Tyron Woodley Says Ben Askren Will Be A Better Fighter After KO Loss

Ben Askren was handed his first professional loss at UFC 239. There, to start the fight, Jorge Masvidal ran across the cage and landed a perfectly timed flying knee that knocked “Funky” out cold. The official time of the fight was five seco…

Ben Askren was handed his first professional loss at UFC 239. There, to start the fight, Jorge Masvidal ran across the cage and landed a perfectly timed flying knee that knocked “Funky” out cold. The official time of the fight was five seconds. It was obviously not the way Ben Askren thought the fight would […]

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Watch: UFC 239 ‘The Thrill and The Agony’

The UFC has released the Thrill and Agony for UFC 239, which will no doubt be a good one. The card featured the incredible knockouts of Ben Askren, Luke Rockhold, and Alejandro Perez. ‘The Thrill and The Agony’ has become one of the must-watch UFC production for MMA fans. It takes fans behind the scenes […]

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The UFC has released the Thrill and Agony for UFC 239, which will no doubt be a good one. The card featured the incredible knockouts of Ben Askren, Luke Rockhold, and Alejandro Perez.

‘The Thrill and The Agony’ has become one of the must-watch UFC production for MMA fans. It takes fans behind the scenes of their monthly pay-per-views, that show footage in the Octagon, crowd reactions, and backstage encounters.

In the preview, it shows the reactions of Kamaru Usman, Khabib Nurmagomedov, and plenty of others when they watch Ben Askren gets knocked out. Of course, he got KO’d by a flying knee in five seconds to hand him his first professional loss.

The episode also shows you Joe Rogan and company reaction to Amanda Nunes’ head kick KO to Holly Holm. And, of course, it brings you in closer when the judge’s scorecards were read for Jon Jones and Thiago Santos and how their respective teams reacted.

The Thrill and The Agony is live on UFC Fight Pass for all fight fans to enjoy.

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UFC 239 Prelim Numbers Pull-In Over A Million Viewers

UFC 239 was arguably the biggest card of the year for 2019, and the prelims seem to show that. According to Dave Meltzer of MMA Fighting, the prelims pulled in 1,145,000 viewers which is the third highest-viewers this year. The card fell behind UFC 234 which was headlined by Israel Adesanya vs. Anderson Silva, that […]

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UFC 239 was arguably the biggest card of the year for 2019, and the prelims seem to show that. According to Dave Meltzer of MMA Fighting, the prelims pulled in 1,145,000 viewers which is the third highest-viewers this year.

The card fell behind UFC 234 which was headlined by Israel Adesanya vs. Anderson Silva, that did 1,339,000. UFC 235 which was headlined by Jon Jones vs. Anthony Smith is still at the top as it pulled-in 1,480,000.

Meltzer reports that. “the broadcast was the highest-rated show on television in 18-49 and Males 18-49 on Saturday night. It was first on cable in Males 12-34 and 18-34, and second on cable in both overall 18-34 and 25-54.” And, it also peaked at 1.4 million for the Gilbert Melendez vs. Arnold Allen fight.

UFC 239 prelims featured the likes of Gilbert Melendez making his return to the Octagon to take on Arnold Allen. As well as Song Yadong knocking out Alejandro Perez, Marlon Vera submitting Nohelin Hernandez and Claudia Gadelha outpointing Randa Markos. It was a phenomenal event, and the UFC and ESPN have to be happy with the estimated numbers.

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Tyron Woodley Discusses Teammate Ben Askren’s KO Loss

Its been well known that Tyron Woodley and Ben Askren are very close friends and training partners. So, when the former welterweight champion heard what happened to “Funky” as he was knocked out in five seconds, it was obviously tough news to hear. But, Woodley says he is giving Askren space to make sure he […]

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Its been well known that Tyron Woodley and Ben Askren are very close friends and training partners. So, when the former welterweight champion heard what happened to “Funky” as he was knocked out in five seconds, it was obviously tough news to hear.

But, Woodley says he is giving Askren space to make sure he heals up and spends time with his family:

“I talked to him a little bit,” Woodley said to ESPN (h/t MMA Fighting). “He’s a competitor. I just checked on him to make sure his health is good and give him his space. We’ve all got to deal with lessons our own way.

