Stipe Miocic will get his wish, as the Ohio native defends his UFC heavyweight title this September against Alistair Overeem at UFC 203 in his hometown.
Stipe Miocic will get his wish, as the Ohio native defends his UFC heavyweight title this September against Alistair Overeem at UFC 203 in his hometown.
The bout will take place inside the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland on September 10. Miocic made the announcement while attending Game 5 of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals in Cleveland on Wednesday night.
Miocic won the UFC heavyweight title recently when he finished Fabricio Werdum at UFC 198 with strikes. Meanwhile, Alistir Overeem is a former Strikeforce, Dream and K-1 champion and has won his last four fights in a row inside the Octagon.
Make sure to join us here at MMANews.com on 9/10 for the absolute fastest and most-detailed live UFC 203 live results coverage on the web!
UFC Women’s Strawweight contender Paige VanZant finished second on this season of ABC’s “Dancing With The Stars” reality show on Tuesday night in Los Angeles, California.
VanZant was considered one of the favorites to win the show from the very firs…
UFC Women’s Strawweight contender Paige VanZant finished second on this season of ABC’s “Dancing With The Stars” reality show on Tuesday night in Los Angeles, California.
VanZant was considered one of the favorites to win the show from the very first episode due to her dance background, however she and her dance partner Mark Ballas finished second to Deaf male model Nyle DiMarco and his dance partner, Peta Murgatroyd.
You can check out clips of Paige VanZant on the latest episode of “Dancing With The Stars” below.
According to Colin Cowherd, there is an actual date being worked on for the potential boxing match between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and reigning UFC Featherweight Champion “The Notorious” Conor McGregor.
Cowherd spoke about the subject during the latest edition of his podcast, “The Herd.”
“[The] news I believe is gonna break here in about two weeks,” said Cowherd. “I have already booked two rooms, September 17th and 18th in Las Vegas. My intel is Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather is going to happen. It changed late last week. I got a call then somebody else sent me something [Sunday] and Saturday. We’ve booked rooms in Vegas. [It’s happening] this September.”
Cowherd would elaborate, explaining some of the details he has heard regarding the back story behind the fight.
“Mayweather did have a very bad last pay per view gate – 550,000 people, he tries to get 2 to 3 million. So I think this is the most profitable fight for CBS and Mayweather. CBS has been working with Mayweather for years. That’s why his fights are on Showtime, because CBS owns Showtime.
“So Les Moonves [President and CEO of CBS] and the CBS peeps have decided, ‘let’s talk to the Fox – UFC peeps’ and you’ve got Fox and CBS, you’ve got UFC, you’ve got boxing, you’ve got Floyd, you’ve got Conor. It’s gonna make a lot of money for people.”
Cowherd concluded, “I don’t think it’s going to be a good fight but it’s an event. Nik Wallenda, in Chicago, did a tightrope walk between condos and a parking garage. I watched. I don’t care about balance I don’t care about – that part of Chicago doesn’t interest me. It’s not Lake Shore Drive, it’s not one of my favorite lounges. I watched a guy walk across a tightrope on a windy night in Chicago. And I’m like, ‘this is fascinating.’ This is being sold simply as an interesting one-off event.”
H/T to MMAFighting.com for transcribing the above Colin Cowherd quotes.
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Boy, this story just won’t go away, will it?
According to Colin Cowherd, there is an actual date being worked on for the potential boxing match between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and reigning UFC Featherweight Champion “The Notorious” Conor McGregor.
Cowherd spoke about the subject during the latest edition of his podcast, “The Herd.”
“[The] news I believe is gonna break here in about two weeks,” said Cowherd. “I have already booked two rooms, September 17th and 18th in Las Vegas. My intel is Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather is going to happen. It changed late last week. I got a call then somebody else sent me something [Sunday] and Saturday. We’ve booked rooms in Vegas. [It’s happening] this September.”
Cowherd would elaborate, explaining some of the details he has heard regarding the back story behind the fight.
“Mayweather did have a very bad last pay per view gate – 550,000 people, he tries to get 2 to 3 million. So I think this is the most profitable fight for CBS and Mayweather. CBS has been working with Mayweather for years. That’s why his fights are on Showtime, because CBS owns Showtime.
“So Les Moonves [President and CEO of CBS] and the CBS peeps have decided, ‘let’s talk to the Fox – UFC peeps’ and you’ve got Fox and CBS, you’ve got UFC, you’ve got boxing, you’ve got Floyd, you’ve got Conor. It’s gonna make a lot of money for people.”
