Ahead of Saturday’s highly-anticipated UFC 202 pay-per-view, which features the rematch between Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz in the main event, UFC has kicked off their “UFC 202 Embedded” fight week web series.
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Ahead of Saturday’s highly-anticipated UFC 202 pay-per-view, which features the rematch between Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz in the main event, UFC has kicked off their “UFC 202 Embedded” fight week web series.
On Monday, the promotion released the first two episodes of the week-long special, which gives an all-access, behind-the-scenes look at the top fighters as they prepare for Saturday’s big event in Las Vegas, Nevada.
For those who missed UFC 202 Embedded episode one, click here.
Featured above is the second episode of UFC 202 Embedded. The description for the episode reads:
On Episode 2 of UFC 202 Embedded, Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone water jets and wakeboards at the lake. Light heavyweight Anthony “Rumble” Johnson visualizes fight night then hits the gym in Florida, while his opponent Glover Teixiera follows an ice bath with some homegrown vegetables. Then UFC 202 headliners Nate Diaz and Conor McGregor stay busy preparing for their hotly-anticipated rematch. UFC 202 Embedded is an all-access, behind-the-scenes video blog leading up to UFC 202: Diaz vs. McGregor 2, taking place Saturday, August 20 on Pay-Per-View.
UFC 202 takes place this Saturday, August 20th from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Join us here at MMANews.com this Saturday for live coverage of the UFC 202 PPV.
Anthony Johnson and Glover Teixeira will collide in the co-main event of UFC 202 for a light heavyweight tilt carrying strong title implications. Both men are rebounding from abortive title runs, Teixeira falling to Jon Jones back in 201…
Anthony Johnson and Glover Teixeira will collide in the co-main event of UFC 202 for a light heavyweight tilt carrying strong title implications. Both men are rebounding from abortive title runs, Teixeira falling to Jon Jones back in 2014, Johnson coming up short opposite Daniel Cormier in 2015.
Since suffering through those respective disappointments, both Johnson and Teixeira have regained momentum. Johnson has won his two most recent bouts via knockout, while Teixeira enters Saturday’s contest riding a three-fight win streak.
The competitive pairing presents myriad potential outcomes with both men regarded as efficacious fight-finishers and high-action competitors. Both are especially efficient knockout-hunters, the two combining to turn off the lights of 30 fellow mixed martial artists.
Beyond the striking arena where both fighters thrive, intriguing matchups of grappling, submissions and strategy will play out to determine the fight’s outcome. Read on to see who has the edge where and how the contest is likely to conclude.
Anthony ‘Rumble’ Johnson has been an absolute monster since moving up to the UFC’s 205-pound division, and now currently sits at the No. 1-ranked position in the light heavyweight rankings. Once upon a time ‘Rumble’ was scheduled to take on the then-reigning 205-pound kingpin Jon ‘Bones’ Jones in the main event of UFC 187, however,
Anthony ‘Rumble’ Johnson has been an absolute monster since moving up to the UFC’s 205-pound division, and now currently sits at the No. 1-ranked position in the light heavyweight rankings.
Once upon a time ‘Rumble’ was scheduled to take on the then-reigning 205-pound kingpin Jon ‘Bones’ Jones in the main event of UFC 187, however, an unfortunate hit-and-run incident would force Jones out of the contest and into a spiral of legal troubles resulting in his one-year hiatus from the sport.
Jones has once again landed himself in hot water, as he was flagged for the use of banned substances by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) ahead of his scheduled clash with hated rival Daniel Cormier at UFC 200.
Now Jones is looking at up to a two-year suspension from the sport, putting his mixed martial arts (MMA) career in question. One of the most called for match-ups in the 205-pound weight clash was a throwdown between the heavy-hitting Johnson and the talented Jones, but it’s looking more and more like fight fans will never get to see the dream matchup.
In a recent interview with ESPN, ‘Rumble’ stated that he has moved on from the potential fight with ‘Bones’, saying it’s just not in the cards anymore:
“It’s just not gonna happen — at this point, I know it’s not gonna happen,” Johnson said. “It is what it is. I’m moving forward. Everybody is moving forward. I’m still shooting high and trying to do what I can in this sport.
I’m not focused on Jon anymore. And I can tell you Daniel Cormier, Glover — they’re not focused on Jon, either. Nobody in this division is focused on Jon anymore. That’s a fact.”
While Johnson now has his eyes set on what is really important, he did admit that he felt a bit of disappointment after learning that Jones was flagged by USADA just two days out from UFC 200, drastically slimming the possibility that he’ll ever get the opportunity to meet Jones inside of the Octagon:
“When the UFC 200 stuff first happened, I was just in shock with everything,” Johnson said. “Maybe for a couple of days or a week or two, I was just extremely disappointed.
