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Ricardo Lamas Reveals He Fought With Blood Clot At UFC Argentina

Longtime UFC featherweight competitor Ricardo Lamas reveals that he fought with a blood clot at UFC Argentina last weekend.

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It looks like Ricardo Lamas battled through quite a bit to get to UFC Argentina last week (Sat. November 17, 2018).

Lamas defeated Darren Elkins in the third round of their co-main event meeting. He is one of the very few men to have finished Elkins via TKO in his MMA career. With the victory, Lamas ended a two-fight losing skid.

He also cracked back into the top ten in the featherweight rankings. While things went Lamas’ way last week in Buenos Aires, things just as easily could’ve gone terribly wrong. “The Bully” recently took to his Instagram account and issued a lengthy statement.

In it, he revealed that he fought Elkins in Argentina with a blood clot. He found out about it just after making his trip overseas prior to his fight. Apparently, the clot formed in his calf muscle during the flight to Argentina from sitting in a tight space for so long.

If the clot became dislodged during the fight, things could’ve gone very terribly wrong:

“Thank you to my teams [MMA Masters] and [UFC Gym Naperville] thank you to family and my supporters.

“My first day Argentina I noticed that my left calf muscle felt tight and sore to the touch, I thought maybe it was a small muscle pull or something of that nature, but as the week went on it worsened.

“The day of the fight I had someone work on it to try and get the muscle to release and it was extremely painful.

“After getting it checked out by the doctors and having an ultrasound done on the muscle, it turns out I formed a blood clot in my calf muscle during the flight to Argentina from being seated in a tight area for so long.

“Things could’ve ended badly if the clot became dislodged during the fight. So I guess I also have to thank whoever was watching over me during the fight.

“So I guess I can say I ‘fought wit a bloodclot blood clot!’ (Rasta voice).”

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Thank you to my teams @mmamasters and @ufcgymnaperville thank you to family and my supporters. My first day Argentina I noticed that my left calf muscle felt tight and sore to the touch, I thought maybe it was a small muscle pull or something of that nature, but as the week went on it worsened. The day of the fight I had someone work on it to try and get the muscle to release and it was extremely painful. After getting it checked out by the doctors and having an ultrasound done on the muscle, it turns out I formed a blood clot in my calf muscle during the flight to Argentina from being seated in a tight area for so long. Things could’ve ended badly if the clot became dislodged during the fight. So I guess I also have to thank whoever was watching over me during the fight ?? ? so I guess I can say I “fought wit a bloodclot blood clot!” (Rasta voice) #ufc #mma #training #boxing #muaythai #capoeira #wrestling #jiujitsu #ufcgymnaperville #ufcgym #weareufcgym #traindifferent #thebully #bullylife

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UFC Argentina Prelims Ratings Beat Main Card Numbers

A college football game between Michigan & Indiana was responsible for the UFC Argentina prelims drawing more viewers than the main card last Saturday (Nov. 17, 2018) night. The UFC Argentina prelim headliner between Michel Prazeres and  Bartosz Fabinski drew 707,000 viewers. That is the best number for prelims on FOX Sports 1 since the first […]

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A college football game between Michigan & Indiana was responsible for the UFC Argentina prelims drawing more viewers than the main card last Saturday (Nov. 17, 2018) night.

The UFC Argentina prelim headliner between Michel Prazeres and  Bartosz Fabinski drew 707,000 viewers. That is the best number for prelims on FOX Sports 1 since the first FS1 show of 2018.

The main card headliner saw Argentina’s own Santiago Ponzinibbio take out the No.8 ranked Neil Magny. The bout averaged just 632,000 viewers.

The ratings steadily declined throughout the show leading many to think the audience was still being boosted by the big number from the football game that ended some two hours earlier.

Cynthia Calvillo’s first-round submission win over Poliana Botelho was the most-watched match on the main card. It drew 715,000 viewers.

The main card averaged 11,804 viewers via streaming services.

By contrast, the Michigan vs. Indiana game did 2,273,000 viewers. The college football game was the lead-in for UFC and the second-most watched college game of the season on FS1. The game ended at 7:55 p.m. and the Fight Night coverage started at 8 p.m. The five-minute pre-fight show on FS1 did 1,168,000 viewers,  unreal numbers for a pre-fight show.

