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Poll: Was UFC 200 A Letdown?

Now that the dust has settled on last night’s (Sat., July 9, 2016) supposedly historic UFC 200 pay-per-view (PPV) from the brand new T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, the MMA world is left to collectively pickup the pieces of an event that promised to be the best of all-time on paper but may have fallen painfully

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Now that the dust has settled on last night’s (Sat., July 9, 2016) supposedly historic UFC 200 pay-per-view (PPV) from the brand new T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, the MMA world is left to collectively pickup the pieces of an event that promised to be the best of all-time on paper but may have fallen painfully short of those perhaps unattainable expectations.

A big part of that was obviously the last-minute shuffling of the main event after interim light heavyweight champ Jon Jones was unceremoniously forced out of his heated rematch with Daniel Cormier. Middleweight legend Anderson Silva courageously stepped in to replace Jones, but on 48 hours’ notice after gall bladder surgery only two months ago, he was predictably smothered by the bigger, stronger wrestler in ‘DC,’ who didn’t earn himself any new fans by laying on Silva for the vast majority of their 15-minute bout.

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Neither can be blamed for the entire card’s performance based on the circumstances, but the result was simply a microcosm of an event that was built up to unachievable levels. Yes, Brock Lesnar returned to the Octagon with a successful wrestling-based decision win over Mark Hunt in the co-main. Former heavyweight champ Cain Velasquez also returned from yet another year off to destroy Travis Browne on the main card’s opening bout, an impressive win that got lost in the mix of hype and expectation. He looked amazing. When healthy and on point, Velasquez has a pinpoint striking game that mixes speed, precision, and power like few in MMA history can claim.

But by the time Amanda Nunes absolutely dominated Miesha Tate in a strangely booked main event, a lot of the Vegas crowd had filled out onto the Strip after a night of exhausting their vocal chords booing an event they no doubt paid vast amounts of money to witness live. Maybe the hype just couldn’t be lived up to in this instance, but then again, the UFC created it as well.

What was your opinion on the supposed ‘biggest UFC ever?’ Did it even come close to living up to the massive expectation?

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Amanda Nunes vs. Miesha Tate Full Fight Video Highlights

UFC women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate was looking for her first title defense when she squared off against surging challenger Amanda Nunes in the main event of last night’s (Sat., July 9, 2016) UFC 200 pay-per-view (PPV) from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Tate came in as a sizeable favorite, yet a sliver of

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UFC women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate was looking for her first title defense when she squared off against surging challenger Amanda Nunes in the main event of last night’s (Sat., July 9, 2016) UFC 200 pay-per-view (PPV) from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Tate came in as a sizeable favorite, yet a sliver of doubt was potentially cast upon her chances when she almost missed weigh-ins and had to take off her clothes to make weight for the championship fight.

And it may have had an effect, as Nunes came out fast out of the gates as expected and absolutly poured it on Tate after a missed takedown attempt on ‘Cupcake,’ landing a seemingly never-ending of pinpoint power shots to have the former champion nearly knocked out before finishing her with a tight modified rear-naked choke.

Check out the full fight video highlight’s of Nunes’ massive title-sealing win here:

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Mark Hunt & Miesha Tate Make Last-Minute UFC 200 Predictions

It’s finally here, after months of hype and drawn out anticipation, UFC 200 fight day has arrived. What a crazy night of fights we have to look forward to, as Las Vegas is buzzing and all the talking is very nearly done. In the main event of the evening we have Jon Jones vs. Daniel Cormier

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It’s finally here, after months of hype and drawn out anticipation, UFC 200 fight day has arrived. What a crazy night of fights we have to look forward to, as Las Vegas is buzzing and all the talking is very nearly done. In the main event of the evening we have Jon Jones vs. Daniel Cormier Brock Lesnar vs. Mark Hunt Miesha Tate vs. Amanda Nunes following a highly unexpected mid-week shuffle. It was announced Wednesday (July 6) that ‘Bones’ had failed a drug test and was to be removed from the landmark #200 pay-per-view card.

The heavyweight collision between Mark Hunt and Brock Lesnar was temporarily moved up to the main event slot, before Tate vs. Nunes sent them packing back to the second fiddle fight. So the most historic card in UFC history is lead in to the July 9 spotlight, after an insane fight week packed with three events, by the women’s bantamweight championship bout. Can anyone else smell a trilogy maker with Ronda Rousey here?

