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UFC Fight Night: Blaydes Vs. Volkov Live Results

LowKickMMA will be bringing you UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Volkov results throughout tonight (Sat. 20th June, 2020) from the UFC Apex, Las Vegas. In the main event of the evening, we will see a matchup between #3 ranked heavyweight contender Curtis Blaydes and #7 ranked Alexander Volkov. Both men are looking to put there […]

LowKickMMA will be bringing you UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Volkov results throughout tonight (Sat. 20th June, 2020) from the UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

In the main event of the evening, we will see a matchup between #3 ranked heavyweight contender Curtis Blaydes and #7 ranked Alexander Volkov. Both men are looking to put there names into heavyweight title contention by making a statement at the UFC Apex. coming off a TKO victory of Junior Dos Santos, Blaydes proved that while he has high level wrestling he is also very dangerous on the feet. Volkov is coming off a unanimous decision victory in a short notice bout against Greg Hardy. Volkov dominated the rising star for the duration of three rounds leaving no doubt in the judges minds who should take the victory.

The co-main event will feature a match up between two ranked featherweights looking to climb the rankings and find their way into the featherweight title picture.

Check out our UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Volkov results below. Also, make sure to follow along with us on twitter @LowKick_MMA

UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Volkov Results

Main Card (ESPN, ESPN+ 8 p.m ET)

Heavyweight: Curtis Blaydes vs. Alexander Volkov
Featherweight: Josh Emmett vs. Shane Burgos
Women’s Bantamweight: Raquel Pennington vs. Marion Reneau
Welterweight: Belal Muhammad vs. Lyman Good
Catchweight: Jim Miller vs. Roosevelt Roberts

Preliminary Card (ESPN, ESPN+ 5 p.m ET)

Lightweight: Clay Guida vs. Bobby Green
Women’s Strawweight: Tecia Torres vs. Brianna Van Buren
Middleweight: Marc-Andre Barriault vs. Oskar Piechota
Women’s Flyweight: Cortney Casey vs. Gillian Robertson
Lightweight: Frank Camacho vs. Justin Jaynes
Women’s Flyweight: Roxanne Modafferi vs. Lauren Murphy
Lightweight: Austin Hubbard vs. Max Rohskopf

Aspen Ladd Injured, Out Of Sara McMann Fight

Bantamweight contender Aspen Ladd is injured and therefore unable to compete against former title challenger Sara McMann at UFC on ESPN 12 on June 27. John Morgan of MMA Junkie broke the news via social media, he wrote. “Unfortunate news for a top women’s bantamweight contender: @AspenLaddMMA suffered an injury in training and is out […]

“Unfortunate news for a top women’s bantamweight contender: @AspenLaddMMA suffered an injury in training and is out of her fight next week with Sara McMann. I’m told her recovery could be anywhere between 3-9 months.”

Unfortunate news for a top women's bantamweight contender: @AspenLaddMMA suffered an injury in training and is out of her fight next week with Sara McMann.

I’m told her recovery could be anywhere between 3-9 months.

— John Morgan (@MMAjunkieJohn) June 20, 2020

Ladd returned to the winning ways last time out by stopping Yana Kunitskaya at UFC Washington in December 2019. Prior to that Ladd suffered the first and only loss of his MMA career. The 25-year-old was clipped early by renowned striker Germaine de Randamie who finished the rising star in just 16 seconds when they fought in the main event at UFC Sacramento in July 2019.

The #3 ranked bantamweight took to Instagram to announce she had been forced out of her fight with McMann and provide more details about her injury, she wrote.

“Unfortunately, for the first time in my career I’m being pulled due to injury. This is me right now, finally home after an #mri today and a long talk with a very good doctor. So here’s the timeline, I got injured on my last hard day of training last week but still planned on toughing it out and fighting, I didn’t realize quite how bad it was. I have been training on it since the initial injury to the best of my abilities and my weight was( is) super low already. So I was thinking I had this. Anyways, I had planned on getting a cortisone shot, and when I showed up to that appointment yesterday the concerned doc ultrasounded my knee, then booked the #mri stat . Turns out I just have a REALLY high pain tolerance. I have 2 grade 3 tears and a couple other injuries going on. I’ll know later this week Iif surgery is in my future, but hope to be back in the cage before the end of the year. Honesty is the best policy so here you go, sucks because I feel phenomenal otherwise #shithappens #timetofixit #ufc”

