Shortly after Stipe Miocic successfully defended his UFC heavyweight title over Alistair Overeem, Jon Jones was asked his thoughts on fighting Miocic.
Jones said he felt like he would be the biggest challenge of Miocic’s career, and the champion sounds like he agrees with that.
While appearing on a recent edition of Submission Radio, Miocic was asked his thoughts on the challenge by Jones.
“We’ll have a great fight I think,” he said. “It shows that I’m doing something right if you want to fight me.”
Miocic, though, admitted that he isn’t sure if he should be forced to put his title on the line if Jones doesn’t climb his way through the rankings first.
“Yeah, that’s true. I mean there is a lot of ways you can look at it,” he said. “I’m not good at stuff. Like, if I was a matchmaker, I wouldn’t be fighting. So I’m just a fighter and they tell me who I’m gonna fight. So that’s all I worry about.”
Shortly after Stipe Miocic successfully defended his UFC heavyweight title over Alistair Overeem, Jon Jones was asked his thoughts on fighting Miocic.
Jones said he felt like he would be the biggest challenge of Miocic’s career, and the champion sounds like he agrees with that.
While appearing on a recent edition of Submission Radio, Miocic was asked his thoughts on the challenge by Jones.
“We’ll have a great fight I think,” he said. “It shows that I’m doing something right if you want to fight me.”
Miocic, though, admitted that he isn’t sure if he should be forced to put his title on the line if Jones doesn’t climb his way through the rankings first.
“Yeah, that’s true. I mean there is a lot of ways you can look at it,” he said. “I’m not good at stuff. Like, if I was a matchmaker, I wouldn’t be fighting. So I’m just a fighter and they tell me who I’m gonna fight. So that’s all I worry about.”
Bill Goldberg has been able to capitalize on his pro wrestling career and make a name for himself away from the sport.
Goldberg, who has flirted with run in combat sports several times, recently appeared on Submission Radio to discuss fellow pro wrestlers CM Punk and Brock Lesnar, along with Conor McGregor’s comments directed towards the WWE.
On McGregor saying that WWE wrestlers are “dweebs” and that he’d “slap the heads off the entire WWE roster,” Goldberg said:
“I thought the funniest thing I’ve ever seen was (Randy) Orton calling him ‘Conor McDonald’. I think that is one of the funniest things I have ever seen. Hey man, you have to embrace it. It’s the same crowd. One grows up and feeds into the other. You can’t tell me, and I said this before, that 75 percent of the guys wouldn’t die to be professional wrestlers that are fighting, and vice versa. We have a lot respect for each other, a lot of us train in martial arts and a lot of them walk around and act like they’re us. So the cross-promotion – Dana White is Vince McMahon in training. I’ve said that 20 years ago. I think it’s business, I think it’s smart business. Whether it’s (Ronda Rousey) at Wrestlemania, whether Conor is working this thing. I can tell you one thing, I was around when Brock responded to Conor (laughs) and nothing that Brock does is a work. So the words that came out of his mouth, he fully believes and I do also. And I think that if it wasn’t a work, then it’s a sad situation when you have to talk crap about other organizations that you know your paths are never going to cross competitively. So at the end of the day, you’re kind of like a keyboard warrior unless you want to step into the guy’s gym or unless you want to do it on TV, you know, meet in the middle. I always thought that was kind of cheap, but hey, you know, he (Conor McGregor) doesn’t know what he’s talking about if he actually thinks that. I think that the cross-promotion is brilliant, as long as it doesn’t get hokey for the UFC and as long as WWE can capitalise on the realism of what the UFC brings. It sure enhances Brock’s stock when he walks over to do sports entertainment, I mean, let’s be honest.”
On Lesnar competing against in the UFC despite his recent failed drug test, Goldberg said:
“Absolutely, man (I want to see Brock fight in the UFC again). And I don’t even know what that thing is he took. I never broached anything along those subject matters with Brock. That’s his business. And like I said, what you just said is the second time I’ve ever heard of whatever that was, and the first time is when I read it. I don’t even know what the hell it does. But obviously, you know, if you’re cheating, then you should be reprimanded. Period. End of story. And do I think that he deserves an opportunity to go back? Absolutely. Because people have been caught before and had served suspensions and paid fines and come back. And at the end of the day, they’re instant heels. So I mean, it further adds to the mystique of Brock – except for that fact that he turned a leaf and was being a baby face in that last fight. So that’s kind of where I stand on it.”