Cowherd concluded, “I don’t think it’s going to be a good fight but it’s an event. Nik Wallenda, in Chicago, did a tightrope walk between condos and a parking garage. I watched. I don’t care about balance I don’t care about – that part of Chicago doesn’t interest me. It’s not Lake Shore Drive, it’s not one of my favorite lounges. I watched a guy walk across a tightrope on a windy night in Chicago. And I’m like, ‘this is fascinating.’ This is being sold simply as an interesting one-off event.”
H/T to MMAFighting.com for transcribing the above Colin Cowherd quotes.
MMA legend BJ Penn’s Octagon comeback is no longer scheduled for next month’s UFC 199 pay-per-view.
After initially being booked to fight Dennis Siver, only to have Siver pull out and Cole Miller fill-in on short-notice, Penn will no longer be fighting at all at the June 4th event.
BJ Penn has been flagged by USADA and provisionally suspended for a “potential Anti-Doping Policy violation.”
UFC issued the following statement on the matter (via UFC.com):
“The UFC organization was notified today that the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) informed BJ Penn of a potential Anti-Doping Policy violation. Penn disclosed the usage of a prohibited method – the use of an IV in excess of 50 ML in a six-hour period – during a March 25, 2016, out-of-competition sample collection. In accordance with the UFC Anti-Doping Policy, Penn has received a provisional suspension, and has been removed from his scheduled bout against Cole Miller on June 4 in Los Angeles.
“UFC will announce a replacement opponent for Miller shortly, and additional information will be provided by USADA and UFC at the appropriate time as the process involving Penn moves forward.”
Penn issued the following statement on his official website, BJPenn.com:
“I voluntarily disclosed to USADA that during a non-fight period that I had an IV administered under the care of a doctor.
“The rule for IV usage had changed since my last fight in the UFC and was unaware of the change and voluntarily disclosed the information to USADA. I had no idea that IV use was banned 365 days a year.
“At no time in my career in martial arts have I ever doped and anticipate all test results from USADA will come back clean and will be working with the UFC to get the matter cleared up and return to fight as soon as possible.”
MMA legend BJ Penn’s Octagon comeback is no longer scheduled for next month’s UFC 199 pay-per-view.
After initially being booked to fight Dennis Siver, only to have Siver pull out and Cole Miller fill-in on short-notice, Penn will no longer be fighting at all at the June 4th event.
BJ Penn has been flagged by USADA and provisionally suspended for a “potential Anti-Doping Policy violation.”
UFC issued the following statement on the matter (via UFC.com):
“The UFC organization was notified today that the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) informed BJ Penn of a potential Anti-Doping Policy violation. Penn disclosed the usage of a prohibited method – the use of an IV in excess of 50 ML in a six-hour period – during a March 25, 2016, out-of-competition sample collection. In accordance with the UFC Anti-Doping Policy, Penn has received a provisional suspension, and has been removed from his scheduled bout against Cole Miller on June 4 in Los Angeles.
“UFC will announce a replacement opponent for Miller shortly, and additional information will be provided by USADA and UFC at the appropriate time as the process involving Penn moves forward.”
Penn issued the following statement on his official website, BJPenn.com:
“I voluntarily disclosed to USADA that during a non-fight period that I had an IV administered under the care of a doctor.
“The rule for IV usage had changed since my last fight in the UFC and was unaware of the change and voluntarily disclosed the information to USADA. I had no idea that IV use was banned 365 days a year.
“At no time in my career in martial arts have I ever doped and anticipate all test results from USADA will come back clean and will be working with the UFC to get the matter cleared up and return to fight as soon as possible.”
Arguably UFC’s two biggest current stars, and perhaps the two biggest UFC stars of all-time, reigning UFC Featherweight Champion “The Notorious” Conor McGregor and former UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion “Rowdy” Ronda …
This will get people talking.
Arguably UFC’s two biggest current stars, and perhaps the two biggest UFC stars of all-time, reigning UFC Featherweight Champion “The Notorious” Conor McGregor and former UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey recently faced-off for a photo shoot for the UFC.
The story behind the McGregor-Rousey photo, which is apparently from a legitimate photo shoot, is not yet clear, however you can check out the cool photo below.
As noted, McGregor met with UFC officials this past week after a fallout with management regarding plans for the UFC 200 event in July.
Meanwhile, Rousey is expected to make her long-awaited Octagon return at some point in the near future. She last fought for the UFC back in November of 2015, where she was knocked out in her first and only pro defeat to Holly Holm in Melbourne, Australia.
On Sunday, reigning UFC Featherweight Champion “The Notorious” Conor McGregor opened up with ESPN about what he is calling a “publicized civil war” he has been having with UFC management.