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Unfortunately, for the first time in my career I'm being pulled due to injury. This is me right now, finally home after an #mri today and a long talk with a very good doctor. So here's the timeline, I got injured on my last hard day of training last week but still planned on toughing it out and fighting, I didn't realize quite how bad it was. I have been training on it since the initial injury to the best of my abilities and my weight was( is) super low already. So I was thinking I had this. Anyways, I had planned on getting a cortisone shot, and when I showed up to that appointment yesterday the concerned doc ultrasounded my knee, then booked the #mri stat . Turns out I just have a REALLY high pain tolerance. I have 2 grade 3 tears and a couple other injuries going on. I'll know later this week Iif surgery is in my future, but hope to be back in the cage before the end of the year. Honesty is the best policy so here you go, sucks because I feel phenomenal otherwise #shithappens #timetofixit #ufc

A post shared by Aspen Ladd (@aspenladd) on Jun 19, 2020 at 5:55pm PDT

Are you disappointed to see Aspen Ladd will no longer compete at UFC on ESPN 12?

EXCLUSIVE | Josh Emmett Eyes ‘Super Exciting Fight’ With Alexander Volkanovski

Featherweight contender Josh Emmett is hoping to move one step closer to a title shot by beating fellow contender Shane Burgos at UFC on ESPN 11 tonight (June 20). A win would put Emmett on the cusp of big things and that is something he is very aware of. The Team Alpha Male standout will […]

Featherweight contender Josh Emmett is hoping to move one step closer to a title shot by beating fellow contender Shane Burgos at UFC on ESPN 11 tonight (June 20).

A win would put Emmett on the cusp of big things and that is something he is very aware of. The Team Alpha Male standout will have a close eye on the upcoming featherweight title bout between Alexander Volkanovski and Max Holloway who will rematch at UFC 251 on July 11. Speaking exclusively to LowKickMMA Emmett revealed he believes Volkanovski will beat ‘Blessed’ again to retain his title, he said.

“I was calling it before they fought the first time. I kept saying in interviews that Volkanovski was going to upset Holloway, just because stylistically it is not a good match-up. I think it’s going to be the same outcome. I just believe stylistically it’s not a good match-up. Max (Holloway) would have to catch Volkanovski and put him away but I feel like Volkanovski, just his body type, he stays in his shell and he’s super technical, powerful, explosive and he comes from a wrestling background. I just feel like it’s going to be too much, and it will be the same outcome. I see him pulling off another decision, otherwise, I could even see Volkanovski landing a huge shot and possibly getting the TKO, but I do think he’ll be the champion after the fight.

While Emmett realizes he still has some work to do he has already thought about squaring off against the featherweight champion and believes they would make for a “super exciting fight”, he said.

“I’ve always said I think Volkanovski and I would be a super exciting fight because we are so similar in styles. We are like the same height, same build, same background. I feel like we are both some of the more explosive and powerful fighters in the division and we both come from wrestling backgrounds. So, I think that would be, stylistically an awesome fight and a perfect fight for me He’s a great champion. He’s a great fighter. He’s beat some of my teammates so I would love to get that back for them too.”

Do you want to see Josh Emmett challenge featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski?

Dana White Will Scrap Featherweight Division If Amanda Nunes Retires

UFC president Dana White admits the future of the women’s featherweight division hinges on Amanda Nunes and if she chooses to continue competing in MMA. The dual-weight UFC champion beat Felicia Spencer over five rounds at UFC 250 to defend her featherweight strap and make history in the process. Since that bout, Nunes has been […]

Speaking to media ahead of UFC on ESPN 11, White said “probably not,” when asked if the featherweight division would continue if Nunes retired.

Despite the fact he is currently contemplating folding one of the female divisions, White is more than happy with the state of women’s MMA especially at 135lbs – he’s even told his staff to sign more fighters for that division.

“I literally just told the guys the other day to build that division,” White said of the women’s bantamweight division. “Start signing girls, let’s start building that division, and now my girl’s talking about retirement, so apparently we gotta get on the same page and figure this out.

“[Nunes] can do whatever she wants to do,” White said. “She’s the queen. She can do whatever she wants. She’s having a baby, she’s got all these great things going on in her life right now personally and professionally she’s done anything that I’ve ever asked her to do. To go from Ronda Rousey to her, it’s actually been a joy working with the women in that division. I haven’t always seen eye-to-eye with Holly Holm’s people, but Holly Holm is one of the nicest human beings on planet earth. Dealing with that division has been awesome.”

While ‘The Lioness’ can do whatever she wants White is hoping she chooses to fight on after proving a lot of people wrong with her sensational performance at UFC 250, he said.

“I hope she doesn’t [retire]. She’s one of my favorite people ever and coming off of the performance that she just put on, I think that the beautiful thing was she came out of the de Randamie fight and everyone was like, ‘She looked human,’ this, that, all the critics were all over her. She fought arguably the best female striker of all-time, beat her, and she looked human in that fight.

