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After winning the UFC’s interim welterweight championship, Colby Covington would like to face Tyron Woodley at Madison Square Garden (MSG) in November. Last night (June 9), Covington secured a unanimous decision victory over Rafael Dos Anjos in t…
After winning the UFC’s interim welterweight championship, Colby Covington would like to face Tyron Woodley at Madison Square Garden (MSG) in November. Last night (June 9), Covington secured a unanimous decision victory over Rafael Dos Anjos in the co-main event of UFC 225. The event took place at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The […]
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Recently, Bellator, the only mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion that can be considered to even be in the vicinity of the UFC, has made waves with their ultra-busy – and potentially ultra- successful – last week that saw them sign three Top 10-ranked former UFC fighters. The ‘new’ (or perhaps just same-old) strategy of fledgling
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Recently, Bellator, the only mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion that can be considered to even be in the vicinity of the UFC, has made waves with their ultra-busy – and potentially ultra- successful – last week that saw them sign three Top 10-ranked former UFC fighters.
The ‘new’ (or perhaps just same-old) strategy of fledgling UFC owners WME-IMG has seemingly been to cut costs by jettisoning not only many employees’ salaries, but also many fighters who did not agree to the offer that was given, even those who could still be considered in their athletic primes. The names Lorenz Larkin, Ryan Bader, and Michael McDonald will do much to bolster Bellator’s legitimacy and status, yet on UFC banners, they were deemed expendable, which will only be to the benefit of Scott Coker and company.
Even more shocking was the nonchalant attitudes with which all three top contenders were let go, as Larkin, arguably the most valuable of the three, said there no was ‘trust’ in the negotiations that saw him receive an offer months after he became a free agent, and McDonald’s detailed back-and-forth with UFC matchmaker Sean Shelby, whom he once considered a ‘friend,’ that persuaded him to ask for and receive his release.
Bader was a top contender who never quite burst through to a title shot, but Dana White brushed it off by saying he knew “Darth” was gone, even in a talent-hungry 205-pound division that’s quickly become the most top-heavy landscape in the UFC.
Whether or not those decisions to let these three fighters go will come back to haunt them remains to be seen. What is true in the most immediate months is that it allows Bellator, the UFC’s closest (and only) competition, to absolutely stack their upcoming Bellator 180 pay-per-view (PPV) from Madison Square Garden this June, as Larkin will take on Bellator welterweight champ Douglas Lima in one of the two already scheduled title bouts in addition to Fedor Emelianenko’s NYC debut.
Bader will most likely follow suit with a title bout against Bellator light heavyweight champion and fellow UFC defector Phil Davis in the near future. Those are two extremely strong bouts for Bellator MMA, even if they wouldn’t be all that big in the octagon.
Now, Coker has a long, long way to go until he even begins to consider himself on par with industry leader UFC; that much is obvious. But he made some absolutely huge steps last week in the signings of three currently relevant fighters and the announcing of Bellator 180, although a big gamble in some aspects, could finally put them on the map as a true player in MMA, especially with the UFC floundering mightily to start 2017.
Bellator has show they’re willing to sign more than just big-name former UFC champions who are par past their prime, even though they’re clearly going to mix in a few of those names like Chael Sonnen and Tito Ortiz for name recognition. It’s a formula that appears to be working, and it should only get bigger and better when more highly ranked UFC fighters sign on. What do you think? Has Bellator finally become a true threat to the UFC after many years of attempts?
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With newly-crowned dual-weight champion Conor McGregor reportedly out until May as he welcomes his first child into the world, all of MMA will have a few months to speculate over just whom “The Notorious” will fight next. Of course the usual suspects of longtime rival Nate Diaz and welterweight champion Tyron Woodley continue to appear
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With newly-crowned dual-weight champion Conor McGregor reportedly out until May as he welcomes his first child into the world, all of MMA will have a few months to speculate over just whom “The Notorious” will fight next.
Of course the usual suspects of longtime rival Nate Diaz and welterweight champion Tyron Woodley continue to appear in press clippings. That’s the fight that McGregor’s longtime striking coach Owen Roddy said he wants for his star pupil during an appearance on this week’s “The MMA Hour” (transcribed by MMA Mania):
“For me? Go up and go for three belts … maybe Woodley,” Roddy said. “But, [doing] Diaz again as well is another great one, because I think it’s what fans would want to see. They want to see something special again. [Doing] The Diaz fight again is special. The Woodley fight is special.”
But even with two guaranteed monumental bouts against Diaz and Woodley in the works, there is still the looming specter of undefeated Russian wrestler Khabib Nurmagomedov, who last seen brutally dismantling Michael Johnson at November 12’s UFC 205 – the card where McGregor halted Eddie Alvarez to make history.
