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Cub Swanson: Doo Ho Choi Just ‘Kept Reviving’ At UFC 206

Although it may have been plagued with several near-misses and injuries, last Saturday’s (December 10, 2016) UFC 206 from the Air Canada Centre in Toronto ultimately ended up providing mixed martial arts (MMA) fans with one of the most riveting cards of the year. The biggest part of that is definitely the card’s “Fight of

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The biggest part of that is definitely the card’s “Fight of the Night” (watch highlights here) between No. 4-ranked Cub Swanson and touted prospect Doo Ho Choi. The two threw down in a legendary brawl that will be remembered as quite possibly the Fight of the Year and one of the best 145-pound bouts in Octagon history.

“Korean Superboy” had rolled through all of his prior UFC competition and looked for a huge step up in competition when he called out the veteran. While the up-and-coming star fell short i his bid to skyrocket into the division’s Top 10, he certainly didn’t lose any fans because of his bout with Swanson. Both fighters threw, landed, and absorbed a seemingly never-ending streak of full power shots, resulting in a unanimous decision – and statement – win for “Killer Cub.”

It appeared the Jackson’s MMA stalwart was well on his way to stopping Choi at several points, but somehow the Korean knockout artist was able to weather the storm and fight back. Swanson told Luke Thomas on his MMA on SiriusXM show that he had never faced a fighter with such an iron chin when asked about his otherworldly ability to take damage:

“No, definitely not. I was telling my coaches backstage that I don’t even try to hit a heavy bag that hard. I remember wanting to turn around a couple of times. Toward the end, I had him on the fence, I wanted to turn around and look at the ref, like, ‘Are you serious?’ But, he just kept reviving.”

Indeed he did, and the result was one of the most scintillating fights in MMA history from start to finish. Choi has vowed to rebound even stronger and to never lose again, and his fight with a crafty vet like Swanson should only serve to motivate him to fix the leaks in his game and come back to the cage stronger and more well-rounded.

The sky’s certainly the limit for the “Korean Superboy,” and he proved he could take a full assault from one of the top featherweights in the world, who admittedly hit him with everything he had and then some.

But for now, it’s “Killer Cub’s” time to enjoy his reserugence following a downward trend against top-ranked Max Holloway and Frankie Edgar, two fights he could be looking to rematch following his return to the spotlight.

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UFC 206 Medical Suspensions: Main Card Fighters Earn Long Stints

With every decision comes a consequence and for those fighters who took part in battle this past at UFC 206, it’s their time to faces those consequences in the form of medical suspensions. UFC 206 took place on Saturday, December 10, 2016 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The prelims aired on

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With every decision comes a consequence and for those fighters who took part in battle this past at UFC 206, it’s their time to faces those consequences in the form of medical suspensions.

UFC 206 took place on Saturday, December 10, 2016 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The prelims aired on UFC Fight Pass at 6:30 p.m. ET and FOX Sports 1 at 8 p.m. ET. The main card aired on PPV at 10 p.m. ET

Some of the more notable suspensions include Max Holloway being suspended for 14 days while Anthony Pettis received a two-month sit. Also, Matt Brown, Cub Swanson, Dooho Choi, and Tim Kennedy have also received 60 days suspensions. Here are the entire medical suspensions:

Max Holloway: suspended 14 days def. Anthony Pettis: 60 days

Donald Cerrone:14 days def. Matt Brown: 60 days

Cub Swanson: 60 days def. Dooho Choi: 60 days

Kelvin Gastelum: 14 days def. Tim Kennedy: 60 days

Emil Meek: 30 days def. Jordan Mein: 14 days

Misha Cirkunov: 30 days def. Nikita Krylov: 14 days

Olivier Aubin-Mercier: 30 days def. Drew Dober: 30 days

Viviane Pereira: 30 days def. Valerie Letourneau: 30 days

Matthew Lopez: 14 days def. Mitch Gagnon: 14 days

Landon Vannata: 14 days def. John Makdessi: 60 days

Rustam Khabilov: 14 days def. Jason Saggo: 14 days

Dustin Ortiz: 30 days def. Zach Makovsky: 30 days

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Fallout: Let’s Talk About This Weight Cutting Thing

So after all the chaos that threatened to turn UFC 206 in to one of the more unfortunate cards of the year, things ended up working out pretty well. The main event was exciting, the two bouts before it packed with action and all in all the event ended up being truly memorable. But despite that there was a shadow looming over this event. It was far from perfect in terms of “professionalism” as a number of fighters missed weight. Though it’s something to be scrutinized, you have to wonder how this weight cutting issue is going to be fixed.

