Ben Askren On Kamaru Usman: ‘He Can’t Punch Worth A Damn’

Ben Askren laughs off the thought that Kamaru Usman can knock him out. Usman recently captured the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight gold from Askren’s teammate and longtime friend Tyron Woodley. Usman stuck to Woodley like glue f…

Ben Askren laughs off the thought that Kamaru Usman can knock him out. Usman recently captured the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight gold from Askren’s teammate and longtime friend Tyron Woodley. Usman stuck to Woodley like glue for five rounds and for once, “The Chosen One” had no answer for his challenger. “The Nigerian Nightmare” […]

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Colby Covington Blasts ‘Piece Of Sh*t’ Ali Abdelaziz For Las Vegas Scuffle

Despite not being on the card, Colby Covington was one of the bigger stories coming out of UFC 235. “Chaos” was in attendance for the co-main event between Kamaru Usman and Tyron Woodley for the welterweight title. When it was all said and done, Usman won the title via unanimous decision. Shortly after the fight, […]

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Despite not being on the card, Colby Covington was one of the bigger stories coming out of UFC 235.

“Chaos” was in attendance for the co-main event between Kamaru Usman and Tyron Woodley for the welterweight title. When it was all said and done, Usman won the title via unanimous decision. Shortly after the fight, Usman and his manager, Ali Abdelaziz, ran into Covington at a Las Vegas hotel buffet.

A scuffle ensued, largely instigated by Abdelaziz. Speaking to Bloody Elbow recently, Covington blasted the mixed martial arts (MMA) manager for his actions:

“MMA managers are meant to be behind the scenes,” Covington said. “They’re not meant to be up in fighters’ faces acting like they’re tough. He was up in my face, ‘Let’s fight, let’s take this outside.’ I’m like, ‘Dude, you’re not even a fighter. I’ll dust you in a second.

“You’re conducting yourself like a little kid. You’re a manager, you’re supposed to be representing your fighters, and this is how you represent your fighters? You go out there and put innocent people and children in harm’s way? He’s a circus.

“That guy is a low life, trying to jump me in the Palms buffet. Ali’s a little scumbag. He’s a piece of sh-t. … He needs to get deported back to whatever country he snitched on. I would have pressed charges, but I don’t want Snoozeman to get deported back to Nigeria before I get to whoop his ass in the Octagon.”

Covington and Abdelaziz likely haven’t seen the last of one another. “Chaos” has been named the next challenger for the welterweight title. Soon, he and Usman will be matched up with the 170-pound title on the line, and Abdelaziz will definitely be alongside his client.

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Colby Covington On Ali Abdelaziz: ‘He’s A Piece Of Sh*t’

Colby Covington has harsh words for Kamaru Usman’s manager Ali Abdelaziz. Covington made quite the ruckus during UFC 235 fight week. He interrupted Usman’s open workout session, approached UFC president Dana White in a Las Vegas casino, and…

Colby Covington has harsh words for Kamaru Usman’s manager Ali Abdelaziz. Covington made quite the ruckus during UFC 235 fight week. He interrupted Usman’s open workout session, approached UFC president Dana White in a Las Vegas casino, and was in attendance for UFC 235 making a scene and goading Usman. What transpired just one day […]

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Santiago Ponzinibbio Has Unfinished Business With Kamaru Usman

Santiago Ponzinibbio believes he’ll eventually clash with Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight title holder Kamaru Usman. Ponzinibbio and Usman were supposed to meet back in May 2018. “Gente Boa” ended up pulling out of t…

Santiago Ponzinibbio believes he’ll eventually clash with Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight title holder Kamaru Usman. Ponzinibbio and Usman were supposed to meet back in May 2018. “Gente Boa” ended up pulling out of the event due to an injury. Usman ended up facing Demain Maia instead and earned a unanimous decision victory. Fast forward […]

