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4 Career-Defining Moments For UFC 224’s Amanda Nunes

Amanda Nunes has been on quite a roll. The reigning Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) women’s bantamweight title holder is set for another defense. She’ll put her 135-pound gold on the line against Raquel Pennington in the main event of …

Amanda Nunes has been on quite a roll. The reigning Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) women’s bantamweight title holder is set for another defense. She’ll put her 135-pound gold on the line against Raquel Pennington in the main event of UFC 224. The action takes place inside the Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on May 12. This will […]

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Mackenzie Dern Responds to Amanda Cooper’s Criticisms of Her Skills

Mackenzie Dern isn’t much for trash talk but she’ll certainly respond when an opponent has something to say about her. In the lead up to her fight at UFC 224 next weekend, Dern has heard Amanda Cooper’s criticisms of her after she mad…

Mackenzie Dern isn’t much for trash talk but she’ll certainly respond when an opponent has something to say about her. In the lead up to her fight at UFC 224 next weekend, Dern has heard Amanda Cooper’s criticisms of her after she made her debut against Ashley Yoder in March. Cooper said that Dern had […]

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Amanda Nunes Wants Proper Time to Prepare for Fight Against Cris Cyborg

Amanda Nunes may still face Cris Cyborg in the future but not without having the time to prepare for the fight. The reigning 135-pound women’s champion was rumored for a showdown with Cyborg earlier this year but the matchup never came together a…

Amanda Nunes may still face Cris Cyborg in the future but not without having the time to prepare for the fight. The reigning 135-pound women’s champion was rumored for a showdown with Cyborg earlier this year but the matchup never came together and they both ended up with fights against different opponents. Cyborg stepped up […]

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Kelvin Gastelum Regrets Rejected Friend Request From ‘Sad’ Mike Perry

A few weeks back, we reported on Mike Perry’s public rejection of Kelvin Gastelum’s Facebook friend request. The two had engaged in a social media back-and-forth, with Perry ultimately appearing to come out on top. Perry had actually initiated the war of words after posting a comment to Gastelum saying “Jacare” will choke The Ultimate […]

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A few weeks back, we reported on Mike Perry’s public rejection of Kelvin Gastelum’s Facebook friend request. The two had engaged in a social media back-and-forth, with Perry ultimately appearing to come out on top.

Perry had actually initiated the war of words after posting a comment to Gastelum saying “Jacare” will choke The Ultimate Fighter winner out when the two meet at UFC 224.

Gastelum has finally broken the silence over his spat with “Platinum” and the story behind his now-infamous friend request (MMA Fighting):

“What happened was, I woke up one day, and I went to check my Facebook. Then he, randomly, I got a Mike Perry comment. I’m like ‘alright, I’m gonna check it,’ and it said ‘Jacare is going to strangle you.’ I’m like, alright, I didn’t reply, I didn’t ‘like’ it or anything. What I did was, I tried to mess with him just to see what he would do, and I sent him a friend request.”

“I kind of feel like it backfired. Because he blew it up on Twitter, he kind of made me look like a fool or at least I felt like it. But yeah, I’m not worried about him. I was just kind of messing around just to see what would happen.”

“I’ve learned that people will say anything online. Anything to get your attention, to get you to respond to them. And many of those people are the saddest people on earth. I don’t pay any attention to it. Only sometimes when I want to have some fun. … I used to read the comments and think ‘oh my god, what are people thinking about me, what are they saying about me?’ But now it’s just like, I realize some of those people are the most saddest people on earth.”

While Gastelum did compete at welterweight for a good portion of his UFC run, he’s now fighting at middleweight following several failed weight cuts to make 170 pounds, where Perry currently competes.

So, it’s unlikely the two will settle their differences in the cage, at least anytime soon.

Their online battle may rage on, however.

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Kelvin Gastelum Regrets Rejected Friend Request From ‘Sad’ Mike Perry

A few weeks back, we reported on Mike Perry’s public rejection of Kelvin Gastelum’s Facebook friend request. The two had engaged in a social media back-and-forth, with Perry ultimately appearing to come out on top. Perry had actually initiated the war of words after posting a comment to Gastelum saying “Jacare” will choke The Ultimate […]

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A few weeks back, we reported on Mike Perry’s public rejection of Kelvin Gastelum’s Facebook friend request. The two had engaged in a social media back-and-forth, with Perry ultimately appearing to come out on top.

