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GSP Was Reportedly Offered An Interesting Opponent For UFC 200

UFC brass has attempted to replace the blockbuster UFC 200 main event that was to be Nate Diaz vs. Conor McGregor II with the return of longtime former welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre. “GSP” was rumored to be offered a bout against undefeated lightweight Khabib Nurmagomedov. In a recent interview with Match TV, the Russian admitted

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UFC brass has attempted to replace the blockbuster UFC 200 main event that was to be Nate Diaz vs. Conor McGregor II with the return of longtime former welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre.

“GSP” was rumored to be offered a bout against undefeated lightweight Khabib Nurmagomedov. In a recent interview with Match TV, the Russian admitted to have being offered the main event of the UFC’s blockbuster event in July:

“Yesterday the UFC called me with a proposal to hold the main bout of the evening against Nate Diaz, or against Georges St-Pierre.”

The event, however, is too close to the Russian’s religious holiday of Ramadan, making it difficult to be healthy enough for a five round bout:

“They hope that I will take the fight. But it is four days after the month of Ramadan, and it would be hard physically to fight five rounds. I’ll be back in September and October.”

While there have been rumblings of negotiations for GSP’s return, nothing has been made official just yet. A bout with Diaz could potentially be a huge draw for both men in their respective situations.

A win over Nurmagomedov could thrust Diaz into immediate title contention, while a victory for “The Eagle” over the man who beat Conor McGregor could propel him into the next tier of stardom.

The return of “GSP” or a clash with Nate Diaz vs. Nurmagomedov would be a huge main event, this news can definitely confirm the UFC is desperately scrambling to find a new main event for the supposedly phenomenal upcoming PPV event.

Nurmagomedov seems reluctant to take the bout so close to Ramadan, so it should be interesting to see what the UFC can muster up next in attempt to save the main event of the otherwise stacked card.

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Khabib Nurmagomedov Says UFC Offered Him GSP, Diaz Fights For UFC 200

Well, it looks like the UFC is scrambling to book a new main event for UFC 200, and it appears that they are thinking outside the box.

UFC Lightweight contender Khabib Nurmagomedov recently claimed that UFC officials offered him a fight against Geor…

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Well, it looks like the UFC is scrambling to book a new main event for UFC 200, and it appears that they are thinking outside the box.

UFC Lightweight contender Khabib Nurmagomedov recently claimed that UFC officials offered him a fight against Georges St-Pierre or Nate Diaz for the upcoming UFC 200 event in July.

According to “The Eagle,” however, he will not be able to make his Octagon return until September or October.

“Yesterday the UFC called me with a proposal to hold the main bout of the evening against Nate Diaz, or against Georges St-Pierre,” Nurmagomedov told Match TV. “They hope that I will take the fight. But it is four days after the month of Ramadan, and it would be hard physically to fight five rounds. I’ll be back in September and October.”

As things stand now, there is still no new opponent for Diaz at UFC 200, nor has a new main event been announced. Initially, Conor McGregor was to fight Diaz in an immediate rematch at 170 pounds in the main event of UFC 200, however that fight was canceled this week when McGregor refused to take part in his promotional commitments.

UFC 200 is scheduled for Saturday, July 9, 2016 at the brand new T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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

UFC Rankings Update: Khabib Nurmagomedov Retakes Top Spot At Lightweight

The official UFC rankings have received yet another shakeup in the fallout of this past weekend’s (Sat., April 16, 2016) UFC on FOX 19 from the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida, and none of those shifts may be more significant than Khabib Nurmagomedov’s reclaiming of the top spot at lightweight following his dominant stoppage win over

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The official UFC rankings have received yet another shakeup in the fallout of this past weekend’s (Sat., April 16, 2016) UFC on FOX 19 from the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida, and none of those shifts may be more significant than Khabib Nurmagomedov’s reclaiming of the top spot at lightweight following his dominant stoppage win over late replacement Darrell Horcher.

It’s not all that surprising of a shift given that “The Eagle” dominated current champion Rafael dos Anjos in his last fight before missing almost two years due to knee injuries, but new No. 2-ranked will get the next shot at “RDA” this July nonetheless.

In other movement, the women’s bantamweight division saw a lot of movement because of Raquel Pennington’s hard-fought win over Bethe Correia at UFC on FOX 19. “Rocky” went up three spots to No. 9 as a result, which Correia dropped three spots to No. 12. Liz Carmouche moved up to No. 8 as a result, while Valentia Shevchenko and Lauren Murphy moved up one spot each to Nos. 10 and 13, respectively, and Marion Reneau inexplicably shot up three spots to No. 12.

