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Conor McGregor Officially Stripped of UFC Title Following UFC 223

Conor McGregor’s rough week got even rougher on Saturday night. Just days after spending Thursday in jail following an incident at the UFC 223 media day, the Irish striker was stripped of his UFC lightweight title…

Conor McGregor’s rough week got even rougher on Saturday night. Just days after spending Thursday in jail following an incident at the UFC 223 media day, the Irish striker was stripped of his UFC lightweight title…

UFC 223 Media Scrum: Karolina Kowalkiewicz Breaks Down Win Over Felice Herrig

Karolina Kowalkiewicz nabbed her second win in a row after her split decision victory over Felice Herrig. The action took place inside the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY as the featured preliminary UFC 223 bout. She talked about the victory and more t…

Karolina Kowalkiewicz nabbed her second win in a row after her split decision victory over Felice Herrig. The action took place inside the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY as the featured preliminary UFC 223 bout. She talked about the victory and more to the media during her post-fight scrum. You can catch the video above.

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Rose Namajunas vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk Full Fight Video Highlights

Five months after UFC women’s strawweight champion Rose Namajunas shocked the MMA world by knocking out dominant former champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk at last November’s UFC 217, the two top-ranked 115-pound women locked horns a second time in the co-main event of tonight’s (Sat., April 7, 2018) UFC 223 from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. In […]

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Five months after UFC women’s strawweight champion Rose Namajunas shocked the MMA world by knocking out dominant former champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk at last November’s UFC 217, the two top-ranked 115-pound women locked horns a second time in the co-main event of tonight’s (Sat., April 7, 2018) UFC 223 from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

In a close, hard-fought affair, Namajunas retained her belt thanks to three 49-46 scorecards from the judges, but many believed it should have been more like 48-47 after the champion arguably won the bout by winning the fifth and final round.

At the outset of the pivotal title bout, the two rivals refused to touch gloves:


Namajunas started out strong, tagging Jedrzejczyk with several flurries including this one at the end of the first round:


The champion followed it up with a huge left, the punch that floored the former champ in their first fight:


But even though the first two rounds went to the champ, the momentum began to shift in the third and fourth rounds as Jedrzejczyk found her groove by landing a steady volume of vicious low kicks.
With the shift weighing on the champ, the two fighters traded big shots in the fourth round:


The tide had turned, and it may have come down to just who could edge out the fifth and possibly deciding frame. Namajunas cam out aggressive and landed some big shots during the fifth, and in the end, she closed out the round big with an important takedown to defend her 115-pound belt for the first time:

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Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Al Iaquinta Full Fight Video Highlights

Following the craziest week in MMA history, undefeated lightweight Khabib Nurmagomedov finally met Al Iaquinta – his fifth possible opponent in under a week’s time – in the main event of last night’s (Sat., April 7, 2018) UFC 223 from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. And the 26-0 Dagestani showed why he is the […]

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Following the craziest week in MMA history, undefeated lightweight Khabib Nurmagomedov finally met Al Iaquinta – his fifth possible opponent in under a week’s time – in the main event of last night’s (Sat., April 7, 2018) UFC 223 from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

And the 26-0 Dagestani showed why he is the most dominant grappling force in MMA by dominating Iaquinta over five full rounds, although it wasn’t without some resistance from a tough ‘Ragin’ Al.’

The fight began according to Khabib’s expected gameplan, with “The Eagle’ grounding Iaquinta before he got back up:


In the second round, Khabib ground Iaquinta again and began raining down punches, but ‘Ragin’ Al’ was able to survive the round:


The fight wasn’t without a few moments from Iaquinta as well, as he nailed ‘The Eagle’ with some big punches in the third round:


And although his wrestling was working in the early rounds, Nurmagomedov seemed to be content to stand and trade in the later rounds:


Finally, Khabib locked up the UFC lightweight title after taking Iaquinta’s back in the fifth yet again:

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Khabib Nurmagomedov Beats Al Iaquinta at UFC 223 for Lightweight Title

One of the wildest weeks in UFC history ended with a sight that wasn’t shocking: Khabib Nurmagomedov capturing the UFC lightweight championship with a unanimous-decision win …

One of the wildest weeks in UFC history ended with a sight that wasn’t shocking: Khabib Nurmagomedov capturing the UFC lightweight championship with a unanimous-decision win …

Khabib Nurmagomedov Becomes UFC Champ, Not with a Bang but with a Whimper

After the wildest week in UFC history, it felt good to regain some sense of normalcy. Khabib Nurmagomedov beat Al Iaquinta in the main event of UFC 223 . He’s the new UFC lightweight champion…

After the wildest week in UFC history, it felt good to regain some sense of normalcy. Khabib Nurmagomedov beat Al Iaquinta in the main event of UFC 223 . He’s the new UFC lightweight champion…