And when asked if Punk should compete again in MMA after losing his debut to Mickey Gall, Goldberg responded:
“There’s no question he should not fight in the UFC. That would be blasphemy. It would be a slap in the face to all the guys who work their asses off to make it to prelims on Fox, on undercards and on the main event card. At the end of the day, from a promoter’s standpoint, from a competitor’s standpoint, from his standpoint, there’s no logic to him stepping in that octagon again. If he still has the passion for it and wants to train and compete, then yeah, lower-level shows are where he needs to be. Because at the end of the day, you know he’ll get “seat time”. That’s my analogy cause I like to race cars, but you know, the more “seat time” you get, the better you are at something. And, you know, I spent eight three-minute rounds this morning and though I didn’t go one-hundred percent and I didn’t kick, I just went hands, at the end of the day, every little bit helps you. So the more time he has at his new craft or his passion, then the better he’s going to get at it, the more comfortable he’ll be.”
Bill Goldberg has been able to capitalize on his pro wrestling career and make a name for himself away from the sport.
Goldberg, who has flirted with run in combat sports several times, recently appeared on Submission Radio to discuss fellow pro wrestlers CM Punk and Brock Lesnar, along with Conor McGregor’s comments directed towards the WWE.
On McGregor saying that WWE wrestlers are “dweebs” and that he’d “slap the heads off the entire WWE roster,” Goldberg said:
“I thought the funniest thing I’ve ever seen was (Randy) Orton calling him ‘Conor McDonald’. I think that is one of the funniest things I have ever seen. Hey man, you have to embrace it. It’s the same crowd. One grows up and feeds into the other. You can’t tell me, and I said this before, that 75 percent of the guys wouldn’t die to be professional wrestlers that are fighting, and vice versa. We have a lot respect for each other, a lot of us train in martial arts and a lot of them walk around and act like they’re us. So the cross-promotion – Dana White is Vince McMahon in training. I’ve said that 20 years ago. I think it’s business, I think it’s smart business. Whether it’s (Ronda Rousey) at Wrestlemania, whether Conor is working this thing. I can tell you one thing, I was around when Brock responded to Conor (laughs) and nothing that Brock does is a work. So the words that came out of his mouth, he fully believes and I do also. And I think that if it wasn’t a work, then it’s a sad situation when you have to talk crap about other organizations that you know your paths are never going to cross competitively. So at the end of the day, you’re kind of like a keyboard warrior unless you want to step into the guy’s gym or unless you want to do it on TV, you know, meet in the middle. I always thought that was kind of cheap, but hey, you know, he (Conor McGregor) doesn’t know what he’s talking about if he actually thinks that. I think that the cross-promotion is brilliant, as long as it doesn’t get hokey for the UFC and as long as WWE can capitalise on the realism of what the UFC brings. It sure enhances Brock’s stock when he walks over to do sports entertainment, I mean, let’s be honest.”
On Lesnar competing against in the UFC despite his recent failed drug test, Goldberg said:
“Absolutely, man (I want to see Brock fight in the UFC again). And I don’t even know what that thing is he took. I never broached anything along those subject matters with Brock. That’s his business. And like I said, what you just said is the second time I’ve ever heard of whatever that was, and the first time is when I read it. I don’t even know what the hell it does. But obviously, you know, if you’re cheating, then you should be reprimanded. Period. End of story. And do I think that he deserves an opportunity to go back? Absolutely. Because people have been caught before and had served suspensions and paid fines and come back. And at the end of the day, they’re instant heels. So I mean, it further adds to the mystique of Brock – except for that fact that he turned a leaf and was being a baby face in that last fight. So that’s kind of where I stand on it.”
And when asked if Punk should compete again in MMA after losing his debut to Mickey Gall, Goldberg responded:
“There’s no question he should not fight in the UFC. That would be blasphemy. It would be a slap in the face to all the guys who work their asses off to make it to prelims on Fox, on undercards and on the main event card. At the end of the day, from a promoter’s standpoint, from a competitor’s standpoint, from his standpoint, there’s no logic to him stepping in that octagon again. If he still has the passion for it and wants to train and compete, then yeah, lower-level shows are where he needs to be. Because at the end of the day, you know he’ll get “seat time”. That’s my analogy cause I like to race cars, but you know, the more “seat time” you get, the better you are at something. And, you know, I spent eight three-minute rounds this morning and though I didn’t go one-hundred percent and I didn’t kick, I just went hands, at the end of the day, every little bit helps you. So the more time he has at his new craft or his passion, then the better he’s going to get at it, the more comfortable he’ll be.”
