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UFC 212 Embedded Episode 3

UFC 212 is a few days away and the episode of Embedded was released on the UFC’s YouTube channel. In the episode, headlining champion Max Holloway is joined by UFC 212 welterweight Yancy Medeiros on a trip to the iconic Christ the Redeemer statue. Middleweight Oluwale Bamgbose embraces the culture of his host city, as […]

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UFC 212 is a few days away and the episode of Embedded was released on the UFC’s YouTube channel.

In the episode, headlining champion Max Holloway is joined by UFC 212 welterweight Yancy Medeiros on a trip to the iconic Christ the Redeemer statue. Middleweight Oluwale Bamgbose embraces the culture of his host city, as his foe Paulo Borrachinha eats a home-cooked meal. Bantamweight Raphael Assuncao keeps his training on schedule, while debuting opponent Marlon Moraes is energized by his homecoming. Legendary middleweight Vitor Belfort arrives in Rio with a canine companion, and opponent Nate Marquardt recalls a Brazil trip that didn’t quite go as planned. Strawweight Claudia Gadelha multitasks while signing autographs, strawweight Karolina Kowalkiewicz visits the UFC’s version of Santa Claus, and featherweight champion Jose Aldo checks in, excited for a hometown title unification bout.

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Quote: Jose Aldo’s Legacy Will Always Be Tarnished By Conor McGregor

UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo is gearing up to defend his 145-pound title against surging contender Max Holloway in the main event of this weekend’s (June 3, 2017) UFC 212 from Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. Aldo, a man considered to be amongst the very best fighters of all-time, is coming off of a dominant decision […]

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Aldo, a man considered to be amongst the very best fighters of all-time, is coming off of a dominant decision victory over Frankie Edgar last July, but prior to that he was famously knocked out by Conor McGregor in just 13 seconds at UFC 194 in Dec. 2015. “Scarface” recently said that McGregor will never accept a rematch with him, but that doesn’t stop the questions regarding the Irishman from surfacing.

In fact, UFC color commentator Joe Rogan recently said that Aldo’s legacy will always be ‘tarnished’ by his fight with the “Notorious” one:

“Aldo’s legacy and his reign is always gonna be tarnished by that 13 seconds against McGregor,” Rogan said on his podcast. “Which is so crazy because you take away that fight and he’s got one brutal war with Chad Mendes where he got rocked and stunned, which is a tough fight – the second one – great fight. And those are the only hard moments he’s had inside the octagon other than maybe round five against Ricardo Lamas. Lamas had him down and was doing a little bit of ground and pound in the fifth round and that was Aldo was too drained making that weight, but he’s smaller now. He generally looks smaller. He definitely chose to slim down because he was having unbelievably brutal weight cuts early in his career. He was just too big for the weight class so he just chose to slim his body down.”

With McGregor now holding the lightweight title and campaigning for a boxing match with Floyd Mayweather, Aldo is atop the 145-pound division once again and ready to start his second title reign.

Do you agree with Rogan’s comments or will Aldo have the chance to erase that memory?

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UFC 212, Samsung Partner to Broadcast Event in Virtual Reality

The UFC and Samsung have partnered together to present MMA in a new way beginning this Saturday with UFC 212. The event will be broadcast from Brazil in virtual reality, giving fans another way to see the action as real as ever. “We’ve always felt that the potential of combining UFC events with virtual reality […]

Jose Aldo-Max Holloway Featured on ‘Inside the Octagon’ For UFC 212

Dan Hardy and John Gooden are a very strong announce team, covering much of the foreign events on UFC Fight Pass. But their bread-and-butter comes out during the “Inside the Octagon” features the duo puts together before big events. In the latest edition, Hardy and Gooden offer up insight and strategy to Saturday’s unified UFC […]

UFC 212 Embedded Episode 2

UFC 212 is less than a week away and the second episode of Embedded was released on the UFC’s YouTube channel. In the episode, featherweight champion Jose Aldo reaches peak condition surrounded by familiar faces. Energized by the return to her native country, top strawweight Claudia Gadelha fits a commercial photo shoot into her busy […]

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UFC 212 is less than a week away and the second episode of Embedded was released on the UFC’s YouTube channel.

In the episode, featherweight champion Jose Aldo reaches peak condition surrounded by familiar faces. Energized by the return to her native country, top strawweight Claudia Gadelha fits a commercial photo shoot into her busy schedule. Polish strawweight Karolina Kowalkiewicz enjoys the Brazilian outdoors, from a rooftop workout to a shopping trip on the beach. And interim featherweight champion Max Holloway combines training and sightseeing on a scenic hike.

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UFC 212: CLAUDIA GADELHA VS. KAROLINA KOWALKIEWICZ

UFC 212’s strawweight division bout in Rio is likely to be one of the most closely contested bouts so far this year with Karolina Kowalkiewicz (10-1) looking to reinstate herself as a strong contender. She takes on Claudia Gadelha (14-2) who has shown some great grappling and clinching skills that have brought her victory in […]

Kowalkiewicz and Gadelha have been taken down by Joanna Jedrzejczyk who has been their fiercest opponent. The latter lost to Jedrzejczyk twice while Kowalkiewicz was defeated on one occasion. However, are now hardened and are no mean contenders in this co-main event. Gadelha may have an edge given the fact that this will be a three round bout despite her limited cardio down the stretch as compared to Kowalkiewicz. The Polish fighter does have the skill and 10 victories to her credit.

It is important to note that Kowalkiewicz has won five of her last six fights and averages 4.56 strikes per minute and zero takedowns with a zero percent accuracy percentage. She’s coming back from a November loss to Jedrzejczyk and it will be interesting to see how much momentum she is able to gather. As long as she is aggressive with her strikes she may stand a chance. However, it must be noted that she hasn’t executed a takedown in the UFC although she has been taken down three times in the last two bouts. Gadhela is likely to get her opponent to fight from the canvas, which she is probably aware that Kowalkiewicz has been struggling with. Gadelha is one of the most smothering opponents in the MMA and may be able to pocket this one by a unanimous decision.