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Jorge Masvidal Hopes For A Late Stoppage Against Covington At UFC 272

Jorge Masvidal is taking his grudge against Colby Covington as late into the fight as he can. A grudge match between former friends and training partners turned bad is going down in the main event of UFC 272. Colby Covington will be taking on Jorge Masvidal for the possible number one contender spot in the…

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Jorge Masvidal is taking his grudge against Colby Covington as late into the fight as he can.

A grudge match between former friends and training partners turned bad is going down in the main event of UFC 272. Colby Covington will be taking on Jorge Masvidal for the possible number one contender spot in the welterweight division. There is no love lost between these two. They used to train together at ATT in Florida before having a falling out. Now, they get to settle the score inside the Octagon.

The lead-up to the fight so far has been filled with trash talk mostly coming from Masvidal’s end. He even recently teased his opponent about being removed from their gym. Through all the drama, it’s all business as usual for Masvidal, but he wouldn’t be upset to have extra time against Covington in the cage.

“It’s nothing personal. It’s business since I got into it,” Masvidal told MMA Junkie. “I knew the type of people I’d be getting myself involved (with). I knew the options that could happen and so forth and so forth. So it’s somebody I firmly don’t like at all whatsoever, and I’m hoping that the referee, on the way to pulling me off of him, slips on a banana peel and I get some extra shots and really change his life and his face structure.”

Masvidal is coming into this matchup having lost his last two, both to the champ, Kamaru Usman. Covington is in the same boat: His only two losses in the last few years have been to Usman as well.

Both of these men have proved that they are among the best at 170 pounds and both want another shot at the belt. They will be doing everything they can inside the Octagon to make sure they beat the other and capture that next chance at Usman, pummeling a nemesis is a bonus.

Who do you think takes home the victory at UFC 272, Colby Covington or Jorge Masvidal?

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ATT Owner Dan Lambert Supportive Of Amanda Nunes Leaving

Amanda Nunes is changing up her training gym and is getting a nice farewell from American Top Team owner Dan Lambert. Amanda Nunes is coming off her first loss in several years. She lost her bantamweight belt to Juliana Peña in December and is now ready to make some changes. A lot has been said…

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Amanda Nunes is changing up her training gym and is getting a nice farewell from American Top Team owner Dan Lambert.

Amanda Nunes is coming off her first loss in several years. She lost her bantamweight belt to Juliana Peña in December and is now ready to make some changes. A lot has been said of Nunes’ training camp leading up to the loss, injuries, and difficulties all around. Following the loss, Nunes decided to leave her longtime gym ATT in Florida and is hoping to start her own fight team.

The news of her leaving the gym that she spent so many years being a part of was shocking to most fans. The gym is home to many high-caliber fighters and one of the most notorious gyms in the country. The owner of ATT Dan Lambert spoke to MMA Junkie about Nunes’ decision to leave.

“Hey, we have 100 fighters at our gym. You’re gonna have people from all levels. We’ve got fighters that are champions down to fighters that are newcomers in our developmental programs,” Lambert explained. “And we want people at our gym that want to be at our gym. And as long as it’s a good fit for us and it’s a good fit for the fighter, we do great things together if we can. And when it’s no longer a great fit for us or them and somebody’s gotta move on, we have an open-door policy.”

Nunes’ departure is not an all-or-nothing thing. She has mentioned that she will still visit ATT when she sees a fit. For her, the idea of having her own space to train is important. Nunes recently became a mother with her partner, fellow UFC fighter Nina Nunes, and they will be training at the new space together.

“If someone doesn’t want to be at the gym, they’re not gonna be at the gym,” Lambert said. “Amanda decided she wants to start her own place and be a coach, maybe set something up for her post-fighting career? I support that, and I hope she does well.”

Nunes will be utilizing this new training facility for her next bout that is already set. She will be fighting Peña again in an immediate rematch following coaching on the upcoming season of The Ultimate Fighter.

Do you think Amanda Nunes leaving ATT is a good idea or not?

