In addition to UFC announcing Dominick Cruz vs. Urijah Faber III for UFC 199 at the UFC “Unstoppable” press conference on Friday, the promotion also confirmed an exciting welterweight bout for their upcoming UFC Fight Night event in June.
Scheduled for 6/18 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, UFC Fight Night will be headlined by a match pitting rising UFC Welterweight contender Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson against longtime, highly regarded 170-pound contender Rory MacDonald.
Watch the complete UFC “Unstoppable” press conference by clicking here.
Ahead of their scheduled rematch for the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship later this year, the vicious pre-fight trash talk continues between bitter rivals Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier, with D.C. taking some incredibly…
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Ahead of their scheduled rematch for the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship later this year, the vicious pre-fight trash talk continues between bitter rivals Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier, with D.C. taking some incredibly low-blow shots at “Bones” Jones during a recent FOX Sports Live.
During his appearance on the FS1 program, Cormier took some brutal shots at Jones regarding his hit-and-run incident and his substance abuse issues while openly admitting he’s likely just getting started.
“Do you want your kids to try to be Carl Winslow? Or do you want your kids to be Tyrone Biggums making crack sandwiches?” Cormier stated. “He said, ‘Another drug joke?’ Well, yea Jon. Another drug joke. There’s plenty of them.”
Cormier continued, “I don’t hate him. I don’t wish bad on him. I don’t wish that he crashes into people. I don’t wish that he does all the stupid things that he does. I wish that his family didn’t have to go through all the things surrounding him, but for him, aside from all that other stuff? I can’t stand the guy.”
In further discussing his beef with Jones, he questioned “Bones'” claims that he moved to New Mexico to “grow up” after already having multiple incidents in his new hometown.
“I’m going to look at Jon and say, ‘Jon, you said you were moving to New Mexico to grown up. To me, it seems you went to the only place that will allow you to just be reckless and have no recourse for your actions.’ He didn’t go to grow up. He’s driving 75 in a 30. The guy’s using a damn passport as a driver’s license. It’s very clear, the difference. He told the cop he didn’t know he needed insurance to drive. This is crazy. He went where he could get away with all this stuff. Last time I threw my shoe at him so instead of leaving it on and having to take it off to throw it at him again, I’m just going to place it on the desk. If he talks too crazy I’ll throw it at him. He just says some of the most ridiculous things. It’s just he’s so stupid.”
Cormier-Jones 2 headlines UFC 197 on Saturday, April 23rd in Las Vegas, Nevada. Make sure to visit MMANews.com on 4/23 for the best UFC 197 live results coverage on the web!
UFC veteran Mikey Burnett, who once fought Pat Miletich for a UFC title during the “dark ages” of the sport, was reportedly shot three times during an attempted robbery in Tulsa, Oklahoma this week.
According to local reports, Burnett and his so…
UFC veteran Mikey Burnett, who once fought Pat Miletich for a UFC title during the “dark ages” of the sport, was reportedly shot three times during an attempted robbery in Tulsa, Oklahoma this week.
According to local reports, Burnett and his son were held up outside of Rib Crib, a popular Bar-B-Q restaurant in Tulsa. The reports claim Burnett was shot three times while his son, Freddie, was shot once in the leg.
News On 6 reported the following details about the incident:
“Tulsa police said, as the father, Mikey Burnett, and son, Freddie Burnett, got to their car, two men walked up and tried to rob them. We’re told Freddie tried to fight off the suspected robbers when they held up his dad.
Police said Mikey was shot three times in the abdomen and Freddie was shot once in the leg. Police said Mikey was taken to the hospital for surgery. Both are expected to survive.”
Mikey Burnett last fought for the UFC during “The Comeback” themed season of The Ultimate Fighter.
“He’s like a little cholo gangster from the hood, but at the same time he coaches kids’ jiu-jitsu on a Sunday morning and goes on bike rides with the elderly.”
– Conor McGregor
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“He’s like a little cholo gangster from the hood, but at the same time he coaches kids’ jiu-jitsu on a Sunday morning and goes on bike rides with the elderly.”
– Conor McGregor
With UFC 196 now exactly one week away, it only feels appropriate to look back at some of the best moments from this week’s pre-fight press conference with Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz.
Featured above, courtesy of the official UFC On FOX YouTube channel, is a compilation of some of the highlights from the already infamous press conference held earlier this week to promote the new UFC 196 main event between McGregor and Diaz.
For those who missed it, you can also read a detailed recap and watch a complete video archive of this week’s UFC 196 pre-fight press conference by clicking here.
UFC 196: McGregor vs. Diaz takes place on Saturday, March 5th from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Make sure to visit MMANews.com on 3/5 for the best UFC 196 live results coverage on the web!
Following Chuck Liddell’s recent claims that he would’ve “given Jon Jones big trouble” if the two fought during his active career, “Bones” has responded via social media, pointing out his belief that a different “Chuck” would be a tougher fight at this…
Jones took to Twitter on Thursday to respond to the UFC Hall Of Famer, who claimed during his recent appearance on “The Fighter And The Kid” podcast that he would be a bad style match up for “Bones.”
“Maybe he should’ve fought smarter and saved some chin,” said Jones in his initial response.
Jones added, “Maybe, definitely wanted to be decent with him, sucks his hate is shifting things is this direction.”
Those are only the two responses that have yet to be deleted. In typical “Bones” Jones fashion, the more flashly response only saw the light of day for a brief period of time. The former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion also posted this one, pointing out that a different “Chuck” would be a tougher challenge.
While many in the MMA community are focused on this weekend’s Anderson Silva vs. Michael Bisping fight and next weekend’s UFC 196 main event between Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz, UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Daniel Cormier and Jon Jones are reminding…
While many in the MMA community are focused on this weekend’s Anderson Silva vs. Michael Bisping fight and next weekend’s UFC 196 main event between Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz, UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Daniel Cormier and Jon Jones are reminding fans about the upcoming rematch of one of the biggest grudge matches of 2015.
While the biggest grudge match of 2015 would have to be considered Conor McGregor vs. Jose Aldo, the Jones-Cormier showdown in January wasn’t far behind at all. In fact, when 2015 began, it seemed impossible to top the pre-fight tension shared between “Bones” Jones and D.C.
With 2016 still getting started, there are a host of grudge matches already scheduled, two of which will come and go within the next 8 days with UFC Fight Night: Silva vs. Bisping scheduled for this Saturday evening and UFC 196: McGregor vs. Diaz taking place next Saturday.
Having said that, Jones and Cormier are back at each other’s throats on social media, with each man taking shots at the other recently.
The latest round of pre-fight trash-talk began when the following post was made, with Jones mocking the fact that D.C. is referred to as the “undisputed” UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. Obviously this is in reference to the fact that Cormier won a vacant title that was only up for grabs because Jones was stripped of the title for his personal hit-and-run incident as opposed to losing a fight inside the Octagon.
While it took a few days to respond, Cormier acknowledged Jones’ social media meme in one post where he pointed out that his family showed him the photo as a way to explain his tardy response before ultimately firing back with a visual shot of his own.
Cormier took Jones’ crack about his championship status one-level further, as he went the personal route in taking a shot at Jones’ claims that he is now sober. The recognized UFC 205-pound champion posted the following:
A photo posted by Daniel "DC" Cormier (@dc_mma) on
UFC 197: Cormier vs. Jones II is scheduled to take place on Saturday, April 23, 2016. Make sure to visit MMANews.com on 4/23 for the best live UFC 197 round-by-round results coverage on the web!
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