The prelims and the beginning of the main card went against college football on ABC, FOX, ESPN, and ESPN 2. ABC’s Cincinnati vs. UCF game lead the night with 3,098,000 viewers.

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Ricardo Lamas Claims He Fought With Blood Clot At UFC Argentina

Ricardo Lamas had quite the health scare during his trip to Argentina. Lamas went one-on-one with Darren Elkins in the co-main event of UFC Argentina this past Saturday night (Nov. 17). Lamas emerged victorious via third-round TKO. It was a much-needed…

Ricardo Lamas had quite the health scare during his trip to Argentina. Lamas went one-on-one with Darren Elkins in the co-main event of UFC Argentina this past Saturday night (Nov. 17). Lamas emerged victorious via third-round TKO. It was a much-needed performance from “The Bully,” as he had suffered the first two-fight skid of his […]

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UFC Argentina Draws Average Of 632,000 Viewers

Viewership numbers for UFC Argentina have been revealed. The FOX Sports 1 broadcast drew an average of 632,000 viewers (via MMAFighting.com). The main card peaked at 715,000 viewers for the strawweight bout between Cynthia Calvillo and Poliana Botelho….

Viewership numbers for UFC Argentina have been revealed. The FOX Sports 1 broadcast drew an average of 632,000 viewers (via MMAFighting.com). The main card peaked at 715,000 viewers for the strawweight bout between Cynthia Calvillo and Poliana Botelho. The prelims, which also aired on FS1 took in a higher average than the main card with 707,000 […]

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UFC Rankings Update: Ponzinibbio Knocks Magny Out Of The Top 10

Check out the latest UFC Rankings update, which includes Santiago Ponzinibbio knocking Neil Magny out of the top ten after UFC Argentina.

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Over the weekend (Sat. November 17, 2018) Santiago Ponzinibbio broke into the elite of the welterweight division with a vicious knockout victory over Neil Magny.

Ponzinibbio picked up the big win in front of his native Argentinian crowd. With the win, Ponzinibbio rose higher in the top ten of the welterweight division, knocking Magny out of the bunch in the process. Also, featherweight Ricardo Lamas earned his way back into the top ten after knocking off Darren Elkins in the co-main event of the show.

You can check out the full UFC Rankings update following the promotion’s trip to Argentina here below:

POUND-FOR-POUND
1 Daniel Cormier
2 Khabib Nurmagomedov
3 Jon Jones
4 TJ Dillashaw
5 Max Holloway
6 Georges St-Pierre
7 Tyron Woodley
8 Conor McGregor
9 Stipe Miocic
10 Henry Cejudo
11 Cris Cyborg
12 Robert Whittaker
13 Tony Ferguson
14 Amanda Nunes
15 Rose Namajunas

FLYWEIGHT
Champion: Henry Cejudo
1 Jussier Formiga
2 Sergio Pettis
3 Joseph Benavidez
4 Ray Borg
5 Deiveson Figueiredo
6 John Moraga
7 Dustin Ortiz +1
8 Wilson Reis -1
9 Alexandre Pantoja
10 Ben Nguyen +1
11 Tim Elliott +2
12 Alex Perez +2
13 Magomed Bibulatov *NR
14 Ulka Sasaki +1
15 Ryan Benoit *NR

BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: TJ Dillashaw
1 Cody Garbrandt
2 Dominick Cruz
3 Raphael Assuncao
4 Marlon Moraes
5 Jimmie Rivera
6 John Lineker
7 Aljamain Sterling
8 John Dodson
9 Pedro Munhoz
10 Cody Stamann
11 Rob Font
12 Alejandro Perez
13 Thomas Almeida
14 Bryan Caraway *NR
15 Douglas Silva De Andrade -1

FEATHERWEIGHT
Champion: Max Holloway
1 Brian Ortega
2 Jose Aldo
3 Frankie Edgar
4 Renato Moicano
5 Chad Mendes
6 Jeremy Stephens
7 Cub Swanson
8 Mirsad Bektic
9 Josh Emmett
10 Alexander Volkanovski
11 Ricardo Lamas +2
12 Yair Rodriguez -1
13 Chan Sung Jung -1
14 Zabit Magomedsharipov +1
15 Darren Elkins -1