Perry had actually initiated the war of words after posting a comment to Gastelum saying “Jacare” will choke The Ultimate Fighter winner out when the two meet at UFC 224.

Gastelum has finally broken the silence over his spat with “Platinum” and the story behind his now-infamous friend request (MMA Fighting):

“What happened was, I woke up one day, and I went to check my Facebook. Then he, randomly, I got a Mike Perry comment. I’m like ‘alright, I’m gonna check it,’ and it said ‘Jacare is going to strangle you.’ I’m like, alright, I didn’t reply, I didn’t ‘like’ it or anything. What I did was, I tried to mess with him just to see what he would do, and I sent him a friend request.”

“I kind of feel like it backfired. Because he blew it up on Twitter, he kind of made me look like a fool or at least I felt like it. But yeah, I’m not worried about him. I was just kind of messing around just to see what would happen.”

“I’ve learned that people will say anything online. Anything to get your attention, to get you to respond to them. And many of those people are the saddest people on earth. I don’t pay any attention to it. Only sometimes when I want to have some fun. … I used to read the comments and think ‘oh my god, what are people thinking about me, what are they saying about me?’ But now it’s just like, I realize some of those people are the most saddest people on earth.”

While Gastelum did compete at welterweight for a good portion of his UFC run, he’s now fighting at middleweight following several failed weight cuts to make 170 pounds, where Perry currently competes.

So, it’s unlikely the two will settle their differences in the cage, at least anytime soon.

Their online battle may rage on, however.

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Mackenzie Dern Reveals Camp Change Heading Into UFC 224

Headed into her second UFC bout, rising women’s MMA star Mackenzie Dern has announced she has changed teams. The UFC women’s 115-pound prospect revealed at a media day luncheon via MMAFighting.com that she had been asked to leave The MMA Lab in her home state of Arizona following her UFC debut win over Ashley Yoder […]

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Headed into her second UFC bout, rising women’s MMA star Mackenzie Dern has announced she has changed teams.

The UFC women’s 115-pound prospect revealed at a media day luncheon via MMAFighting.com that she had been asked to leave The MMA Lab in her home state of Arizona following her UFC debut win over Ashley Yoder at March’s UFC 222.

According to Dern, it was her consistency (or lack thereof) that made team head coach John Crouch ask her to move:

“In relation with the Lab, after my last fight, Coach [John] Crouch, he just invited me to leave the team,” Dern said. “I think really we don’t have a 100-percent understanding. I think he knows his decisions more than me. I think with just the consistency, he wanted me to be there more often than what I was, but everything happens for a reason.”

Hyped as one of the best rising talents in the UFC, Brazilian jiu-jitsu champion Dern revealed she was getting ready for her fight versus Amanda Bobby Cooper at May’s UFC 224 at Blackhouse in L.A., where she refines her much-needed striking game, and with Checkmat and Leo Vieira for jiu-jitsu, the overtly dominant aspect of her game.

Dern stated that although it wasn’t a permanent fit for now, she was enjoying her time training in California right now:

“It’s nothing 100 percent or anything like that, but for this camp I’ve been working with them and I’m feeling so good,”

Crouch also addressed the scenario in his own statement, fixating on Dern’s aforementioned inconsistency with training while offering his belief she’d be better off centering her camp in California. Overall, he wished her the best in her fight career:

“She was struggling to make it back and forth to Arizona, and I thought it was better that she just set up her camp in California, where she really enjoys being. I wish her the best. I know she’s going to do great in her jiu-jitsu career and in her MMA career, and we’ll be cheering for her.”

Dern then addressed that herself, offering her mindset in California and why it works for her in a similar fashion as Brazil, where heritage stems from. She may have been born in Arizona and begun her career at The MMA Lab, but wasn’t willing to give up her life outside of fighting to be in the gym every day without fail:

“I think, like I said, the mindset and being confident, if you’re happy, too, with where you are, it’s the best,” Dern said. “Here is a little bit similar lifestyle that I have in Brazil. I almost went back to Brazil to live there. I was even training with Jose Aldo down there and everything and seeing if I would be there. So, I have this lifestyle here in California, which gives me that good balance.

“I’m not just training,” Dern said. “I’m not the person that the next day I’m back in the academy. I like to be able to be on the beach and relax and miss to be on the mats and want to be on the mats. I don’t like to feel the pressure to be on the mats. I’m on the mats since I’m 3 years old. For me, at 25, when I have the time to rest and everything, then the next time, it’s like man I want to train. I like to have that drive.”

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