Miesha Tate and Amanda Nunes

‘Cupcake’ faces a very fierce contender in Amanda Nunes, but does she offer anything more difficult to deal with than Holly Holm? ‘The Preacher’s Daughter’ is a world class boxer and kickboxer, and Tate was able to avoid the devastating power and choke Holm out cold at UFC 195. The same could potentially be said about Mark Hunt vs. Brock Lesnar, although the former heavyweight champion is a huge man with explosive power.

‘The Super Samoan’ spoke with Fight Network in a last-minute interview last night, saying he still plans on knocking Lesnar out, even though he feels the drug testing may have been a bit loose around the WWE star:
“He’s a big guy, I’m not even sure how he made 265 pounds. Did they drug test him? He’s a beginner to me, I still plan on knocking him out.”

As usual, Mark Hunt with not a great deal to say, but the knowledge that his powerful fists can do that for him. During her weigh-ins interview with Joe Rogan, Tate declared she plans on removing part of Nunes’ body on fight night, but rest easy, she only meant her heart:

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Video: Miesha Tate Barely Makes Weight After Getting Naked

With new weigh-in regulations and timing being implemented for tomorrow’s (Sat., July 9, 2016) UFC 200 pay-per-view (PPV) from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, the historic card’s participants hit the scales earlier in the day this morning to get their official weight on point before the televised ceremony tonight. But the new procedures didn’t

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With new weigh-in regulations and timing being implemented for tomorrow’s (Sat., July 9, 2016) UFC 200 pay-per-view (PPV) from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, the historic card’s participants hit the scales earlier in the day this morning to get their official weight on point before the televised ceremony tonight.

But the new procedures didn’t come without a few expected kinks, as welterweight Johny Hendricks missed weight by .25 of a pound and Miesha Tate nearly had her main event with Amanda Nunes for the women’s bantamweight title canceled after she barely checked into the weigh-ins on time.

When she did get there, Tate also survived yet another scare when she was forced to strip naked in order to make weight, coming in at a close 114.5 pounds with her clothes off. It was a tense and harrowing scene that hardly survived another devastating blow to the UFC 200 main card has been forced to endure an already insane amount of craziness, but thankfully ‘Cupcake’ made the title fight limit and the fight is still on.

Watch the nerve-racking weigh-in courtesy of Submission Radio right here:

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Video: Miesha Tate Barely Makes Weight After Getting Naked

With new weigh-in regulations and timing being implemented for tomorrow’s (Sat., July 9, 2016) UFC 200 pay-per-view (PPV) from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, the historic card’s participants hit the scales earlier in the day this morning to get their official weight on point before the televised ceremony tonight. But the new procedures didn’t

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With new weigh-in regulations and timing being implemented for tomorrow’s (Sat., July 9, 2016) UFC 200 pay-per-view (PPV) from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, the historic card’s participants hit the scales earlier in the day this morning to get their official weight on point before the televised ceremony tonight.

But the new procedures didn’t come without a few expected kinks, as welterweight Johny Hendricks missed weight by .25 of a pound and Miesha Tate nearly had her main event with Amanda Nunes for the women’s bantamweight title canceled after she barely checked into the weigh-ins on time.

When she did get there, Tate also survived yet another scare when she was forced to strip naked in order to make weight, coming in at a close 114.5 pounds with her clothes off. It was a tense and harrowing scene that hardly survived another devastating blow to the UFC 200 main card has been forced to endure an already insane amount of craziness, but thankfully ‘Cupcake’ made the title fight limit and the fight is still on.

Watch the nerve-racking weigh-in courtesy of Submission Radio right here:

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UFC 200 Press Conference Staredowns

The anticipation and hype for this weekend’s (Sat., July 9, 2016) UFC 200 pay-per-view (PPV) from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, is about to reach an all-time high, and that was only furthered by today’s UFC 200 press conference featuring the main stars of arguably the greatest card in MMA history. Our friends at

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The anticipation and hype for this weekend’s (Sat., July 9, 2016) UFC 200 pay-per-view (PPV) from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, is about to reach an all-time high, and that was only furthered by today’s UFC 200 press conference featuring the main stars of arguably the greatest card in MMA history.

Our friends at Submission Radio were on hand to catch the post-conference staredowns. First, hulking beast Brock Lesnar faced off with iron-chinned and concrete-fisted power puncher Mark Hunt heading into their co-main event bout:

Then, light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier faced off against archrival and interim champ Jon Jones for what seems like the millionth time, and not surprisingly, things got heated again:

Finally, UFC women’s bantamweight champion faced off with top challenger Amanda Nunes:

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