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Conor McGregor took a break from preparing for his rematch with Nate Diaz by meeting up with Rihanna after the pop-star’s concert in Dublin.Mcgregor was at the Aviva Stadium on Tuesday to watch the Barbadian songstress kick off her ANTI World Tour in the Irish capital and caught up with the Umbrella singer after her show. Both Rihanna and Mcgregor posted photos on social media of their encounter in Dublin, with the UFC champion saying that it was ‘an honour to see the pound for pound number 1 female in the game perform tonight! This woman ain’t playin!’.
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Right after being announced as the next challenger to the UFC’s flyweight belt, Wilson Reis told MMAjunkie that one of his most valuable weapons against champ Demetrious Johnson was the fact he trained with the last guy to beat him.That guy is none other than UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz, who defended the promotion’s 135-pound title with a unanimous decision win over Johnson in 2011, at UFC on Versus 6. Johnson hasn’t lost again since, going on to drop a weight class and become the promotion’s first and only flyweight champ.Having done it once himself, Cruz ( … Read the Full Article Here

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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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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