“The Eagle,” his coach, his teammates, and even a retired MMA legend have been spouting off that McGregor is ducking Nurmagomedov, but Roddy gave his own perspective from a respectful angle of thoughtful fight analysis before questioning if the fight was big enough for “The Notorious”:
“You can’t really doubt Khabib at this stage now. “He’s a phenomenal grappler — a phenomenal wrestler — but I don’t know whether the excitement is there, you know? Obviously, for Conor, it’s about the pay-per-views … about the money. Whether Khabib will hit the pay-per-views for him, I don’t know, but he’s definitely there. He poses a different threat, so it would be good to try and work out the strikes that are going to land on him.
If the UFC’s biggest superstar is to finally sign on to fight Nurmagomedov, Roddy focused on the belief that aside from his world-class wrestling, “The Eagle” can be hit, as evident by his two most recent performances since returning from a long layoff due to injury:
“He can be hit as well, I will say that,” Roddy continued. “He got hit a bit [against Darrell Horcher] and the same again [against Michael Johnson]. I believe that if you give Conor a chance to land once, I don’t know whether people can come back from that. But, it would be definitely an interesting fight. They’re the three names I suppose: Khabib, Woodley — because it would be just insane — can you imagine the excitement of that? That would be crazy. And then, obviously, you can’t argue with the Nate fight again.”
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With Nate Diaz, Tyron Woodley, and even Floyd Mayweather heading a long list of candidates for Conor McGregor’s opponent after his lightweight title victory over Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205, it seems that top-ranked lightweight Khabib Nurmagomedov may get left in the dark. The dominant grappler has been more than vocal about finally getting the title shot
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With Nate Diaz, Tyron Woodley, and even Floyd Mayweather heading a long list of candidates for Conor McGregor’s opponent after his lightweight title victory over Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205, it seems that top-ranked lightweight Khabib Nurmagomedov may get left in the dark.
The dominant grappler has been more than vocal about finally getting the title shot he feels is long overdue, threatening to leave the UFC if he is not given the next opportunity.
And it’s hard to argue with the dominant wrestler following his own vicious destruction of Michael ‘The Menace’ Johnson at UFC 205. The victory extended his perfect record to 24-0, meaning a shot at gold would seem to be inevitable, yet McGregor hasn’t been so agreeable.
Citing “The Eagle’s” frequent pulling out of fights due to injury, “Notorious” said he’s not interested in facing the Dagestan-born lightweight. That has lead to Khabib’s American Kickboxing Academy (AKA) coach Javier Mendez to offer his belief that McGregor is simply ducking his top lightweight:
“Yes, 100 percent, he is ducking Khabib,” Mendez told ESPN.com. “I know that from the words he is saying. ‘He doesn’t fight enough for my taste’? Give me a break.”
Mendez elaborated on his stance, noting that a third fight with rival Diaz is understandable, but there’s no reason to put Nurmagomedov down in the process, especially if he isn’t willing to fight him:
“You can say, ‘Hey, I want to fight Nate Diaz a third time.’ Fine. Say that. But don’t try to put my guy down because you are trying to avoid him. Don’t belittle my guy. That’s bulls—.”
The AKA head man believed “Notorious” was beyond ducking anyone when he faced Chad Mendes on short notice at July 2015’s UFC 189, but now is starting to think he’s gone back on that trend, as “The Eagle” would give his toughest test in the division:
“When he fought Chad Mendes, I thought it proved he wasn’t ducking anybody,” Mendez said. “But now he’s doing this and I’m thinking he’s trying to avoid Khabib. I think Khabib, [lightweight contenders] Nate Diaz and Tony Ferguson all give Conor a hell of a fight — but the guy who gives him the worst time, by far, is Khabib. He’s the strongest grappler in the division.”
Finally, Mendez cleared up Khabib’s stance overall, calling “The Eagle’s” drive to fight McGregor simply about being the best, not getting a fight with MMA’s biggest star:
“That’s what he has said this whole time,” Mendez said. “And it’s not about fighting Conor. He doesn’t care if he fights Conor. He wants to fight for the title. He has no beef with any fighter out there. He wants the title to prove he’s the best, and he wants to defend it against the best.”
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In the four days since Conor McGregor’s win over Eddie Alvarez in the main event of last weekend’s (Sat., Nov. 12, 2016) UFC 205 from Madison Square Garden, much of the talk in the MMA world has been focused on just whom ‘The Notorious’ will fight next. There’s a potential rubber match with Nate Diaz,
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In the four days since Conor McGregor’s win over Eddie Alvarez in the main event of last weekend’s (Sat., Nov. 12, 2016) UFC 205 from Madison Square Garden, much of the talk in the MMA world has been focused on just whom ‘The Notorious’ will fight next.
