Ahead of the upcoming UFC Fight Night 98 event in Mexico City, Mexico, UFC has released another awesome full fight for free.
Featured above is the complete Tony Ferguson vs. Edson Barboza bout from the TUF 22 Finale e…
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Ahead of the upcoming UFC Fight Night 98 event in Mexico City, Mexico, UFC has released another awesome full fight for free.
Featured above is the complete Tony Ferguson vs. Edson Barboza bout from the TUF 22 Finale event, which saw Ferguson defeat the dangerous striker by way of submission.
Ferguson headlines the upcoming UFC Fight Night 98 event in Mexico City against another dangerous striker, former division champion Rafael dos Anjos.
UFC Fight Night 98 takes place on November 5, 2016 from Mexico City, Mexico.
Two-time featherweight title challenger Chad Mendes was handed a two-year ban by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), after testing positive for a prohibited substance known as GHRP-6 (Growth Hormone-Releasing Hexapeptide) stemming from an out-of-competition drug test. ‘Money’ had been riding a two-fight losing streak before his suspension, most recently being knocked out by Frankie Edgar
Two-time featherweight title challenger Chad Mendes was handed a two-year ban by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), after testing positive for a prohibited substance known as GHRP-6 (Growth Hormone-Releasing Hexapeptide) stemming from an out-of-competition drug test.
‘Money’ had been riding a two-fight losing streak before his suspension, most recently being knocked out by Frankie Edgar at The Ultimate Fighter 22 Season Finale (TUF 22 Finale) in the first round of their 145-pound contest.
Prior to his loss to Edgar, Mendes shared the Octagon with current UFC featherweight king Conor McGregor, in the featured bout of UFC 189 for the interim featherweight title.
Mendes dominated the Irishman for the majority of the first and second rounds with his world-class wrestling ability, but ultimately fell victim to ‘Notorious” crushing power in the closing seconds of the second round.
‘Money’s’ defeat most likely came due to a mixture of fatigue after accepting the bout on two weeks notice, along with McGregor’s vicious attack of the Team Alpha Male product’s body.
Now amongst Mendes’ current USADA troubles McGregor, who is never one to shy away from words, pondered the possibility that Mendes was abusing a prohibited substance during their featherweight showdown.
“I wonder was he on that stuff when we fought. One thing I know for sure tho, you can’t put steroids on your chin,” McGregor said, courtesy of The MacLife.
While Mendes can’t see Octagon action until May 17th of 2018, McGregor currently has a date with Nate Diaz in the main event of UFC 202 live on pay-per-view (PPV), from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on August 20, 2016.
The United States Anti-Dopping Agency (USADA) has flagged yet another star of the sport for an alleged out-of-competition dopping violation. Current No. 4-ranked featherweight Chad Mendes has reportedly been flagged after an out-of-competition drug test made by USADA, however, the substance Mendes tested positive for has not yet been released. The UFC made this official
The United States Anti-Dopping Agency (USADA) has flagged yet another star of the sport for an alleged out-of-competition dopping violation.
Current No. 4-ranked featherweight Chad Mendes has reportedly been flagged after an out-of-competition drug test made by USADA, however, the substance Mendes tested positive for has not yet been released.
The UFC made this official statement announcing Mendes’ violation:
“The UFC organization was notified today that the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has informed Chad Mendes of a potential Anti-Doping Policy violation stemming from an out-of-competition sample collection.
USADA, the independent administrator of the UFC Anti-Doping Policy, will handle the results management and appropriate adjudication of this case. It is important to note that, under the UFC Anti-Doping Policy, there is a full and fair review process that is afforded to all athletes before any sanctions are imposed. Additional information will be provided at the appropriate time as the process moves forward.”
Mendes (17-4) is a two time 145-pound title challenger, who’s most recent Octagon appearance ended with a first round knockout at the hands of the No. 2-ranked Frankie Edgar at The Ultimate Fighter 22 Finale (TUF 22 Finale).
‘Money’ has been out-of-competition since having been knocked out two times in a row, first by current UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor in July of last year, and then by Edgar just five months later.
Stay with LowKick for the latest on Mendes and his potential USADA dopping violation….
