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Dana White Explains Why Nate Diaz Is Not Out-Of-Shape Headed Into UFC 196

With Nate Diaz taking the UFC 196 main event against Conor McGregor on short-notice, there has been a lot of talk regarding the Stockton native potentially being out-of-shape for arguably the biggest fight of his career. According to UFC President Dana…

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With Nate Diaz taking the UFC 196 main event against Conor McGregor on short-notice, there has been a lot of talk regarding the Stockton native potentially being out-of-shape for arguably the biggest fight of his career. According to UFC President Dana White, however, that couldn’t be further from the truth.

In addition to taking the fight on short notice, Diaz sat idle while McGregor claimed he had to agree to fight Diaz at 170 pounds because the former TUF Champion refused to accept a bout with him at 155 pounds, 160 pounds and 165 pounds.

While all of this would point to Diaz being out-of-shape, the UFC President explained to L.A. Today why that is absolutely not the case.

“Nate Diaz has been training for a triathlon,” White revealed to the Los Angeles, California-based media outlet (via FOXSports.com). “Nate Diaz is in phenomenal shape right now. So he’s not coming in out of shape. He’s in phenomenal shape right now.”

Headlined by the McGregor-Diaz bout and featuring the UFC Women’s Bantamweight Championship fight between Holly Holm and Miesha Tate, UFC 196 takes place on Saturday, March 5th from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Make sure to visit MMANews.com on 3/5 for the best UFC 196 live results coverage on the web!

Bisping: Anderson Silva Was Beating Bums Back Then, He Can’t Compete Now

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Michael Bisping is still talking trash about his UFC Fight Night 84 opponent, Anderson Silva. He recently spoke with MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani about the upcoming fight, and explained that Silva is coming into this fight with a lot of pressure.

“He’s under pressure, because he’s the great Anderson Silva,” Bisping told MMA Fighting. “He’s coming back, he’s just tested positive for steroids. How better to eradicate that than to beat me and then get his title back, which is what he claims he’s going to do. He’s not gonna do that. The division now is way better than what it was. He was beating a bunch of bums back in the day. He couldn’t compete with the top five in the middleweight division right now.”

UFC Fight Night 84 takes place on this Saturday, February 27th, 2016 at The O2 in London. The event will air exclusively on UFC Fight Pass. The main card starts at 4 PM ET.

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Michael Bisping is still talking trash about his UFC Fight Night 84 opponent, Anderson Silva. He recently spoke with MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani about the upcoming fight, and explained that Silva is coming into this fight with a lot of pressure.

“He’s under pressure, because he’s the great Anderson Silva,” Bisping told MMA Fighting. “He’s coming back, he’s just tested positive for steroids. How better to eradicate that than to beat me and then get his title back, which is what he claims he’s going to do. He’s not gonna do that. The division now is way better than what it was. He was beating a bunch of bums back in the day. He couldn’t compete with the top five in the middleweight division right now.”

UFC Fight Night 84 takes place on this Saturday, February 27th, 2016 at The O2 in London. The event will air exclusively on UFC Fight Pass. The main card starts at 4 PM ET.

Video: UFC Fight Night 84: Silva vs. Bisping Weigh-Ins Today At MMANews.com

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With UFC Fight Night: Silva vs. Bisping taking place on Saturday evening, our last order of official pre-fight business takes place this afternoon, as the weigh-ins for the event take place in London, England.

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With UFC Fight Night: Silva vs. Bisping taking place on Saturday evening, our last order of official pre-fight business takes place this afternoon, as the weigh-ins for the event take place in London, England.

The official UFC Fight Night 84 weigh-ins will take place later today for Saturday’s event at the O2 Arena, which will air live exclusively on the UFC Fight Pass digital service.

Below is the scheduled lineup for Saturday’s fight card, with all of the following fighters set to tip the scales later today.

Make sure to visit MMANews.com this afternoon for live coverage of the UFN 84 weigh-ins and return on Saturday for the best UFC Fight Night 84 round-by-round results coverage on the web!

