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With the return of Jon Jones and the subsequent crowning of a new champion upon the return at UFC 232, the light heavyweight division and all the possibilities for the next world title bout have opened up. One very familiar bout that has been tossed ar…
With the return of Jon Jones and the subsequent crowning of a new champion upon the return at UFC 232, the light heavyweight division and all the possibilities for the next world title bout have opened up. One very familiar bout that has been tossed around is that of Jon Jones facing Daniel Cormier in […]
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UFC persuades Jimi Manuwa to fight.
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Jimi Manuwa says the UFC persuaded him to take his next fight against Thiago Santos at UFC Fight Night 137 in Ginasio do Ibirapuera in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Manuwa was originally supposed to fight Glover Teixeira in the main event of UFC Fight Night 137. However, when Teixeira was forced out due to injury, the “Poster Boy” was left without an opponent.
At first, the notion of fighting Santos did not excite the Brit. As a matter of fact, Manuwa labored over the decision to accept the fight against the Brazilian. Persistency paid off in the end, and the UFC got their way as they so often do.
“I didn’t see any incentive in taking the fight because it was coming from a middleweight,” Manuwa told MMA Fighting. “I wanted a good name, so I wasn’t really interested in fighting, but then the UFC persuaded me to take the fight. But I had a little think about it, and Thiago Santos is a good fighter, so I accepted the fight.”
A pay increase likely swayed the 38-year-old. Regardless, you get the feeling that Manuwa wanted to do the UFC a solid. After all, the “Poster Boy” is on a two-fight skid.
“Sometimes you want to step up and … not do favors, but you’ve gotta tell me incentives to take the fight,” Manuwa said. “They explained to me, I had a talk with my coaches and my team and we accepted the fight.”
“Everyone else didn’t make sense,” Manuwa added when asked about other potential opponents. “Everyone that was worth fighting already was matched up. It was very hard in the light heavyweight division because people were fighting or injured or unranked.”
“The UFC knows they have to put a good event, a good opponent for me when I’m fighting because they know I’ll always put on a good show, I always come for the knockout. We’re going to put on a great main event for Sao Paulo. I look forward to coming there.”
Santos is tied with Anderson Silva for most knockouts in the middleweight division (8). However, Manuwa doubts the middleweights power will translate at light heavyweight.
“Every fighter in the UFC is good, I don’t underrate any fighter. I’m training very hard,” Manuwa said. “I see he’s a good fighter, was a big middleweight, so coming up to light heavyweight shouldn’t be a problem for him, I look forward to the challenge, I always look forward to the challenge.”
“I look forward to coming to Brazil, love Brazil. I’ve always wanted to come to Brazil, and I’m coming to collect some new Brazilian fans because I know Brazilians love a good fight, they love a good knockout, and that’s what I’m coming to give them.”
Since the “Poster Boy” is coming off of back to back losses to Volkan Oezdemir and Jan Blachowicz it was imperative he kept his main event slot on the UFC Sao Paulo card. Whether or not his decision to fight Santos will pay off remains to be seen.
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MMA News’s Damon Martin has confirmed an initial Combate.com report of a UFC 232 lightweight showdown with potential light heavyweight title implications when Ilir Latifi takes on Corey Anderson December 29th. Both Latifi and Anderson drew the attentio…
MMA News’s Damon Martin has confirmed an initial Combate.com report of a UFC 232 lightweight showdown with potential light heavyweight title implications when Ilir Latifi takes on Corey Anderson December 29th. Both Latifi and Anderson drew the attention of reigning light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier on social media after Cormier became a two-division champion at […]
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Corey Anderson is currently ranked #6 in the light heavyweight division and coming off two consecutive victories, one over Patrick Cummins and the other over Glover Teixeira at July’s UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Smith card. The 28-year-old Anderson bel…
Corey Anderson is currently ranked #6 in the light heavyweight division and coming off two consecutive victories, one over Patrick Cummins and the other over Glover Teixeira at July’s UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Smith card. The 28-year-old Anderson believes his time is now and has tried to secure the next title shot at Daniel […]
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So there’s a chance of this happening.
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Daniel Cormier and Corey Anderson have fight fans talking after a recent exchange on social media.
Cormier was able to score a KO win over Stipe Miocic to win the UFC heavyweight title in the main event of the UFC 226 pay-per-view event at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, which marks history as Cormier is now a two-division champion, but now his next fight is up in the air and there’s a good reason for it.
If you recall, following the fight, DC brought in former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar, who hasn’t fought in two years, to call him out for his next title defense as the king of the 265-pound division that will likely go down in January of 2019.
Since then, Cormier has gone on record by stating that he is open to defending his light heavyweight title in the meantime and has even listed a potential opponent in Shogun Rua, but that won’t happen as Rua lost to Anthony Smith in the main event of UFC Hamburg (also known as UFC Fight Night 134) that took place on Sunday, July 22, 2018, at Barclaycard Arena in Hamburg, Germany. Cormier has also shot down the idea of fighting Alexander Gustafsson in a rematch.
This leads us to Anderson, who is coming off a big win over former title contender Glover Teixeira at UFC Hamburg, respectfully requesting for a fight against DC.
“Yo @dc_mma , They said a win over me and Glover would earn a title shot..I beat em, media said you wanted Shogun and he lost, you told Gus off, and you already fought Volkan.. I’ll never “call you out” out of respect. But I’m 100% down to fight you. #UFC @ufc #letsdoit.”
“Ok , sure just find out when and where. I’ll be there. I always am!”
Ok , sure just find out when and where. I’ll be there. I always am!
— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) July 24, 2018
With Cormier planning to retire in March of next year, there’s a good chance that he could defend his light heavyweight title then fight Lesnar in January and call it a career but either way, DC is looking to end his career in a storybook ending.
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The UFC’s light heavyweight division has for a few years now been one of the most shallow weight classes in the sport, but finally in the summer of 2018 the weight class looks like it’s on the come up. At this past weekend’s UFC Hambu…
The UFC’s light heavyweight division has for a few years now been one of the most shallow weight classes in the sport, but finally in the summer of 2018 the weight class looks like it’s on the come up. At this past weekend’s UFC Hamburg event, we saw four young light heavyweights put on excellent […]
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