There’s a potential rubber match with Nate Diaz, and even a possible welterweight title fight versus Tyron Woodley, yet the one outrageous prospect that just won’t seem to fade away is his oft-discussed (but hardly realistic) boxing match with undefeated champion Floyd Mayweather Jr.
It could be becoming a bit more realistic after McGregor made history, and indeed the two superstars have kept the hype rolling by throwing smack talk at each other in public interviews. The Irishman continued that last night when he appeared at 1 OAK nightclub in NYC (courtesy of TMZ Sports), proclaiming that Mayweather didn’t want a ‘real fight’ in the DJ booth:
“Floyd’s not ready for this. Much respect to Floyd. He’s a solid businessman on what he’s been able to do. He’s a f**king animal at what he’s been able to do. But as far as real fighting … as far as true pure unarmed combat … Floyd don’t want none of this.”
“He wants a boxing match, he doesn’t want a fight.”I want a $100 million cash to fight him under boxing rules. He’s afraid of a real fight.”
As the biggest name in the UFC by a wide margin right now, McGregor almost made headlines right after his win over Alvarez when he demanded a stake in the UFC after new owners WME-IMG purchased the booming company for a staggering $4.2 billion this summer.
That may sounds like an extremely ridiculous proposition, but if his history in the UFC is any indication, McGregor gets what he wants. Given his recent track record of smashing records each and every fight, his employers may have no choice but meet him at the bargaining table.
The fight with Mayweather, while a distant possibility, is still a possibility, and would be a bout that had the potential to break every modern pay-per-view (PPV) record. It’s also an extremely lofty amount Mayweather’s team may not agree to pay ‘The Notorious.’
Will McGregor vs. Mayweather ever happen? Should it?
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As much of a spectacle it was for MMA to see Conor McGregor become the first concurrent two-weight class champion when he beat Eddie Alvarez at last weekend’s groundbreaking UFC 205 event from Madison Square Garden, McGregor could amazingly compete for a third UFC title in the not-so-distant future. “The Notorious” has been rumored to
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As much of a spectacle it was for MMA to see Conor McGregor become the first concurrent two-weight class champion when he beat Eddie Alvarez at last weekend’s groundbreaking UFC 205 event from Madison Square Garden, McGregor could amazingly compete for a third UFC title in the not-so-distant future.
“The Notorious” has been rumored to possibly be headed for a welterweight championship fight with Tyron Woodley, who fought Stephen Thompson to a close majority draw in the UFC co-main event – and even loaned McGregor his belt when the Irish star called out for a second strap following his second round finish of Alvarez.
The fact that happened was surprising considering McGregor laid the groundwork for a fight with Woodley by calling him a “b****’ before the two got into a heated Twitter war of words. But at the post-fight press conference (via MMA Junkie) after his close bout with “Wonderboy,” Woodley addressed the looming issue of facing a longtime featherweight:
“To be just straight up honest, Conor McGregor is a guy that fought at 145 – ever in his life. I haven’t weighed 145 since my sophomore year of high school.”
While it may sound like Woodley believes it would be a mismatch even after McGregor beat Nate Diaz at welterweight at UFC 202, “The Chosen One” insisted that wasn’t the case:
“I’m not going to say that. Because he’s tall, he has long arms, he has good timing, and when you’ve got good timing like that, you can place place good punches. But I’m 100 percent positive he’s never been hit with the shots I’d hit him with.”
Woodley continued on to clear up how he feels he would dominate McGregor, and while knows it would be a massive fight were McGregor to fight for a third belt, he doesn’t think it’s a very beneficial match-up for him. Still, he wouldn’t let that stop it from happening if it came down to it:
“I just don’t think Conor understands the pressure I can put on him and the power I can put on him and all the different attacks. I think it’s good for media, but in general, man, I don’t know how I can win. If I beat him, everyone’s going to say I’m supposed to beat him and that he’s a former featherweight. And if I lose to him, we know what’s going to happen there. If he wants to fight, we can sign it right now. I’m good on the fight. I just don’t think it’s a good idea for him to fight me.”
Woodley makes some good points as usual; but it’s extremely tough to understand why a champion who just months ago was calling for a “money fight” with either Georges St-Pierre or Nick Diaz moments after he beat Robbie Lawler to win the title.
There’s no bigger money fight than McGregor – now or ever in the history of the UFC – so if Woodley believes he holds such significant advantages over the Irish “Double champ,” he’d be well-served to continue his Twitter beef and anything else with MMA’s most well-known competitor.
He may feel like he’s got nothing to win, but in truth, it’s simply a once-in-a-lifetime payday.
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