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While it may have been an exciting match up while it lasted, Max Holloway’s bout with Anthoiny Pettis was somewhat frustrating simply for the fact that the former lightweight champion missed weight and therefore lowered the stakes of the match up by half. But thought we can point the finger at Pettis, as well as Rustam Khabilov and Valerie Letourneau, the truth of the matter is that the sport forced their hands.

The idea that individuals don’t fight at their walk around weight is somewhat ludicrous. While boxing may have too many weight classes it does mitigate things to an extent. You get to see match ups with individuals who are far closer to their natural weight because of that fact. A guy like Pettis who probably walks around at about 165-170 lbs shouldn’t have to be forced to cut weight to 145 lbs just to avoid the monsters in the lightweight division who sometimes cut from upwards of 185 lbs.

It’s a crazy dance that their forced to participate in, but it’s a path they’ve chosen. Professionalism does matter most no matter what endeavor you choose, but it’s hard to criticize a person who is willing to throw their bones at another human being for the entertainment of others. Here’s hoping all the fighters who missed weight either find the best way to make cut or the right division to accommodate their frames.

What was your thoughts on the weight blunders at UFC 206?

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Coach: GSP Is Still Top P4P Fighter In The World

After vacating his long held UFC welterweight title back in 2013 and entering a semi-retirement of sorts, Georges St. Pierre was rumored to be finally returning at last weekend’s (Dec. 10, 2016) UFC 206 from his home of Canada, but he announced in the weeks leading up to the event that negotiations with the promotion

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Apparently the UFC recently reopened negotiations with the former 170-pound king and St. Pierre’s team is still hoping to see “Rush” back in the Octagon. In fact, his longtime head coach Firas Zahabi recently spoke with ESPN on the topic, saying that he prefers a bout with middleweight champion Michael Bisping over a bout with welterweight titleholder Tyron Woodley:

“I would love the Bisping fight to be honest with you,” Zahabi said. “I feel the welterweight division doesn’t have a supremely confident champion yet. Tyron Woodley is a great champion, but he’s on his first defense. We need someone to build a history like Georges did, to have a super fight.

“With Bisping, it would be for the middleweight title. That would make it epic. Georges needs to come back for a mega fight, super fight. Something five rounds, something historical. Not just another contender.”

No matter who the opponent may be, however, Zahabi would be confident heading in, as he still feels as if St. Pierre is the best fighter on the planet:

“I still think Georges is the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world,” Zahabi said. “He trains regularly so I still see him in action and the guy is a monster. I hope Georges and the UFC, his management team at CAA, they book him again. He’s such an incredible talent sitting by the wayside. It’s crazy to me.

“I think it’s a matter of time. I’m hopeful at least.”

Have you given up hope, or do you expect to see St. Pierre return at some point?

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Viewership Down For UFC 206 Prelims

This past Saturday’s UFC 206 prelims did a solid viewership number but not one to write home about. The prelims that aired on FOX Sports 1 from 8 p.m. – 10 p.m. EST drew 771,000 viewers. The pre-fight show drew 233,000 viewers. The post-fight show did not rank in the top 150 shows on cable

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The post-fight show did not rank in the top 150 shows on cable for the night, which is not a good sign for PPV buys as that meant that not a lot of people were interested enough to hang out and catch the results/highlights of the actual PPV main card after the event aired. Usually when a PPV event does a good/great PPV buyrate, then the post-fight show does good viewership numbers.

The UFC 206 prelims were down compared to the UFC 205 prelims, which drew 1,801 million viewers. Granted, UFC 205 had a great preliminary lineup that was headlined by Frankie Edgar and Jeremy Stephens and had Conor McGregor fighting in the main event, which always boosts ratings for UFC prelim cards. The UFC 204 prelims drew 678,000 viewers, so that is a positive sign for the UFC regarding this past weekend’s event.

The event went up against the Heisman Trophy ceremony on ESPN that drew 2,638 million viewers.