I was like, ‘Damn, this is just really not gonna happen.’ I was looking forward to it just as much as anyone was. So, it does disappoint me.
I’m not mad at Jon. It doesn’t affect me, but I feel bad for the man, you know? I wish the best for everybody. I wish he would have made a smarter decision.
If he did take those estrogen blockers or whatever, I wish he was smarter than that. But Jon is his own man. It is what it is. It’s on Jon, not me.”
‘Rumble’ has a tall order ahead of him next week, as he takes on No. 2-ranked Glover Teixeira in the co-main event of UFC 202. Johnson admitted that he doesn’t plan on staying in the sport of MMA long, but simply wants to get paid and get out:
“I ain’t trying to fight until I’m 35,” Johnson said. “I’m trying to make my money and go on to something different — do bigger and better things with my life.
Hell, I don’t want to get punched in the head that damn much. I’ve got other things I want to do.”
“This is going to be a fun fight,” Johnson said. “This is a fun fight for me and the fans. Glover is a brawler.”
Johnson will meet Teixeira in the co-main event of UFC 202 live on pay-per-view (PPV), from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on August 20, 2016.
The UFC’s removal of former light heavyweight champion Jon Jones from the official rankings has caused a sizable shift in the pound-for-pound list. As he awaits his punishment for a potential USADA anti-doping violation that forced him out of his UFC 200 main event with Daniel Cormier, Jones’ absence on the list that he ruled
As he awaits his punishment for a potential USADA anti-doping violation that forced him out of his UFC 200 main event with Daniel Cormier, Jones’ absence on the list that he ruled for several years boosted every fighter from No. 4 Conor McGregor down to No. 14 T.J. Dillashaw up a spot, while also allowing featherweight rival Frankie Edgar to re-debut at No. 15.
“Bones” absence from the 205-pound ranks moved everyone from No. 1 Anthony “Rumble” Johnson to No. 13 Patrick Cummins up a spot, and also allowed Misha Cirkunov to debut at No. 14.
There was also a UFC event last weekend, with touted featherweight prospect Yair Rodriguez outlasting Alex Caceres in the main event of the UFC’s Utah debut of UFC Fight Night 92. For the win, Rodriguez moved up to spots to No. 11, forcing Darren Elkins and Dooho Choi downs to the Nos. 12 and 13 spots, respectively.
At middleweight, Yoel Romero moved up an alarming 11 spots to No. 4 after his USADA suspension ended, pushing Vitor Belfort, Anderson Silva, Robert Whittaker, and Gegard Mousasi down to the No. 5-8 spots.
POUND-FOR-POUND 1 Demetrious Johnson 2 Dominick Cruz 3 Daniel Cormier 4 Conor McGregor +1 5 Jose Aldo +1 6 Eddie Alvarez +1 7 Joanna Jedrzejczyk +1 8 Stipe Miocic +1 9 Tyron Woodley +1 10 Michael Bisping +1 11 Robbie Lawler +1 12 Rafael Dos Anjos +1 13 Luke Rockhold +1 14 TJ Dillashaw +1 15 Frankie Edgar *NR
FLYWEIGHT Champion: Demetrious Johnson 1 Joseph Benavidez 2 Henry Cejudo 3 Kyoji Horiguchi 3 Jussier Formiga 5 Ian McCall 6 Wilson Reis 7 Zach Makovsky 8 Ali Bagautinov 9 Louis Smolka 10 John Moraga 11 Matheus Nicolau 12 Dustin Ortiz 13 Justin Scoggins 14 Ray Borg 15 Sergio Pettis
BANTAMWEIGHT Champion: Dominick Cruz 1 TJ Dillashaw 2 Urijah Faber 3 Raphael Assuncao 4 Bryan Caraway 5 John Lineker 6 Aljamain Sterling 7 Michael McDonald 8 Cody Garbrandt 9 John Dodson 10 Thomas Almeida 11 Takeya Mizugaki 12 Eddie Wineland 13 Jimmie Rivera 14 Johnny Eduardo 15 Frankie Saenz
FEATHERWEIGHT Champion: Conor McGregor 1 Jose Aldo (Interim Champion) 2 Frankie Edgar 3 Max Holloway 4 Ricardo Lamas 5 Cub Swanson 6 Charles Oliveira 7 Jeremy Stephens 8 Dennis Bermudez 9 Brian Ortega 10 Hacran Dias 11 Yair Rodriguez +2 12 Darren Elkins -1 13 Dooho Choi -1 14 Mirsad Bektic +1 15 Tatsuya Kawajiri -1
LIGHTWEIGHT Champion: Eddie Alvarez 1 Khabib Nurmagomedov 2 Rafael Dos Anjos 3 Tony Ferguson 4 Nate Diaz 5 Edson Barboza 6 Donald Cerrone 7 Anthony Pettis 8 Dustin Poirier 9 Michael Chiesa 10 Michael Johnson 11 Beneil Dariush 12 Will Brooks 13 Al Iaquinta 14 Gilbert Melendez 15 Rashid Magomedov
