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Tony Ferguson Receives New Opponent, Loses Main Event Slot

Red hot No. 3-ranked UFC lightweight contender Tony “El Cucuy” Ferguson has won an ultra-impressive seven straight and was slated to main event the upcoming UFC Fight Night 91 card on July 13, 2016 opposite No. 10-ranked Michael “Maverick” Chiesa. Yesterday (June 27, 2016), however, it was reported that Chiesa had suffered a back injury

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According to a report from MMAJunkie, the UFC has called upon a new opponent for Ferguson, but it’s come at a price, as “El Cucuy” has lost his main event slot. Instead, he will now co-headline the card in a clash with UFC newcomer Landon Vannata.

Vannata, a member of the famed Jackson-Winklejohn Gym in New Mexico, boasts an impressive undefeated professional record of 8-0 with seven stoppages. He will undoubtedly be jumping up in competition and facing off with his toughest test to date when he meets Ferguson.

“El Cucuy” was most recently seen scoring a victory over deadly striker Edson Barboza. He was then slated to take on top contender and undefeated phenom Khabib “The Eagle” Nurmagomedov in April, but he was forced to withdraw from the bout with a lung injury.

Moving up into the main event spot will be an intriguing bantamweight bout between former title challenger Michael “Mayday” MacDonald and Brazilian slugger John “Hands of Stone” Lineker.

UFC Fight Night 91 will go down from the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

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Donald Cerrone: According To My Pay, I Don’t Mean S*** To The UFC

Perennial UFC lightweight contender and current rising welterweight Donald Cerrone returned with a record-breaking win at UFC Fight Night 89 in Ottawa. Taking on Patrick Cote in the co-main event of the exciting card from Canada last night (Saturday June 18, 2016) ‘Cowboy’ scored yet another fight night bonus, racking his total to promotional high

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With his career record now standing at 30-7, there are many options for Cerrone to consider next, but he sounds a little unhappy if his comments during the post fight presser last night were anything to go by.

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After 21 fights for the UC and 10 years as a professional mixed martial artist, Cerrone clearly feels he should be of greater monetary value the promotion. After taking out ‘The Predator’ (see the finish at the end of article) in front of the Canadian’s home crowd, ‘Cowboy’ spoke during the PFPC to voice his displeasure in his wages. As quoted by MMAJunkie:

“(The bonuses) all sound nice – according to my pay I don’t mean s*** to the UFC. But we’ll see. (I’m) going to talk to Dana after this and figure that out.”

Assuming Cerrone does get satisfaction from the meeting with UFC president Dana White, we could see a number of intriguing duels in either he lightweihgt, welterweight or potentially middleweight divisions. Although ‘Cowboy’ had previously teased a jump to 185 pounds, he indicated that a 155 or 170-pound bout is what’s on the horizon for now:

“I don’t know. 155 or 170, either way,” Cerrone said. “Whatever the fastest trip to the next fight is, whether it’s 155 or 170, that’s the route I’m going. I felt good. I probably was literally 176, 177 walking into this fight tonight. Either Diaz or Khabib at 155 or 170.”

You can rest assured that the always active Cerrone will want action sooner rather than later, but will the promotion, potentially on the eve of changing ownership, be willing to increase his basic. This writer would hope so, and there are plenty of other fighters who are also more than deserving, but will the UFC cough up the cash to keep Cerrone on the books?

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Khabib Nurmagomedov Incites Controversy By Posting Old Photo Holding Gun

Top UFC lightweight contender Khabib “The Eagle” Nurmagomedov has stirred up quite a bit of controversy over social media recently. The undefeated Dagestani wrestler recently took to both his official Twitter and Instagram accounts to post an old picture of himself holding a gun, labeling himself as a ’15 years old salted gangster’. Check it

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Top UFC lightweight contender Khabib “The Eagle” Nurmagomedov has stirred up quite a bit of controversy over social media recently.

The undefeated Dagestani wrestler recently took to both his official Twitter and Instagram accounts to post an old picture of himself holding a gun, labeling himself as a ’15 years old salted gangster’.

Check it out below:

15 years old salted gangster ????????. 15 ?????? ???????? ?? ?????? ????. #?????????? #??????????????