At light heavyweight, Glover Teixeira moved up one spot for his massive first-round knockout of former champion Rashad Evans, overtaking the No. 4 spot from Alexander Gustafsson. Evans held steady at his previous No. 7 ranking. At middleweight, all-time great former champion Anderson “The Spider” Silva regained the No. 5 spot from Lyoto Machida after “The Dragon” admitted to taking a banned substance and was pulled from his scheduled rematch with Dan Henderson.

Lightweight saw another big move up aside from Nurmagomedov, as rising underdog contender Michael Chiesa rose an incredible five spots to No. 9 for his emphatic second-round submission of previous No. 7 contender Beneil Dariush. Dariush fell down to No. 10 as a result. Donald Cerrone also rose one spot to No. 5 at lightweight, trading spots with Nate Diaz, who fell down to No. 6 heading into his rematch with Conor McGregor. Edson Barboza also rose one spot to No. 8 heading into his fight with former champion Anthony Pettis at this Saturday’s UFC 197.

Bantamweight saw some shift thanks to the electrifying debut of former flyweight title contender John Dodson, who knocked out Manny Gamburyan in an impressive 47 seconds to debut at the No. 10 spot. Johnny Eduardo, Jimmie Rivera, and Eddie Wineland all dropped a spot as a result, and Frankie Saenz dropped two. John Lineker held steady at No. 12, yet his previously scheduled opponent Cody Garbrandt fell out of the rankings with Dodson debuting.

At flyweight, every contender below No. 2-ranked Henry Cejudo, who will meet dominant champ Demetrious Johnson in the UFC 197 co-main event, rose up one spot with Dodson now moved up to his old home at 135 pounds.

Check out the full rankings update via the UFC’s official website right here:

POUND-FOR-POUND
1 Jon Jones
2 Demetrious Johnson
3 Luke Rockhold
4 Fabricio Werdum
5 Dominick Cruz
6 Rafael Dos Anjos
7 Robbie Lawler
8 Conor McGregor
9 Daniel Cormier
10 Jose Aldo
11 Chris Weidman
12 Frankie Edgar
13 TJ Dillashaw
14 Joanna Jedrzejczyk
15 Miesha Tate

FLYWEIGHT
Champion: Demetrious Johnson
1 Joseph Benavidez
2 Henry Cejudo
3 Jussier Formiga +1
4 Ian McCall +1
5 Kyoji Horiguchi +1
6 John Moraga +1
7 Zach Makovsky +1
8 Wilson Reis +1
9 Dustin Ortiz +1
10 Ali Bagautinov +1
11 Justin Scoggins +1
12 Louis Smolka +1
13 Ray Borg +1
14 Sergio Pettis +1
15 Ben Nguyen *NR

BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: Dominick Cruz
1 TJ Dillashaw
2 Renan Barao
3 Urijah Faber
4 Raphael Assuncao
5 Aljamain Sterling
6 Michael McDonald
7 Thomas Almeida
8 Bryan Caraway
9 Takeya Mizugaki
10 John Dodson *NR
11 Johnny Eduardo -1
12 John Lineker
13 Frankie Saenz -2
14 Jimmie Rivera -1
15 Eddie Wineland -1

FEATHERWEIGHT
Champion: Conor McGregor
1 Jose Aldo
2 Frankie Edgar
3 Chad Mendes
4 Max Holloway
5 Ricardo Lamas
6 Cub Swanson
7 Charles Oliveira
8 Dennis Bermudez
9 Jeremy Stephens
10 Hacran Dias
11 Darren Elkins
12 Brian Ortega
13 Tatsuya Kawajiri
14 Mirsad Bektic +1
15 Clay Guida -1

LIGHTWEIGHT
Champion: Rafael Dos Anjos
1 Khabib Nurmagomedov +1
2 Eddie Alvarez -1
3 Anthony Pettis
4 Tony Ferguson
5 Donald Cerrone +1
6 Nate Diaz -1
7 Michael Johnson
8 Edson Barboza +1
9 Michael Chiesa +5
10 Beneil Dariush -3
11 Dustin Poirier -1
12 Al Iaquinta -1
13 Bobby Green -1
14 Evan Dunham -1
15 Rashid Magomedov

WELTERWEIGHT
Champion: Robbie Lawler
1 Rory MacDonald
2 Stephen Thompson
3 Tyron Woodley
4 Carlos Condit
5 Johny Hendricks
6 Demian Maia
7 Neil Magny
8 Matt Brown
9 Dong Hyun Kim
10 Tarec Saffiedine
11 Rick Story
12 Kelvin Gastelum
13 Albert Tumenov
14 Hector Lombard
15 Thiago Alves