WELTERWEIGHT Champion: Tyron Woodley 1 Robbie Lawler 2 Stephen Thompson 3 Rory MacDonald 4 Demian Maia 5 Carlos Condit 6 Kelvin Gastelum 7 Neil Magny 8 Johny Hendricks 9 Rick Story 10 Dong Hyun Kim 11 Gunnar Nelson 12 Matt Brown 13 Tarec Saffiedine 14 Donald Cerrone 15 Jake Ellenberger
MIDDLEWEIGHT Champion: Michael Bisping 1 Luke Rockhold 2 Chris Weidman 3 Jacare Souza 4 Yoel Romero +11 5 Vitor Belfort -1 6 Anderson Silva -1 7 Robert Whittaker -1 8 Gegard Mousasi -1 9 Uriah Hall 10 Derek Brunson 11 Thales Leites +1 12 Dan Henderson +1 12 Tim Kennedy -1 14 Rafael Natal 15 Thiago Santos *NR
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT Champion: Daniel Cormier 1 Anthony Johnson +1 2 Glover Teixeira +1 3 Alexander Gustafsson +1 4 Ryan Bader +1 5 Ovince Saint Preux +1 6 Mauricio Rua +1 7 Rashad Evans +1 8 Jimi Manuwa +1 9 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira +1 10 Nikita Krylov +1 11 Corey Anderson +1 12 Ilir Latifi +1 13 Patrick Cummins +1 14 Misha Cirkunov *NR 15 Gian Villante
HEAVYWEIGHT Champion: Stipe Miocic 1 Fabricio Werdum 2 Cain Velasquez 3 Alistair Overeem 4 Junior Dos Santos 5 Ben Rothwell 6 Andrei Arlovski 7 Travis Browne 8 Mark Hunt +1 9 Josh Barnett +1 10 Derrick Lewis +1 11 Roy Nelson +1 12 Ruslan Magomedov +3 13 Stefan Struve +1 14 Francis Ngannou *NR 15 Antonio Silva *NR
During the official FS1 coverage of Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 92 event, which featured Karyn Bryant, Kenny Florian and UFC Middleweight Champion Michael Bisping at the desk, the latter two UFC stars gave their thoughts …
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During the official FS1 coverage of Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 92 event, which featured Karyn Bryant, Kenny Florian and UFC Middleweight Champion Michael Bisping at the desk, the latter two UFC stars gave their thoughts on the top fights scheduled for the UFC’s next pay-per-view.
Featured above are highlights of Florian and Bisping discussing the main event and co-main event scheduled for UFC 202, which features the immediate 170-pound rematch between Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz in the headline spot, and a striking fans dream match between Anthony “Rumble” Johnson and Glover Teixeira in the co-featured bout.
UFC 202 is scheduled to take place on Saturday, August 20, 2016 from the new T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Join us here at MMANews.com on 8/20 for live coverage of the UFC 202 PPV!
Sometimes in the sport of mixed martial arts the toughest fights aren’t fought in the Octagon, but rather behind closed doors in the days leading up to the event as fighters do whatever it takes to make weight for the bout. It’s a dangerous practice that pushes fighters to the limit, both mentally and physically, […]
Sometimes in the sport of mixed martial arts the toughest fights aren’t fought in the Octagon, but rather behind closed doors in the days leading up to the event as fighters do whatever it takes to make weight for the bout.
It’s a dangerous practice that pushes fighters to the limit, both mentally and physically, and in the most extreme instances it’s actually been known to cause death.
For instance, back in December of 2015, ONE FC flyweight fighter Yang Jian Bing passed away at just 21 years od age after a horrendous weight cut led to him suffering a heart attack.
Thankfully, there’s never been a fatality in the UFC, but there have been many horror stories of weight cuts going horribly wrong over the years.
in this article we’ll look at 10 of the most brutal weight cuts in the promotion’s history, including instances where stars have passed out, been rushed to hospital, and in some cases stared death in the face after dehydrating their bodies to extent that they had nothing left to give.
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‘Rumble’ has a tall order ahead of him next week, as he takes on No. 2-ranked Glover Teixeira in the co-main event of UFC 202. Johnson admitted that he doesn’t plan on staying in the sport of MMA long, but simply wants to get paid and get out: