Jessica Eye: Joanna Title Shot “Terrible” for Flyweight Division

Jessica Eye would love a shot at the UFC women’s flyweight championship. In fact, she had requested a title shot prior to UFC 231, but the promotion decided to go in another direction. Heading into her bout tonight against Katlyn Chookagian, Jessica Ey…

Jessica Eye would love a shot at the UFC women’s flyweight championship. In fact, she had requested a title shot prior to UFC 231, but the promotion decided to go in another direction. Heading into her bout tonight against Katlyn Chookagian, Jessica Eye has made peace with where she stands in the flyweight title picture….for […]

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Video: Dana White Gets Frustrated With Media Over Hardy-Ostovich Controversy

Dana White gets frustrated with the media over being questioned about the decision to put Greg Hardy and Rachael Ostovich on the same card. Hardy is slated to make his UFC debut when he meets Allen Crowder in a heavyweight showdown. On the flip side, Ostovich is slated to fight Paige VanZant. These fights will […]

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Dana White gets frustrated with the media over being questioned about the decision to put Greg Hardy and Rachael Ostovich on the same card.

Hardy is slated to make his UFC debut when he meets Allen Crowder in a heavyweight showdown. On the flip side, Ostovich is slated to fight Paige VanZant. These fights will go down at the upcoming UFC On ESPN + 1 event. 

Ostovich is a recent victim of an alleged assault and domestic abuse. She is still healing up from the injuries that she suffered in the attack. Hardy on the other hand has a history of domestic violence in 2014.

It all started once he was arrested for allegedly assaulting a former girlfriend. As a result, he was convicted of domestic violence. After an appeal, the charges were eventually expunged from his record.

The Situation

The UFC President recently did a media scrum where he got frustrated about the situation that was captured by MMaJunkie.

“I’m not going to talk about Greg Hardy anymore,” White said. “I already covered this. I’m not playing this bullshit with you guys. He’s on the UFC roster. He’s on the UFC roster, period, end of story.”

“He’s on the roster. You guys want to be sensitive about shit. Anybody can be sensitive about anything. You can make an issue about everything. The weird thing is you guys give a (expletive), but she doesn’t. She doesn’t care. You know what she said yesterday in her statement? ‘Please stop asking me about this. I want to focus on training. I don’t want this to be an issue for me. I don’t know this guy. This guy has nothing to do with me. I have nothing to do with this guy. This guy’s never done anything to me. This isn’t an issue.’

Footage

UFC On ESPN + 1 is set to take place on Saturday, January 19, 2019 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The main card will air on ESPN +.

White continued by stating that other people are making this an issue while making it known that Ostovich is done talking about it.

“You and a lot of other people are making this an issue. It’s not an issue for her. She actually doesn’t want to talk about it anymore. If you guys want to keep bringing this up and making it an issue, you can. And I get it. It probably gets hits, and it probably does well for you guys. I get it. But she doesn’t want to talk about it anymore. So that’s the end of the story. I’m done with it. I’m done with it. I’m done with it.

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Dana White Addresses Moving Cejudo vs. Dillashaw To UFC On ESPN + 1

Dana White addresses the decision to move the big fight between Henry Cejudo and TJ Dillashaw with the UFC flyweight title up for grabs. This fight was originally slated for the UFC 233 PPV event on Saturday, January 26, 2019 at Honda Center in Anaheim, California. However, that had to be moved up about a […]

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Dana White addresses the decision to move the big fight between Henry Cejudo and TJ Dillashaw with the UFC flyweight title up for grabs. This fight was originally slated for the UFC 233 PPV event on Saturday, January 26, 2019 at Honda Center in Anaheim, California.

However, that had to be moved up about a week as the UFC needed a big main event for their first show as part of their new TV deal with ESPN. Dillashaw will move down 10 pounds to challenge for Cejudo’s 125-pound belt.

Dana White Addresses Decision

The UFC President recently addressed this decision during an interview with MMAJunkie where he noted that this isn’t the first time they made this call. Back in 2011, the UFC was in a similar situation with promotion’s network television debut on FOX.

They decided to book a heavyweight title fight between then-champion Cain Velasquez and Junior Dos Santos. This fight served as the headliner for UFC on FOX 1 while it could’ve easily been on PPV. It was a smart call by White as it was a qualified ratings success with 5.7 million viewers.

“We did it last time when we launched, too,” White on Thursday told MMAjunkie.

White also made it known that he’s not worried about Dillashaw trying to cut weight despite the fight taking place a week earlier.

“I don’t worry about a lot of that stuff,” he said. “These guys are professionals. Dillashaw has been around for a long time and knows what he’s doing.”

UFC On ESPN + 1 (also known as UFC Fight Night 143) is set to take place on Saturday, January 19, 2019 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The main card will air on ESPN + 10 p.m. ET.

The preliminary card will be split broadcasted on ESPN 8 p.m. ET and the TV network’s streaming service, ESPN + Fight Pass. The promotion will be announcing more bouts for this show in the coming weeks.

