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Joanne Calderwood’s financial woes may have been solved already.Following a win over Valerie Letourneau last Saturday night, Calderwood took to Instagram to express her dismay about not getting a post-fight bonus for her knockout victory and tagged the post with “broke as hell” when mentioning her current financial struggles.Calderwood hadn’t fought in nearly a year when she knocked out the former strawweight title contender. And it seems her fight-night pay wasn’t going to get her through another training camp, so she planned to get a job in the mean time.
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Few fighters have had as challenging a path to the top as Stephen Thompson.Written off as a busted prospect following a decision loss to Matt Brown back in 2012, Thompson has since rebounded with seven consecutive victories over the cream of the division. Former top contender Rory MacDonald fell to Thompson in five rounds in Ottawa on June 18, and before that, Thompson melted former welterweight champion Johny Hendricks in just three minutes, 31 seconds.For comparison, welterweight champion Robbie Lawler won three in a row to get his first shot at Hendricks. Hendricks won six in a row to get h … Read the Full Article Here

For about an 18-month stretch around 2009 and 2010, Will Brooks says he couldn’t afford a one-bedroom apartment in the Chicago suburbs.He often had nowhere to sleep besides his 1993 Dodge Avenger, but that was difficult to pull off in the winter. Brooks says the car had leather seats, which were near impossible to sleep on in colder months.When desperate, Brooks would sneak into the gym where he trained and slept, purposefully leaving the back door open during practice so he could get in later.
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Movie star and WWE superstar Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and UFC fighter and former WWE superstar CM Punk join Matt Serra and Jim Norton in the second episode of UFC Unfiltered. Punk talks about his transition the UFC from WWE, and The Rock discusses managing his busy movie career schedule and more. Here’s what you can listen to:1:20 – Eating healthy after the life of a fighter2:40 – Matt and Jim talks about the positive feedbac from the first episode3:44 – Matt wonders what to call The Rock: Dwayne or The Rock?4:31 – Jim talks about bombing at a benefit7:10 – Jim and Matt talk about queefing … Read the Full Article Here

Each week, ESPN.com writer and MMA Live Extra analyst Brett Okamoto provides his take on the hottest topics in the world of mixed martial arts.This week, Okamoto squares off with UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier to debate the latest news and trends. Cormier (17-1) has won two straight fights since he lost to Jon Jones in January 2015. Cormier and Jones will meet again in the main event of UFC 200 in Las Vegas on July 9.1. For the first time, the UFC has waived a mandatory four-month drug testing window for a previously retired fighter (Brock Lesnar). Should we be cool with this? … Read the Full Article Here

How did the Daniel Cormier-Jon Jones rivalry really escalate into one of the greatest in UFC history? Before they square off at UFC 200, Cormier retells the story of how things really went down – using a storytelling format unlike any other, thanks to The Chive. Read the Full Article Here