Frankie Perez, 26, retires after first UFC victory at UFC Fight Night 74

Frankie Perez scored the biggest win of his life on Sunday night. Then, at just 26 years old, he called it a career.
Watch the video above to see Perez (10-2) announce his retirement inside the Octagon just moments after earning his first UF…

Frankie Perez scored the biggest win of his life on Sunday night. Then, at just 26 years old, he called it a career.

Watch the video above to see Perez (10-2) announce his retirement inside the Octagon just moments after earning his first UFC win, a 55-second knockout of Sam Stout at UFC Fight Night 74.

The decision was widely lauded on social media, though one fighter in particular had strong words for Perez. Following the announcement, UFC middleweight contender and FOX Sports analyst Michael Bisping proclaimed that the young lightweight “hasn’t really got the cajones to really be in this sport.”

Bisping later elaborated on his comments, tweeting, “Ok I meant maybe he did, maybe he doesn’t. Either way, great win.”

Neil Magny vs. Erick Silva full fight video highlights

Watch Neil Magny vs. Erick Silva full fight video highlights from UFC Fight Night 74’s co-main event above, courtesy of FOX Sports.

UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Oliveira took place Aug. 23, 2015 at the SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Ranked welterweight Neil Magny (16-4) met Brazilian veteran Erick Silva (18-6, 1 NC) in the night’s co-main event, which aired live on FOX Sports 1. Catch the video highlights above.


More Coverage: UFC Fight Night 74 Results | UFC News


For more on Magny vs. Silva, catch the recap by MMAFighting.com’s own Marc Raimondi.

Watch Neil Magny vs. Erick Silva full fight video highlights from UFC Fight Night 74’s co-main event above, courtesy of FOX Sports.

UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Oliveira took place Aug. 23, 2015 at the SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Ranked welterweight Neil Magny (16-4) met Brazilian veteran Erick Silva (18-6, 1 NC) in the night’s co-main event, which aired live on FOX Sports 1. Catch the video highlights above.


More Coverage: UFC Fight Night 74 Results | UFC News


For more on Magny vs. Silva, catch the recap by MMAFighting.com’s own Marc Raimondi.

Max Holloway vs. Charles Oliveira full fight video highlights

Watch Max Holloway vs. Charles Oliveira full fight video highlights from UFC Fight Night 74’s main event above, courtesy of FOX Sports 1.

UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Oliveira took place Aug. 23, 2015 at the SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Burgeoning featherweight contenders Max Holloway (14-3) and Charles Oliveira (20-5, 1 NC) collided in the night’s main event, which aired live on FOX Sports 1. Catch the video highlights above.


More Coverage: UFC Fight Night 74 Results | UFC News


For more on Holloway vs. Oliveira, catch the recap by MMAFighting.com’s own Marc Raimondi.

Watch Max Holloway vs. Charles Oliveira full fight video highlights from UFC Fight Night 74’s main event above, courtesy of FOX Sports 1.

UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Oliveira took place Aug. 23, 2015 at the SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Burgeoning featherweight contenders Max Holloway (14-3) and Charles Oliveira (20-5, 1 NC) collided in the night’s main event, which aired live on FOX Sports 1. Catch the video highlights above.


More Coverage: UFC Fight Night 74 Results | UFC News


For more on Holloway vs. Oliveira, catch the recap by MMAFighting.com’s own Marc Raimondi.

UFC Fight Night 74 in Tweets: Pros react to Max Holloway vs. Charles Oliveira, Neil Magny vs. Erick Silva

On paper, Max Holloway scored the biggest win of his life Sunday night at UFC Fight Night 74. It just didn’t go the way he would have liked.

Holloway’s bid at contendership ended prematurely when opponent Charles Oliveira suffered what looked to either be a freak neck or shoulder injury just 99 seconds into the opening round of UFC Fight Night 74’s main event. Check out reaction to the unfortunate fight-ending injury below, plus much more from Sunday’s FOX Sports 1 main card.

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Holloway vs Oliveira can’t suck, it’s impossible! #UFCSaskatoon

Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunson) August 24, 2015

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I cant pick on this fight. The Both R studs, great fighters, hungry, & believers! I’ll just watch & B treated! @BlessedMMA @CharlesDoBronxs

— Tyron T-Wood Woodley (@TWooodley) August 24, 2015

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Huh?

— Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunson) August 24, 2015

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Did Charles’s collarbone just explode? #UFCSaskatoon

— The Spartan (@EliasTheodorou) August 24, 2015

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What?

