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Darren Till’s coach believes timing might mean everything at the conclusion of UFC 228. Till’s massive opportunity will occur on Sept. 8 at UFC 228. In the main event, “The Gorilla” will challenge UFC welterweight champion Tyron…
Darren Till’s coach believes timing might mean everything at the conclusion of UFC 228. Till’s massive opportunity will occur on Sept. 8 at UFC 228. In the main event, “The Gorilla” will challenge UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley. The two will meet inside the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. This will be Till’s first […]
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Zabit Magomedsharipov might get to fight at UFC 228 after all.
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The UFC is currently searching for someone to fight Zabit Magomedsharipov at UFC 228.
Initially, Magomedsharipov was to face Yair Rodriguez on the card. That fight had been plagued from the very beginning. Rodriguez was involved in a highly-publicized spat with the UFC. Things got so bad that the Mexican was even released from the promotion.
Rodriguez took issue with the promotion wanting him to fight Magomedsharipov. “El Pantera” wanted a higher-ranked opponent instead. Both sides seemed to smooth things over soon after.
Yesterday (Thurs. August 23, 2018), however, it was announced that Rodriguez had pulled from the fight with an injury. This leaves his Dagestani counterpart without a dance partner for Dallas.
Enter John Lineker. The longtime bantamweight challenger has thrown his name in the hat as a potential replacement for Rodriguez. The Brazilian took to Twitter and threw out the challenge:
“ Hey Zabit! Since Yair is out, and no one wants me in my div. Ill fight you man!!!@zabit_mma @danawhite @seanshelby @ufc
— John Lineker (@johnlineker) August 23, 2018
Magomedsharipov responded to Lineker’s comments. He mentioned that he already called UFC matchmaker Sean Shelby, however, Shelby allegedly claimed Lineker is too small. That’s a fair argument. Magomedsharipov stands at 6’1” compared to a 5’3” Lineker:
I’m in! Let’s do it! Call mr. Sean Shelby but we called him. He said you’re too small. But I will fight you. Much respect for stepping up. https://t.co/n46k8gMN9r
— ZabitMagomedsharipov (@zabit_mma) August 23, 2018
smaller but I am game!!
— John Lineker (@johnlineker) August 23, 2018
Lineker is sitting in a nice position at 135 pounds. The No. 6-ranked bantamweight is coming off back-to-back victories. In his last outing, Lineker scored a third-round knockout over Brian Kelleher at UFC 224.
Magomedsharipov has won 11 straight in his mixed martial arts (MMA) career. He entered the UFC in mid-2017 with back-to-back submission wins. In his last Octagon appearance at UFC 223, he defeated Kyle Bochniak via unanimous decision.
It will be interesting to see who the UFC winds up pairing Magomedsharipov up with at UFC 228 – if anyone at all.
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The Yair Rodgriguez saga continues.
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MMA has been dealt some saddening news with Yair Rodriguez out of one of MMA’s best 145-pound match-ups.
“El Pantera” is out of his scheduled match-up with Zabit Magomedsharipov due to injury according to ESPN.com.
Rodriguez recently underwent a public spat with the UFC. The Mexican prospect was even released from the UFC. He appeared to smooth that out rather quickly. Rodriguez then signed on to face the surging Magomedsharipov soon thereafter. He’s now been forced off the pay-per-view card from Dallas, Texas.
Rodriguez has been out of action since a devastating TKO loss to former lightweight champion Frankie Edgar at May 2017’s UFC 211.
Magomedsharipov, meanwhile, has won all three of his UFC bouts. The Dagestani debuted in the octagon in September 2017. He defeated Kyle Bochniak in a “Fight of the Year” at UFC 223.
UFC 228 is headlined by a Tyron Woodley vs. Darren Till title fight. Valentina Shevchenko will look for her first UFC title against Nicco Montano in the co-main. The fight will be Montano’s first title defense of the women’s 125-pound belt.
The UFC is currently looking for a replacement to face Magomedosharipov. Rodriguez, meanwhile, will look to recover. His extended absence just got even longer as a result.
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It looks like Yair Rodriguez is off the UFC 228 card. Rodriguez was scheduled to take on Zabit Magomedsharipov in the main card opener. The bout was set to go down inside the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas on Sept. 8. As plans will be, plans…
It looks like Yair Rodriguez is off the UFC 228 card. Rodriguez was scheduled to take on Zabit Magomedsharipov in the main card opener. The bout was set to go down inside the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas on Sept. 8. As plans will be, plans will go awry. Report: Yair Rodriguez Out of […]
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Cody Stamann wants an emphatic finish over Aljamain Sterling. Stamann and Sterling are set to do battle inside the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. The bantamweights will collide as part of the UFC 228 card. They’ll trade leather on Sep…
Cody Stamann wants an emphatic finish over Aljamain Sterling. Stamann and Sterling are set to do battle inside the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. The bantamweights will collide as part of the UFC 228 card. They’ll trade leather on Sept. 8. Cody Stamann on Aljamain Sterling: ‘I’m Ready to Knock This Dude Out’ Stamann […]
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UFC 228 Could prove to be a dream scenario for welterweight Kamaru Usman.
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A ‘Dream Scenario’ for Kamaru Usman just may become a reality, as he will serve as the official standby for the UFC 228 main event title-fight between Darren Till and Tyron Woodley.
Speaking with Luke Thomas on a recent episode of The MMA Hour ‘The Nigerian Nightmare’ explained that whether or not the UFC reaches out to him is irrelevant. He will be on weight Sept 8 to realize a dream.
“It wasn’t really a selection process; I believe I was the rightful guy to be fighting for the belt in the first place,” said Usman.
“I was already training before they announced the fight,” he continued. “I was already going to make weight regardless of whether they called of not. It was going to be in Dallas, my hometown — that’s my fight. That’s a perfect fight for me.”
“So, I was already in training and fortunately [the UFC] was like, ‘Hey, we want you on standby’. I was going to do that anyway, they didn’t have to tell me. I was going to be there on weight whether they compensated me to be there or not. I was going to do that for free because that was my shot.”
A sportsman in every sense of the word, Usman doesn’t wish any ill will on either Till or Woodley. That being said, he admits he has dreamt of this exact scenario.
“If Darren Till is able to make weight, more power to him, I want him to be able to make weight and get his shot. And if everything is fine with Tyron, more power to him. But in my dreams I dreamt this was the process of how I become champion.”
“Nothing changes for me,” Usman said of his preparation. “The only difference is with the scheduled bout, there’s a little less of that pressure, a little less of that anxiety that you feel. Once you have an opponent in your mind that you’re preparing for, you’re working on specifics and you get guys in to mimic what they do. This is different where I don’t have to do that. I’m just training hard, doing the things I’m good at and kind of, in a roundabout way, doing some mimicking things of what these guys are good at. It’s a little less stress, I kind of prefer it this way.”
Gold is the be all end all for Usman, so Woodley would be his preferred opponent if his services were called upon in Dallas. However, from a purely stylistically point of view, Usman beleives Till is the better option.
“If it was just as opponents, of course I would rather [fight] Till. Till is a bigger guy, right now he’s got the wave, he’s got the whole country behind him. He’s that face guy that the UFC is really behind and they’re really trying to push. So, yeah, I’d want Till, for sure, absolutely,” he said. “Plus, he hasn’t really been tested. Everyone wants to see that ground game tested. I want to test that, I want to see what he possesses down there when he’s put on his back.”
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