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UFC Vegas 48 Betting Preview

UFC Vegas 48Rafael Fiziev was set to face former lightweight champion Rafael do Anjos on February 19th in the UFC Vegas 48 main event but unfortunately, that fight was pushed back to UFC 272. As a result, we now have a fun light-heavyweight fight topping the card as Johnny Walker takes on Jamahal Hill in a battle […]

UFC Vegas 48

Rafael Fiziev was set to face former lightweight champion Rafael do Anjos on February 19th in the UFC Vegas 48 main event but unfortunately, that fight was pushed back to UFC 272.

As a result, we now have a fun light-heavyweight fight topping the card as Johnny Walker takes on Jamahal Hill in a battle between two of the best 205lb prospects.

UFC Vegas 48 boasts a sold undercard that will feature the likes of Parker Porter, Joaquin Buckley and Gabriel Benitez.

Join LowKickMMA as we preview, predict and hopefully win some money betting on this weekends’ card.

Johnny Walker vs. Jamahal Hill

It’s time for either Johnny Walker or Jamahal Hill to announce themselves as a serious player at 205lbs.

At UFC Vegas 48, one of these men will do just that while the other will have a ton of work to do in order to get back into contention.

According to Betway, Walker is a pretty significant 3.10 underdog heading into this fight. We can see why; the Brazilian KO artist has struggled every time he has stepped up his level of opposition. Last time out, he changed his style and fell short against Thiago Santos who in our opinion is way past his best.

Hill, who is the 1.36 favourite in this fight, looked sensational last time out as he quickly dispatched of Jimmy Crute to bounce back from his first career loss.

We believe ‘Sweet Dreams’ will make good on his favourite tag and probably finish Walker in the first few rounds. We’ll certainly be adding Hill to our UFC Vegas 48 parlay.

Parker Porter vs. Alan Baudot

Heavyweights will collide on the UFC Vegas 48 undercard, and we fancy Parker Porter will make it three wins in a row in Las Vegas this weekend.

Porter may not look like a top-tier athlete, but he has impressed since joining the UFC in 2022. The 36-year-old will never be an elite-level UFC heavyweight, but he’s got more than enough to get by Alan Baudot who has looked like a fish out of water since joining MMA’s premier promotion.

We’ll be adding Porter to our parlay, he’s priced at 1.40. If you fancy Baudot to get his first UFC win, he’s at odds of 3.00.

Joaquin Buckley vs. Abdul Razak Alhassan 

On paper, this may be one of the best matchups of 2022 so far.

Joaquin Buckley and Abdul Razak Alhassan are both known for their spectacular knockout power and highlight-reel finishes.

So surely we are in for a treat when these two men throw down at UFC Vegas 48, right?

For us, it’s a true 50/50 fight. Buckley is the 1.66 favourite over Alhassan who is priced at 2.20. We’ll tentatively add Buckley to our parlay as he has been active and winning as of late while Alhassan has struggled (for the most part) since returning for a lengthy period on the sidelines. In truth this fight really could go either way – don’t blink!

Gabriel Benitez vs. David Onama

A late notice loss against lightweight prospect Mason Jones told us everything we need to bet on David Onama as the 1.61 favourite against Gabriel Benitez.

Onama was up a weight class without a camp but gave the former Cage Warriors double champ all he could handle over three rounds. We are now excited to see how the 27-year-old does on a full camp at his normal weight class.

We are definitely not counting the 2.30 underdog Benitez out but do feel his days are perhaps behind him. The 33-year-old has lost three of his last four fights, albeit against really tough opposition.

Who will you be betting on at UFC Vegas 48?

Poirier Details Reason Behind Oliveira Charity Donation Misunderstanding

Former UFC interim lightweight champion Dustin Poirier has cleared the air regarding the donation issue with Charles Oliveira following UFC 269. Just minutes after getting submitted by Oliveira for the lightweight title, Poirier and Oliveira embraced and Poirier promised to donate $20,000 to a charity of Oliveira’s choice. But a few weeks after the initial…

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Former UFC interim lightweight champion Dustin Poirier has cleared the air regarding the donation issue with Charles Oliveira following UFC 269.