While many fighters and fans felt CM Punk’s $500,000 reported fight purse, believed to only be a percentage of his overall earnings for his fight at UFC 203 this month was a ridiculous amount to pay for a fighter making his professional MMA debut, his opponent, Mickey Gall was not one of them.
Gall, who only earned $15,000 to show and $15,000 to win for his purse at UFC 203, claims that Punk was worth every penny of his reported fight purse — and then some. The rising UFC prospect explained this line of thinking during his recent discussion with Ariel Helwani on the most recent episode of “The MMA Hour” at MMAFighting.com.
“It’s cool,” Gall said. “He’s a superstar. There’s a reason why he’s there. Without him, I’m not in that spot, either. It’s cool. It’s all good. I’m not mad at that, no way.”
Although Gall will now move on from the CM Punk situation, as he did his part by soundly defeating him in a one-sided fight that didn’t make it out of the first round, he was also one of few to defend Punk’s statements about not being done with the fight game. Gall explained to Helwani why Punk absolutely served a purpose in his one fight, and why he could do it all over again if the “powers that be” were to green light a second Punk fight.
“I think a lot of people were interested,” Gall said. “It brought a lot of WWE fans to watch, a lot of guys who wouldn’t have been watching who like the violent stuff, who like this type of action, it brought them over. I had a lot of people contact me to say, ‘I watched this fight for Punk and I’m an MMA fan now.’ I think it worked. I think it was a smart move and I think it worked.”
For video highlights of CM Punk’s MMA debut against Mickey Gall at UFC 203, click here.
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While many fighters and fans felt CM Punk’s $500,000 reported fight purse, believed to only be a percentage of his overall earnings for his fight at UFC 203 this month was a ridiculous amount to pay for a fighter making his professional MMA debut, his opponent, Mickey Gall was not one of them.
Gall, who only earned $15,000 to show and $15,000 to win for his purse at UFC 203, claims that Punk was worth every penny of his reported fight purse — and then some. The rising UFC prospect explained this line of thinking during his recent discussion with Ariel Helwani on the most recent episode of “The MMA Hour” at MMAFighting.com.
“It’s cool,” Gall said. “He’s a superstar. There’s a reason why he’s there. Without him, I’m not in that spot, either. It’s cool. It’s all good. I’m not mad at that, no way.”
Although Gall will now move on from the CM Punk situation, as he did his part by soundly defeating him in a one-sided fight that didn’t make it out of the first round, he was also one of few to defend Punk’s statements about not being done with the fight game. Gall explained to Helwani why Punk absolutely served a purpose in his one fight, and why he could do it all over again if the “powers that be” were to green light a second Punk fight.
“I think a lot of people were interested,” Gall said. “It brought a lot of WWE fans to watch, a lot of guys who wouldn’t have been watching who like the violent stuff, who like this type of action, it brought them over. I had a lot of people contact me to say, ‘I watched this fight for Punk and I’m an MMA fan now.’ I think it worked. I think it was a smart move and I think it worked.”
During the official UFC Fight Night 94 post-fight show on FOX Sports 1 on Saturday evening, the FS1 crew looked ahead to next Saturday’s UFC event in Brazil.
Headlined by Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino vs. Lina Lansberg in Cyborg’s home country, UFC Fight Night 95 is scheduled to take place from Brasilia, Brazil.
The FS1 crew, which consisted of Karyn Bryant, Dan Hardy and UFC Welterweight Champion Tyron Woodley, examined the Cyborg-Lansberg fight, as well as the co-main event featuring former Brazilian UFC Champion Renan Barao against TUF veteran Phillipe Nover.
Watch Bryant, Hardy and Woodley take a closer look at the main and co-main events for next weekend’s UFN 95 event via the video embedded above.