MIDDLEWEIGHT
Champion: Luke Rockhold
1 Chris Weidman
2 Jacare Souza
3 Vitor Belfort
4 Michael Bisping
5 Anderson Silva +1
6 Lyoto Machida -1
7 Robert Whittaker
8 Gegard Mousasi
9 Tim Kennedy
10 Uriah Hall
11 Derek Brunson
12 Thales Leites
13 Rafael Natal
14 Dan Henderson
15 CB Dollaway

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Daniel Cormier
1 Jon Jones
2 Anthony Johnson
3 Glover Teixeira +1
4 Alexander Gustafsson -1
5 Ryan Bader
6 Ovince Saint Preux
7 Rashad Evans
8 Mauricio Rua
9 Jimi Manuwa
10 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
11 Patrick Cummins
12 Corey Anderson
13 Ilir Latifi
14 Nikita Krylov
15 Gian Villante

HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Fabricio Werdum
1 Cain Velasquez
2 Stipe Miocic
3 Alistair Overeem
4 Junior Dos Santos
5 Andrei Arlovski
6 Ben Rothwell
7 Travis Browne
8 Mark Hunt
9 Josh Barnett
10 Roy Nelson
11 Frank Mir
12 Antonio Silva
13 Derrick Lewis
14 Ruslan Magomedov
15 Alexey Oliynyk

WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHT
Champion: Joanna Jedrzejczyk
1 Claudia Gadelha
2 Carla Esparza
3 Rose Namajunas
4 Tecia Torres
5 Valerie Letourneau +1
6 Jessica Penne -1
7 Paige VanZant
8 Maryna Moroz
9 Michelle Waterson
10 Karolina Kowalkiewicz
11 Joanne Calderwood
12 Randa Markos
13 Jessica Aguilar
14 Juliana Lima
15 Justine Kish

WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: Miesha Tate
1 Holly Holm
2 Ronda Rousey
3 Cat Zingano
4 Amanda Nunes
5 Julianna Pena
6 Sara McMann
7 Jessica Eye
8 Liz Carmouche +1
9 Raquel Pennington +3
10 Valentina Shevchenko +1
11 Bethe Correia -3
12 Marion Reneau +3
13 Lauren Murphy +1
14 Germaine de Randamie -1
15 Ashlee Evans-Smith *NR

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Five Biggest Takeaways From UFC On FOX 19

UFC on FOX 19 has concluded and the card greatly exceeded expectations. Seven of the eleven scheduled bouts where finished while the remaining four produced spectacular decision wins. While the fantastic card did provided MMA fans with entertaining fights, we also learned a few things about the near future of some of the fighters from the event.

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UFC on FOX 19 has concluded and the card greatly exceeded expectations. Seven of the eleven scheduled bouts where finished while the remaining four produced spectacular decision wins.

While the fantastic card did provided MMA fans with entertaining fights, we also learned a few things about the near future of some of the fighters from the event. Here are 5 things we learned from UFC on FOX 19.

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Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Darrell Horcher Full Fight Video Highlights

After being out of action just a few days short of two years due to a string of unfortunate knee injuries, top lightweight contender Khabib Nurmagomedov was itching to get back into the Octagon at last night’s (Sat., April 16, 2016) UFC on FOX 19 from the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida. His original opponent, streaking

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After being out of action just a few days short of two years due to a string of unfortunate knee injuries, top lightweight contender Khabib Nurmagomedov was itching to get back into the Octagon at last night’s (Sat., April 16, 2016) UFC on FOX 19 from the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida.

His original opponent, streaking Tony Ferguson, was forced off the card due to having blood in his lungs, so “The Eagle” took on (very) late replacement Darrell Horcher at a catchweight of 160 pounds.

As expected, the heavy favorite Nurmagomedov used his vaunted world-class wrestling skills to throw Horcher to the mat after a few decent moments from the debutee early, raining down a relentless assault of ground and pound to earn the stoppage victory in the second round.

It was a triumphant return for the dominant but oft-injured Nurmagomedov, and now his real battle to win the UFC lightweight championship will begin.

Check out the full fight video highlights of his return win over Horcher here:

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Khabib Nurmagomedov Extends Offer To Help Opponent Darrell Horcher

Khabib Nurmagomedov just wanted to fight at UFC on FOX 19.

The unbeaten lightweight contender missed several months of action with injuries himself, so when Tony Ferguson was forced out, Nurmagomedov begged for an opponent.

Officials signed prosp…

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Khabib Nurmagomedov just wanted to fight at UFC on FOX 19.

The unbeaten lightweight contender missed several months of action with injuries himself, so when Tony Ferguson was forced out, Nurmagomedov begged for an opponent.

Officials signed prospect Darrell Horcher to face “The Eagle,” and Horcher took him to the second round before falling Saturday night.

After, Nurmagomedov offered his respect to Horcher and even extended an invitation to help him train later on down the road.