Just minutes after getting submitted by Oliveira for the lightweight title, Poirier and Oliveira embraced and Poirier promised to donate $20,000 to a charity of Oliveira’s choice.

But a few weeks after the initial donation promise, Oliveira revealed that he hadn’t received it and some began to question whether or not Poirier’s promise was legitimate.

During a recent interview with InsideFighting, Poirier provided clarity regarding the situation and said the initial confusion has been resolved.

“So, I ended up getting in touch with Charles and his team,” Poirier said. “We had some back and forth, talking about where the money was gonna go. Right after the fight, he had sent me his personal banking information. I was like, ‘I have a non-profit, I can’t directly deposit $20,000 from my non-profit into your bank account.’ I’m sure the translation, he was probably using a translator to text me back, that’s how we were speaking, on WhatsApp. All the stuff probably got mixed up, maybe, when I asked him about where the money would go and he sent his personal info.

“Now we got it resolved. So he’s looking for a charity and we’re also speaking to the UFC, the Brazilian department of the UFC, and we’re working with them. So $20,000’s going to somewhere.”

Poirier’s defeat to Oliveira was his second shot at the lightweight title after losing to Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 242. He would go on to earn back-to-back wins over Conor McGregor along with a unanimous decision win over Dan Hooker.

Poirier has hinted at a potential move to welterweight to face his adversary Nate Diaz. Formal negotiations haven’t materialized regarding a fight but both sides have expressed a profound interest in the matchup.

As for Oliveira, he will defend his lightweight title against Justin Gaethje later this year at UFC 274. It appears that any potential tension between him and Poirier regarding the promised donation to charity has diminished.

Who do you want to see Dustin Poirier fight next?

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Maycee Barber: “I Wasn’t Ready” To Become Youngest Ever UFC Champ

Maycee Barber believes she wasn’t sufficiently developed as a mixed martial artist to become the youngest ever UFC champion.  Barber, who made her promotional debut in 2018 as a 21-year-old, had long been touted to become the youngest ever to take UFC gold—a record held by Jon Jones, who won the light heavyweight belt at…

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Maycee Barber believes she wasn’t sufficiently developed as a mixed martial artist to become the youngest ever UFC champion. 

Barber, who made her promotional debut in 2018 as a 21-year-old, had long been touted to become the youngest ever to take UFC gold—a record held by Jon Jones, who won the light heavyweight belt at the age of 23 years and 243 days.

The Contender Series alum experienced a rapid rise through the flyweight division, winning her first three fights via TKO in blistering fashion. Comparisons to Ronda Rousey were made, and it seemed Barber was destined to soon challenge for the title.

However back-to-back unanimous decision losses to Roxanne Modafferi and Alexa Grasso, in between lengthy layoffs due to an ACL injury, saw Barber’s rapid rise through the flyweight ranks halted. ‘The Future’ returned to action with a win over Miranda Maverick in July last year, but as she approaches her 24th birthday this May, the chance to break Jon Jones’ record has all but passed her by.

Miranda Maverick, Maycee Barber
Maycee Barber gets back into the win column against Miranda Maverick last July. Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC

Barber Says She Wasn’t Ready To Become Youngest Ever Champ

As she prepares to return to the Octagon against Montana De La Rosa in April, Barber spoke exclusively with MMANews about her missed opportunity to go down in the UFC record books. The #14 ranked flyweight was philosophical about how her career has panned out, explaining that she needed to grow as a fighter before she could become champion.

“Honestly, when I tore my ACL, I was thinking about it,” she says. “Because I was like, me being the youngest champion, it didn’t seem as feasible. Because obviously, I was gonna be out for a whole year. And that kinda messes with the timing and everything. But the thing that I learned was: maybe I wasn’t ready to become champion at that age. Maybe there is so many more lessons that I had. Maybe there was so much more growth that I had to do as a striker, as a wrestler, as a grappler.”

Barber says that becoming the youngest ever UFC champ was a personal ambition that she was “trying to achieve for everybody.” Failing to reach that goal, the 23-year-old explained, has attracted some haters. But it’s this pressure from fans that Barber says helps her progress towards her goals, so she’ll continue to dream big and share her ambitions publicly.

