Conor McGregor, look what you’ve started. The current craze of fighters vying to challenge for a second title has spread outside the UFC, as Invicta FC atomweight champion Ayaka Hamasaki (14-1) will move up in weight for a marquee strawweight fight in March. MMAFighting was first to report the news. Invicta FC President Shannon Knapp […]
Conor McGregor, look what you’ve started. The current craze of fighters vying to challenge for a second title has spread outside the UFC, as Invicta FC atomweight champion Ayaka Hamasaki (14-1) will move up in weight for a marquee strawweight fight in March. MMAFighting was first to report the news. Invicta FC President Shannon Knapp […]
‘The Korean Zombie’ is back. In the main event of last night’s (Sat. February 4, 2017) card from Houston, Texas on Super Bowl weekend, No. 9-ranked UFC featherweight Dennis Bermudez welcomed back Chan Sung Jung to the Octagon after a lengthy hiatus due to military service requirements in his home country of South Korea. ‘TKZ’
In the main event of last night’s (Sat. February 4, 2017) card from Houston, Texas on Super Bowl weekend, No. 9-ranked UFC featherweight Dennis Bermudez welcomed back Chan Sung Jung to the Octagon after a lengthy hiatus due to military service requirements in his home country of South Korea.
‘TKZ’ connected with a right hand that dropped Bermudez and earned Jung his first UFC win in nearly four years. The loss snapped ‘The Menace’s’ two-fight win streak and put a halt in his plans to solidify himself as a title contender at 145 pounds.
During the post-fight press conference Bermudez stated he felt as though he improved from his last Octagon outing despite the fact that he was unable to walk away with the victory:
“Everything was going my way, I felt,” Bermudez said. “I definitely improved this fight from my last fight, even though I didn’t get the victory. Mistakes were made, Korean Zombie capitalized on it. It’s all good.”
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‘The Korean Zombie’s’ last Octagon appearance saw him suffer a fourth round TKO loss to 145-pound champion Jose Aldo in August of 2013, after dislocating his shoulder in the fight. Jung was then forced to fulfill mandatory military service in his home country of South Korea, putting a brief three and a half-year pause on his fighting career.
While Bermudez wasn’t expecting Jung to come into the fight as a victim of the tossed around term ‘ring rust’, he does believe referee Herb Dean may have called the bout off a bit prematurely:
“I thought it was a little bit early stoppage,” Bermudez claimed. “I know I was on Herb’s (Dean) leg but, I knew he was there trying to hit me so I was shooting on him, and just Herb was — I know Herb was just doing his job, trying to keep us safe in there. But yeah, I had a big platform to make a rise to the top and it didn’t go our way tonight.”
“I heard some people saying some stuff about him. Ring rust and stuff like that. We were ready and prepared for a tough Korean Zombie. I put myself in his shoes. If I was away from the sport for three years, I would be so thirsty, so hungry, get in there and get after it. So yeah.”
Do you believe the contest was stopped a tad too quick? You can check out Bermudez’s post-fight interview here below:
The third Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) event of 2017 is in the books. Serving as the event’s headliner was the returning Chan Sung Jung. He went toe-to-toe with Dennis Bermudez. The action was held inside the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas last night (Feb. 4). Things looked to go smoothly early on for “The Menace.” […]
The third Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) event of 2017 is in the books. Serving as the event’s headliner was the returning Chan Sung Jung. He went toe-to-toe with Dennis Bermudez. The action was held inside the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas last night (Feb. 4). Things looked to go smoothly early on for “The Menace.” […]
It appears as though the 20-year-long career in the sport of mixed martial arts (MMA) for former UFC light heavyweight champion Vitor Belfort has come to a close. Coming off of back-to-back devastating losses in the Octagon at the hands of Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza in the first round of their co-main event meeting at UFC
It appears as though the 20-year-long career in the sport of mixed martial arts (MMA) for former UFC light heavyweight champion Vitor Belfort has come to a close.
Coming off of back-to-back devastating losses in the Octagon at the hands of Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza in the first round of their co-main event meeting at UFC 198, and most recently in the second round of his co-main event meeting with Gegard Mousasi at UFC 204 this past weekend.
Belfort made the following statement in an Instagram post earlier today, announcing he has decided to end the fighting chapter of his life:
“Who does not recognize your own mistakes it is not worthy to lead yourself, even less the people around him. I recognize that I am far from perfect, I am only human; a human being. Once a poet in Brazil wrote: ” – may love be eternal while it lasts. It is a beautiful fragment of a poem, but a truly consider it naive. If I may and with all do respect, I would re write it like this: ” – may love be eternal while we nurture it.” I confess that I need to nurture my competitive will inside the Octagon. I must cherish that fire inside of me again. Having recognized that to myself; I DECIDED TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO BURN THAT FLAME AGAIN! Thanks a lot for all the support and advices. But I decided that I will end this chapter of my life looking at the mirror and recognizing myself.”
After the UFC Fight Night 95 event in Brasilia, Brazil on Saturday night, UFC Heavyweight contender Roy “Big Country” Nelson spoke in a backstage interview among other things, about his decision to kick referee “Big” Joh…
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After the UFC Fight Night 95 event in Brasilia, Brazil on Saturday night, UFC Heavyweight contender Roy “Big Country” Nelson spoke in a backstage interview among other things, about his decision to kick referee “Big” John McCarthy in the butt after his second-round TKO of Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva.
Nelson, who said it was hard enough fighting a friend in Bigfoot Silva, spoke about being frustrated with “Big” John over the late stoppage in the fight.
“The referee just did a late stoppage,” said Nelson. “If I gotta do his job too, to stop the fight, because I had a big conversation with John [McCarthy] in the back about doing his job” said Neson, through a number of stutters, before closing by saying, “Bigfoot doesn’t need to take anymore blows to the face.”
For video highlights of the Nelson-Silva fight, click here. For video footage of Big Country kicking “Big” John McCarthy in the butt after the fight, click here.
For complete UFC Fight Night 95 results, click here.
It looks as if November 12’s UFC 205 from Madison Square Garden in New York has added another title fight to its card. According to a report from Bloody Elbow, reigning women’s strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk will put her title on the line against fellow polish combatant and No. 2-ranked contender Karolina Kowalkiewicz. “Joanna Champion”
It looks as if November 12’s UFC 205 from Madison Square Garden in New York has added another title fight to its card. According to a report from Bloody Elbow, reigning women’s strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk will put her title on the line against fellow polish combatant and No. 2-ranked contender Karolina Kowalkiewicz.
“Joanna Champion” also took to her official Instagram account to post a picture of herself holding a freshly signed bout agreement:
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Kowalkiewicz currently possesses an undefeated 10-0 professional record as well as a 3-0 record inside the Octagon. She’s picked up victories over Randa Marcos, Heather Clark, and former title challenger Rose Namajunas.
Jedrzejczyk, on the other hand, is also undefeated at 12-0, and has defended her strap three times to date. After destroying former champion Carla Esparza in March 2015, the Polish striker has taken out Jessica Penne, Valerie Letorneau, and Claudia Gadelha, looking more impressive each time out.
UFC 205 will also play host to a welterweight title fight between Tyron Woodley and surging contender Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson. Also confirmed for the event is a welterweight bout between Donald Cerrone and Kelvin Gastelum, a featherweight bout between Frankie Edgar and Jeremy Stephens, and a middleweight fight between Rashad Evans and Tim Kennedy.
It’s currently unclear which bout will headline the monumental card.
