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Anthony Pettis Calls Out Max Holloway For New York Bout

Former UFC lightweight champion Anthony “Showtime” Pettis recently got back in the win column after dropping three straight. The win also marked a successful debut at featherweight for Pettis as he submitted top 10-contender Charles Oliveira at UFC on FOX 21 in Vancouver. In the aftermath of the bout, Pettis made it clear that he

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Former UFC lightweight champion Anthony “Showtime” Pettis recently got back in the win column after dropping three straight. The win also marked a successful debut at featherweight for Pettis as he submitted top 10-contender Charles Oliveira at UFC on FOX 21 in Vancouver. In the aftermath of the bout, Pettis made it clear that he was gunning for a title shot, and it appears as if he’s looking for a big name in his next scrap.

Speaking on today’s (September 6, 2016) edition of The MMA Hour, “Showtime” said that he’s targeting a fight with No. 3-ranked Max “Blessed” Holloway next, although he did admit that a future at 155-pounds remains an option:

“I’ve made my decision, I think me and Max Holloway would be a great fight. He’s sitting there on the sidelines waiting for a title shot, as well. He’s No. 3 in the world at featherweight and that’s the guy I would love to see myself fighting at 145 pounds. But then at 155 pounds, there are still good fights for me, too. I just have to sit down and figure it out.”

Holloway has won an incredible nine straight and is well-deserving of a title shot, but the division has been held up due to reigning champion Conor McGregor moving up in wait for a rivalry with Nate Diaz. McGregor is expected to drop back down to featherweight in the near future, but he’ll first take on interim titleholder Jose Aldo meaning Holloway will likely be booked in another fight.

Pettis also has his eyes set on a specific date and venue, and it will likely be one of the biggest cards of the year:

“New York City, Nov. 12. There are a lot of special things for me on that day. Nov. 12 is the day my dad passed away. That was rough day for my family. So with a Madison Square Garden fight, that day, it would be awesome to be on the card and make that day a special day for my family, and not have to remember, I mean, we are still going to remember it. We used to take the day completely off, I would hang out with my mom. My mom takes it pretty hard, so that was always a day for my mom.”

Would you like to see “Showtime” and “Blessed” clash at UFC 205 in New York?

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Former UFC Champ: Conor McGregor Needs To Defend His Title Now

In the weeks following UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor’s close majority decision win over Nate Diaz at welterweight in the main event of August 20’s UFC 202, “The Notorious” has been linked to a variety of high-profile bouts for his next attraction. Those include potentially lucrative fights against supposedly returning former welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre

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In the weeks following UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor’s close majority decision win over Nate Diaz at welterweight in the main event of August 20’s UFC 202, “The Notorious” has been linked to a variety of high-profile bouts for his next attraction.

Those include potentially lucrative fights against supposedly returning former welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre and current lightweight champ Eddie Alvarez, but one MMA legend agrees with the many who think McGregor should finally defend his 145-pound title. Speaking during a recent interview with Submission Radio, former UFC heavyweight champion Bas Rutten revealed his stance that McGregor should finally give Jose Aldo, whom he knocked out in 13 seconds to win the belt, his long overdue rematch:

“No, they cannot do it – well they can do it if they want, but that’s not going to be well received. I would say what you said, give up the title, then step away from it and go for the title shot at 155. That I can see happening. But both? No. I think there’s going to be a backlash. I think people are gonna speak up.”

“He needs to defend his title now against Jose Aldo. That’s first. He should have done that before already, I believe. So now he’s going to have to go back to 145, defend his title, then decide.”

As for the rumored fight with GSP, Rutten was brutally honest in his assessment of how it would play out, which made the fight one he is not interesting in seeing. “El Guapo” would be more interested in seeing St-Pierre face top welterweight contender Stephen Thompson:

“Nah. I rather see GSP against somebody with better takedown defense, because we know what’s going to happen – and even if you have great takedown defense, it’s still going to be hard not to be taken down by GSP. We know what’s going to happen, he’s (Georges St-Pierre) going to take him down and then be on top of him. I don’t know if that’s going to be an exciting fight, you know, the whole time he’s on top. I don’t know if he can finish him once he has him on the ground, so I don’t know. Rather see him against Wonderboy or something like that. I think that would be a really good fight – GSP I’m talking about.”

It may be a bit blunt, yet it’s an honest assessment of the situation, as fans new to MMA may think McGregor owns a decided edge on the long-absent St-Pierre while in truth the all-time legend would have a huge edge on McGregor in the wrestling department – his main perceived area of weakness.