Tony Martin (@tmartinmma) August 24, 2015

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Woooooooo. I wanna know what happened ? #ufcsaskatoon

Felice Herrig (@feliceherrig) August 24, 2015

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Wow I just jinxed that fight. My bad! #UFCSaskatoon

— Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunson) August 24, 2015

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Well I believe that will be a rematch

— Felice Herrig (@feliceherrig) August 24, 2015

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Trust me fight fans I fell that pain by just watching. Hope ur gonna be okay CO. God bless you @ufc

Manny Gamburyan (@MannyGamburyan) August 24, 2015

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Wtf son! -____- #UFCSaskatoon damnnnn man. That was heating up thi

Aljamain Sterling (@FunkMaster_UFC) August 24, 2015

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Holloway wins as oliveira goes down holding his neck. Looks like it was his shoulder. Scary how he went down #ufcsaskatoon

Sarah Kaufman (@mmasarah) August 24, 2015

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Shitty way to have the fight end for both guys. Good refereeing by Herb to recognize it without Oliveira taking more damage. #UFCSaskatoon

Josh Samman (@JoshSamman) August 24, 2015

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Fuck I was expecting a war #UFCSaskatoon

— Chito Vera (@chitoveraUFC) August 24, 2015

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Win is a win @BlessedMMA bummer for both fighters tho, lots of hard work getting ready for the a 5 rounder. #UFCSaskatoon

Seth Baczynski (@Sethbmma) August 24, 2015

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Disappointing ending but hope Oliveira is Alright. #UFCSaskatoon

Scott Holtzman (@HotSauceHoltzy) August 24, 2015

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@BlessedMMA respect homie ✊

— Sergio Pettis (@sergiopettis) August 24, 2015

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Too bad really was looking forward for that main event. Hope Olivera heals up and congrats to holloway @UFCONFOX

Brian Ortega (@BrianTcity) August 24, 2015

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Damn that sucked I know Hollaway didn’t wanna win like that

James Vick (@JamesVickMMA) August 24, 2015

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I believe Oliveira hurt his neck when he went head first into the cage. #UFCSaskatoon

Kenny Florian (@kennyflorian) August 24, 2015

Terrible to see a main event end that way. Hope to see that fight again at some point. Holloway is an awesome guy. #UFCSaskatoon

— Kenny Florian (@kennyflorian) August 24, 2015

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That sucks man. Shared a sauna with Oliveira and his camp at the TUF finale, cool people, even while cutting weight. Speedy recovery man

Angela Hill (@AngieOverkill) August 24, 2015

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I accept full responsibility for the turn out of Holloway vs Oliveira! Damn son #UFCSaskatoon

— Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunson) August 24, 2015

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NEIL MAGNY DEF. ERICK SILVA

Erick Silva’s mustache looks very stern tonight. #UFCSaskatoon

— The Spartan (@EliasTheodorou) August 24, 2015

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‘Do these shorts come in any colors other than orca?’ #UFCSaskatoon

— Angela Hill (@AngieOverkill) August 24, 2015

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I feel like Erick Silva is the illegitimate child of Antonio Banderas. #UFCSaskatoon

— Scott Holtzman (@HotSauceHoltzy) August 24, 2015

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Neil Magny is out striking and out working Erik Silva. If you don’t come in shape this dude is going to make you pay.

James Krause (@TheJamesKrause) August 24, 2015

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Damn neil looks good!

Cody Donovan (@donnybrookcody) August 24, 2015

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Magny has an awesome double jab

— Angela Hill (@AngieOverkill) August 24, 2015

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Silva definitely looks very different physically. Looking sloppy with his technique tonight as well. #UFCSaskatoon

— Kenny Florian (@kennyflorian) August 24, 2015

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Magny is 1000% connection ration with the slap hook / jab combo. #UFCSaskatoon

— James Krause (@TheJamesKrause) August 24, 2015

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I scored it for Magny but I know these judges love wide sloppy punches that don’t land. Word to Leonard Garcia. I’d be nervous as Magny

Kevin Lee (@MoTownPhenom) August 24, 2015

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Who do you guys have? I think @NeilMagny 30-27 @ufc #UFCSaskatoon good scrap none the less

— Tyron T-Wood Woodley (@TWooodley) August 24, 2015

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Move of the night: 10 jabs followed by knee to the face #UFCSaskatoon

