This week, UFC released a new list of what they rank as the top ten events in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
Out of the ten shows selected as the best in company-history, a list that covers over 20 years of territory that dates back to the innaugural UFC 1: The Beginning event that took place on November 12, 1993, a show that took place just two months ago was chosen as the greatest of all-time by the company in the list that was published on the official UFC website as a promotional piece for the upcoming UFC 205 event.
The show, which ironically enough takes place on the same November 12th date as the first UFC event ever, features a “Champion versus Champion” main event between 145-pound title-holder Conor McGregor and 155-pound title-holder Eddie Alvarez as the introductary event in New York hosted at the world-famous Madison Square Garden arena.
The UFC 202 event that took place on August 20, 2016 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada was named the number one show in UFC history. The show featured the highly-anticipated 170-pound immediate rematch between UFC Featherweight Champion Conor McGregor and the first man to defeat him inside UFC’s world-famous Octagon, Nate Diaz.
The Irish mega-star known as “The Notorious” would go on to beat the Stockton, California native in one of the most thrilling main events ever, avenging his only UFC defeat and setting the number one all-time record for biggest reported fight purse in promotional history at three-million dollars.
Below is the write-up included in the UFC.com article, as well as the complete list of the top ten events in UFC history.
No list of the biggest events in UFC history would be complete without UFC 202.
After their first fight came together quickly and burned hot for two weeks straight, the rematch between McGregor and Nathan Diaz had a slow, steady build that reached a fever pitch by the time the two hit the Octagon to close out this show. McGregor got a measure of revenge, winning a unanimous decision over his rival from Stockton and the fans got a second outstanding fight from the two gutsy competitors.
They also got Anthony Johnson showing off his scary power with a 13-second knockout of Glover Teixeira, who previously hadn’t been finished in over a decade, Donald Cerrone going Street Fighter II on Rick Story, Cody “No Love” starching Takeya Mizugaki and calling out Dominick Cruz as the bantamweight champion watched from the broadcast booth and plenty more.
10. UFC 1 – November 12, 1993 (Royce Gracie vs. Gerard Gordeau)
9. UFC 31 – May 4, 2001 (Randy Couture vs. Pedro Rizzo 2)
8. UFC 87 – August 9, 2008 (Georges St-Pierre vs. Jon Fitch)
7. UFC 100 – July 11, 2009 (Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir 2)
6. UFC 116 – July 3, 2010 (Brock Lesnar vs. Shane Carwin)
5. UFC 129 – April 30, 2011 (Georges St-Pierre vs. Jake Shields)
4. UFC 189 – July 11, 2015 (Conor McGregor vs. Chad Mendes)
3. UFC 194 – December 12, 2015 (Conor McGregor vs. Jose Aldo)
2. UFC 200 – July 9, 2016 (Miesha Tate vs. Amanda Nunes)
1. UFC 202 – August 20, 2016 (Conor McGregor vs. Nick Diaz 2)
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This week, UFC released a new list of what they rank as the top ten events in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
Out of the ten shows selected as the best in company-history, a list that covers over 20 years of territory that dates back to the innaugural UFC 1: The Beginning event that took place on November 12, 1993, a show that took place just two months ago was chosen as the greatest of all-time by the company in the list that was published on the official UFC website as a promotional piece for the upcoming UFC 205 event.
The show, which ironically enough takes place on the same November 12th date as the first UFC event ever, features a “Champion versus Champion” main event between 145-pound title-holder Conor McGregor and 155-pound title-holder Eddie Alvarez as the introductary event in New York hosted at the world-famous Madison Square Garden arena.
The UFC 202 event that took place on August 20, 2016 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada was named the number one show in UFC history. The show featured the highly-anticipated 170-pound immediate rematch between UFC Featherweight Champion Conor McGregor and the first man to defeat him inside UFC’s world-famous Octagon, Nate Diaz.
The Irish mega-star known as “The Notorious” would go on to beat the Stockton, California native in one of the most thrilling main events ever, avenging his only UFC defeat and setting the number one all-time record for biggest reported fight purse in promotional history at three-million dollars.
Below is the write-up included in the UFC.com article, as well as the complete list of the top ten events in UFC history.
No list of the biggest events in UFC history would be complete without UFC 202.
After their first fight came together quickly and burned hot for two weeks straight, the rematch between McGregor and Nathan Diaz had a slow, steady build that reached a fever pitch by the time the two hit the Octagon to close out this show. McGregor got a measure of revenge, winning a unanimous decision over his rival from Stockton and the fans got a second outstanding fight from the two gutsy competitors.