LIGHTWEIGHT
Champion: Khabib Numragomedov
1 Tony Ferguson
2 Conor McGregor
3 Dustin Poirier
4 Kevin Lee
5 Edson Barboza
6 Justin Gaethje
7 Anthony Pettis
8 Al Iaquinta
9 Nate Diaz
10 Michael Chiesa
11 James Vick
12 Alexander Hernandez
13 Francisco Trinaldo
14 Dan Hooker
15 Paul Felder

WELTERWEIGHT
Champion: Tyron Woodley
1 Colby Covington
2 Darren Till
3 Rafael Dos Anjos
4 Stephen Thompson
5 Kamaru Usman +1
6 Robbie Lawler -1
7 Santiago Ponzinibbio +3
8 Demian Maia -1
9 Jorge Masvidal
10 Leon Edwards +1
11 Neil Magny -3
12 Donald Cerrone
13 Alex Oliveira
14 Gunnar Nelson
15 Elizeu Dos Santos

MIDDLEWEIGHT
Champion: Robert Whittaker
1 Yoel Romero
2 Luke Rockhold
3 Ronaldo Souza
4 Kelvin Gastelum
5 Chris Weidman
6 Israel Adesanya
7 Paulo Costa
8 Derek Brunson
9 Jared Cannonier
10 Brad Tavares
11 David Branch
12 Antonio Carlos Junior
13 Uriah Hall
14 Elias Theodorou
15 Thiago Santos

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Daniel Cormier
1 Jon Jones
2 Alexander Gustafsson
3 Anthony Smith
4 Jan Blachowicz
5 Ilir Latifi
6 Volkan Oezdemir
7 Jimi Manuwa
8 Dominick Reyes
9 Corey Anderson
10 Ovince Saint Preux
11 Glover Teixeira
12 Misha Cirkunov
13 Mauricio Rua
14 Tyson Pedro
15 Nikita Krylov

HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Daniel Cormier
1 Stipe Miocic
2 Derrick Lewis
3 Curtis Blaydes
4 Francis Ngannou
5 Alexander Volkov
6 Alistair Overeem
7 Junior Dos Santos
8 Aleksei Oleinik
9 Marcin Tybura
10 Mark Hunt
11 Tai Tuivasa
12 Shamil Abdurakhimov
13 Andrei Arlovski
14 Stefan Struve
15 Justin Willis

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

WOMEN’S FLYWEIGHT
Champion: Vacant
1 Valentina Shevchenko
2 Nicco Montano
3 Katlyn Chookagian
4 Sijara Eubanks
5 Alexis Davis
6 Liz Carmouche
7 Roxanne Modafferi
7 Lauren Murphy
9 Jessica Eye
10 Jessica-Rose Clark
11 Ashlee Evans-Smith
12 Joanne Calderwood
13 Mara Romero Borella
14 Jennifer Maia
15 Andrea Lee

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

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Rising UFC Light Heavyweight Apparently Endorses Growth Hormone Online

Rising UFC light heavyweight prospect apparently endorses a banned growth hormone by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA).

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It looks like a rising UFC light heavyweight prospect made a big mistake earlier this year.

When looking back at 205-pound competitor Johnny Walker’s Instagram account, a post was made back in April endorsing a performance-enhancing drug known as Mk-677 (ibutamoren). Mk-677 is one of the banned substances by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), who handles the drug testing of UFC fighters. Check out a screenshot of the post here:

Recently, Walker picked up a knockout win over Khalil Rountree Jr. at UFC Argentina, which also earned him a Performance Of The Night bonus. Under the WADA prohibited list, Ibutamoren is banned as a non-specified substance. It’s listed under Section 2 Peptide Hormones, Growth Factors, Related Substances, and Mimetics.

The default sanction of a two-year suspension is given to a fighter who tests positive for the substance under the UFC’s anti-doping program. The use of ibutamoren has been linked to muscle growth and increased recovery, however, the experimental drug is not approved by the FDA at this time.

Walker could find himself in trouble with USADA if the anti-doping agency decides to look into the light heavyweight’s affiliation with the growth hormone after his Instagram post has come back to haunt him.

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