— Angela Hill (@AngieOverkill) August 24, 2015

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There’s a judge who had it 29-28 for Silva. #UFCSaskatoon

— Kenny Florian (@kennyflorian) August 24, 2015

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Who gave silva 2 rounds? @NeilMagny dominated. Good job! #UFCSaskatoon

Saad Awad (@SAADMMA) August 24, 2015

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Someone needs to tell the Canadian judges that Silva is from Brazil, not Canada. #UFCSaskatoon

— James Krause (@TheJamesKrause) August 24, 2015

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Just saying, Neil Magny came out of arguably the worse season of #TUF. He’s grown so much since then #UFCSaskatoon

— Aljamain Sterling (@FunkMaster_UFC) August 24, 2015

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@NeilMagny probably the most underrated in the division… just saying

— Rory MacDonald (@rory_macdonald) August 24, 2015

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Erick Silva went from Mr. Baywatch to Dad bod #UFCSaskatoon

— Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunson) August 24, 2015

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Yep. RT @jnsanchez: Erick Silva before and after the new drug testing #UFCSaskatoon pic.twitter.com/iZldc6V9yf

Michael Chandler (@MikeChandlerMMA) August 24, 2015

A classic case of “I no can perform on ze juice” #UFCSaskatoon

— Michael Chandler (@MikeChandlerMMA) August 24, 2015

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PATRICK COTE DEF. JOSH BURKMAN

Hmmmm I didn’t know Josh Burkman was still fighting .. Learn something new everyday

— Felice Herrig (@feliceherrig) August 24, 2015

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Burkman channelling the power of the trampstamp. I think it’s glowing #UFCSaskatoon

— Angela Hill (@AngieOverkill) August 24, 2015

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Both these boys have solid beards. Tested and proven. #UFCSaskatoon

— James Krause (@TheJamesKrause) August 24, 2015

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Burkman looks like he should be on Deadliest Catch. #UFCSaskatoon

— The Spartan (@EliasTheodorou) August 24, 2015

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“They’re getting showered in brain cells” may be the best thing @BrianStann has ever said. #UFCSaskatoon

— James Krause (@TheJamesKrause) August 24, 2015

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These cats are taking years off each other’s lives lol

Will Brooks (@illwillbrooks86) August 24, 2015

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Absolutely crazy!!!! What a fight! #UFCSaskatoon

— Scott Holtzman (@HotSauceHoltzy) August 24, 2015

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Always refreshing when someone gets nailed and makes the “whoa, nice one” face as opposed to “that didn’t hurt!” head shake #UFCSaskatoon

— Angela Hill (@AngieOverkill) August 24, 2015

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Great Fight!!!

Cub Swanson (@CubSwanson) August 24, 2015

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WOW

Ruslan Magomedov (@MagomedovUFC) August 24, 2015

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What a fight congrats Cote and Burkman for the great show #UFCSaskatoon @ufc

— rafael natal (@rafaelsaponatal) August 24, 2015

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#UFCSaskatoon pic.twitter.com/DC6vR9w3YA

— The Spartan (@EliasTheodorou) August 24, 2015

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Now THAT is a fight and two savage @ufc fighters that know how to deliver!!! #UFCSaskatoon

— Johnny Hollywod Case (@HollywoodCase) August 24, 2015

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Damn, good job on the ref giving him just enough time to recover. Awesome fucking fight by both men #UFCSaskatoon #CoteVsBurkman

— Angela Hill (@AngieOverkill) August 24, 2015

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Cote after a monster rd 3 finish walks over and says “can’t hurt me” then makes the sign for a $ bonus. pic.twitter.com/JfahZYMWYJ

— Sarah Kaufman (@mmasarah) August 24, 2015

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That fight was awesome @patrick_cote & @JoshBurkman that was the @ufc main event. #Fightofthenight http://t.co/v53A0NMgRG

Roy Nelson (@roynelsonmma) August 24, 2015

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FRANCISCO TRINALDO DEF. CHAD LAPRISE

Did the next set of boring old ass lightweights start fighting yet?

— Kevin Lee (@MoTownPhenom) August 24, 2015

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Dang. Old man strength. #UFCSaskatoon

— Angela Hill (@AngieOverkill) August 24, 2015

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Man! Trinaldo, may not look pretty on the feet but he packs a wallop. Laprise couldn’t recover. Dropping guard was not a good decision.

