The men and women of MMA are tough, that’s a given. Realistically, you couldn’t fight if you weren’t tough to some degree, right? Eventually, as a fighter, you’re going to get hit and you’re going to have to fight through it if you want to win- and everyone wants to win – otherwise, what’s the point?
Well among the sea of professional fighters that want to win, there are a select few that want it just a little more than the others. These fighters are willing to do what others won’t and can take what others can’t. They’ve been labeled as too many things to list, but for the sake of simplicity, let’s just call them tough.
The text book definition of tough is “strong enough to withstand adverse conditions or rough or careless handling” or “involving considerable difficulty or hardship; requiring great determination or effort“. Now those descriptions are nice, but they don’t do it justice. To really capture the grit that these pugilists represent, we have selected 10 fighters that physically embody the term itself. These fighters push through the pain like no other and have left us occasionally shocked, sometimes speechless and always inspired.
These are the human beings that can rally back after all hope appears lost. They have that extra gear that most are not built with that takes them to the finish. The effort is not always a winning one, but they give it all they have and don’t give in to the demands of their body to quit. These fighters have minds constructed of greatness, with the ability to push past physical boundaries and run on nothing but fumes and the desire to get their hand raised. The criteria for this list? Super human level resilience, nothing less.
These athletes are in no particular order.
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Video: UFC Rankings Report Ahead Of International Fight Week (Part 1)
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Ahead of UFC’s jam-packed International Fight Week in Las Vegas next week, which will see three stacked events in three days, former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Forrest Griffin and Matt Parrino preview the action in t…
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Ahead of UFC’s jam-packed International Fight Week in Las Vegas next week, which will see three stacked events in three days, former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Forrest Griffin and Matt Parrino preview the action in the latest UFC Rankings Report.
Featured above is part one of the report, which features the UFC Hall Of Famer and broadcast member looking at some of the fights scheduled for the three-day stretch, including the UFC Women’s Strawweight Championship grudge match rematch between Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Claudia Gadelha, as well as the UFC Lightweight Championship bout between current champion Rafael dos Anjos and former Bellator Lightweight Champion Eddie Alvarez.
The official description for “UFC Rankings Report: IFW Preview – Part 1,” reads as follows:
“Forrest Griffin and Matt Parrino preview the fights with rankings implications at International Fight Week in Las Vegas, including Rafael Dos Anjos vs Eddie Alvarez for the lightweight championship at Fight Night Las Vegas and Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs Claudia Gadelha for the strawweight title at The Ultimate Fighter Finale.”
UFC Fight Night 90: Dos Anjos vs. Alvarez takes place on July 7, The Ultimate Fighter 23 Finale goes down on July 8 and the International Fight Week culminates with the landmark UFC 200 pay-per-view event on July 9, all of which emanates from the fight capital of the world, Las Vegas, Nevada.
The Top 10 Biggest Upsets In UFC History
When it comes to fighting at the highest level, you can never completely count out even the heaviest underdogs. No matter the odds, no matter the stylistic mismatch, no matter the difference in athleticism, there is always a chance a fighter can spring the upset. Unlike other professional sports leagues like the NFL, in which
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When it comes to fighting at the highest level, you can never completely count out even the heaviest underdogs. No matter the odds, no matter the stylistic mismatch, no matter the difference in athleticism, there is always a chance a fighter can spring the upset.
Unlike other professional sports leagues like the NFL, in which the Patriots of the world almost always beat the Browns of the league, when men and women who throw fists for a living strap on the four-ounce gloves, no one is completely safe.
The latest list from LowKick MMA is here to illuminate the most unlikely, most jaw-dropping, most shock-inducing UFC victories of all time. These were the moments that made us jump out of our seats, made us exclaim “Holy sh*t!,” or left us utterly speechless.
Read on for our Top 10 biggest UFC upsets.
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Video: Forrest Griffin & Matt Parrino Look At Updated Official UFC Rankings
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As noted, Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson officially claimed the number one spot in the official UFC Welterweight rankings following his impressive unanimous decision victory over Rory MacDonald in his home country of Canad…
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As noted, Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson officially claimed the number one spot in the official UFC Welterweight rankings following his impressive unanimous decision victory over Rory MacDonald in his home country of Canada at UFC Fight Night 89 earlier this month.
UFC looks at “Wonderboy’s” rise, as well as other movements in the updated official UFC rankings, as UFC Hall Of Famer and former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Forrest Griffin and Matt Parrino break down the fallout of UFC Fight Night Ottawa and how it affected the UFC rankings in the latest “UFC Rankings Report” video, which can be seen above.
For video highlights of the UFC Fight Night Ottawa event, click here.
Cast For TUF: Latin America 3 With Chuck Liddell & Forrest Griffin As Coaches Revealed
On Tuesday, UFC revealed the complete roster for the upcoming season of The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America 3, which will feature UFC Hall Of Famers Chuck Liddell and Forrest Griffin as coaches.
The 16 contenders who will compete on the TUF: Latin America 3 season will be fighting in the 155-pound lightweight division.