In our recap of the best, worst, and most insane moments that MMA had to offer in 2015, we bestowed the Potato Award for “Worst Fight of the Year” to Gabriel Gonzaga and Konstantin Erokhin’s scrap (if you could call it that) at The Ultimate Fighter 22 Finale, writing:
For three endless, slogging rounds, Gonzaga and Erokhin circled, stared, circled, and stared at each other, seemingly too scared to engage while the 1,800 people in attendance showered (or perhaps sprinkled, considering how few of them there were) them with boos.
By the time the abysmal contest had wrapped up, the pair of heavyweights had combined for just 35 significant strikes in total, with Gonzaga’s 20 strikes (and 2 takedowns!) earning him the victory.
Truthfully, we cannot even begin to imagine how a fight could possibly be worse than the Gonzaga vs. Erokhin already was, but somehow, someway, recent developments have allowed us to downgrade it from “piss-poor” to “the absolute nadir of professional mixed martial arts.”
In our recap of the best, worst, and most insane moments that MMA had to offer in 2015, we bestowed the Potato Award for “Worst Fight of the Year” to Gabriel Gonzaga and Konstantin Erokhin’s scrap (if you could call it that) at The Ultimate Fighter 22 Finale, writing:
For three endless, slogging rounds, Gonzaga and Erokhin circled, stared, circled, and stared at each other, seemingly too scared to engage while the 1,800 people in attendance showered (or perhaps sprinkled, considering how few of them there were) them with boos.
By the time the abysmal contest had wrapped up, the pair of heavyweights had combined for just 35 significant strikes in total, with Gonzaga’s 20 strikes (and 2 takedowns!) earning him the victory.
Truthfully, we cannot even begin to imagine how a fight could possibly be worse than the Gonzaga vs. Erokhin already was, but somehow, someway, recent developments have allowed us to downgrade it from “piss-poor” to “the absolute nadir of professional mixed martial arts.”
Details after the jump.
That’s because Erokhin, as it turns out, was on performance enhancing drugs during the contest. To steal a line from BloodyElbow’s Zane Simon, “I suppose it makes you wonder what aspect of the performance was ‘enhanced.’” MMAFighting has the deets:
Now, Erokhin’s drug test from the TUF Finale has come back positive. Erokhin popped for the anabolic steroid drostanolone in a pre-fight, in-competition test, according to documents obtained by MMA Fighting through a public records request with the Nevada Athletic Commission.
The Russian, who was removed from the UFC’s roster following the loss (his second straight since entering the promotion), will now be looking at a 9-month suspension from competition, at the minimum, as well as a fine that will almost surely negate whatever he received for the fight in the first place.
So in total, we have a terrible fight, a meaningless win, and another entry in our steroid bust timeline. What a shitshow.
(No, Khabib, they’re starting to *forget* you. via Instagram)
You know, for a guy who transitioned into MMA from the much heralded bear wrestling circuit, Khabib Nurmagomedov doesn’t seem to hold up so well against members of his own species.
(No, Khabib, they’re starting to *forget* you. via Instagram)
You know, for a guy who transitioned into MMA from the much heralded bear wrestling circuit, Khabib Nurmagomedov doesn’t seem to hold up so well against members of his own species.
He may be undefeated in the octagon, but Nurmagomedov has spent the better part of the past year and a half injuring, then nursing, then re-injuring, then re-re-injuring himself and subsequently pulling out of every damn fight he’s been offered as a result. He’s the Russian, lightweight Dominick Cruz, if you will.
In fact, the closest thing Khabib’s even had to a legitimate fight since April of 2014 was that bench-clearing brawl he had with the Diaz brothers at WSOF 22. So it might not shock you to learn that, some six weeks out from his hotly-anticipated return bout against fellow top contender Tony Ferguson scheduled for the TUF 22 Finale, Nurmagomedov has gone down with a rib injury suffered in training. (via MMAFighting):
An injured rib has forced Nurmagomedov out of his highly-anticipated Dec. 11 fight against Tony Ferguson, sources confirmed with MMAFighting.com Thursday night.
This latest injury is particularly disheartening for the undefeated Russian because two serious knee injuries have sidelined him since his win over Rafael dos Anjos in April 2014. Despite his long layoff, the 22-0 lightweight, who by all accounts tried his best to fight through the injury but could not get cleared, is still considered one of the very best 155-pound fighters in the world.
With Nurmy now out, rumor has it the UFC is quickly rescheduling Ferguson against Edson Barboza, who has won three out of his past four fights. My guess is that Joe Silva had him on standby.