— Kenny Florian (@kennyflorian) August 24, 2015

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Fights like this assure me I could be chilling in the @ufc

Brennan Ward (@SwaggleBerryFin) August 24, 2015

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OLIVIER AUBIN-MERCIER DEF. TONY SIMS

He’s like a young, Frencher Matt Hughes. https://t.co/2WbLrKPBOT

— The Spartan (@EliasTheodorou) August 24, 2015

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I bet @TeciaTorres is loving this fight, aside from all the striking. #UFCSaskatoon

— Angela Hill (@AngieOverkill) August 24, 2015

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No real winner in this fight #UFCSaskatoon

— Cub Swanson (@CubSwanson) August 24, 2015

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Not impressed Quebec kid

— Kevin Lee (@MoTownPhenom) August 24, 2015

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No bonus for these guys as OAM wins the fight but doesn’t get the crowd excited. Sims at least landed some GNP elbows #ufcsaskatoon

— Sarah Kaufman (@mmasarah) August 24, 2015

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Nothing bothers me more than repeated back-takes with no #rnc finish. #UFCSaskatoon

— Kenny Florian (@kennyflorian) August 24, 2015

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Implementing a yellow & red card for those non-fighters that do nothing more than blanket their opponents, would be great. #UFCSaskatoon

— Johnny Hollywod Case (@HollywoodCase) August 24, 2015

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I get being committed to your wrestling ams grappling but damn at least flinch like you may throw a strike.

— Will Brooks (@illwillbrooks86) August 24, 2015

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All I want to do is party with some gentlemen too, OAM

Julie Kedzie (@julesk_fighter) August 24, 2015

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VALERIE LETOURNEAU DEF. MARYNA MOROZ

The Infamous 115’er 69 position #UFCSaskatoon

— Angela Hill (@AngieOverkill) August 24, 2015

Why does this always happen? #UFCSaskatoon

— Angela Hill (@AngieOverkill) August 24, 2015

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Every girl fight includes head locks and reverse triangle attempts. #UFCSaskatoon

— Scott Holtzman (@HotSauceHoltzy) August 24, 2015

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Anyone else notice the Under Armour logo popping out of Letourneau’s shorts? Wonder if that’s a fine? #ufcsaskatoon

— Michael Chandler (@MikeChandlerMMA) August 24, 2015

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Just scrap!!! #UFCSaskatoon

— The Spartan (@EliasTheodorou) August 24, 2015

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Awesome chick fight #UFCSaskatoon

Cody Garbrandt (@Cody_Nolove) August 24, 2015

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FOTN so far and another rd to go. Hopefully Val’s weight cut doesn’t affect her gas. Have val up but rd 2 moroz had some good counters

— Sarah Kaufman (@mmasarah) August 24, 2015

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Valerie LeTourney reminds me of an assless Magaña #UFCSaskatoon

— Angela Hill (@AngieOverkill) August 24, 2015

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“Kick her in the Who-Whoo!” Was just yelled from the stands. Solid cornering from the Drunk Patron. #ufcsaskatoon

— The Spartan (@EliasTheodorou) August 24, 2015

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These girls are getting down!! @ufc loving the girl scraps. @paigevanzantufc coming up next! Sept 5th. https://t.co/5WQNIG60RQ

Urijah Faber (@UrijahFaber) August 24, 2015

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The winner @ValTroubleMMA congrats val

Amanda Nunes (@Amanda_Leoa) August 24, 2015

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Fuck Yea…. @ValTroubleMMA

Nina Ansaroff (@NinaAnsaroff) August 24, 2015

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So impressed by and proud of @ValTroubleMMA … She works hard, stays focused, and she’s gotten better and more confident.

— Will Brooks (@illwillbrooks86) August 24, 2015

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congratulations Val!! @ValTroubleMMA moves to 3-0 in the big show. #UFCSaskatoon #americantopteam

Mike Brown (@mikebrownmma) August 24, 2015

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After I get done fighting all the top 5 women in my weight class it’d be fun to get matched with one of these chicks #UFCSaskatoon

— Angela Hill (@AngieOverkill) August 24, 2015

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Congrats @ValTroubleMMA !!!!!!!

— The Diamond (@DustinPoirier) August 24, 2015

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Anik gotta work on the language of love aka French! #UFCSaskatoon

— Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunson) August 24, 2015

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Congrats @valtroublemma https://t.co/k0JFwiaq7J

Hector Lombard (@HectorLombard) August 24, 2015

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Hahahaha I over enjoy everytime a post fight interview goes a little awkward for my partner @Jon_Anik

Brian Stann (@BrianStann) August 24, 2015

On paper, Max Holloway scored the biggest win of his life Sunday night at UFC Fight Night 74. It just didn’t go the way he would have liked.

