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UFC Heavyweight Retires In-Cage Diaper

Brazilian heavyweight Junior Albini made quite the impression during his fight against Andrei Arlovski in November. But it wasn’t for his in-cage performance, as he lost the fight while sporting what appeared to be a large, man-sized diaper festooned with a Reebok logo. Fans were bemused as well as bewildered at Albini’s choice of attire, […]

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Brazilian heavyweight Junior Albini made quite the impression during his fight against Andrei Arlovski in November.

But it wasn’t for his in-cage performance, as he lost the fight while sporting what appeared to be a large, man-sized diaper festooned with a Reebok logo.

Fans were bemused as well as bewildered at Albini’s choice of attire, but don’t expect to see him wearing it again.

As he prepares for his bout versus Aleksei Oliynyk at next weekend’s UFC 224, Albini revealed he will not be wearing his man diaper (via MMA Mania):

“On Wednesday, when we try things on, I will be sure to make it as comfortable as possible so that doesn’t happen again.”

Albini ended up losing to Arlovski by decision while adorned in the man diaper at UFC Fight Night 120 but was successful in his UFC debut after smashing Timothy Johnson midway through the first round last July.

However, fight fans best remember him for those ridiculous fight shorts against Arlovski, which resembled a diaper more than any form of combat apparel.

UFC 224 takes place on May 12, 2018, in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, and features a women’s bantamweight title fight between champion Amanda Nunes and top contender Raquel Pennington.

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UFC Norfolk Reebok Payouts: Seven Fighters Share Top Spot With $20,000

The UFC Fight Night 120 Reebok payouts have rolled out. UFC Fight Night 120’s main event featured a lightweight bout between Dustin Poirier and Anthony Pettis. Poirier earned the victory with a third-round TKO finish and took home $20,000 for wea…

The UFC Fight Night 120 Reebok payouts have rolled out. UFC Fight Night 120’s main event featured a lightweight bout between Dustin Poirier and Anthony Pettis. Poirier earned the victory with a third-round TKO finish and took home $20,000 for wearing the Reebok gear. Pettis wasn’t too far behind in outfitting pay, snagging $15,000. In […]

UFC Rankings Update: GSP Now Passes Conor McGregor On P4P List

Another week of fights is in the books and the UFC fighter rankings have once again been updated. Following this past weekend’s UFC Norfolk event in which Dustin Poirier downed former 155-pound king Anthony “Showtime” Pettis in the evening’s headliner, “The Diamond” has now climbed the lightweight rankings up one spot to be crowned No. […]

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Another week of fights is in the books and the UFC fighter rankings have once again been updated.

Following this past weekend’s UFC Norfolk event in which Dustin Poirier downed former 155-pound king Anthony “Showtime” Pettis in the evening’s headliner, “The Diamond” has now climbed the lightweight rankings up one spot to be crowned No. 7. While the night’s glory belonged to Poirier, the talk of the mixed martial arts (MMA) world is the progression UFC middleweight champion Georges St-Pierre made on the pound-for-pound (P4P) list.

In the updated UFC fighter rankings, “GSP” gone up one spot in the P4P ranks to the No. 2-spot. The 185-pound champ surpasses UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor and is just one spot shy of being recognized as the best in the world – a moniker currently belonging to flyweight king Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson.

You can check out the updated UFC rankings here below:

POUND-FOR-POUND
1 Demetrious Johnson
2 Georges St-Pierre +1
3 Conor McGregor -1
4 Max Holloway
5 Daniel Cormier
6 TJ Dillashaw +1
7 Stipe Miocic -1
8 Tyron Woodley
9 Tony Ferguson
10 Cris Cyborg +1
11 Cody Garbrandt -1
12 Amanda Nunes
13 Robert Whittaker +1
14 Jose Aldo -1
15 Joanna Jedrzejczyk

FLYWEIGHT
Champion: Demetrious Johnson
1 Joseph Benavidez
2 Henry Cejudo
3 Ray Borg
4 Sergio Pettis
5 Jussier Formiga
6 Wilson Reis
7 Brandon Moreno
8 Ben Nguyen
9 John Moraga
10 Dustin Ortiz -1
11 Tim Elliott
12 Alexandre Pantoja
13 Louis Smolka
14 Deiveson Figueiredo
15 Magomed Bibulatov -1

BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: TJ Dillashaw
1 Cody Garbrandt
2 Dominick Cruz
3 Raphael Assuncao +1
4 Jimmie Rivera -1
5 John Lineker
6 Bryan Caraway
7 Marlon Moraes +2
8 Aljamain Sterling -1
9 John Dodson -1
10 Thomas Almeida
11 Pedro Munhoz
12 Eddie Wineland
13 Rob Font +1
14 Matthew Lopez -1
15 Johnny Eduardo

FEATHERWEIGHT
Champion: Max Holloway
1 Jose Aldo
2 Frankie Edgar
3 Ricardo Lamas
4 Cub Swanson
5 Chan Sung Jung
6 Brian Ortega
7 Yair Rodriguez
8 Jeremy Stephens
9 Darren Elkins
10 Renato Moicano
11 Dennis Bermudez
12 Dooho Choi
13 Mirsad Bektic
14 Myles Jury
15 Jason Knight

LIGHTWEIGHT
Champion: Conor McGregor
1 Tony Ferguson (Interim Champion)
2 Khabib Nurmagomedov
3 Edson Barboza
4 Eddie Alvarez
5 Justin Gaethje
6 Nate Diaz
7 Dustin Poirier +1
8 Kevin Lee -1
9 Michael Chiesa +1
10 Al Iaquinta +1
11 Michael Johnson -2
12 Beneil Dariush
13 Anthony Pettis
14 James Vick *NR
15 Evan Dunham -1

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

MIDDLEWEIGHT
Champion: Georges St-Pierre
1 Robert Whittaker (Interim Champion)
2 Michael Bisping
3 Yoel Romero
4 Luke Rockhold
5 Jacare Souza
6 Chris Weidman
7 Derek Brunson
8 Anderson Silva
9 Kelvin Gastelum
10 David Branch
11 Uriah Hall +1
12 Vitor Belfort -1
13 Krzysztof Jotko
14 Lyoto Machida
15 Paulo Costa

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Daniel Cormier
1 Alexander Gustafsson
2 Volkan Oezdemir
3 Glover Teixeira
4 Jimi Manuwa
5 Ovince Saint Preux
6 Mauricio Rua
7 Misha Cirkunov
8 Corey Anderson
9 Ilir Latifi
10 Patrick Cummins
11 Rogerio Nogueira
12 Gadzhimurad Antigulov
13 Tyson Pedro
14 Jan Blachowicz
15 Jared Cannonier *NR

HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Stipe Miocic
1 Alistair Overeem
2 Fabricio Werdum
3 Cain Velasquez
4 Francis Ngannou
5 Mark Hunt
6 Derrick Lewis
7 Alexander Volkov
8 Marcin Tybura
9 Curtis Blaydes
10 Stefan Struve
11 Aleksei Oleinik
12 Andrei Arlovski +1
13 Junior Albini -1
14 Travis Browne
15 Tim Johnson

WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHT
Champion: Rose Namajunas
1 Joanna Jedrzejczyk
2 Jessica Andrade
3 Claudia Gadelha
4 Karolina Kowalkiewicz
5 Tecia Torres
6 Michelle Waterson
7 Cynthia Calvillo
8 Carla Esparza
9 Felice Herrig
10 Alexa Grasso +1
11 Cortney Casey +1
12 Paige VanZant -2
13 Joanne Calderwood
14 Randa Markos
15 Maryna Moroz

WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: Amanda Nunes
1 Valentina Shevchenko
2 Holly Holm
3 Julianna Pena
4 Raquel Pennington
5 Ronda Rousey
6 Cat Zingano
7 Sara McMann
8 Ketlen Vieira
9 Germaine de Randamie
10 Alexis Davis
11 Liz Carmouche
12 Marion Reneau
13 Katlyn Chookagian
14 Bethe Correia
15 Leslie Smith

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Matt Brown Noncommittal About His Future In MMA

Leading into his slugfest with Diego Sanchez on the main card of UFC Fight Night 120 this past Saturday night (November 11th, 2017) at Ted Constant Convocation Center in Norfolk, Virginia, Matt Brown made it clear that this would be his retirement fight. The promotion even hyped it as his last fight with video packages […]

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Leading into his slugfest with Diego Sanchez on the main card of UFC Fight Night 120 this past Saturday night (November 11th, 2017) at Ted Constant Convocation Center in Norfolk, Virginia, Matt Brown made it clear that this would be his retirement fight.