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Watch: Kamaru Usman and Tyron Woodley’s Mother Share Emotional Moment After UFC 235

UFC 235 had no shortage of stories to take away from the event. One of the biggest being the welterweight title changing hands in the co-main event. Kamaru Usman dominated Tyron Woodley for five rounds to capture a unanimous decision victory and 170-po…

UFC 235 had no shortage of stories to take away from the event. One of the biggest being the welterweight title changing hands in the co-main event. Kamaru Usman dominated Tyron Woodley for five rounds to capture a unanimous decision victory and 170-pound gold. Although there was some tension before their bout, the two showed […]

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UFC Rankings Update: Kamaru Usman Enters P4P List

Over the weekend (Sat. March 2, 2019) the UFC 235 pay-per-view (PPV) certainly brought about a ton of changes. Tyron Woodley was unseated as welterweight champion by Kamaru Usman. “The Nigerian Nightmare” dominated Woodley for five rounds inside the Octagon. Also, former ONE and Bellator welterweight champion Ben Askren made his UFC debut with a […]

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Over the weekend (Sat. March 2, 2019) the UFC 235 pay-per-view (PPV) certainly brought about a ton of changes.

Tyron Woodley was unseated as welterweight champion by Kamaru Usman. “The Nigerian Nightmare” dominated Woodley for five rounds inside the Octagon. Also, former ONE and Bellator welterweight champion Ben Askren made his UFC debut with a first-round submission win over Robbie Lawler.

And of course, ex-UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt suffered his third-straight knockout defeat against Pedro Munhoz to open up the main card. Check out the updated UFC rankings here below:

POUND-FOR-POUND
1 Daniel Cormier 
2 Jon Jones 
3 Khabib Nurmagomedov 
4 Max Holloway 
5 Henry Cejudo 
6 Amanda Nunes +1
7 TJ Dillashaw +1
8 Conor McGregor +1
9 Kamaru Usman *NR
10 Stipe Miocic 
11 Robert Whittaker +1
12 Tony Ferguson +1
13 Tyron Woodley -7
14 Rose Namajunas 
15 Cris Cyborg 

FLYWEIGHT
Champion: Henry Cejudo
1 Jussier Formiga 
2 Joseph Benavidez 
3 Ray Borg 
4 Deiveson Figueiredo 
5 Wilson Reis 
6 Alexandre Pantoja 
7 Alex Perez 
8 Tim Elliott 
9 Rogerio Bontorin 
10 Magomed Bibulatov 
11 Eric Shelton 
12 Ryan Benoit 
13 TJ Dillashaw 
14 Kai Kara-France 
15 Matt Schnell 

BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: TJ Dillashaw
1 Marlon Moraes 
2 Raphael Assuncao +1
3 Aljamain Sterling +2
4 Pedro Munhoz +5
5 Dominick Cruz -1
6 Cody Garbrandt -4
7 Jimmie Rivera -1
8 John Lineker -1
9 Petr Yan -1
10 Cody Stamann +2
11 Rob Font -1
12 John Dodson -1
13 Alejandro Perez 
14 Thomas Almeida 
15 Ricky Simon

FEATHERWEIGHT
Champion: Max Holloway
1 Jose Aldo 
2 Brian Ortega 
3 Frankie Edgar 
4 Alexander Volkanovski 
5 Renato Moicano 
6 Zabit Magomedsharipov +7
7 Jeremy Stephens -1
8 Cub Swanson -1
9 Mirsad Bektic -1
10 Josh Emmett -1
11 Ricardo Lamas -1
12 Yair Rodriguez -1
13 Chan Sung Jung -1
14 Darren Elkins 
15 Calvin Kattar 

LIGHTWEIGHT
Champion: Khabib Nurmagomedov
1 Tony Ferguson 
2 Conor McGregor 
3 Dustin Poirier 
4 Al Iaquinta 
5 Kevin Lee 
6 Edson Barboza 
7 Justin Gaethje 
8 Anthony Pettis 
9 Donald Cerrone 
10 Paul Felder 
11 Gregor Gillespie 
12 Alexander Hernandez 
13 Nate Diaz 
14 James Vick 
15 Charles Oliveira 

