Joseph Benavidez Booked For TUF 28 Finale

The UFC has gotten Joseph Benavidez booked after his UFC Denver match-up with Ray Borg fell through. Initially, Benavidez and Borg were set to square off at UFC Denver tomorrow night (Sat. November 10, 2018). However, Borg was forced to withdraw from t…

The UFC has gotten Joseph Benavidez booked after his UFC Denver match-up with Ray Borg fell through. Initially, Benavidez and Borg were set to square off at UFC Denver tomorrow night (Sat. November 10, 2018). However, Borg was forced to withdraw from the bout due to an illness. MMA Junkie now reports Benavidez has been […]

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Joseph Benavidez “Excited” for Future of Flyweight Division

If reports of the potential doom of the flyweight division are true, you would never know it by listening to former flyweight title challenger and #3 ranked Joseph Benavidez. Originally scheduled to face Ray Borg this weekend at UFC Fight Night 139, Be…

If reports of the potential doom of the flyweight division are true, you would never know it by listening to former flyweight title challenger and #3 ranked Joseph Benavidez. Originally scheduled to face Ray Borg this weekend at UFC Fight Night 139, Benavidez will no long be able to participate on the card after Ray […]

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Ray Borg Pulled From UFC Denver Bout With Joseph Benavidez

Ray Borg will not be fighting this Saturday night (Nov. 10). Borg was scheduled to meet Joseph Benavidez on the UFC’s 25th Anniversary show. Instead the bout has been scrapped. This is the third straight time Borg has been pulled from a bout. One…

Ray Borg will not be fighting this Saturday night (Nov. 10). Borg was scheduled to meet Joseph Benavidez on the UFC’s 25th Anniversary show. Instead the bout has been scrapped. This is the third straight time Borg has been pulled from a bout. One was due to an injury stemming from Conor McGregor’s UFC 223 […]

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Joseph Benavidez Confirms Conor McGregor’s Role in Bout Change

Ray Borg’s opponent for UFC Fight Night 139, Joseph Benavidez, has come forward to shed insight on why their bout that was originally scheduled for UFC 229 has been moved to Denver.  Benavidez confirmed what many fans deducted: the event for the bout w…

Ray Borg’s opponent for UFC Fight Night 139, Joseph Benavidez, has come forward to shed insight on why their bout that was originally scheduled for UFC 229 has been moved to Denver.  Benavidez confirmed what many fans deducted: the event for the bout was changed due to the civil lawsuit against McGregor stemming from the […]

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Joseph Benavidez Blames Conor McGregor For Moving His Next Fight

Joseph Benavidez directed his frustration against McGregor.

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Joseph Benavidez blames Conor McGregor for having his next fight inside of the Octagon under the UFC banner moved back as a result of his actions. The former UFC flyweight title contender is slated to fight Ray Borg at the upcoming UFC Denver event.

The Fight

Both men come into the contest off losses as Benavidez’s six-fight win streak was ended thanks Sergio Pettis at UFC 225 in June. On the flip side, Pettis bested the former flyweight title challenger via split decision.

This fight was originally slated to go down at the UFC 229 pay-per-view event. However, McGregor is slated to headline this show when he meets Khabib Nurmagomedov for the lightweight title.

Joseph Benavidez Blames Conor McGregor

Benavidez stated in a recent interview that the fight was pushed back a month due to the actions of McGregor. Back in April during fight week of the UFC 223 pay-per-view event, McGregor and several members of his entourage decided to fly from Ireland to Brooklyn, New York to get revenge on Nurmagomedov.

This led to McGregor attacking the fighter bus that had Nurmagomedov on and he was arrested as a result. Borg was one of the fighters on that bus and injured because of it.

“As far as I understand, Borg and Conor have the legal beef from New York. Because Borg was one of the victims of the Conor thing,” Benavidez recently told MMAjunkie Radio. “It wasn’t anything Borg did. I guess Borg is like, ‘Dude, I don’t care. That wasn’t my thing. I never fought him on it.’ It was filed right away. It wasn’t like Borg said, ‘Don’t have me near Conor.’ It’s just whenever you get into that action with the civil system, they just file it that these people can’t be next to each other.”

“It bothered me, but I did for the most part shrug it off,” Benavidez said. “Obviously I would have preferred something. If I would have just got the fight in Denver, I think I would have been pumped. But it was the fact they hung something in front of me first and then took it away from me.”

UFC Denver (also known as UFC Fight Night 139) is set to take place on Saturday, November 10, 2018 at Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado. The main card will air on FOX Sports 1 while the preliminary card will be split broadcasted on FOX Sports 1 and UFC Fight Pass.

The card is headlined by a featherweight fight between Frankie Edgar and “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung.

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Joseph Benavidez Feels UFC Flyweight Title Bout Could be Next

Joseph Benavidez feels an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) flyweight title shot could be on the horizon. Benavidez last competed back in June against Sergio Pettis at UFC 225. He lost the bout via split decision. Pettis became just the third fighte…

Joseph Benavidez feels an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) flyweight title shot could be on the horizon. Benavidez last competed back in June against Sergio Pettis at UFC 225. He lost the bout via split decision. Pettis became just the third fighter to defeat Benavidez, who had lost to Dominick Cruz twice and Demetrious Johnson twice. […]

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