UFC Fight Night 95 takes place live, Saturday, September 24, 2016 from Ginásio Nilson Nelson in Brasília, Brazil.
https://youtu.be/SUH03oa9eRk
During the official UFC Fight Night 94 post-fight show on FOX Sports 1 on Saturday evening, the FS1 crew looked ahead to next Saturday’s UFC event in Brazil.
Headlined by Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino vs. Lina Lansberg in Cyborg’s home country, UFC Fight Night 95 is scheduled to take place from Brasilia, Brazil.
The FS1 crew, which consisted of Karyn Bryant, Dan Hardy and UFC Welterweight Champion Tyron Woodley, examined the Cyborg-Lansberg fight, as well as the co-main event featuring former Brazilian UFC Champion Renan Barao against TUF veteran Phillipe Nover.
Watch Bryant, Hardy and Woodley take a closer look at the main and co-main events for next weekend’s UFN 95 event via the video embedded above.
UFC Fight Night 95 takes place live, Saturday, September 24, 2016 from Ginásio Nilson Nelson in Brasília, Brazil.
Ahead of her biggest MMA assignment to date — a UFC Fight Night main event bout against Invicta FC Featherweight Champion and rising UFC contender Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino, Lina Lansberg is featured in UFC’s latest “U…
https://youtu.be/bNJc9Mx-mtY
Ahead of her biggest MMA assignment to date — a UFC Fight Night main event bout against Invicta FC Featherweight Champion and rising UFC contender Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino, Lina Lansberg is featured in UFC’s latest “UFC Free Fight.”
Featured above, courtesy of the UFC’s official YouTube channel, is the full fight between Lina Lansberg and Emma Delaney from the Cage Warriors (CWFC) 66 event, which saw Lansberg secure the submission victory.
Lansberg takes on dangerous women’s champion Cris “Cyborg” Justino in her home country of Brazil when UFC Fight Night 95 takes place next Saturday, September 24th, from Brasilia, Brazil. The show is scheduled to air live on FOX Sports 1 (FS1).
During the fight week media rounds for the UFC 203 pay-per-view last weekend, UFC President Dana White spoke about Conor McGregor’s future once again.
White reiterated his point about McGregor needing to drop back down to defend his UFC Featherweight Championship in his next fight or give up the title, when asked if he was considering an immediate third fight between the Irish mega-star and his recent rival, Nate Diaz.
“I made that fight twice. That’s it,” said the UFC boss. “It’s time to move on because [McGregor] has the 145-pound title.”
White continued, sharing his belief that McGregor fighting at 170 pounds again not only holds up the 145 pound division where he is currently the world champion, but isn’t fair to the rest of the 170 pound division either.
“At the end of the day, he’s a 145-pound fighter. He could go to [lightweight], but going back up to 170 [pounds] makes absolutely no sense, and it clogs up the entire division, which isn’t fair to the rest of the crew.”
McGregor last fought at last month’s UFC 202 pay-per-view, defeating Diaz in their 170-pound rematch. His last fight at 145-pounds was his stunning 13-second KO of former champion and reigning interim featherweight champion Jose Aldo, which took place at the UFC 194 pay-per-view back in December of 2015.
H/T to MMAWeekly.com for transcribing the above Dana White quotes.
During the fight week media rounds for the UFC 203 pay-per-view last weekend, UFC President Dana White spoke about Conor McGregor’s future once again.
White reiterated his point about McGregor needing to drop back down to defend his UFC Featherweight Championship in his next fight or give up the title, when asked if he was considering an immediate third fight between the Irish mega-star and his recent rival, Nate Diaz.
“I made that fight twice. That’s it,” said the UFC boss. “It’s time to move on because [McGregor] has the 145-pound title.”
White continued, sharing his belief that McGregor fighting at 170 pounds again not only holds up the 145 pound division where he is currently the world champion, but isn’t fair to the rest of the 170 pound division either.
“At the end of the day, he’s a 145-pound fighter. He could go to [lightweight], but going back up to 170 [pounds] makes absolutely no sense, and it clogs up the entire division, which isn’t fair to the rest of the crew.”
McGregor last fought at last month’s UFC 202 pay-per-view, defeating Diaz in their 170-pound rematch. His last fight at 145-pounds was his stunning 13-second KO of former champion and reigning interim featherweight champion Jose Aldo, which took place at the UFC 194 pay-per-view back in December of 2015.
H/T to MMAWeekly.com for transcribing the above Dana White quotes.