They also got Anthony Johnson showing off his scary power with a 13-second knockout of Glover Teixeira, who previously hadn’t been finished in over a decade, Donald Cerrone going Street Fighter II on Rick Story, Cody “No Love” starching Takeya Mizugaki and calling out Dominick Cruz as the bantamweight champion watched from the broadcast booth and plenty more.
10. UFC 1 – November 12, 1993 (Royce Gracie vs. Gerard Gordeau)
9. UFC 31 – May 4, 2001 (Randy Couture vs. Pedro Rizzo 2)
8. UFC 87 – August 9, 2008 (Georges St-Pierre vs. Jon Fitch)
7. UFC 100 – July 11, 2009 (Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir 2)
6. UFC 116 – July 3, 2010 (Brock Lesnar vs. Shane Carwin)
5. UFC 129 – April 30, 2011 (Georges St-Pierre vs. Jake Shields)
4. UFC 189 – July 11, 2015 (Conor McGregor vs. Chad Mendes)
3. UFC 194 – December 12, 2015 (Conor McGregor vs. Jose Aldo)
2. UFC 200 – July 9, 2016 (Miesha Tate vs. Amanda Nunes)
1. UFC 202 – August 20, 2016 (Conor McGregor vs. Nick Diaz 2)
Although he claimed his recent meeting with UFC management didn’t change anything, reigning interim UFC Featherweight Champion Jose Aldo is now claiming that he is starting to rethink his decision to walk away from the sport of MMA.
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Although he claimed his recent meeting with UFC management didn’t change anything, reigning interim UFC Featherweight Champion Jose Aldo is now claiming that he is starting to rethink his decision to walk away from the sport of MMA.
The Brazilian MMA star took to social media on Friday, where he posted a tweet announcing that he is starting to rethink his MMA retirement.
“Rethinking retirement in MMA,” wrote Aldo in Portuguese on his official Twitter page. “I talked to my family and seeing the requests of my fans good things shall come to you. Thanks Russia.”
Aldo last fought at UFC 200 back on July 9th, defeating former UFC Lightweight Champion Frankie Edgar to become the interim UFC Featherweight Champion. When the UFC decided to book linear Featherweight Champion against reigning UFC Lightweight Champion Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205 instead of booking the 135-pound title unification rematch between the two as promised, Aldo announced that he was walking away from the sport.
(Jose Aldo’s tweet above translated via Google Translation)
Repensando na aposentadoria do MMA, conversei com minha família e vendo os pedidos dos meus Fans coisas boas virao para vocês. Thanks Russia
On Friday evening, Bellator MMA held their Bellator 162: Shlemenko vs. Grove event at the FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tennessee.
Featured below are quick-match results of the evening, which included the MMA fighting return of popular pro wrestler Bo…
On Friday evening, Bellator MMA held their Bellator 162: Shlemenko vs. Grove event at the FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tennessee.
Featured below are quick-match results of the evening, which included the MMA fighting return of popular pro wrestler Bobby Lashley against Josh Appelt, as well as a main event of Alexander Shlemenko vs. Kendall Grove.
Bellator 162 Main Card Results
– Alexander Shlemenko def. Kendall Grove via second-round TKO (1:43)
– Bobby Lashley def. Josh Appelt via submission (RNC) (Round 2, 1:43)
– Goiti Yamauchi def. Ryan Couture via submission (arm bar) (Round 1, 1:01)
– Hisaki Kato def. A.J. Matthews via technical knockout (Round 1, 4:58)
Bellator 162 Preliminary Card Results
– Julia Budd def. Arlene Blencowe via majority decision (29-29, 30-27, 29-27)
– Ricky Rainey def. Gilbert Smith def via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
– Steve Garcia def. Ronnie Lawrence via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)
– Chase Gormley def. Bobby Brents via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
– Virgil Zwicker def. Dan Charles via technical knockout (Round 2, 4:31)
As noted, UFC heavyweight contender Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva was released from the promotion this week.
Bigfoot joins a number of front office employees and management figures, including Tom Wright, Garry Cook and Marshall Zelaznik.
In terms of active fighters, Bigfoot wasn’t the only one to be released this week. According to a new report at MMAFighting.com, 12 additional fighters have also been cut from the promotion.
Below is the list of fighters reportedly released from the UFC this week:
* Shane Campbell
* Kevin Casey
* Cody East
* Glaico Franca
* Leonardo Augusto ‘Leleco’ Guimaraes
* Cory Hendricks
* Caio Magalhaes
* Enrique Marin
* Tamdan McCrory
* Kenny Robertson
* Antonio ‘Bigfoot’ Silva
* Sean Spencer
* Alberto Uda
As noted, UFC heavyweight contender Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva was released from the promotion this week.