“Then she came out and put a statement on her last performance. She looked incredible and put on an absolute clinic against one of the toughest women that I’ve ever seen in my life. After a performance like that, I would hate to think that she would want to retire, but if that’s true, and that’s where she’s at right now, then she probably should.” (Transcribed by MMA Fighting)

Do you think Dana White should scrap the featherweight division if Amanda Nunes retires?

Chris Leben Announces Retirement With Emotional Message

Former UFC middleweight contender Chris Leben, has announced his retirement. Leben, who is now two years sober and most recently competed in Bare Knuckle Fighting posted a YouTube video announcing his retirement and sharing a message. “I just wanted to put out this short video and make this official,” Leben began his message with “Everybody […]

“I just wanted to put out this short video and make this official,” Leben began his message with “Everybody knows I’ve been competing in bare-knuckle, and I think it’s time to retire.

“Couple reasons why,” Leben continued. “Dave Fledman has been wonderful to me. It has nothing to do with that all. It has to do the fact that, first and foremost, I’m an amateur ref here in California. I’m aspiring to go pro, I want to do that, and I feel like it’s a conflict of interest being both a referee and an athlete at the same time. I want to focus on my career as a referee. Also, I want to focus on my career as a coach, as an elite-level coach. I coach jiu jitsu, I coach boxing, I coach MMA. When I’m training, I don’t have the time to put the energy into my athletes.”

While Leben’s focus will turn to refereeing, coaching, his family, and BJJ all contributed to his decision to retire, Leben explained the way his UFC career ended also played a part.

In his final UFC fight, Leben waved off the fight after the 2nd round against Uriah Hall. As a fierce and gritty competitor as he is, Leben knew it was time to call it quits, yet still extremely disappointed with the outcome.

“Here’s the biggest thing that I wanted to talk about,” Leben explained. “My UFC career did not finish the way I wanted it to. I don’t think most people’s do, but I ended up going through a ton of struggles, both in and out of the cage, battling with addiction, battling with alcoholism. Ultimately when I came here to The Arena, I got on that path to recovery. Most people that follow me know I just got my two-year coin. So I’ve been 100 percent sober for two years now. The battle’s been much longer than that. It’s been four years that I’ve really worked at it. I’ve had two slips on alcohol in the last four years, but the last two years, I’ve abstained from any and everything, and God willing, it’s going to be that way that way the rest of my life.”

Fast forward to Leben competing 3 times in Bare Knuckle fights, first, knocking out Phil Baroni in the WBKFF ring. Then, knocked out Justin Baesman in the BKFC ring. Finally, losing very close decision to Dakota Cochrane in the BKFC ring.

While his bout with Cochrane didn’t go his way, Leben gave everything he had for 5 busy rounds. He believes this performance as a far more fitting end to his career than his final UFC fight.

“What matters is, I didn’t finish my carer on the stool,” Leben stated. “So, reflecting on it and thinking about, to be able to come back to combat sports after a lifetime of combat sports, to be able to come back, have those three fights, have that last fight be a knock-down, drag-out war, and finish it in traditional ‘Crippler’ fashion… I feel like I accomplished what I set out to accomplish.” (Transcribed by BJPENN.com)

Chris Leben is a legend of the game forever and his career should be celebrated.

What is your favorite Chris Leben Moment?

UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Volkov Weigh-In Results

On Saturday night the UFC returns to Las Vegas, Nevada to host yet another stacked night of fights. In the main event top heavyweight contenders Curtis Blaydes and Alexander Volkov square off. Before that ranked featherweights Josh Emmett and Shane Burgos will battle it out, with the winner moving one step closer to a 145lb […]

Ahead of the event all 24 fighters competing have now weighed-in. Check out the results below…

Main Card

Curtis Blaydes (261) vs. Alexander Volkov (247)

Shane Burgos (146) vs. Josh Emmett (146)

Raquel Pennington (136) vs. Marion Reneau (136)

Lyman Good (170.5) vs. Belal Muhammad (170.5)

Jim Miller (159.5) vs. Roosevelt Roberts (160)

Preliminary Card

Bobby Green (155.5) vs. Clay Guida (145.5)

Tecia Torres (116) vs. Brianna Van Buren (115)

Marc-Andre Barriault (185.5) vs. Oskar Piechota (185.5)

Cortney Casey (123.5) vs. Gillian Robertson (125.5)

Frank Camacho (158*) vs. Justin Jaynes (156) – Frank Camcho misses 156lb limit

Roxanne Modafferi (125.5) vs. Lauren Murphy (125.5)

Austin Hubbard (156) vs. Max Rohskopf (155)

What UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Volkov bout are you most excited to watch?