A photo posted by Khabib Nurmagomedov (@khabib_nurmagomedov) on Jun 12, 2016 at 3:11pm PDT

15 years old salted gangster ????????. 15 ?????? ???????? ?? ?????? ????. #?????????? #?????????????? https://t.co/2UFEUG4OkP

— khabib nurmagomedov (@TeamKhabib) June 12, 2016

While the picture may not be the most appropriate in general, the timing couldn’t be any worse as well.

Although Nurmagomedov doesn’t live in America, there was a recently a tragic shooting in Orlando, Florida. The incident was devastating and has taken over headlines in the last few days.

Nurmagomedov’s fans have surely brought it to him on social media, expressing their disproval of the picture.

“The Eagle” recently returned from a long layoff due to injuries to demolish UFC newcomer Darrel Horcher in April. It’s expected that he will next take on the winner of July’s title fight between champion Rafael dos Anjos and Eddie Alvarez.

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Luke Rockhold Reacts To Injury Criticisms Towards AKA

The American Kickboxing Academy in San Jose, California is home to some of the best mixed martial artists in the world including UFC champions Luke Rockhold and Daniel Cormier, former champion Cain Velasquez, and top contender Khabib Nurmagomedov. The success of the team inside of the cage speaks for itself, but AKA has also garnered

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The success of the team inside of the cage speaks for itself, but AKA has also garnered its fair share of criticisms due to its somewhat questionable injury history.

Velasquez and Nurmagomedov have been plagued with injuries over the last few years, and Cormier also recently pulled out of a highly anticipated title fight to due to an injury suffered in training.

While many have fired shots at the team, and more specifically at Velasquez, Rockhold recently spoke on the situation, saying that injuries happen in MMA, and that nothing is intentional:

“Injuries happen, we have a high level of competition at the gym,” said Rockhold in a recent interview with MMA Fighting. “But we’re family and people aren’t trying to hurt each other. From time to time, things happen. I don’t believe we have a big problem with injuries. I know myself, I know DC, I know a lot of these guys and a couple injuries plague you, but the rest of us have been pretty healthy.”

Continuing on, the reigning 185-pound champion said that AKA is simply the best camp in the world with the best fighters pushing each other to their limits:

“Cain gets some injuries, but people are fighting,” added Rockhold. “We just come from the top camp in the world with a lot of top names and there’s a lot of focus. Any time anyone gets hurt, people want to point the finger. But the thing is, we have the best camp in the world and there’s a reason why that’s happening.”

Do you agree with Rockhold, or does AKA seriously have to consider their training methods?

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Rafael Dos Anjos Explains Why Nurmagomedov Doesn’t Deserve Title Shot

While the MMA world was impressed with Khabib Nurmagomedov’s Octagon return against Darrell Horcher at the UFC On FOX 19 event earlier this month, reigning UFC Lightweight Champion Rafael dos Anjos was not.

After defeating Horcher, “The Eagle” made it clear that he has his sights set on another fight with Dos Anjos, a man he easily defeated inside the Octagon in the past. Dos Anjos, however, made it clear that despite the fact that he lost to Nurmagomedov in the past, he didn’t see anything in his recent fight against Horcher that impressed him.

Dos Anjos recently had the following to say abuot Nurmagomedov’s performance against Horcher, as well as a potential rematch with “The Eagle”:

“I was not even a little impressed. He fought a guy who has a full-time job and took the fight on a week’s notice. After the first minute, with all due respect, (Horcher) looked pink, completely out of shape, and (Khabib) still needed almost two rounds to finish the fight. Congratulations to the opponent that accepted the fight, but there’s no way… When I lost to Khabib, I was ranked No. 5 or 6 and many things have changed since. He beat a guy who has a full-time job, and I beat Jason High, Ben Henderson, Nate Diaz, Anthony Pettis and Donald Cerrone. He’s saying he needs some rest because he trained for three months for this fight? Wait a minute… Forty days after fighting him, I fought Jason High. Two months later, I fought Ben Henderson. When you want the belt, you have to work for it. I think that after a performance like that, he should at least fight Tony Ferguson in May. Now he beats a guy who has a full-time job and thinks he deserves a title shot? In my opinion, he does not. He has to work more. He can’t live the rest of his life saying ‘oh, I beat Rafael, I’m the champion without the belt’. He has to work.”

H/T to MMAFighting.com for transcribing the above quote.

