With UFC Fight Night: Silva vs. Bisping taking place on Saturday evening, our last order of official pre-fight business takes place this afternoon, as the weigh-ins for the event take place in London, England.
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With UFC Fight Night: Silva vs. Bisping taking place on Saturday evening, our last order of official pre-fight business takes place this afternoon, as the weigh-ins for the event take place in London, England.
The official UFC Fight Night 84 weigh-ins will take place later today for Saturday’s event at the O2 Arena, which will air live exclusively on the UFC Fight Pass digital service.
Below is the scheduled lineup for Saturday’s fight card, with all of the following fighters set to tip the scales later today.
Make sure to visit MMANews.com this afternoon for live coverage of the UFN 84 weigh-ins and return on Saturday for the best UFC Fight Night 84 round-by-round results coverage on the web!
MAIN CARD (UFC FIGHT PASS- 4 PM ET/1 PM PT):
Anderson Silva () vs. Michael Bisping ()
Gegard Mousasi () vs. Thales Leites ()
Tom Breese () vs. Keita Nakamura ()
Francisco Rivera () vs. Brad Pickett ()
PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC FIGHT PASS- 12:45 PM ET/9:45 AM PT):
Mike Wilkinson () vs. Makwan Amirkhani ()
Davey Grant () vs. Marlon Vera ()
Scott Askham () vs. Chris Dempsey ()
Arnold Allen () vs. Yaotzin Meza ()
Brad Scott () vs. Krzysztof Jotko ()
Norman Parke () vs. Rustam Khabilov ()
Daniel Omielanczuk () vs. Jarjis Danho ()
Teemu Packalen () vs. Thibault Gouti ()
David Teymur () vs. Martin Svensson ()
It didn’t take long for Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz to get fans excited about the new main event for UFC 196.
UFC held the first press conference for the new main event on Wednesday and the fireworks exploded betwee…
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It didn’t take long for Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz to get fans excited about the new main event for UFC 196.
UFC held the first press conference for the new main event on Wednesday and the fireworks exploded between the two headliners on a nuclear level.
The press event started off as a one-man “Conor McGregor Show,” with McGregor taking shots at Rafael dos Anjos for pulling out of the originally scheduled fight with what the Irishman described as a “bruised foot.” He also ripped into Frankie Edgar for talking so much about wanting the fight only to turn it down and Jose Aldo for not accepting the rematch.
From there, questions started being directed to Diaz, and from there, things got dangerously close to out-of-hand.
Once the topic of Diaz was introduced, McGregor ripped into him as much or more as any past opponent, despite the fact that Diaz is known for his brash style of verbal warfare — which ended up on display on Thursday as well.
Diaz referred to McGregor’s past accomplishments as success in “midget divisions” and even accused “The Notorious” one of knowing all along that they would be fighting, citing his comments about him two weeks ago at “The World MMA Awards” and the post-fight UFC 194 talk where McGregor referred to Diaz. Diaz even linked McGregor’s name, along with the entire UFC roster, with steroids.
For his part, McGregor boasted about making Diaz a millionaire, asking him many times how it feels to now be rich and mocked the fact that Diaz turned down fighting McGregor at 155 pounds, 160 pounds and 165 pounds, forcing their bout to be contested in the 170-pound Welterweight division.
As far as those steroid accusations? Yeah, “The Notorious” one had a response for those as well.
McGregor quickly got heated when the accusation was initially made, standing out of his chair and making it clear that he doesn’t want his name even mentioned with steroids. He then turned the tables and brought up some of Diaz’s “Scrap Pack” (Nick Diaz, Nate Diaz, Jake Shields and Gilbert Melendez) members from the Cesar Gracie gym in California for failing drug tests in the past. McGregor asked Diaz repeatedly if he knew what they were on in advance, with Diaz sitting silent in response.
Finally, “Mystic Mac” was asked for his prediction on the fight.
McGregor made it clear that while he respects Diaz, it’s business inside the Octagon and he will take him out via knockout at the end of the first round.
UFC 196: McGregor vs. Diaz takes place on Saturday, March 5, 2016 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Make sure to visit MMANews.com on 3/5 for the best live UFC 196 round-by-round results coverage on the web!
According to multiple reports, UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos suffered a broken foot in training recently and will not be cleared to compete at UFC 196 vs. Conor McGregor.
Dos Anjos, who defended his title in December vs. Donald Cerrone, …
According to multiple reports, UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos suffered a broken foot in training recently and will not be cleared to compete at UFC 196 vs. Conor McGregor.
