A highly anticipated lightweight bout between Gilbert Melendez and Khabib Nurmagomedov has been removed from the UFC 170 card. The news was originally reported by Mike Chiappetta for Fox Sports. The bout between the former Strikeforce champion and the surging Russian seemed to be a sure thing, to the extent that the fight was displayed […]
A highly anticipated lightweight bout between Gilbert Melendez and Khabib Nurmagomedov has been removed from the UFC 170 card. The news was originally reported by Mike Chiappetta for Fox Sports. The bout between the former Strikeforce champion and the surging Russian seemed to be a sure thing, to the extent that the fight was displayed […]
Bound by no god, even Zeus himself, Gilbert Melendez vs. Diego Sanchez produced instantaneous action. Cast with iron fists and limitless barbarism, both lightweights flourished under the bright lights of UFC 166. They produced one of the most hellacious battles in UFC history, which consequently overshadowed a main event featuring a storied heavyweight title trilogy. With […]
Bound by no god, even Zeus himself, Gilbert Melendez vs. Diego Sanchez produced instantaneous action. Cast with iron fists and limitless barbarism, both lightweights flourished under the bright lights of UFC 166. They produced one of the most hellacious battles in UFC history, which consequently overshadowed a main event featuring a storied heavyweight title trilogy. With […]
UPDATE 11:28 A.M. Eastern Time It didn’t take long for Sanchez to respond to Melendez, and to say he’s confident he would win a rematch is an understatement. @mmamania @ufc @GilbertMelendez @danawhite ill be more than happy to knock your ass out again only I wont go for chokes gnp and its a tko. — […]
UPDATE 11:28 A.M. Eastern Time It didn’t take long for Sanchez to respond to Melendez, and to say he’s confident he would win a rematch is an understatement. @mmamania @ufc @GilbertMelendez @danawhite ill be more than happy to knock your ass out again only I wont go for chokes gnp and its a tko. — […]
Fifteen minutes of hell. That is what Gilbert Melendez planned to bring to Diego Sanchez when the two men squared off last Saturday night at UFC 166. With the hard-nosed mindset both men possessed, and each having a notorious love for the scrap, “El Nino” knew exactly what he was going to have to do […]
Fifteen minutes of hell. That is what Gilbert Melendez planned to bring to Diego Sanchez when the two men squared off last Saturday night at UFC 166. With the hard-nosed mindset both men possessed, and each having a notorious love for the scrap, “El Nino” knew exactly what he was going to have to do […]
HOUSTON — The requirements of a UFC champion has added many a burden to the life of Anthony Pettis. Pettis, who won the title from Benson Henderson at UFC 163, meets me in the lobby of my downtown Houston hotel on Friday morning. He’s just come from an engagement at the MetroPCS store nearby, where […]
HOUSTON — The requirements of a UFC champion has added many a burden to the life of Anthony Pettis. Pettis, who won the title from Benson Henderson at UFC 163, meets me in the lobby of my downtown Houston hotel on Friday morning. He’s just come from an engagement at the MetroPCS store nearby, where […]
HOUSTON—Former Strikeforce lightweight champion Gilbert Melendez came within one judge’s decision of becoming the UFC lightweight champion when he faced former champion Benson Henderson earlier this year. Melendez was believed, nearly unanimously so, to have won the fight. However, two of the three judges did not see it his way, and “El Niño” was sent […]
HOUSTON—Former Strikeforce lightweight champion Gilbert Melendez came within one judge’s decision of becoming the UFC lightweight champion when he faced former champion Benson Henderson earlier this year. Melendez was believed, nearly unanimously so, to have won the fight. However, two of the three judges did not see it his way, and “El Niño” was sent […]