Author: By Matt Parrino

 
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Don’t miss out: Click here for UFC 211 PPV ordering informationMore than four years have passed – almost a generation in the fight game – since Junior Dos Santos stood atop the heavyweight mountain.During Dos Santos’s reign, names like Conor McGregor and Ronda Rousey hadn’t even broken onto the scene in the UFC.The heavyweight title challenger is a throwback fighter and a man who carries a nation with him into battle with current champion Stipe Miocic Saturday night in Dallas on Pay Per View.RELATED: Watch UFC 211 Open Workout highlights
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Don’t miss out! Click here for UFC 211 PPV ordering informationThe Octagon is on its way to Dallas for UFC 211 on May 13. After a two-week hiatus, anticipation for the stacked fight card in the Lone Star State is off the charts. Storylines are everywhere: Two titles are on the line, a rising phenom gets his most significant test yet and future title contenders can state their cases in high-profile matchups. It was hard to boil it down to just five, but these are the Reasons to Watch UFC 211. 1 – The heavyweights star in Dallas Rising boxing superstar Anthony Joshua is leading the heavywe … Read the Full Article Here

Brandon Moreno had his dreams dashed in the first round on The Ultimate Fighter season 24, losing his preliminary bout early in the competition.But since getting his chance in the UFC after the show concluded, “The Baby Assassin” has been one of the hottest fighters in the organization. He’s run off three wins in a row and he put an exclamation point on his contender status with a second-round submission win vs. Dustin Ortiz in Nashville last weekend.In the official UFC rankings release, Moreno moved up three spots to No. 7 in the flyweight division. He now sits above Ortiz ( … Read the Full Article Here

Robert Whittaker shook up the top of the middleweight division in the rankings with his upset TKO finish against Jacare Souza at Fight Night Kansas City.“The Reaper” moved up to No. 3 at 185 pounds, passing Gegard Mousasi (No. 4), Souza (who fell two spots to No. 5), and Chris Weidman (No. 6). A whole new world seems to have opened for Whittaker after the monumental win as he catapulted his name into the pool of title contenders. But nothing changes for him – win or lose.“I’m going to go home and rest. I have my kids to see and my wife to love,” Whittaker sa … Read the Full Article Here

BUFFALO Daniel Cormier said he was planning to stand with Anthony Johnson at UFC 210 and go blow-for-blow with the scariest striker on the planet. In the early stages of their main event rematch Saturday night, “DC” landed a big right hand that may have been an indication of the champion’s ambitious strategy. But after a few exchanges it was “Rumble” who flipped the script and began looking for a takedown against one of the most dominant wrestlers in the history of mixed martial arts.

 
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BUFFALO, N.Y.Desmond Green has had a recurring dream the past six years. In it he gets a call from the school he broke records for as a Division-1 wrestler. “The Predator” was the first University at Buffalo wrestler in history to record 100 wins before his senior season and needed just 36 more to break the all-time mark. But Green, who is set to make his UFC debut at UFC 210 on April 8 at Keybank Center, never got his chance at history. He was dismissed from the team after a second positive test for marijuana.In his dream, Green said UB officials offered him his last year of eligi … Read the Full Article Here