Many fans and media members are calling for McGregor to either give Aldo the second chance at redemption he earned by beating Frankie Edgar for the interim featherweight belt at UFC 200, or vacate that title to go on and contend for a second belt up a weight class.

The fight with St-Pierre will always be there, too, and it could truly contend for the title of the biggest fight in UFC history, at least in terms of pay-per-view sales and live gate. The outcome, however, may be a bit of a letdown if anything close to Rutten’s prediction were to come true.

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Former UFC Champ: Conor McGregor Needs To Defend His Title Now

In the weeks following UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor’s close majority decision win over Nate Diaz at welterweight in the main event of August 20’s UFC 202, “The Notorious” has been linked to a variety of high-profile bouts for his next attraction. Those include potentially lucrative fights against supposedly returning former welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre

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In the weeks following UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor’s close majority decision win over Nate Diaz at welterweight in the main event of August 20’s UFC 202, “The Notorious” has been linked to a variety of high-profile bouts for his next attraction.

Those include potentially lucrative fights against supposedly returning former welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre and current lightweight champ Eddie Alvarez, but one MMA legend agrees with the many who think McGregor should finally defend his 145-pound title. Speaking during a recent interview with Submission Radio, former UFC heavyweight champion Bas Rutten revealed his stance that McGregor should finally give Jose Aldo, whom he knocked out in 13 seconds to win the belt, his long overdue rematch:

“No, they cannot do it – well they can do it if they want, but that’s not going to be well received. I would say what you said, give up the title, then step away from it and go for the title shot at 155. That I can see happening. But both? No. I think there’s going to be a backlash. I think people are gonna speak up.”

“He needs to defend his title now against Jose Aldo. That’s first. He should have done that before already, I believe. So now he’s going to have to go back to 145, defend his title, then decide.”

As for the rumored fight with GSP, Rutten was brutally honest in his assessment of how it would play out, which made the fight one he is not interesting in seeing. “El Guapo” would be more interested in seeing St-Pierre face top welterweight contender Stephen Thompson:

“Nah. I rather see GSP against somebody with better takedown defense, because we know what’s going to happen – and even if you have great takedown defense, it’s still going to be hard not to be taken down by GSP. We know what’s going to happen, he’s (Georges St-Pierre) going to take him down and then be on top of him. I don’t know if that’s going to be an exciting fight, you know, the whole time he’s on top. I don’t know if he can finish him once he has him on the ground, so I don’t know. Rather see him against Wonderboy or something like that. I think that would be a really good fight – GSP I’m talking about.”

It may be a bit blunt, yet it’s an honest assessment of the situation, as fans new to MMA may think McGregor owns a decided edge on the long-absent St-Pierre while in truth the all-time legend would have a huge edge on McGregor in the wrestling department – his main perceived area of weakness.

Many fans and media members are calling for McGregor to either give Aldo the second chance at redemption he earned by beating Frankie Edgar for the interim featherweight belt at UFC 200, or vacate that title to go on and contend for a second belt up a weight class.

The fight with St-Pierre will always be there, too, and it could truly contend for the title of the biggest fight in UFC history, at least in terms of pay-per-view sales and live gate. The outcome, however, may be a bit of a letdown if anything close to Rutten’s prediction were to come true.

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Rumor: UFC Close To Booking Robbie Lawler vs. Donald Cerrone For UFC 205

A potential firefight of a welterweight bout is reportedly close to being scheduled for the UFC’s New York State debut of November 12’s UFC 205 from Madison Square Garden. After streaking UFC welterweight Donald Cerrone responded to former 170-pound champion Robbie Lawler’s reported request for a fight in New York earlier this week, ESPN’s Brett

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A potential firefight of a welterweight bout is reportedly close to being scheduled for the UFC’s New York State debut of November 12’s UFC 205 from Madison Square Garden.

After streaking UFC welterweight Donald Cerrone responded to former 170-pound champion Robbie Lawler’s reported request for a fight in New York earlier this week, ESPN’s Brett Okamoto recently confirmed that while the bout is not official, the promotion is headed in that direction rather quickly:

If that does indeed prove to be true, the rumored bout would undoubtedly be one of the most action-packed affairs they could put on.