As McGregor explained, there was a lot going on, and all he really wanted to do was properly train for a 170-pound immediate rematch with the first man to beat him inside the Octagon, Nate Diaz.
“I was in a time where I was like, figuring out something,” McGregor said. “I didn’t just shut out and say no to everything. I just wanted to do reasonable media, and then, hey, all of a sudden, ‘Conor, it’s three months from the fight, we’ve got to drag you (onto) 40-hour flights to come and do a runaround, New York, Vegas, California, 70 press conferences, 70 talk shows, adverts, all of this,’ and it’s like, I already made you $400 million last week. That was only last week, that fight. I need to get right.”
McGregor continued, “That’s how it all came about. I just wanted to focus and I was deep in the process, and especially at that particular moment, I just wanted a little bit more time. I didn’t shut it off completely. Reasonable media, is what I said. I said I would do New York. I said I would do everything else after that. I just needed another little bit to set myself, and then the lack of communication, they weren’t having it. They were trying to push back on me, I was trying to push back on them, and look, it blew up then.”
UFC’s reigning 145-pound champion would go on, explaining that at the start he was basically having some fun, but things got a bit out of hand.
“I’ll tell you what, it blew up,” McGregor said. “I was just kind of having fun at the start. It was kind of half-hearted, and then it just went [crazy], and now all of a sudden you’re off UFC 200, and I was like, ‘alright, well f*ck you too then.’ It was fun. Seeing it all blow up like that, it was amusing for a while.
“There were times when I was … seeing the press conferences take place, and I was like, ah, I should’ve just jumped on the damn flight. I should’ve just stuck it out and went with it. But sometimes you’ve gotta do what’s right for you, and not do what’s right for everybody else — and especially if you’ve done what’s right for everybody else a million times over, you should have the right to be able to do what’s right for you sometimes. That’s what I felt.”
According to “The Notorious” one, he left things between he and the UFC “in a good place.”
“I’m committed to the fight game,” McGregor said. “I enjoy competition. I enjoy challenges. So, if a challenge is in front of me, and it appeals to me, then I will go and I will conquer it. I’m open to challenges. I enjoy fighting, period.”
H/T to MMAFighting.com for transcribing the above Conor McGregor quotes.
Conor McGregor described the UFC 200 situation with the promotion as a publicised civil war. pic.twitter.com/V41PFU1RZT
On Sunday, reigning UFC Featherweight Champion “The Notorious” Conor McGregor opened up with ESPN about what he is calling a “publicized civil war” he has been having with UFC management.
As McGregor explained, there was a lot going on, and all he really wanted to do was properly train for a 170-pound immediate rematch with the first man to beat him inside the Octagon, Nate Diaz.
“I was in a time where I was like, figuring out something,” McGregor said. “I didn’t just shut out and say no to everything. I just wanted to do reasonable media, and then, hey, all of a sudden, ‘Conor, it’s three months from the fight, we’ve got to drag you (onto) 40-hour flights to come and do a runaround, New York, Vegas, California, 70 press conferences, 70 talk shows, adverts, all of this,’ and it’s like, I already made you $400 million last week. That was only last week, that fight. I need to get right.”
McGregor continued, “That’s how it all came about. I just wanted to focus and I was deep in the process, and especially at that particular moment, I just wanted a little bit more time. I didn’t shut it off completely. Reasonable media, is what I said. I said I would do New York. I said I would do everything else after that. I just needed another little bit to set myself, and then the lack of communication, they weren’t having it. They were trying to push back on me, I was trying to push back on them, and look, it blew up then.”
UFC’s reigning 145-pound champion would go on, explaining that at the start he was basically having some fun, but things got a bit out of hand.
“I’ll tell you what, it blew up,” McGregor said. “I was just kind of having fun at the start. It was kind of half-hearted, and then it just went [crazy], and now all of a sudden you’re off UFC 200, and I was like, ‘alright, well f*ck you too then.’ It was fun. Seeing it all blow up like that, it was amusing for a while.
“There were times when I was … seeing the press conferences take place, and I was like, ah, I should’ve just jumped on the damn flight. I should’ve just stuck it out and went with it. But sometimes you’ve gotta do what’s right for you, and not do what’s right for everybody else — and especially if you’ve done what’s right for everybody else a million times over, you should have the right to be able to do what’s right for you sometimes. That’s what I felt.”
According to “The Notorious” one, he left things between he and the UFC “in a good place.”
“I’m committed to the fight game,” McGregor said. “I enjoy competition. I enjoy challenges. So, if a challenge is in front of me, and it appeals to me, then I will go and I will conquer it. I’m open to challenges. I enjoy fighting, period.”
H/T to MMAFighting.com for transcribing the above Conor McGregor quotes.
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