Dos Anjos recently had the following to say abuot Nurmagomedov’s performance against Horcher, as well as a potential rematch with “The Eagle”:

“I was not even a little impressed. He fought a guy who has a full-time job and took the fight on a week’s notice. After the first minute, with all due respect, (Horcher) looked pink, completely out of shape, and (Khabib) still needed almost two rounds to finish the fight. Congratulations to the opponent that accepted the fight, but there’s no way… When I lost to Khabib, I was ranked No. 5 or 6 and many things have changed since. He beat a guy who has a full-time job, and I beat Jason High, Ben Henderson, Nate Diaz, Anthony Pettis and Donald Cerrone. He’s saying he needs some rest because he trained for three months for this fight? Wait a minute… Forty days after fighting him, I fought Jason High. Two months later, I fought Ben Henderson. When you want the belt, you have to work for it. I think that after a performance like that, he should at least fight Tony Ferguson in May. Now he beats a guy who has a full-time job and thinks he deserves a title shot? In my opinion, he does not. He has to work more. He can’t live the rest of his life saying ‘oh, I beat Rafael, I’m the champion without the belt’. He has to work.”

H/T to MMAFighting.com for transcribing the above quote.

Rafael Dos Anjos: Khabib Doesn’t Deserve Title Shot

Fans everywhere were excited to finally see the return of oft-injured lightweight contender Khabib Nurmagomedov at April 6’s UFC on FOX 19, even if it was just against an overmatched late replacement in Darrell Horcher, whom “The Eagle” finished via dominant ground and pound. Just don’t count lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos among them. According

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Just don’t count lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos among them.

According to the champ, Nurmagomedov’s victory was far from impressive. In a recent interview with MMA Fighting, ‘RDA’ spoke up with some harsh criticism about the win over Horcher, who was making his UFC debut:

“I was not even a little impressed. He fought a guy who has a full-time job and took the fight on a week’s notice. After the first minute, with all due respect, (Horcher) looked pink, completely out of shape, and (Khabib) still needed almost two rounds to finish the fight.

“Congratulations to the opponent that accepted the fight, but there’s no way… When I lost to Khabib, I was ranked No. 5 or 6 and many things have changed since. He beat a guy who has a full-time job, and I beat Jason High, Ben Henderson, Nate Diaz, Anthony Pettis and Donald Cerrone.”

Nurmagomedov could have most likely moved into an immediate title shot despite the low-ranking opponent, as he was the last fighter to defeat dos anjos with a dominant decision at UFC on FOX 11 in 2014. But “The Eagle” wants to take more time off for the religious holiday of Ramadan, and dos Anjos isn’t buying that as an excuse to sit out further:

“He’s saying he needs some rest because he trained for three months for this fight?” dos Anjos said. “Wait a minute… Forty days after fighting him, I fought Jason High. Two months later, I fought Ben Henderson. When you want the belt, you have to work for it. I think that after a performance like that, he should at least fight Tony Ferguson in May. The number of UFC fights he has, I did it in one year.

“I offered him to fight me in July when his fight got cancelled, but he couldn’t do it for religious reasons, I guess, but the opportunity was offered and he didn’t say yes. Now he beats a guy who has a full-time job and thinks he deserves a title shot? In my opinion, he does not. He has to work more. He can’t live the rest of his life saying ‘oh, I beat Rafael, I’m the champion without the belt’. He has to work. Forget about that. I’ve done a lot of things and evolved more since that fight.”

Dos Anjos will move on to a title fight with top contender Eddie Alvare as during the UFC’s jam-packed International Fight Week this July because he was unwilling to wait round for Nurmagomedov. ‘RDA’ continued on about the Dagestani talent’s absence repeatedly insisting that he should want to fight as much as possible:

“I can’t make plans for November in April. Khabib hasn’t fought in two years and wants to take six months off? What is that? If I take two years off, I would want to fight as much as possible. Many things will happen until November. I think he should fight more. He can’t expect to fight for the title whenever he wants, especially since his results don’t guarantee that. He beat a guy who has a full-time job.”

Finally, touching on his first loss to “The Eagle,” dos Anjos noted that he’s a completely different fighter after beating five straight opponents in dominant fashion. Based on those recent results, the champ believes the game has simply evolved too much for his nemesis to beat him in the rematch:

“I was a different fighter back then. I’ve done wrong things with my diet and my personal life, and I wasn’t 100 percent focused in the fight. It would be a completely different fight now. Take a look at my results and his results. It would be completely different. Two years have passed, the game has changed, and he needs better results.”

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