During her extended layoff, Maycee says she also realized that simply dreaming about becoming the youngest ever champ, and nothing other than that, was somewhat short-sighted.

“The other thing that I also learned is; when having that goal, I feel like that was the goal that I set,” she says. “That was the goal for me that I was like, that’s what I’m gonna go after. And I didn’t really plan anything after that. Because I definitely had that feeling, I was like, ‘Well, wait. So I’m not gonna get that. So obviously, I’m not achieving that. And I was just like, so, wait…what’s next?” 

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Barber says that while she’s won’t be erasing Jon Jones’ name from the record books, youth is still very much on her side, and she’s got plenty of ambition to make a huge impact in the UFC. 

“So for me, it was kinda a realization of like, I’m still freakin’ 23,” she says. “Urijah [Faber] tells me this all the time: ‘I didn’t start fighting or training until I was 24’ And to me I’m like, ‘Oh, yeah, I am young. I am young. And I’m 9-2, soon to be 10-2 as a professional fighter and however many in the UFC at 23 years old. And I just have so much potential and so much growth. And the thing that I’m gonna do in this life, and in this career, and in this platform is gonna be huge, and this is literally just the beginning.”

What do you think? Can Maycee Barber make it two wins in a row against Montana De La Rosa?

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Korean Zombie: Max Holloway’s Recovery “Doesn’t Make Sense”

UFC featherweight contender “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung has questioned Max Holloway’s fast recovery from injury, which has seen the former champion pursue backup status for UFC 273. In the pay-per-view’s main event, reigning 145-pound king Alexander Volkanovski will hope to successfully defend his gold for the third time. In his way of doing…

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UFC featherweight contender “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung has questioned Max Holloway’s fast recovery from injury, which has seen the former champion pursue backup status for UFC 273.

In the pay-per-view’s main event, reigning 145-pound king Alexander Volkanovski will hope to successfully defend his gold for the third time. In his way of doing so will be a UFC veteran renowned for his exciting style and thrilling performances throughout over a decade in the promotion.

Volkanovski was initially slated to share the Octagon with Holloway, who’d earned another shot at reclaiming the belt with 2021 victories over Calvin Kattar and Yair Rodriguez, for a third time at next month’s UFC 272 event.

When “Blessed” withdrew after aggravating a previous injury, the hunt for a replacement was on. Despite the pitches from Giga Chikadze, Henry Cejudo, Josh Emmett, and Rodriguez, it was “The Korean Zombie” who was granted the chance to dethrone “The Great” Volkanovski at the April 9 event.

Despite withdrawing from his scheduled trilogy bout with Volkanovski, it was recently revealed that Holloway has returned to training and is even open to serving as a backup fighter for the UFC 273 headliner.

Korean Zombie Joins The Sceptical Side

While Volkanovski made his feelings about the fast recovery crystal clear in a post on Twitter, accusing his rival of faking an injury in order to avoid a potential third defeat to the Aussie, others, including former opponent Kattar, have suggested it’s wrong to question Holloway’s withdrawal.

Now, with opinion largely split, the new next challenger for the featherweight strap has given his take on the latest revelations. During an interview with The Schmo, “The Korean Zombie” suggested Holloway’s ability to make the UFC 273 event “doesn’t make sense.”

Nevertheless, Jung claimed that while he won’t be pulling out himself, he’s open to an interim title clash with “Blessed” should Volkanovski be forced out of the PPV for whatever reason.

“It doesn’t make sense that he’s gonna be ready to go in a month,” Jung said via Coach Eddie Cha. “It’s pretty crazy. (I) won’t be getting injured. (I’ll) be making April 9th. So, if Volkanovski gets injured, (I’m) down to fight Holloway.”

If Holloway is not required on April 9, it’s likely the UFC 273 main event victor will be standing opposite him in the cage later this year for what will either be Volkanovski’s third clash with “Blessed” and fourth title defense, or Zombie’s first defense and first meeting with Holloway.

What do you make of Alexander Volkanovski and “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung’s comments about Max Holloway’s fast recovery?

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