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Amanda Nunes Explains Why She Doesn’t Want To Fight Cyborg

Reigning UFC women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes is gearing up to defend her 135-pound title in a rematch with top contender Valentina Shevchenko at July 8’s UFC 213 from Las Vegas, Nevada, although the “Lioness” has expressed interest in moving up to 145 pounds in order to pursue her goal of becoming a two-weight world […]

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Reigning UFC women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes is gearing up to defend her 135-pound title in a rematch with top contender Valentina Shevchenko at July 8’s UFC 213 from Las Vegas, Nevada, although the “Lioness” has expressed interest in moving up to 145 pounds in order to pursue her goal of becoming a two-weight world champion.

In fact, Nunes recently revealed that if the UFC had offered her a bout with featherweight champion Germaine de Randamie she would’ve accepted it:

“I’m interested in fighting the girl who has the belt now, de Randamie,” Nunes told MMAFighting.com. “Because I’d rather beat her. If UFC wanted to give me the opportunity to go up now, yes I would have taken it. Later is another thing.”

De Randamie won the inaugural 145-pound strap last February with a somewhat controversial decision victory over Holly Holm. Many, however, consider Cris Cyborg to be the best 145 pounder in the world and fight fans are hoping to see her challenge GDR for the title later this year, although there have been rumors indicating that de Randamie is dealing with personal issues.

While Nunes would like to see Cyborg crowned as the UFC champion, she admits that she isn’t interested in fighting her right now because there are a lot of changes she would need to make in her training camp to take on a larger opponent like the Brazilian slugger:

“I want to see Cyborg with this belt,” Nunes said. “I’m not interested in fighting her. I’m not interested in fighting her. I’m interested in fighting the girl who has the belt now. After my next fight, we’ll see what happened.

“I’d have to do a lot of things to fight Cyborg. Cyborg is way heavier, way bigger than me. I’d have to change all my training style to fight Cyborg. This is another thing I’d have to go over with my coaches.”

Cyborg has competed twice in the UFC thus far, scoring back-to-back stoppage victories over Leslie Smith and Lina Lansberg in 140-pound catchweight bouts. She has expressed interest in competing at UFC 214 this July.

Would you like to see Nunes and Cyborg square off at some point?

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Cody Garbrandt & TJ Dillashaw Go Off In Heated Twitter War

There’s been much speculation as to whether or not UFC 213’s anticipated Cody Garbrandt vs. TJ Dillashaw fight will actually take place on the July 8 card from Vegas. The two bitter rivals have been going all-out to bash each other on the current season of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 25: Redemption, with former champion […]

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There’s been much speculation as to whether or not UFC 213’s anticipated Cody Garbrandt vs. TJ Dillashaw fight will actually take place on the July 8 card from Vegas.

The two bitter rivals have been going all-out to bash each other on the current season of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 25: Redemption, with former champion Dillashaw’s team taking a commanding 5-0 lead.

The chance to settle those differences is in jeopardy although, as “No Love” went to Germany to receive special treatment for a back injury. He did so, and tweeted he was back in the United States yesterday. That’s when an all-out Twitter war with Dillashaw broke out after Garbrandt affirmed Dillashaw would get his:

Garbrandt took it to a new level responding to an article about “The Viper’s” view that he was ‘mentally weak,’ suggesting that Dillashaw had used PEDs during his run as champion and has not not knocked anyone out – or even down – in the year since:

“No Love” insisted he was focused on getting himself back to health, and the rest would fall into place:

Dillashaw then fired back that his team was 5-0, so he must be sharing his PEDs with them:

Garbrandt responded by noting the show didn’t matter as much as their eventual match-up:

Dillashaw then fired back with the insistence that Garbrandt was downplaying the importance of a venture all the fighters on their season of TUF had put their lives into what he called just a ‘reality show’:

So the beef between two of the world’s top bantamweights has been heightened to an all-new level; something it may not have needed in the first place.

But the real question is when the fight will actually take place based on “No Love’s” back issues are legitimately cleared up. With UFC 213 lacking a true main event and the UFC struggling for true top bouts in 2017, the promotion will be looking for one of their rising stars to make it to the octagon on time.

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Cody Garbrandt: TJ Dillashaw ‘Needed To Take PEDs To Be Champion’

UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt might have more time on his hands coming up to continue his verbal feud with TJ Dillashaw. Garbrandt recently returned to the U.S. after going out of the country in hopes of getting his back fixed in time to face Dillashaw in July at UFC 213. All the while, the […]

UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt might have more time on his hands coming up to continue his verbal feud with TJ Dillashaw. Garbrandt recently returned to the U.S. after going out of the country in hopes of getting his back fixed in time to face Dillashaw in July at UFC 213. All the while, the […]

TJ Dillashaw Targeting Fight With ‘Scared’ Demetrious Johnson For July

Former UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw is currently scheduled to take on reigning 135-pound king and bitter rival Cody Garbrandt in the main event of July 8’s UFC 213 in Las Vegas, Nevada during International Fight Week. Garbrandt, however, is currently dealing with back issues, putting the highly anticipated grudge match in jeopardy. If “No

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Former UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw is currently scheduled to take on reigning 135-pound king and bitter rival Cody Garbrandt in the main event of July 8’s UFC 213 in Las Vegas, Nevada during International Fight Week.

Garbrandt, however, is currently dealing with back issues, putting the highly anticipated grudge match in jeopardy.