The promotion even hyped it as his last fight with video packages before the fighters were about to step inside the Octagon.

However, following the fight, which saw him score a first-round knockout over Sanchez, Brown was noncommittal by stating that he would need to take time to make his decision.

“I don’t know, man. To be honest, I’m not even thinking about it right now,” Brown said when asked about his fighting future at Saturday night’s post-fight press conference. “To be honest, it’s not even really a thought in my mind. I’m thinking about enjoying tonight, and we’ll talk about it later.”

As a result of flatlining Sanchez with a ferocious standing elbow in UFC Norfolk’s co-main event, Brown snapped a three-fight losing streak in thunderous fashion. It also marked his first win over two years.

“With Diego, I was kinda trying to play it slow,” Brown explained (transcript courtesy of MMA Fighting). “I didn’t even want to knock him out that fast. I mean, I shouldn’t say that I didn’t want to, but it wasn’t really in the gameplan. Like, I was kinda feeling him out and I was gathering my distance and setting things up for later rounds, and the opportunity just presented itself, just naturally.

“Just ending it feels good, more than anything. I felt like I needed a finish. I don’t know, I just wasn’t getting the job done, so I had to come out here and show that — at least show to myself that I’m better than I’ve been fighting.”

Even though it was a strong performance for Brown, it was bittersweet due to the fact that he holds so many great memories of watching Sanchez compete in the early days of the promotion.

Sanchez was one of Brown’s favorite fighters due to him inflicting such damage. It was a tough fight for him not only physically, but mentally.

“I told him, I said, ‘Man, I’ve got more respect for you than anybody in the game,’ and that’s a fact,” Brown said. “That’s true, man. I actually picked Diego to be champion way back in the day when he was in the UFC. I thought he would beat B.J. Penn when he fought for that title. I’ve been a huge fan of his since then.

“I was watching The Ultimate Fighter 1 with him on it and cheering him on. I think I even had King of Cage (videos) with him before he was even on The Ultimate Fighter, and I was loving the guy. I can’t say enough good things about Diego. There’s nobody else I would less rather do it to.”

“I’ve definitely had more people tell me not to retire than to retire, that’s for sure,” Brown said. “But to be honest, nobody other than me and my family really has any bearing on that, and close friends. So I’m not even going to allow anybody else’s opinions to get into my mind like that.”

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UFC Fight Night 120 Bonuses: Four Fighters Nab $50,000

The UFC Fight Night 120 bonuses have been revealed. Last night (Nov. 11), UFC Fight Night 120 took place inside the Ted Convention Center in Norfolk, Virginia. The main card aired live on FOX Sports 1 (FS1). Preliminary action was also seen on FS1 and …

The UFC Fight Night 120 bonuses have been revealed. Last night (Nov. 11), UFC Fight Night 120 took place inside the Ted Convention Center in Norfolk, Virginia. The main card aired live on FOX Sports 1 (FS1). Preliminary action was also seen on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass. The main event saw Dustin Poirier earn […]

Clay Guida on UFC Norfolk KO Win: ‘That Felt Pretty Amazing’

Clay Guida is happy with his finish of Joe Lauzon last night (Nov. 11). Guida and Lauzon did battle inside the Ted Convention Center in Norfolk, Virginia. The bout served as the opening main card bout of UFC Fight Night 120. Guida earned a first-round …

Clay Guida is happy with his finish of Joe Lauzon last night (Nov. 11). Guida and Lauzon did battle inside the Ted Convention Center in Norfolk, Virginia. The bout served as the opening main card bout of UFC Fight Night 120. Guida earned a first-round TKO victory. “The Carpenter” is used to going the distance […]