Below are the list of fighters who will be competing on TUF: Latin America 3 this season:
John Bedoya (5-0-0), 25, Bogota, Colombia
Martin Bravo (11-0-0), 22, Rosarito, Mexico
Yasser Castillo (5-1-0), 32, Nagarote, Nicaragua
Santiago Cárdenas (4-2-0), 30, Castro, Chile
Ilianovich Chalo (11-0-0), 34, Maracay, Venezuela
José David Flores (5-1-1), 30, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Javier Ganin (10-5-0),30, Mar del Plata, Argentina
Alejandro Martínez (11-1-0), 25, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Claudio Puelles (7-1-0), 20, Lima, Peru
Fabian Quintanar (13-2-0), 29, Tijuana, Mexico
Leonardo Rodríguez (11-2-1), 31, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
Marcelo Rojo (13-4-0), 28, Cordoba, Argentina
Pablo Sabori (5-0), 24, San Luis Río Colorado, México
Juan Villaseca (5-0-0), 24, Talagante Chile
Miguel Villegas (3-1-0), 21, Tijuana, Mexico
Walter Zamora (9-2-0), 26, San Jose, Costa Rica
Serving as coaches for Team Liddell will be Ivan Iberico, Raul Salas and Mike Valle. The coaches for Team Griffin will be Raul Arvizu, Eduardo Duarte and Francisco Grasso.
“We have come a long way from the first season of The Ultimate Fighter,” Liddell said. “I feel honored to be a part of the Latin American series. We have great fighters competing in the region and I’m excited to get a chance to train them and teach them a few things I learned during my career. Expect a great finale in Mexico City November 5.”
“I’m very excited to be participating in The Ultimate Fighter Latin America 3,” added Griffin. “I know how much of a competitor Chuck is so I will be bringing my A game. UFC is still very new in Latin America and for that reason I am thrilled to be a part of this opportunity in helping grow the sport in the region.”
TUF: Latin America 3 will air this August on the UFC Fight Pass, on Televisa’s Channel 5 in Mexico and other Free-to-Air Networks in Latin America.
On Tuesday, UFC revealed the complete roster for the upcoming season of The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America 3, which will feature UFC Hall Of Famers Chuck Liddell and Forrest Griffin as coaches.
The 16 contenders who will compete on the TUF: Latin America 3 season will be fighting in the 155-pound lightweight division.
Below are the list of fighters who will be competing on TUF: Latin America 3 this season:
John Bedoya (5-0-0), 25, Bogota, Colombia
Martin Bravo (11-0-0), 22, Rosarito, Mexico
Yasser Castillo (5-1-0), 32, Nagarote, Nicaragua
Santiago Cárdenas (4-2-0), 30, Castro, Chile
Ilianovich Chalo (11-0-0), 34, Maracay, Venezuela
José David Flores (5-1-1), 30, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Javier Ganin (10-5-0),30, Mar del Plata, Argentina
Alejandro Martínez (11-1-0), 25, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Claudio Puelles (7-1-0), 20, Lima, Peru
Fabian Quintanar (13-2-0), 29, Tijuana, Mexico
Leonardo Rodríguez (11-2-1), 31, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
Marcelo Rojo (13-4-0), 28, Cordoba, Argentina
Pablo Sabori (5-0), 24, San Luis Río Colorado, México
Juan Villaseca (5-0-0), 24, Talagante Chile
Miguel Villegas (3-1-0), 21, Tijuana, Mexico
Walter Zamora (9-2-0), 26, San Jose, Costa Rica
Serving as coaches for Team Liddell will be Ivan Iberico, Raul Salas and Mike Valle. The coaches for Team Griffin will be Raul Arvizu, Eduardo Duarte and Francisco Grasso.
“We have come a long way from the first season of The Ultimate Fighter,” Liddell said. “I feel honored to be a part of the Latin American series. We have great fighters competing in the region and I’m excited to get a chance to train them and teach them a few things I learned during my career. Expect a great finale in Mexico City November 5.”
“I’m very excited to be participating in The Ultimate Fighter Latin America 3,” added Griffin. “I know how much of a competitor Chuck is so I will be bringing my A game. UFC is still very new in Latin America and for that reason I am thrilled to be a part of this opportunity in helping grow the sport in the region.”
TUF: Latin America 3 will air this August on the UFC Fight Pass, on Televisa’s Channel 5 in Mexico and other Free-to-Air Networks in Latin America.
Top 10 Most Successful Fighters From The Ultimate Fighter
It’s now been over a decade since the UFC first launched their reality show ‘The Ultimate Fighter,’ and over the years a number of the competitors have gone on to become some of the biggest and best known stars in the Octagon. Who are the most successful fighters ever to emerge from TUF though? We’ll
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It’s now been over a decade since the UFC first launched their reality show ‘The Ultimate Fighter,’ and over the years a number of the competitors have gone on to become some of the biggest and best known stars in the Octagon.
Who are the most successful fighters ever to emerge from TUF though?
We’ll seek to answer that question in this article, but before we go any further, let’s define what what ‘success’ means in this instance.
For the purposes of this article, we’ll be taking into account the fighters record in the UFC, the level of competition they’ve been successful against, and of course, also paying close attention to any titles and accolades they’ve won.
At the same time, we’ll also be adding extra emphasis to those who’ve been able to find fame and fortune inside the Octagon, and in some cases even leveraged that to become successful outside of the cage too.
So without further ado, let’s get straight into our TUF Top 10.
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