Daniel Cormier Confirms Retirement Date Pushed Back While Dealing with Back Injury

Daniel Cormier won’t be retired by his 40th birthday after all. The reigning UFC heavyweight champion had designed the end of his career to come before turning 40 in March but unfortunately a back injury suffered around his last fight has caused a dela…

Daniel Cormier won’t be retired by his 40th birthday after all. The reigning UFC heavyweight champion had designed the end of his career to come before turning 40 in March but unfortunately a back injury suffered around his last fight has caused a delay to those plans. Cormier revealed details of his injury, which is […]

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Dana White Justifies Why He Skipped Over Tony Ferguson and Colby Covington for Past Title Shots

Fighters winning an interim title almost always guaranteed a title shot to unify the belts in the past but that practice has changed with a couple of champions in recent history. Both Tony Ferguson and Colby Covington were stripped of their interim tit…

Fighters winning an interim title almost always guaranteed a title shot to unify the belts in the past but that practice has changed with a couple of champions in recent history. Both Tony Ferguson and Colby Covington were stripped of their interim titles and UFC president Dana White feels justified in both instances where that […]

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Robert Whittaker’s Management Releases Statement Following UFC 234 Withdrawal

Robert Whittaker desperately wanted to fight at UFC 234 but an emergency surgery to repair a hernia ultimately kept him from competing on Saturday night. The reigning middleweight champion was forced out of his fight against Kelvin Gastelum just hours …

Robert Whittaker desperately wanted to fight at UFC 234 but an emergency surgery to repair a hernia ultimately kept him from competing on Saturday night. The reigning middleweight champion was forced out of his fight against Kelvin Gastelum just hours before he was scheduled to step into the Octagon to defend his title on home […]

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UFC Strikes Last Minute Deal with DirecTV to Air UFC 234: Whittaker vs. Gastelum

The UFC still has to work out a long term deal with DirecTV but the promotion has reached an agreement with the pay-per-view distributor to air UFC 234: Whittaker vs. Gastelum. Earlier in the day on Thursday, UFC officials announced that the upcoming c…

The UFC still has to work out a long term deal with DirecTV but the promotion has reached an agreement with the pay-per-view distributor to air UFC 234: Whittaker vs. Gastelum. Earlier in the day on Thursday, UFC officials announced that the upcoming card from Melbourne, Australia would not be available for purchase through DirecTV. […]

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Dana White: Robert Whittaker ‘Is the Most Underrated Champion in the UFC’

There are a lot of ways to describe UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker but one word that almost immediately comes to mind is unassuming. As if he’s Superman in the cage yet Clark Kent everywhere else, Whittaker has gone on a tear through the mi…

There are a lot of ways to describe UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker but one word that almost immediately comes to mind is unassuming. As if he’s Superman in the cage yet Clark Kent everywhere else, Whittaker has gone on a tear through the middleweight division with eight straight wins including back-to-back title fights yet […]

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Dana White Says Khabib Nurmagomedov’s Teammates Deserved Harsh Punishment for UFC 229 Brawl

When it comes to the punishments handed down for the UFC 229 post fight brawl, Dana White has a problem with the financial penalty imposed on Khabib Nurmagomedov but has no problem with the sanctions handed to his teammates. That’s the word from the UF…

When it comes to the punishments handed down for the UFC 229 post fight brawl, Dana White has a problem with the financial penalty imposed on Khabib Nurmagomedov but has no problem with the sanctions handed to his teammates. That’s the word from the UFC president, who addressed the fines and suspensions dished out by […]

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