WELTERWEIGHT
Champion: Kamaru Usman
1 Tyron Woodley -1
2 Colby Covington -1
3 Darren Till 
4 Stephen Thompson 
5 Rafael Dos Anjos 
6 Ben Askren *NR
7 Santiago Ponzinibbio 
8 Robbie Lawler -2
9 Demian Maia -1
10 Leon Edwards -1
11 Jorge Masvidal -1
12 Neil Magny -1
13 Gunnar Nelson -1
14 Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos -1
15 Vicente Luque -1

MIDDLEWEIGHT
Champion: Robert Whittaker
1 Yoel Romero 
2 Luke Rockhold 
3 Jacare Souza 
4 Kelvin Gastelum 
5 Israel Adesanya 
6 Chris Weidman 
7 Paulo Costa 
8 Derek Brunson 
9 Jared Cannonier 
10 Brad Tavares 
11 David Branch 
12 Antonio Carlos Junior 
13 Uriah Hall 
14 Elias Theodorou 
15 Anderson Silva 

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Jon Jones
1 Daniel Cormier 
2 Alexander Gustafsson 
3 Thiago Santos +1
4 Anthony Smith -1
5 Jan Blachowicz 
6 Volkan Oezdemir -1
7 Corey Anderson 
8 Dominick Reyes 
9 Ilir Latifi 
10 Jimi Manuwa 
11 Glover Teixeira 
12 Ovince Saint Preux 
13 Johnny Walker +2
14 Mauricio Rua -1
15 Misha Cirkunov -1

HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Daniel Cormier
1 Stipe Miocic 
2 Francis Ngannou 
3 Derrick Lewis 
4 Curtis Blaydes 
5 Alexander Volkov 
6 Alistair Overeem 
7 Cain Velasquez 
8 Junior Dos Santos 
9 Aleksei Oleinik 
10 Justin Willis +1
10 Marcin Tybura 
12 Tai Tuivasa 
13 Shamil Abdurakhimov 
14 Andrei Arlovski +1
15 Blagoy Ivanov *NR

WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHT
Champion: Rose Namajunas
1 Jessica Andrade 
2 Joanna Jedrzejczyk 
3 Nina Ansaroff 
3 Tatiana Suarez 
5 Claudia Gadelha 
6 Karolina Kowalkiewicz 
7 Weili Zhang +8
8 Tecia Torres -1
9 Michelle Waterson -1
10 Carla Esparza -1
11 Cynthia Calvillo -1
12 Felice Herrig -1
13 Cortney Casey 
14 Alexa Grasso -2
15 Randa Markos -1

WOMEN’S FLYWEIGHT
Champion: Valentina Shevchenko
1 Jessica Eye 
2 Sijara Eubanks 
3 Katlyn Chookagian 
4 Joanna Jedrzejczyk 
5 Alexis Davis 
6 Liz Carmouche 
7 Joanne Calderwood 
8 Roxanne Modafferi 
9 Lauren Murphy 
10 Andrea Lee 
10 Jessica-Rose Clark 
12 Montana De La Rosa 
13 Mara Romero Borella 
14 Paige VanZant 
15 Antonina Shevchenko 

WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: Amanda Nunes
1 Germaine de Randamie 
2 Holly Holm 
3 Ketlen Vieira 
4 Raquel Pennington 
5 Cat Zingano 
6 Marion Reneau 
7 Aspen Ladd 
8 Sara McMann 
9 Yana Kunitskaya 
10 Irene Aldana 
11 Tonya Evinger +1
12 Bethe Correia -1
13 Lina Lansberg 
14 Macy Chiasson *NR
15 Talita Bernardo -1

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