Diego Sanchez Says UFC 253 Fight Against Jake Matthews ‘Could Be My Last’

Diego Sanchez knows his fighting career is coming to a close. Sanchez has been fighting professionally since 2002 and actually won the first season of The Ultimate Fighter at middleweight. He has since fought at middleweight, welterweight, lightweight,…

Diego Sanchez knows his fighting career is coming to a close. Sanchez has been fighting professionally since 2002 and actually won the first season of The Ultimate Fighter at middleweight. He has since fought at middleweight, welterweight, lightweight, and featherweight and has fought the who’s who of the division. The 38-year-old has had 42 professional […]

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3 Fights Added To UFC Auckland Following Felder vs. Hooker

Following the news that Paul Felder and Dan Hooker would headline the UFC’s return to Auckland on February 23, another three fights have been added to the card. Light heavyweight Tyson Pedro features as he returns to action for the first time since his TKO defeat to Mauricio Rua last year against Vinicius Moreira. Pedro […]

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Following the news that Paul Felder and Dan Hooker would headline the UFC’s return to Auckland on February 23, another three fights have been added to the card.

Light heavyweight Tyson Pedro features as he returns to action for the first time since his TKO defeat to Mauricio Rua last year against Vinicius Moreira.

Pedro has lost three of his last four bouts after entering the promotion as an unbeaten prospect. A win against Moreira — loser of his last three outings — would signal the Aussie’s first win in nearly two years.

Another Aussie in Jake Matthews will look to make it two wins in a row when he faces Emil Meek in a welterweight bout. The 25-year-old was previously on a three-fight winning streak until he was submitted by Anthony Rocco Martin in December last year. He would bounce back with a conservative unanimous decision win over Rostem Akman at UFC 243 last month.

Meek, meanwhile, is on a two-fight losing streak and hasn’t fought since getting outpointed by Bartosz Fabinski in July 2018. His loss before that was a unanimous decision defeat to current welterweight champion Kamaru Usman.

Lastly, Ben Sosoli looks to get his first UFC win when he meets Marcos Rogerio de Lima. Sosoli made his debut in a now-overturned decision defeat to Greg Hardy last month.

Rogerio de Lima, on the other hand, has been alternating between wins and losses since 2015. His last outing was a submission defeat to Stefan Struve.

What do you think of the UFC Auckland card so far?

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UFC 243’s Jake Matthews Wants Carlos Condit Next

UFC welterweight Jake Matthews got back on the win column and is now targeting Carlos Condit for his next fight. Matthews outpointed Rostem Akman at UFC 243 last night. It puts him at four wins in his last five outings, but even more impressive is the fact that he holds the most UFC wins (8) […]

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UFC welterweight Jake Matthews got back on the win column and is now targeting Carlos Condit for his next fight.

Matthews outpointed Rostem Akman at UFC 243 last night. It puts him at four wins in his last five outings, but even more impressive is the fact that he holds the most UFC wins (8) by an Australian-born fighter.

Although he wasn’t impressed with his performance against Akman, “The Celtic Kid” felt it was necessary given the circumstances:

“It’s hard for the fans to understand, but if he was a top 10 fighter, I would have swung for the fences,” Matthews said (via Sherdog). “This was a very dangerous fight for me. He’s a relative newcomer and I’ve been here for 12 fights.

I had to show that maturity and experience. I felt completely in control. Most of my fights are a blur, but this one I was aware of everything going on. I’m very happy with that. I got the win, which is the main thing.”

He now wants a step up in competition and that meant calling for a fight with former interim welterweight champion Carlos Condit.

Although Condit is booked to face Mickey Gall next in December, and has also lost his last five outings in a row, he is still a huge name and Matthews expects him to get back to winning ways.

“I asked for Carlos Condit this fight, but I know he’s fighting Mickey Gall next,” he added. “So once Carlos is done smashing Mickey, I’d like to have that legend fight.”

Are you down to see Condit vs. Matthews?

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UFC Adelaide’s Anthony Rocco Martin Talks Name Change, Jake Matthews & Winning Big On Himself (Exclusive)

UFC welterweight Anthony Rocco Martin doesn’t want to be known as Tony Martin anymore. Perhaps all the changes for Martin over the last year including a new weight class, training in Florida at American Top Team has prompted this new persona. For…

UFC welterweight Anthony Rocco Martin doesn’t want to be known as Tony Martin anymore. Perhaps all the changes for Martin over the last year including a new weight class, training in Florida at American Top Team has prompted this new persona. For Martin, he revealed the name just stuck and he’s running with it. “Actually […]

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5 Takeaways From UFC Singapore

An action-packed night of fights went down in Singapore on June 23rd, 2018, as the UFC hosted Fight Night 132 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. A PAIR OF BANTAMWEIGHT STARS EMERGE Two of the night’s most impressive performances came from Song Yado…

An action-packed night of fights went down in Singapore on June 23rd, 2018, as the UFC hosted Fight Night 132 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. A PAIR OF BANTAMWEIGHT STARS EMERGE Two of the night’s most impressive performances came from Song Yadong and Petr Yan — both in the 135-pound division. Song, a 20-year-old Chinese […]

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UFC Singapore Highlights: Jake Matthews Chokes Shinsho Anzai

Exciting young welterweight Jake Matthews gave another great performance at UFC Fight Night 132 as he submitted Shinsho Anzai at three minutes, 44 seconds in the very first round. Matthews improves his professional fight record to 13 wins and three losses. Check out his quick submission victory below: WHAT A STUNNER. ‘The Celtic Kid’ gets the finish […]

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Exciting young welterweight Jake Matthews gave another great performance at UFC Fight Night 132 as he submitted Shinsho Anzai at three minutes, 44 seconds in the very first round. Matthews improves his professional fight record to 13 wins and three losses. Check out his quick submission victory below: WHAT A STUNNER. 'The Celtic Kid' gets the finish […]

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