“If you don’t learn anything from it, it becomes a loss, so I can’t help him learn the lesson that he needs to learn from that. I think it’s gonna take him having to feel a little bit bad, a little bit looking at the mirror like, ‘Damn, that sh*t is reality.’ Whatever lesson he gets from it, I think it will make him a better man, a better fighter.”

Askren is coming off of a five-second KO loss to Jorge Masvidal at UFC 239. There, to start the fight, the Olympic wrestler shot for a takedown while “Gamebred” landed a perfectly timed flying knee that knocked him out cold.

Woodley, meanwhile, is coming off of losing his title at UFC 235 to Kamaru Usman. There, for whatever reason, he couldn’t pull the trigger on his punches and is now wanting a rematch.

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UFC Rankings Update: Jorge Masvidal Blasts Into Top Three

We finally have a UFC rankings update following this past weekend’s (Sat. July 6, 2019) UFC 239 pay-per-view (PPV) event. In the main event, UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones successfully retained his title against heavy-handed Brazilian Thiago Santos. “Bones” was able to retain his title via split decision after a close five-round contest. Also, […]

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We finally have a UFC rankings update following this past weekend’s (Sat. July 6, 2019) UFC 239 pay-per-view (PPV) event.

In the main event, UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones successfully retained his title against heavy-handed Brazilian Thiago Santos. “Bones” was able to retain his title via split decision after a close five-round contest.

Also, in the co-main event, UFC women’s “Champ Champ” Amanda Nunes also retained her 135-pound title. “The Lioness” finished Holly Holm in the first round by using “The Preacher’s Daughter’s” own signature head kick.

And finally, Jorge Masvidal knocked out Ben Askren with an amazing flying knee, to secure the fastest knockout in UFC history with five seconds. Masvidal has broken into the top three in the new UFC fighter rankings at 170 pounds.

Check out the full UFC fighter rankings update following UFC 239 here:

POUND-FOR-POUND
1 Daniel Cormier
2 Jon Jones
3 Khabib Nurmagomedov
4 Henry Cejudo
5 Amanda Nunes +1
6 Max Holloway -1
7 Kamaru Usman
8 Dustin Poirier
9 Conor McGregor
10 Robert Whittaker
11 Stipe Miocic
12 Tony Ferguson
13 Valentina Shevchenko
14 Tyron Woodley
15 Jessica Andrade

FLYWEIGHT
Champion: Henry Cejudo
1 Joseph Benavidez
2 Jussier Formiga
3 Alexandre Pantoja
4 Deiveson Figueiredo
5 Tim Elliott
6 Rogerio Bontorin
7 Ryan Benoit
8 Jordan Espinosa
9 Kai Kara France
10 Alex Perez
11 Raulian Paiva
12 Matt Schnell
13 VACANT
14 VACANT
15 VACANT

BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: Henry Cejudo
1 Marlon Moraes
2 Aljamain Sterling
3 Raphael Assuncao
4 Petr Yan
5 Pedro Munhoz
6 Dominick Cruz
7 Cody Garbrandt
8 Jimmie Rivera
9 Corey Sandhagen
10 Cody Stamann +1
11 Rob Font +1
12 John Dodson +1
13 Song Yadong *NR
14 Thomas Almeida +1
15 Ricky Simon *NR

FEATHERWEIGHT
Champion: Max Holloway
1 Alexander Volkanovski
2 Brian Ortega
3 Jose Aldo
4 Frankie Edgar
5 Zabit Magomedsharipov
6 Chan Sung Jung
7 Yair Rodriguez +1
8 Jeremy Stephens -1
9 Renato Moicano +1
10 Josh Emmett -1
11 Calvin Kattar
12 Mirsad Bektic
13 Arnold Allen *NR
14 Shane Burgos
15 Ricardo Lamas -2

LIGHTWEIGHT
Champion: Khabib Nurmagomedov
1 Dustin Poirier (Interim Champion)
2 Tony Ferguson
3 Conor McGregor
4 Donald Cerrone
5 Justin Gaethje 
6 Al Iaquinta
7 Edson Barboza
8 Kevin Lee
9 Anthony Pettis
10 Paul Felder
11 Charles Oliveira
12 Gregor Gillespie
13 Alexander Hernandez
14 Islam Makhachev
15 James Vick

