Anthony Smith Hopes For Big Fight If He’s Victorious At UFC Lincoln

Anthony Smith is aiming for another big fight if he’s able to get past Glover Teixeira. Smith is scheduled to take on Teixeira in the main event of UFC Lincoln. The event is set for April 25. While there is a lot of uncertainty going on over the …

Anthony Smith is aiming for another big fight if he’s able to get past Glover Teixeira. Smith is scheduled to take on Teixeira in the main event of UFC Lincoln. The event is set for April 25. While there is a lot of uncertainty going on over the coronavirus pandemic, the UFC is doing everything […]

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Anthony Smith Expects To Finish Glover Teixeira At UFC Lincoln

Anthony SmithAnthony Smith expects to earn a stoppage win over Glover Teixeira in the main event of UFC Lincoln. Smith will get a hometown fight in Nebraska after speculation was the fight would happen in Brazil. For “Lionheart” he’s eager for the fight and to fight a guy like Teixeira who he respects. “Yeah, I love […]

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Anthony Smith expects to earn a stoppage win over Glover Teixeira in the main event of UFC Lincoln.

Smith will get a hometown fight in Nebraska after speculation was the fight would happen in Brazil. For “Lionheart” he’s eager for the fight and to fight a guy like Teixeira who he respects.

“Yeah, I love it, man,” he recently told MMA Junkie. “I’m more happy with the location, for sure. But I’m happy to bring a guy like Glover Teixeira to Lincoln. There’s no trash talk; we have a lot of respect for each other. He’s not going to come in and trash my state. He’ll obviously be in hostile territory, but he’ll get a warm welcome. Nebraska people are respectful, and they’re obviously going to be cheering for me, but I don’t think anybody’s going to treat him badly. I’m excited for it.”

Smith says the lead up to the fight will not be full of trash-talking as the two respect each other and have even shared a beer together. Yet, when the Octagon door closes, he knows they will be trying to knock one another out.

“He’s one of the good guys in this sport and, especially these days, I think some of those guys are a dying breed,” he said. “He’s just always been nothing but respectful to me. He helped me out a lot in Brazil. Any time we see each other, it’s an embrace, it’s a handshake and a hug. The last time I saw Glover, we had a beer together, so there’s no beef there.

“We’re both extremely high-level competitors. I know he’s competitive and he’s super-powerful and dangerous, so you can’t be too wrapped up in how nice a guy he is, because he’s going to go out there and try to take my head off, for sure.”

In the end, Anthony Smith is confident he’ll his hand raised and eyes a fourth-round stoppage win.

“I think it’ll be a third or fourth-round finish,” Smith said. “I’m not sure if it’ll be a knockout or a submission, but I think that eventually, he’ll get frustrated and he’ll have to start taking bad shots. Whether I can take advantage of that with a submission or a knockout, I’m not sure. It’ll take me a little while.

“Glover’s a tough dude, he’s crafty, he’s been around a long time. It’s going to take a while to break a guy like that down and mentally, he’s hard to break. I do believe I’ll finish Glover, though.”

Do you think Anthony Smith will be able to finish Glover Teixeira at UFC Lincoln?

Mackenzie Dern Faces Ariane Carnelossi At UFC Lincoln

Mackenzie Dern is set to return to the Octagon after suffering the first professional loss of her mixed martial arts (MMA) career. Dern, the 26-year-old jiu-jitsu ace, was previously 7-0 before being outclassed by Amanda Ribas back in October at UFC Tampa. It marked Dern’s third appearance inside the Octagon. Now, according to a report […]

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Mackenzie Dern is set to return to the Octagon after suffering the first professional loss of her mixed martial arts (MMA) career.

Dern, the 26-year-old jiu-jitsu ace, was previously 7-0 before being outclassed by Amanda Ribas back in October at UFC Tampa. It marked Dern’s third appearance inside the Octagon. Now, according to a report from Combate, the Brazilian will meet fellow countrywoman Ariane Carnelossi at UFC Lincoln from the Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Nebraska on April 25.