The UFC returns to television this Saturday with UFC on FOX 22 at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California. The prelims will air on UFC Fight Pass at 3:30 p.m. ET and FOX Sports 1 at 5 p.m. ET. The main card will air on FOX at 8 p.m. ET. A women’s strawweight bout between Paige VanZant and former Invicta FC Atomweight Champion Michelle Waterson will be the main event while Sage Northcutt vs. Mickey Gall in a welterweight bout will serve as the co-main event.

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Max Holloway Reacts To Jose Aldo: Now He’s A F****** Matchmaker

Max Holloway has finally achieved his life-long dream of capturing UFC gold, as the 25-year-old Hawaiian defeated former lightweight champ Anthony ‘Showtime’ Pettis in the main event of UFC 206 this past Saturday (December 10, 2016), to become the interim 145-pound champion and extend his win streak to 10 fights. The win most likely sets

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The win most likely sets up Holloway with a unification bout with featherweight champion Jose Aldo who was recently promoted undisputed champion, after defeating Frankie Edgar for the interim title at UFC 200 this past July, after Conor McGregor was stripped of his 145-pound strap.

Holloway recently joined MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour today (Monday, December 12, 2016) to discuss his win over Pettis, and broke down his third-round finish over ‘Showtime’ stating that it all started with a spinning back kick:

“It all started with the spinning back kick — nobody chose the spinning back kick in all the highlights,” Holloway said. “That’s where I started. I landed it and he stepped into me, he stepped into the spinning back kick, and I was like holy sh*t how the hell did he not fall down from that? And then I round house’d him and I saw him moving away, then when I round house’d him the second time I said ‘Oh he’s definitely hurt.’

“He put his head down so I thought he was gonna shoot, if you see before I start the flurry I go for a guillotine. Then I think ‘Oh wait he’s not even shooting he’s just covering up.’ So I told myself ‘It’s go time, it’s now or never Max. Get this guy out of here, he opened the door so it’s time to kick him out through it. We got the job done and it is what it is man. I’m blessed.”

Immediately after the bout with Pettis, it seemed as though people began booking ‘Blessed’s’ next Octagon appearance before he even walked out of the Air Canada Centre cage, as UFC 208 from Brooklyn began getting tossed around as a possible landing spot for an Aldo vs. Holloway title bout.

Before Holloway steps back into the Octagon, however, he would like to first sit down with UFC President Dana White and the new owners from WME-IMG prior to making anymore decisions:

“Man I don’t know, like I said to everyone man — I didn’t care, I was on cloud nine,” he said. “I wanted to fight but at the end of the day I didn’t meet the new owners yet. I want to have brunch with Dana and the new owners, Sean Shelby, I think so — A wise man once told me ‘This is big game hunting’ and I think I just brang in a lion on Saturday night.

“It’s time to cash in man, we’ll see what happens. I want to go talk to them first and talk business. This is business and this is fighting so, we got something up our sleeves so we’ll see what happens.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=In7fxPovQ24 — Mandatory Credit: Tom Szczerbowski for USA TODAY Sports

Aldo himself has already stated that the bout is set for February 11 of next year, but Holloway says that’s news to him as he has yet to be told of an official fight date and is reluctant to commit to the date as he fears ‘Scarface’ will pull out:

“I don’t know, we got Jose Waldo over here saying February 11th, he wants to retire, he wants to be a soccer player, now he’s a fu*cking match-maker. Like I said before, UFC needs to send his ass to the Cleveland Clinic and check his brain out. They’ve been sending me out a bunch of times and it seems my brain is fine, I’ve got no problem talking with you guys and doing all this sh*t.

“So yeah we’ll see what happens but I’ve said it before that I don’t want to give up my Christmas, I don’t want to give up my son’s birthday on January 4th for February 11th and the guy don’t show up. The hashtag #wheresjosewaldo has been working because he’s popping up here and there, but we gotta keep turning the page and keep finding him. We’ll see what happens.”

Holloway has racked up a legendary win streak inside the Octagon at 145 pounds, and has the potential to go down as one of the greats in the sport of mixed martial arts (MMA) while astonishingly enough only sitting at the age of 25. If Holloway is able to get past Aldo in their potential fight at UFC 208, the sky will be the limit for the talented young Hawaiian.

But as usual, there are some roadblocks to this featherweight barnburner being made.

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