WELTERWEIGHT
Champion: Kamaru Usman
1 Tyron Woodley
2 Colby Covington
3 Jorge Masvidal +1
4 Rafael Dos Anjos -1
5 Darren Till +1
6 Stephen Thompson +1
7 Anthony Pettis +1
8 Santiago Ponzinibbio +1
9 Ben Askren -4
10 Robbie Lawler
11 (T) Leon Edwards
11 (T) Demian Maia +1
13 Neil Magny 
14 Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos
15 Vincente Luque

MIDDLEWEIGHT
Champion: Robert Whittaker
1 Israel Adesanya (Interim Champion)
2 Yoel Romero
3 Kelvin Gastelum
4 Jack Hermansson
5 Ronaldo Souza
6 Chris Weidman
7 Paulo Costa
8 Derek Brunson
9 Jared Cannonier
10 Ian Heinisch
11 Brad Tavares
12 Uriah Hall
13 Antonio Carlos Junior
14 David Branch
15 Anderson Silva

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Jon Jones
1 Daniel Cormier
2 Thiago Santos
3 Anthony Smith
4 Dominick Reyes
5 Jan Blachowicz +1
6 Alexander Gustafsson -1
7 Volkan Oezdemir
8 Corey Anderson
9 Ilir Latifi
10 Glover Teixeira
11 Aleksandar Rakic
12 Johnny Walker
13 Mauricio Rua
14 Nikita Krylov
15 Misha Cirkunov

HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Daniel Cormier
1 Stipe Miocic
2 Francis Ngannou
3 Junior Dos Santos
4 Curtis Blaydes
5 Derrick Lewis
6 Alexander Volkov
7 Alistair Overeem
8 Cain Velasquez
9 Aleksei Oleinik
10 Shamil Abdurakhimov
11 Blagoy Ivanov
12 Tai Tuivasa
13 Marcin Tybura
14 Walt Harris
15 Augusto Sakai

WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHT
Champion: Jessica Andrade
1 Rose Namajunas
2 Tatiana Suarez
3 Nina Ansaroff
4 Joanna Jedrzejczyk
5 Claudia Gadelha
6 Weili Zhang
7 Michelle Waterson 
8 Tecia Torres
9 Carla Esparza
10 Alexa Grasso +1
11 Cynthia Calvillo -1
12 Felice Herrig
13 Karolina Kowalkiewicz
14 Cortney Casey +1
15 Yan Xiaonan *NR

WOMEN’S FLYWEIGHT
Champion: Valentina Shevchenko
1 Jessica Eye
2 Katlyn Chookagian
3 Liz Carmouche
4 Joanna Jedrzejczyk
5 Joanne Calderwood
6 Roxanne Modafferi -1
7 Andrea Lee
8 Alexis Davis
9 Jennifer Maia
10 Lauren Murphy
11 Montana De La Rosa
12 Mara Romero Borella
13 Maycee Barber
14 Paige VanZant
15 Poliana Botelho

WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: Amanda Nunes
1 Germaine de Randamie
2 Ketlen Vieira +1
3 Holly Holm -1
4 Aspen Ladd
5 Raquel Pennington
6 Cat Zingano
7 Yana Kunitskaya
8 Marion Reneau
9 Irene Aldana
10 Sara McMann
11 Macy Chiasson
12 Lina Lansberg
13 Tonya Evinger
14 Sijara Eubanks
15 Bethe Correia

What do you think about Masvidal entering the top three at welterweight?

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UFC 239 Prelims Pulls In Over 1 Million Viewers

The numbers for the UFC 239 prelims are in, with the Saturday night average coming in at 1,145,000 viewers, making it one of the most successful network programs of the year for the promotion thus far. The prelims ranked #1 in the 18-49 male demographi…

The numbers for the UFC 239 prelims are in, with the Saturday night average coming in at 1,145,000 viewers, making it one of the most successful network programs of the year for the promotion thus far. The prelims ranked #1 in the 18-49 male demographic for all of Saturday night and was #1 on cable […]

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