pulled their chairs … Read the Full Article Here

NEW YORK Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson has been making the trip from South Carolina to New York City regularly for about three years. The famed training partner of Georges St-Pierre during his illustrious title reign caught the eye of rising middleweight star Chris Weidman and the rest, as they say, is history. Thompson and Weidman have become as close as brothers – and they are actually family. Weidman’s sister married Thompson’s brother. Over the course of the last three years, Thompson has made New York City his home away from home. “There’s no fa … Read the Full Article Here

NEW YORK For UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley, the path to stardom and the title belt he now holds was a grueling trek. Almost 10 years after he made his mixed martial arts debut, Woodley now defends the crown in arguably the UFC’s most competitive division on the biggest stage in the history of the sport – Madison Square Garden. And the champ is going to stop and smell the roses Saturday before he tries to defeat Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson. “This is a dream come true. I used to fight in bars where the smoke would go into the ring as I was fighting,” Woodley … Read the Full Article Here

Met up w/ @stipemiocicufc at @ReebokFitHubUSQ in #UFCNYC to talk about #UFC205 and what’s next for the heavyweight champ! @Reebok @ufc pic.twitter.com/zCQVYPu6fh
— Matt Parrino (@MattParrinoUFC) November 9, 2016

UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic is in New York City this week as a guest fighter and to take part in the historic first-ever UFC event at Madison Square Garden.UFC.com caught up with Miocic to talk about the big fight card, New York City and what’s next for the Cleveland native.Live from New York blog: Alvarez brings ‘it’ factor to McGregor fight | Nurmagomedov h … Read the Full Article Here

For years UFC president Dana White promised the biggest and baddest fight card in history when the UFC finally hit Madison Square Garden in New York City for the first time. And the boss delivered in a big way. So it’s only right that this edition of “Reasons to Watch” is as big and as bad. Here are the 10 reasons to watch UFC 205 live on pay-per-view Saturday night. 1 – The historic pursuit of a second world title Only one other man has ever been crazy enough to attempt to secure a second world championship while already reigning in a separate weight class. BJ Penn too … Read the Full Article Here

With eight consecutive wins to his credit in one of the most historically competitive divisions in the UFC, Tony Ferguson still had work to do at 7,382 feet in Mexico City. “El Cucuy” – “the Boogeyman” in English – had to prove he was, in fact, the real deal against former lightweight king Rafael Dos Anjos in one of the toughest places to fight on the planet.RELATED: Ferguson earns massive win and sets record | Grasso shines, Lamas and Sanchez win | Complete UFC Mexico results | Sanchez backstage interview and Octagon interview  … Read the Full Article Here