If “No Love” is indeed unable to make it on fight night, Dillashaw has another idea: drop down to 125 pounds and take on the ‘scared’ Demetrious Johnson:

“I’m willing to drop down to fight Demetrious at 125 (pounds) cause he’s trying to break this record, it’s a big deal,” Dillashaw told Submission Radio. “No one wants to see him fight someone that he doesn’t know or somebody he’s already beaten for this record. He’s talking about how much money he wants to make on his next fight, well he’s not gonna do that by fighting number eights and tens. It’s not a super fight, I’m coming down to 125. It’s a challenger at his weight class that will give him the biggest challenge possible, and that’s what he’s scared of. He wants to take an easier fight that’s going to get him the record so that he can have the most title defenses in UFC history. You can’t call yourself the best pound-for-pound fighter if you’re gonna dodge me. I’ve got the utmost respect for Demetrious Johnson. But this comes down to you selling a fight. He wants to make some big money? Let’s do it, man. This is about as big as it’s gonna get for him.”

A fight between Dillashaw and Johnson was often discussed when Dillashaw was holding the 135-pound title, but Johnson had said that he would only move up in weight for a tremendous sum of money. Now, however, “Killashaw” is willing to come to him.

“Mighty Mouse” recently defended his title for the 10th consecutive time at UFC on FOX 24, putting on a dominant performance against Wilson Reis. In his next fight, he will indeed look to break Anderson Silva’s record for the most consecutive title defenses in promotional history.

If Garbrandt isn’t healthy enough to fight at UFC 213, would you like to see Johnson and Dillashaw do battle for flyweight gold?

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Donald Cerrone Preparing For ‘Fight Of My Life’ With Robbie Lawler

Former UFC lightweight title challenger Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone experienced quite a bit of success after moving up to 170 pounds in early 2016, scoring four consecutive stoppage victories over the likes of Alex Oliveira, Patrick Cote, Rick Story and Matt Brown. His momentum came to a screeching halt earlier this year, however, when he was finished

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Former UFC lightweight title challenger Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone experienced quite a bit of success after moving up to 170 pounds in early 2016, scoring four consecutive stoppage victories over the likes of Alex Oliveira, Patrick Cote, Rick Story and Matt Brown. His momentum came to a screeching halt earlier this year, however, when he was finished by Jorge Masvidal at UFC on FOX 23 in his hometown of Denver, Colorado this past January.

Now, Cerrone will have the chance to bounce back in a blockbuster fight, as he’s set to meet former welterweight champion “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler at UFC 213 on July 8, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada during International Fight Week. Like Cerrone, Lawler is coming off of a disappointing loss as well, as he hasn’t competed since surrendering his title in brutal fashion to Tyron Woodley at UFC 201 last July.

Despite both men recently experiencing setbacks, Cerrone feels as if the fight sells itself:

“I don’t think you have to gas us up,” Cerrone told MMA Junkie Wednesday during a media luncheon. “We’re already full tanks, man.”

While the fight could certainly hold major implications for both men, “Cowboy” isn’t looking at that way. Instead, he expressed his excitement for the upcoming contest, saying there’s no place he’d rather be than in the cage across from the “Ruthless” one:

“Robbie is old school, been around forever. And so have I. Somebody’s going to lose. But I don’t think Robbie looks at it like that; neither do I,” Cerrone said. “I don’t go in there like, ‘(Expletive) I have to win. My career.’ … I’m going to fight, to fight one of the best brawlers, going to stand up, (expletive) throw down, and put on a show. This fight is for me. This is what I love. There’s no place I’d rather be than in that mother(expletive). And then throwing down with one of the greatest? C’mon, I’m loving it – every minute of it.”

The fight has a serious chance to produce fireworks as both men tend to engage in slug fights and Cerrone even feels as if it could turn out to be a ‘Fight of the Year’ contender. It’s a fight, in his opinion, that no fight fan should miss:

“Oh, for sure. In my mind it already is,” Cerrone said. “‘Fight of the Everything.’ Fight of my life. Can’t wait, man. I’m (expletive) pumped. It’s going to be exciting. I don’t even know why I need to keep selling this fight. If you’re not a (expletive) MMA fan and watching this fight, then (expletive) you. That’s all I’ve got to say.”

UFC 213 is currently expected to be headlined by a bantamweight grudge match between 135-pound king Cody Garbrandt and former titleholder TJ Dillashaw, although a back injury to “No Love” has put the bout in jeopardy. Women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes is also set to defend her title on the card, taking on surging contender Valentina Shevchenko in a rematch of their UFC 196 bout last March.

Which UFC 213 fight are you most excited for?

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Amanda Nunes vs. Valentina Shevchenko Rematch Set For UFC 213

Another bantamweight title fight has been added to July 8’s UFC 213, which will take place during International Fight Week in Las Vegas, Nevada. Bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt is already scheduled to meet TJ Dillashaw on the card, although that bout is now in jeopardy after it was reported that Garbrandt is dealing with back

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Another bantamweight title fight has been added to July 8’s UFC 213, which will take place during International Fight Week in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt is already scheduled to meet TJ Dillashaw on the card, although that bout is now in jeopardy after it was reported that Garbrandt is dealing with back issues, and it was announced at the UFC’s Summer Kickoff Press Conference earlier today (May 12, 2017) that Amanda Nunes will also put her 135-pound title on the line in a rematch against top contender Valentina Shevchenko.

The two even get physical when facing off (Courtesy of Fox Sports’ Damon Martin):

 

Nunes has won five consecutive fights including a decision victory over Shevchenko in their first meeting at UFC 196. Since then, she has scored back-to-back stoppage victories over former champions Miesha Tate at UFC 200 and Ronda Rousey at UFC 207. The “Lioness” finished Rousey in just 48 seconds.

Shevchenko, on the other hand, has picked up two straight victories since losing to Nunes. She outpointed former titleholder Holly Holm in July 2016 and she submitted Julianna Pena this past January.

Who do you expect to walk away with UFC gold when these two run it back in July?

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