Holloway’s bid at contendership ended prematurely when opponent Charles Oliveira suffered what looked to either be a freak neck or shoulder injury just 99 seconds into the opening round of UFC Fight Night 74’s main event. Check out reaction to the unfortunate fight-ending injury below, plus much more from Sunday’s FOX Sports 1 main card.

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NEIL MAGNY DEF. ERICK SILVA

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PATRICK COTE DEF. JOSH BURKMAN

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FRANCISCO TRINALDO DEF. CHAD LAPRISE

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OLIVIER AUBIN-MERCIER DEF. TONY SIMS

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VALERIE LETOURNEAU DEF. MARYNA MOROZ

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Chris Weidman on Anderson Silva: ‘People don’t like liars’

Few people in the world have perspective on Anderson Silva quite like Chris Weidman. The UFC’s current middleweight champion stripped away Silva’s aura of invincibility with a pair of stunning victories in 2013, the second of which left Silv…

Few people in the world have perspective on Anderson Silva quite like Chris Weidman. The UFC’s current middleweight champion stripped away Silva’s aura of invincibility with a pair of stunning victories in 2013, the second of which left Silva crumpled in a heap with a broken leg and jumpstarted the legend’s surreal fall from grace.

Silva is now 40 years old and serving a one-year suspension after testing positive for a variety of banned substances in his UFC 183 comeback fight against Nick Diaz. For all intents and purposes, his career as a top-flight middleweight is likely over, and to make matters worse, it ended not with a bang, but with an uncomfortably dull thud.

After delaying his discipline hearing for several months, Silva finally appeared before the Nevada Athletic Commission last week and brought forth one of the strangest and most underprepared defenses in recent memory, refusing the take ownership for his testing failures and instead painting the whole situation as a misunderstanding caused by a tainted sexual enhancement drug from Thailand.

Weidman didn’t keep a close eye on the bizarre scene in Nevada, but he saw the fallout, and he can’t help but feel like Silva did a disservice to himself by not coming clean about his mistakes.

“I watched like a little bit of it and I saw some people (talk about it), so I don’t know all of the facts,” Weidman said Monday on The MMA Hour. “I don’t want to just starting talking without knowing all of the facts, but I saw some people said that he changed his story like three times. I saw Bas Rutten said that. And my thing is just, everyone is a screw-up. I tweeted this out. But everybody messes up, so people understand that. But people don’t like liars.

“So if you mess up, man, just be honest. People respect that and understand it because everyone messes up. People appreciate honesty. And if you’re changing your story three different times, that doesn’t sound good. Just fess up.”

Weidman added that Silva “kind of got lucky” to have emerged from all the rubble with just a one-year suspension. Under the new NAC and UFC guidelines, which were not in effect at the time of Silva’s fight, the Brazilian could’ve been hit hard with anywhere from a two- to four-year suspension for his multiple failures for anabolic steroid metabolites.

Either way, Silva’s case is just the latest example of a strange trend that seems to be developing with Weidman’s past opponents.

“I mean, you could start even before this,” Weidman said. “I feel like everybody who I fight, they’re doing so good, everyone thinks they’re going to beat me. Then after I beat them, they just don’t look too good anymore. You can start with Mark Munoz, I think he was on a three- or four-fight win streak, he was going to fight for the title, people thought he had a chance at beating Anderson Silva. And then I beat him and he went on a pretty crazy losing streak and then he sucked in people’s eyes.

“Then obviously the Anderson Silva fights, people have a million excuses afterwards. But you watch him against Stephan Bonnar the fight before, he’s unbeatable. Obviously he was putting his hands down in those fights, and he did that same thing to me except I stuck to what I was planning on doing. I stayed on course and took him out. Since then, he hasn’t looked so good. And then, obviously, Lyoto Machida. Poor Lyoto, he’s going through a tough patch. And Vitor, we’ll see what happens with him. But there seems to always be, no matter what, it’s just excuses, excuses.”

Weidman, of course, has bigger fish to fry than worrying about his former nemeses. The 31-year-old remains undefeated in his mixed martial arts career and has defended his UFC belt three times since dethroning Silva. Title defense No. 4 comes on Dec. 12 against former Strikeforce champion Luke Rockhold at UFC 194 — a card which is expected to be one of the biggest in UFC history.