Carnelossi comes off her first loss since 2014, as she had a 12-fight win streak snapped by Angela Hill back in September due to a Doctor’s Stoppage. The loss also took place during Carnelossi’s UFC debut. Prior to that, she hadn’t lost since making her professional MMA debut, a first-round submission loss to Amanda Ribas, who just handed Dern the first loss of her career.

Dern vs. Carnelossi joins a UFC Lincoln card that already featured a light heavyweight main event between Anthony Smith and Glover Teixeira, along with several other great matchups announced thus far. Check out the updated card for UFC Fight Night 173 below.

  • Light Heavyweight: Anthony Smith vs. Glover Teixeira
  • Women Flyweight: Cynthia Calvillo vs. Antonina Shevchenko
  • Lightweight: Evan Dunham vs. Michael Johnson 
  • Welterweight: Anthony Rocco Martin vs. David Zawada
  • Middleweight: Zak Cummings vs. Andrew Sanchez
  • Women’s Strawweight: Mackenzie Dern vs. Ariane Carnelossi

What do you think about the matchup between Dern and Carnelossi?

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UFC Rankings Update: James Vick Falls Out Of Top 10

James Vick will need to climb back up the ranks again.

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This week’s UFC Rankings update is in.

Following this past weekend’s (Sat. August 25, 2018) UFC Lincoln card, some changes have been made to the rankings. In the main event of the show, Justin Gaethje made quick work of James Vick with a knockout.

This has resulted in Vick being moved out of the top 10. Gaethje remains firm in his spot at No. 7. Also, Deiveson Figueiredo’s win over John Moraga moved him up eight spots on the list. He’s now at No. 6 with the win.

Check out the UFC Rankings update here below:

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

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

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

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 Josh Emmett
9 Mirsad Bektic
10 Chan Sung Jung
11 Alexander Volkanovski
12 Ricardo Lamas
13 Darren Elkins
14 Yair Rodriguez
15 Zabit Magomedsharipov

LIGHTWEIGHT
Champion: Khabib Nurmagomedov
1 Conor McGregor
2 Tony Ferguson
3 Dustin Poirier
4 Eddie Alvarez
5 Kevin Lee
6 Edson Barboza
7 Justin Gaethje
8 Anthony Pettis
9 Al Iaquinta
10 Nate Diaz +1
11 Michael Chiesa +1
12 James Vick -2
13 Alexander Hernandez
14 Dan Hooker
15 Islam Makhachev *NR

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

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

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

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 Mark Hunt
9 Marcin Tybura
10 Tai Tuivasa
11 Aleksei Oleinik
12 Andrei Arlovski
13 Stefan Struve
14 Shamil Abdurakhimov
15 Justin Willis

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

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

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

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UFC Lincoln Medical Suspensions: Five Fighters Face Lengthy Layoffs

With every decision comes a consequence and for those fighters who took part in battle at UFC Lincoln, it’s their time to faces those consequences in the form of medical suspensions. Justin Gaethje vs. James Vick in a lightweight bout headlined this sh…

With every decision comes a consequence and for those fighters who took part in battle at UFC Lincoln, it’s their time to faces those consequences in the form of medical suspensions. Justin Gaethje vs. James Vick in a lightweight bout headlined this show while Michael Johnson vs. Andre Fili in a featherweight bout co-headlined. Rounding […]

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UFC Lincoln Medical Suspensions: Five Fighters Face Lengthy Layoffs

With every decision comes a consequence and for those fighters who took part in battle at UFC Lincoln, it’s their time to faces those consequences in the form of medical suspensions. Justin Gaethje vs. James Vick in a lightweight bout headlined this sh…

With every decision comes a consequence and for those fighters who took part in battle at UFC Lincoln, it’s their time to faces those consequences in the form of medical suspensions. Justin Gaethje vs. James Vick in a lightweight bout headlined this show while Michael Johnson vs. Andre Fili in a featherweight bout co-headlined. Rounding […]

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