Ben Askren has expressed interest in a fight with Jorge Masvidal, but he doesn’t think the feeling is mutual. Masvidal competed this past Saturday (March 16). He headlined UFC London with home country favorite Darren Till. “Gamebred” …
Ben Askren has expressed interest in a fight with Jorge Masvidal, but he doesn’t think the feeling is mutual. Masvidal competed this past Saturday (March 16). He headlined UFC London with home country favorite Darren Till. “Gamebred” stunned the London crowd with a devastating second-round knockout victory. Masvidal wasn’t done fighting when he exited the […]
Kamaru Usman’s manager Ali Abdelaziz wants to see Jorge Masvidal be the next welterweight title challenger, but Colby Covington has other plans. Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) president Dana White has said that Covington will be next in lin…
Kamaru Usman’s manager Ali Abdelaziz wants to see Jorge Masvidal be the next welterweight title challenger, but Colby Covington has other plans. Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) president Dana White has said that Covington will be next in line for a shot at Usman’s gold. Usman defeated Tyron Woodley via unanimous decision to capture the UFC […]
One UFC star went AWOL from the British Army in order to fight at the UFC on ESPN+ 5 event. That star is Jack Marshman, who beat John Phillips in a middleweight bout on the main card by split decision. This event (also known as UFC London) took place on Saturday, March 16, 2019 at […]
One UFC star went AWOL from the British Army in order to fight at the UFC on ESPN+ 5 event.
That star is Jack Marshman, who beat John Phillips in a middleweight bout on the main card by split decision. This event (also known as UFC London) took place on Saturday, March 16, 2019 at The O2 Arena in London, England.
Following the fight, the prospect made some interesting comments including potentially getting into trouble with his other job as a British army paratrooper.
While speaking with the media after the fight, Marshman revealed that he skipped out on his military duties to fight. In military terms, he went AWOL.
”I’ve literally gotta work that out with the Army,” he said (H/T to MMAMania). “Legally I’m contracted to the army. They sort of told me that I wasn’t fighting this weekend on Thursday, so I was packing my bags and running away like. How did I work it out with the army? We will find out on Monday won’t we?I’ll work it out with them,” he said. “They will see what they want to do, you can’t be employed by two people at the same time, if you understand.”
”I am leaving the army in November so I’ll be able to do this full-time. I was going to anyway, I will have done my 12 years, I want to get my half pension so when I’m punch drunk and in a wheelchair I’ll have that to fall back on. Not a lot of people know I am a full-time paratrooper. This is my hobby,” Marshman said.
Famous actor Sylvester Stallone has given his take on Conor McGregor’s string of issues outside the Octagon. McGregor was in trouble with the law in 2018 due to his UFC 223 media day incident. The “Notorious” one shattered a bus windo…
Famous actor Sylvester Stallone has given his take on Conor McGregor’s string of issues outside the Octagon. McGregor was in trouble with the law in 2018 due to his UFC 223 media day incident. The “Notorious” one shattered a bus window holding red corner fighters. The incident caused injuries to two fighters, who had to be […]
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) president Dana White disagrees with a stoppage in one of the UFC London fights. On the main card of UFC London, Claudio Silva went one-on-one with Danny Roberts. The referee for that bout was Kevin Sataki. There was…
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) president Dana White disagrees with a stoppage in one of the UFC London fights. On the main card of UFC London, Claudio Silva went one-on-one with Danny Roberts. The referee for that bout was Kevin Sataki. There was a weird moment where Roberts reversed a position on the ground, but was put […]
Israel Adesanya supports Conor McGregor in a recent incident that garnered headlines last week. The rising contender is slated to meet title contender Kelvin Gastelum inside of the Octagon in the main event of UFC 236. During a recent interview with Submission Radio, Adesanya gave his take on the latest incident involving the former UFC […]
Israel Adesanya supports Conor McGregor in a recent incident that garnered headlines last week.
The rising contender is slated to meet title contender Kelvin Gastelum inside of the Octagon in the main event of UFC 236. During a recent interview with Submission Radio, Adesanya gave his take on the latest incident involving the former UFC lightweight and featherweight champion.
McGregor has been in the headlines since last week and for all the wrong reasons. He was arrested in Miami Beach, Florida on charges of strong-arm robbery and criminal mischief. The charges carried bonds of $7,500 and $5,000.
For Adesanya, he thinks that McGregor was in the right in this case due to no one having the right to get up in his face and start filming him.
“I don’t know what happened. People are saying, look, it’s 5 a.m. and whatever. He was doing this and that. I don’t give a f— if you see anyone, anywhere, doing anything; it doesn’t give you the right to just kind of run up on them with a phone,” said Adesanya (H/T to MMAWeekly).
“I’ve had that on personal levels in the past when I’m hanging out with someone. We’re hanging out at a party and all of a sudden I start seeing phones. You know, when you text, there’s a little angle with the texting, but then when you see the phone filming it’s just like, why are you guys filming me? Like, what the f—? And one of them was like, oh, we just wanted a pic. Well, f—ing ask, don’t just start filming me secretly.”
The UFC 236 pay-per-view event is set to take place on Saturday, April 13, 2019 at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. The main card will air on pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET. The preliminary card will air on ESPN at 8 p.m. ET and the the UFC’s streaming service, Fight Pass.