Dos Anjos, who defended his title in December vs. Donald Cerrone, will likely be sidelined indefinitely with the injury.
McGregor, the current UFC featherweight titleholder, could still remain on the March 5 card if a replacement is found.
We’ll continue to update the situation here at MMANews.com.
Following last year’s successful “Go Big” campaign to kick-off and promote the first few months of a stacked first quarter of fights UFC had lined up, the promotion will be repeating the promotional practice as a way of …
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Following last year’s successful “Go Big” campaign to kick-off and promote the first few months of a stacked first quarter of fights UFC had lined up, the promotion will be repeating the promotional practice as a way of introducing and hyping up their 2016 second quarter, which is a stacked chunk of time in its’ own right.
UFC issued a press release this week to announce their “UFC: Unstoppable” global launch, which is officially scheduled to kick off with a major press conference loaded with superstar talent on March 4, 2016 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
In a smart strategic move, UFC scheduled the beginning of their “Unstoppable” global launch on the 3/4 date in Vegas, which is exactly when and where the official UFC 196 weigh-ins will be taking place.
UFC will piggy-bank off of the expected significant audience that will already be tuned in to watch the final stop for Conor McGregor, Rafael dos Anjos, Holly Holm and Miesha Tate before the foursome do battle in the UFC 196 main and co-main events.
Officially announced to attend the “Unstoppable” global launch on the eve of UFC 196 thus far are Dana White, Junior Dos Santos, Ben Rothwell, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Tony Ferguson, Daniel Cormier, Jon Jones, Demetrious Johnson, Henry Cejudo, Luke Rockhold and Chris Weidman. Additional names are expected to be officially announced later this week.
Following their infamous “Viagra” confrontation at the official UFC Fight Night 84 open workouts earlier this week, Saturday’s headliners — Anderson “The Spider” Silva and Michael “The Count” Bisping are at it again, this time via social media.
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Following their infamous “Viagra” confrontation at the official UFC Fight Night 84 open workouts earlier this week, Saturday’s headliners — Anderson “The Spider” Silva and Michael “The Count” Bisping are at it again, this time via social media.
Round two of the Silva-Bisping verbal sparring match ahead of the real thing on FOX Sports 1 from “The Count’s” home turf — the O2 Arena in London, England — took place late this week, as following the aforementioned open workouts encounter, Silva took to Instagram and posted the following photo directed towards his upcoming opponent.
The former longtime 185-pound king of the UFC posted the following on his official Instagram page, criticizing the former Ultimate Fighter Season 3 Champion’s pad technique.
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Never one to be out-done in a war of words, particularly near the time of a big fight, Bisping fired back on his own official Instagram page soon after Silva’s post.
Saturday night’s hometown boy responded by simply and cleverly posting the following photo of the paperwork for his random pre-fight drug test, which was featured on the UFC pre-fight special that was released earlier this week, clearly poking fun at the fact that this is the first fight back for Silva since he served his first-ever Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) failed drug-test suspension for his fight against Nick Diaz in January of 2015.
Bellator 149: Shamrock vs. Gracie is officially underway. The preliminary portion of the event has concluded and the quick-match results are available below.
Stick with us throughout the main card, which is in progress now, as we will be providing t…
Bellator 149: Shamrock vs. Gracie is officially underway. The preliminary portion of the event has concluded and the quick-match results are available below.
Stick with us throughout the main card, which is in progress now, as we will be providing the most detailed and fastest-published round-by-round updates from the moment the first televised fight begins until the Ken Shamrock vs. Royce Gracie main event concludes.
Make sure to refresh this page often throughout the duration of the main card to view the latest in-round updates from the fights!