Lawler seems more than ready to prove his knockout loss to Tyron Woodley was merely a bump in the road, while ‘Cowboy’ has arguably never looked better than he has at 170. He’s finished Alex Oliveira, Patrick Cote, and most recently Rick Story this year to storm his way into the welterweight ranks, and a win over No. 1 Lawler would put him in title contention.

But not if “Ruthless” has anything to say about it. With UFC 205 supposedly one of the biggest events of the UFC’s biggest-ever year, adding this one as the first official bout would certainly get the ball rolling on some hype and anticipation.

Who is your pick to win if does go down?

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Rumor: Conor McGregor vs. GSP To Headline UFC 205

A massive main event may be in the works for the UFC’s upcoming card from Madison Square Garden in New York City. According to a report from Kimura.se, the UFC is set to announce a main event between Conor McGregor and longtime 170-pound king Georges St-Pierre for UFC 205 in November. The announcement is said

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A massive main event may be in the works for the UFC’s upcoming card from Madison Square Garden in New York City.

According to a report from Kimura.se, the UFC is set to announce a main event between Conor McGregor and longtime 170-pound king Georges St-Pierre for UFC 205 in November.

The announcement is said to be made on tomorrow’s edition of UFC Tonight:

“A super match between former welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre and the reigning featherweight champion Conor McGregor rumored to be ready. The match will be scheduled as the main match on the UFC’s first gala in New York.

It is the American news page Smackhisface.com announcing that the game will be ready and will be presented at tomorrow’s episode of “UFC Tonight”. According Smackhisface are sources of GSP’s gym, Tristar Gym, reporting matching. The same sources say that the game was originally supposed to take place already at UFC 200, but those plans were scrapped when Conor lost to Nate Diaz at UFC 196th”

McGregor (20-3) is coming off of an amazing 25-minute battle against Stockton Native Nate Diaz at UFC 202 earlier this month, in which the Irish featherweight champion took home a majority decision win.

St-Pierre (25-2) hasn’t seen the inside of a UFC Octagon in nearly three years since he successfully defended his then-welterweight title against Johny Hendricks at UFC 167 via split decision.

The Canadian phenom has been teasing a potential return to the UFC for quite some time now, however, names that are commonly being thrown about for the return include combatants such as Nick Diaz or current 170-pound champ Tyron Woodley.

If a bout with McGregor is on the table, it will certainly generate a massive payday for all parties involved.

We’ll keep you updated as more news becomes available on the potential super-fight between St-Pierre and McGregor…

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Donald Cerrone Challenges Robbie Lawler To NY Shootout

UFC welterweights may now have to deal with the fact a title fight is unlikely in the immediate future. Tyron Woodley seems set on fighting Georges St-Pierre or Nick Diaz, but that might provide some very interesting fights. Although the championship may be tied up, we already know Stephen Thompson is willing to fight again

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UFC welterweights may now have to deal with the fact a title fight is unlikely in the immediate future. Tyron Woodley seems set on fighting Georges St-Pierre or Nick Diaz, but that might provide some very interesting fights. Although the championship may be tied up, we already know Stephen Thompson is willing to fight again if passed over. Yesterday ‘Wonderboy’ called for the winner of Demian Maia vs. Carlos Condit if required.

In the interim, ex-champion Robbie Lawler needs to get back in the saddle. Following the knockout loss to Woodley at UFC 201, ‘Ruthless’ has reportedly called UFC president Dana White. ‘Ruthless’ had squeaked past ‘The Natural Born Killer’ at UFC 195 and was unable to get going against Woodley.

Robbie Lawler

Lawler vs…

According to Damon Martin of FOX Sports, the former welterweight champion is calling for a fight ASAP. Obviously the crushing loss to ‘The Chosen One’ has motivated Lawler to get back in the octagon quick.

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Any Takers?

Lawler’s requests have led to another popular veteran answering the call. Yep, Donald Cerrone has offered to fight the former champion at UFC 205. The pay-er-view event will feature the first ever UFC show to be held in New York, at the famed Madison Square Garden no less. ‘Cowboy’ starched Rick Story at UFC 202 for his third straight win, shortly after signing a new eight-fight contract with the promotion.

Although he’d then talked about dropping down to lightweight, the fan friendly Cerrone once again proves he’s willing to fight anyone, anywhere.

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Donald Cerrone vs. Robbie Lawler?

Why not book this fight? The UFC’s debut in New York has a ton of great potential fights, and Lawler vs. Cerrone would be a great seller on the main card. Both guys have proved to be thoroughly entertaining in the past. The November 12 card is yet to have any bouts officially booked.

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