Bigfoot joins a number of front office employees and management figures, including Tom Wright, Garry Cook and Marshall Zelaznik.
In terms of active fighters, Bigfoot wasn’t the only one to be released this week. According to a new report at MMAFighting.com, 12 additional fighters have also been cut from the promotion.
Below is the list of fighters reportedly released from the UFC this week:
* Shane Campbell
* Kevin Casey
* Cody East
* Glaico Franca
* Leonardo Augusto ‘Leleco’ Guimaraes
* Cory Hendricks
* Caio Magalhaes
* Enrique Marin
* Tamdan McCrory
* Kenny Robertson
* Antonio ‘Bigfoot’ Silva
* Sean Spencer
* Alberto Uda
As noted earlier this evening, UFC is targeting a Bantamweight Title bout between Dominick Cruz and Cody “No Love” Garbrandt for the co-main event of their upcoming year-end pay-per-view event, which features Amanda Nunes vs. Ronda Rousey for the UFC Women’s Bantamweight Title as the main event.
Apparently the third-from-the-top fight on the card will be quite the blockbuster affair as well.
UFC.com confirmed the long-rumored bout between former UFC Heavyweight Champions Cain Velasquez and Fabricio Werdum for the Las Vegas PPV event in December.
Below is the announcement from the official UFC website:
WERDUM-VELASQUEZ REMATCH SET FOR UFC 207
There will be no world championship on the line when Fabricio Werdum and Cain Velasquez meet for the second time in a UFC 207 bout on Friday, December 30 in Las Vegas. But don’t expect there to be any less intensity when two of the greatest heavyweights of all-time attempt to settle their score at T-Mobile Arena.
Originally scheduled to face each other for the second time in February, an injury to Velasquez scrapped the bout, and heavyweight history was ultimately altered, as Werdum went on to lose the belt he took from Velasquez in June of 2015 to Stipe Miocic at UFC 198 in May.
Since that bout, Brazil’s Werdum bounced back with a three round unanimous decision over Travis Browne in September that cemented his No. 1 ranking atop the division. But while Werdum is seeking a championship rematch with Miocic, he first has business to settle with the No. 2-ranked Velasquez.
A two-time heavyweight champion, California’s Velasquez bounced back from his defeat to Werdum with a Performance of the Night knockout of Browne at UFC 200 in July. And in December, he not only wants to earn a crack at the belt and the opportunity to join Randy Couture as the only fighters in UFC history to win the heavyweight championship three times, but to avenge the second loss of his career against the man who submitted him at UFC 188.
UFC 207, which is headlined by the UFC women’s bantamweight championship bout between Amanda Nunes and Ronda Rousey, airs live on Pay-Per-View.
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As noted earlier this evening, UFC is targeting a Bantamweight Title bout between Dominick Cruz and Cody “No Love” Garbrandt for the co-main event of their upcoming year-end pay-per-view event, which features Amanda Nunes vs. Ronda Rousey for the UFC Women’s Bantamweight Title as the main event.
Apparently the third-from-the-top fight on the card will be quite the blockbuster affair as well.
UFC.com confirmed the long-rumored bout between former UFC Heavyweight Champions Cain Velasquez and Fabricio Werdum for the Las Vegas PPV event in December.
Below is the announcement from the official UFC website:
WERDUM-VELASQUEZ REMATCH SET FOR UFC 207
There will be no world championship on the line when Fabricio Werdum and Cain Velasquez meet for the second time in a UFC 207 bout on Friday, December 30 in Las Vegas. But don’t expect there to be any less intensity when two of the greatest heavyweights of all-time attempt to settle their score at T-Mobile Arena.
Originally scheduled to face each other for the second time in February, an injury to Velasquez scrapped the bout, and heavyweight history was ultimately altered, as Werdum went on to lose the belt he took from Velasquez in June of 2015 to Stipe Miocic at UFC 198 in May.
Since that bout, Brazil’s Werdum bounced back with a three round unanimous decision over Travis Browne in September that cemented his No. 1 ranking atop the division. But while Werdum is seeking a championship rematch with Miocic, he first has business to settle with the No. 2-ranked Velasquez.
A two-time heavyweight champion, California’s Velasquez bounced back from his defeat to Werdum with a Performance of the Night knockout of Browne at UFC 200 in July. And in December, he not only wants to earn a crack at the belt and the opportunity to join Randy Couture as the only fighters in UFC history to win the heavyweight championship three times, but to avenge the second loss of his career against the man who submitted him at UFC 188.
UFC 207, which is headlined by the UFC women’s bantamweight championship bout between Amanda Nunes and Ronda Rousey, airs live on Pay-Per-View.