Preliminary Fights
– Justin Wren def. Juan Torres via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
– Jeremy Mahon def. Davis Sylvester via TKO (R3, 4:22)
– C.J. Hancock def. Ruben Esparsa via submission (rear-naked choke) (R3, 1:26)
– Adrian Yanez vs. Ryan Hollis via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
– Isaac Villanueva def. Richard Knepp via knockout (R1, 0:42)
– Mike Trinh def. Angel Zamora via submission (armbar) (R1, 3:49)
– Jason Langellier def. Anthony Ivy via submission (anaconda choke) (R1, 2:09)
– Manny Lozoya def. Jacob Norsworthy via submission (guillotine) (R1, 2:33)
Main Card Fights
Emmanuel Sanchez (149.2) vs. Daniel Pineda (148.2)
Round 1: Sanchez and Pineda come out feeling each other out on the feet until Pineda successfully scores a single leg takedown in the first minute of the round. Pineda is moving in and out of half-guard, trying to control and establish offense, however Sanchez is doing a good job of keeping his hips busy to keep Pineda busy focusing on controlling position as opposed to inflicting damage. After a minute on the mat, Sanchez works his way to his feet. They go right back down but pop right back up and we’re back to a striking contest with just under three minutes remaining in the round. Pineda takes Sanchez back down and scores more points in the process. No damage was done during the brief standup portion just now. Pineda has full mount and has Sanchez’s legs grapevined, but Sanchez scrambles and Pineda goes for an armbar before losing top control altogether. He kicks at a grounded Sanchez’s legs until diving back in and immediately going for a calf-crusher. He doesn’t get it and the round ends. Easy round to score. MMANews.com scores the round 10-9 for Daniel Pineda
Round 2: Pineda lands a good shot on the feet to start off the second round of this three-round opening bout of the evening. Pineda slips a few moments later and ends up on the mat. Sanchez dove right in and is now controlling a grounded Pineda from top position. Inside Pineda’s half-guard, Sanchez looks to improve his position while mounting a slight bit of offense from the top. Pineda doing a good job from the bottom of avoiding damage and keeping Sanchez in his half guard. The two scramble back to their feet just seconds before the half-way point of the round. Before much happens, Pineda takes Sanchez down and now he’s working from top position. Pineda is inside Sanchez’s full guard just hanging out on top for now. Not a lot of action since the fight hit the ground again. Pineda is still on top but isn’t doing much. The referee stands the fighters up and restarts the fight on the feet. Sanchez immediately changes levels and takes Pineda down. Sanchez working from top posiition as Pineda gives him his back but quickly rolls again, settling in with Sanchez on top inside his half guard. The two work their way back to the feet and Pineda is the forward-moving aggressor early on. He throws a few strikes at Sanchez just to get him thinking and then quickly changes levels and successfully takes Sanchez down again. Tougher round to score, could be impactful depending on how debated this upcoming third and final round ends up. Could easily score this round 10-9 for Pineda, but Sanchez did land a nice head kick during a standup exchange that was just shown and hyped on the in-between round replay highlights of the round. He also spent a considerable amount of time in top position on the ground, so we’ll give him the round, tying the match 1-1 going into the final frame. MMANews.com scores the round 10-9 for Emmanuel Sanchez
Round 3: The third and final round is now in progress and could be the deciding round if it goes to the scorecards. Sanchez quickly gets the fight to the ground and is working from top position with a bigger sense of desparation in this round compared to his top work on the ground in round two. He’s definitely trying to rack up points in case this one goes to the cards, which appears likely the way this one has been going. We’re at the half way point in the round and Pineda gets some space, so he stands up but makes the mistake of turning his back once on his feet, allowing Sanchez to back him straight up and land some strikes on the feet. Sanchez now has Pineda’s back against the cage and is working from an over-under clinch. Pineda, from standing position, drops to the ground and rolls, looking to tie up a leg of Sanchez and work on any number of leg submissions if/when the leg was secure, however Sanchez defends well and avoids any danger in the process. Now Sanchez has established top position and works towards full mount, but before he can do anything, Pineda bucks his hips and escapes out the back door. He stands back up and the two exchange briefly before Pineda misses a home run head kick attempt, allowing Sanchez to dive on top of him after he slipped throwing the kick and end the round — and the fight — working from top position on the ground. The buzzer sounds to end the round and the fight. We’re going to the scorecards and it could be an interesting decision in our opening TV bout this evening, depending on how the judges viewed the action. We’ll give Sanchez the third and the fight. It was clear that Pineda has more tools and is more of a risk-taker, but ultimately if Sanchez got the second, he clearly got the third and could very well win a decision against an opponent that seemed to be a more skilled fighter tonight. MMANews.com scores the round 10-9 for Emmanuel Sanchez
Emmanuel Sanchez def. Daniel Pineda via Split Decision (29-28 P, 29-27 S, 29-28 S) after 3 Rounds.
Melvin Guillard (158) vs. Derek Campos (155)
Round 1: Our second fight of the evening is up after the commercial break and ring walks/in-cage introductions. Our second bout features former UFC and Ultimate Fighter Season 2 veteran Melvin Guillard taking on late replacement opponent Derek Campos. Stay tuned and keep refreshing this page for the next update …
STILL TO COME …
Royce Gracie (190.8) vs. Ken Shamrock (201.2)
Kimbo Slice (232) vs. Dada 5000 (265)
Emanuel Newton (205) vs. Linton Vassell (205.4)
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