So while the way Silva’s case has played out is unfortunate, Weidman hasn’t wasted much headspace wondering whether “The Spider” came into either of their fights with an unfair chemical advantage.

“If I would’ve lost to him, I’d be thinking that,” Weidman admitted. “(But) because I beat him, it’s whatever. I’m not putting too much thought into that. It doesn’t make a difference if he was on it or not on it.”

Chris Weidman on Anderson Silva: ‘People don’t like liars’

Few people in the world have perspective on Anderson Silva quite like Chris Weidman. The UFC’s current middleweight champion stripped away Silva’s aura of invincibility with a pair of stunning victories in 2013, the second of which left Silv…

Few people in the world have perspective on Anderson Silva quite like Chris Weidman. The UFC’s current middleweight champion stripped away Silva’s aura of invincibility with a pair of stunning victories in 2013, the second of which left Silva crumpled in a heap with a broken leg and jumpstarted the legend’s surreal fall from grace.

Silva is now 40 years old and serving a one-year suspension after testing positive for a variety of banned substances in his UFC 183 comeback fight against Nick Diaz. For all intents and purposes, his career as a top-flight middleweight is likely over, and to make matters worse, it ended not with a bang, but with an uncomfortably dull thud.

After delaying his discipline hearing for several months, Silva finally appeared before the Nevada Athletic Commission last week and brought forth one of the strangest and most underprepared defenses in recent memory, refusing the take ownership for his testing failures and instead painting the whole situation as a misunderstanding caused by a tainted sexual enhancement drug from Thailand.

Weidman didn’t keep a close eye on the bizarre scene in Nevada, but he saw the fallout, and he can’t help but feel like Silva did a disservice to himself by not coming clean about his mistakes.

“I watched like a little bit of it and I saw some people (talk about it), so I don’t know all of the facts,” Weidman said Monday on The MMA Hour. “I don’t want to just starting talking without knowing all of the facts, but I saw some people said that he changed his story like three times. I saw Bas Rutten said that. And my thing is just, everyone is a screw-up. I tweeted this out. But everybody messes up, so people understand that. But people don’t like liars.

“So if you mess up, man, just be honest. People respect that and understand it because everyone messes up. People appreciate honesty. And if you’re changing your story three different times, that doesn’t sound good. Just fess up.”

Weidman added that Silva “kind of got lucky” to have emerged from all the rubble with just a one-year suspension. Under the new NAC and UFC guidelines, which were not in effect at the time of Silva’s fight, the Brazilian could’ve been hit hard with anywhere from a two- to four-year suspension for his multiple failures for anabolic steroid metabolites.

Either way, Silva’s case is just the latest example of a strange trend that seems to be developing with Weidman’s past opponents.

“I mean, you could start even before this,” Weidman said. “I feel like everybody who I fight, they’re doing so good, everyone thinks they’re going to beat me. Then after I beat them, they just don’t look too good anymore. You can start with Mark Munoz, I think he was on a three- or four-fight win streak, he was going to fight for the title, people thought he had a chance at beating Anderson Silva. And then I beat him and he went on a pretty crazy losing streak and then he sucked in people’s eyes.

“Then obviously the Anderson Silva fights, people have a million excuses afterwards. But you watch him against Stephan Bonnar the fight before, he’s unbeatable. Obviously he was putting his hands down in those fights, and he did that same thing to me except I stuck to what I was planning on doing. I stayed on course and took him out. Since then, he hasn’t looked so good. And then, obviously, Lyoto Machida. Poor Lyoto, he’s going through a tough patch. And Vitor, we’ll see what happens with him. But there seems to always be, no matter what, it’s just excuses, excuses.”

Weidman, of course, has bigger fish to fry than worrying about his former nemeses. The 31-year-old remains undefeated in his mixed martial arts career and has defended his UFC belt three times since dethroning Silva. Title defense No. 4 comes on Dec. 12 against former Strikeforce champion Luke Rockhold at UFC 194 — a card which is expected to be one of the biggest in UFC history.

So while the way Silva’s case has played out is unfortunate, Weidman hasn’t wasted much headspace wondering whether “The Spider” came into either of their fights with an unfair chemical advantage.

“If I would’ve lost to him, I’d be thinking that,” Weidman admitted. “(But) because I beat him, it’s whatever. I’m not putting too much thought into that. It doesn’t make a difference if he was on it or not on it.”