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UFC 231 Post-Fight Press Conference Live Stream

Be sure not to miss the UFC 231 (see predictions here) post-fight press conference once the event concludes. Tonight (Dec. 8), UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway will defend his 145-pound gold against Brian Ortega in the main event. Plus, the co-m…

Be sure not to miss the UFC 231 (see predictions here) post-fight press conference once the event concludes. Tonight (Dec. 8), UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway will defend his 145-pound gold against Brian Ortega in the main event. Plus, the co-main event will feature a women’s flyweight title bout as Valentina Shevchenko shares the Octagon […]

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Donald Cerrone Returns At UFC On ESPN+ 1

Donald Cerrone returns to action under the UFC banner. But it won’t be against former UFC lightweight and featherweight champion Conor McGregor like it had been rumored. Instead, MMAJunkie is reporting that “Cowboy” will fight Alexander Hernandez in a lightweight bout. The UFC has yet to officially announce this fight but is expected to do […]

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Donald Cerrone returns to action under the UFC banner. But it won’t be against former UFC lightweight and featherweight champion Conor McGregor like it had been rumored.

Instead, MMAJunkie is reporting that “Cowboy” will fight Alexander Hernandez in a lightweight bout. The UFC has yet to officially announce this fight but is expected to do so shortly. This fight will serve as the headliner of the preliminary portion of the card.

Cerrone lost to rising contender Leon Edwards by unanimous decision at the UFC Singapore event in Kallang, Singapore. However, the fan favorite star turned things around in his latest fight. He finished Mike Perry via armbar at 4:46 of the first round of the co-headliner of UFC Denver. As a result of this win, Cerrone is now just 2-4 in his last six fights.

On the flip side, Hernandez enters on an eight-fight winning streak. He scored a knockout of Beneil Dariush and unanimous decision over Olivier Aubin-Mercier. These were his only fights under the UFC banner.

UFC On ESPN + 1 (also known as UFC Fight Night 143) is set to take place on Saturday, January 19, 2019 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The main card will air on ESPN + 10 p.m. ET.

The preliminary card will be split broadcasted on ESPN 8 p.m. ET. the TV network’s streaming service, ESPN + Fight Pass. The promotion will be announcing more bouts for this show in the coming weeks. Here is the updated card:

Updated Card

Champ Henry Cejudo vs. T.J. Dillashaw – for flyweight title
Rachael Ostovich vs. Paige VanZant
Geoff Neal vs. Belal Muhammad
Ion Cutelaba vs. Glover Teixeira
Alonzo Menifield vs. Vinicius Moreira
Randy Brown vs. Chance Rencountre
Joanne Calderwood vs. Ariane Lipski
Allen Crowder vs. Greg Hardy
Donald Cerrone vs. Alexander Hernandez

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Betting Odds For UFC 231: Is Brian Ortega Favored To Beat Max Holloway?

Final betting odds are in.

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The final UFC 231 betting odds are in for as this event is quickly approaching for the Las Vegas-based promotion.

UFC 231 is here, and it goes down tonight (Saturday, December 8, 2018) from the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The main card will air on pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET. The preliminary card will air on FOX Sports 1 at 8 p.m. ET and the promotion’s streaming service, UFC Fight Pass, at 6 p.m. ET.

Max Holloway vs. Brian Ortega for the UFC featherweight title will serve as the headliner. Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs. Valentina Shevchenko for the vacant women’s flyweight title will serve as the co-headliner.

Rounding out the five bout main card is Alex Oliveira vs. Gunnar Nelson in a welterweight bout, Hakeem Dawodu vs. Kyle Bochniak in a featherweight bout, and Jimi Manuwa vs. Thiago Santos in a light heavyweight bout.

According to oddsmakers, Holloway is a -125 favorite over Ortega, who is a +105 underdog. Other odds for the main card include Jedrzejczyk being a +290 underdog against Shevchenko, who is a -350 favorite. Here are the full betting odds:

MAIN CARD (PPV/10 p.m. ET)

Max Holloway (-125) vs. Brian Ortega (+105)

Valentina Shevchenko (-350) vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk (+290)

Thiago Santos (-220) vs. Jimi Manuwa (+180)

Gunnar Nelson (-135) vs. Alex Oliveira (+115)

Hakeem Dawodu (-165) vs. Kyle Bochniak (+145)

PRELIMINARY CARD (FOX Sports 1/8 p.m. ET)

Cláudia Gadelha (-320) vs. Nina Ansaroff (+260)

Katlyn Chookagian (-175) vs. Jessica Eye (+155)

Elias Theodorou (-125) vs. Eryk Anders (+105)

Olivier Aubin-Mercier (-130) vs. Gilbert Burns (+110)

PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass/6 p.m. ET)

Aleksandar Rakic (-550) vs. Devin Clark (+425)

Brad Katona (-210) vs. Matthew Lopez (+175)

Chad Laprise (-350) vs. Dhiego Lima (+290)

Diego Ferreira (-340) vs. Kyle Nelson (+280)

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