MAIN CARD (UFC FIGHT PASS- 4 PM ET/1 PM PT):
Anderson Silva () vs. Michael Bisping ()
Gegard Mousasi () vs. Thales Leites ()
Tom Breese () vs. Keita Nakamura ()
Francisco Rivera () vs. Brad Pickett ()

PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC FIGHT PASS- 12:45 PM ET/9:45 AM PT):
Mike Wilkinson () vs. Makwan Amirkhani ()
Davey Grant () vs. Marlon Vera ()
Scott Askham () vs. Chris Dempsey ()
Arnold Allen () vs. Yaotzin Meza ()
Brad Scott () vs. Krzysztof Jotko ()
Norman Parke () vs. Rustam Khabilov ()
Daniel Omielanczuk () vs. Jarjis Danho ()
Teemu Packalen () vs. Thibault Gouti ()
David Teymur () vs. Martin Svensson ()

Jones Responds To Liddell: “Maybe He Should’ve Fought Smarter & Saved Some Chin”

Following Chuck Liddell’s recent claims that he would’ve “given Jon Jones big trouble” if the two fought during his active career, “Bones” has responded via social media, pointing out his belief that a different “Chuck” would be a tougher fight at this…

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Following Chuck Liddell’s recent claims that he would’ve “given Jon Jones big trouble” if the two fought during his active career, “Bones” has responded via social media, pointing out his belief that a different “Chuck” would be a tougher fight at this point.

Jones took to Twitter on Thursday to respond to the UFC Hall Of Famer, who claimed during his recent appearance on “The Fighter And The Kid” podcast that he would be a bad style match up for “Bones.”

“Maybe he should’ve fought smarter and saved some chin,” said Jones in his initial response.

Jones added, “Maybe, definitely wanted to be decent with him, sucks his hate is shifting things is this direction.”

Those are only the two responses that have yet to be deleted. In typical “Bones” Jones fashion, the more flashly response only saw the light of day for a brief period of time. The former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion also posted this one, pointing out that a different “Chuck” would be a tougher challenge.

Jones-Cormier Trade Verbal Jabs Yet Again, D.C. Insinuates “Bones” Isn’t Off Of Drugs

While many in the MMA community are focused on this weekend’s Anderson Silva vs. Michael Bisping fight and next weekend’s UFC 196 main event between Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz, UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Daniel Cormier and Jon Jones are reminding…

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While many in the MMA community are focused on this weekend’s Anderson Silva vs. Michael Bisping fight and next weekend’s UFC 196 main event between Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz, UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Daniel Cormier and Jon Jones are reminding fans about the upcoming rematch of one of the biggest grudge matches of 2015.

While the biggest grudge match of 2015 would have to be considered Conor McGregor vs. Jose Aldo, the Jones-Cormier showdown in January wasn’t far behind at all. In fact, when 2015 began, it seemed impossible to top the pre-fight tension shared between “Bones” Jones and D.C.

With 2016 still getting started, there are a host of grudge matches already scheduled, two of which will come and go within the next 8 days with UFC Fight Night: Silva vs. Bisping scheduled for this Saturday evening and UFC 196: McGregor vs. Diaz taking place next Saturday.

Having said that, Jones and Cormier are back at each other’s throats on social media, with each man taking shots at the other recently.

The latest round of pre-fight trash-talk began when the following post was made, with Jones mocking the fact that D.C. is referred to as the “undisputed” UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. Obviously this is in reference to the fact that Cormier won a vacant title that was only up for grabs because Jones was stripped of the title for his personal hit-and-run incident as opposed to losing a fight inside the Octagon.

While it took a few days to respond, Cormier acknowledged Jones’ social media meme in one post where he pointed out that his family showed him the photo as a way to explain his tardy response before ultimately firing back with a visual shot of his own.

Cormier took Jones’ crack about his championship status one-level further, as he went the personal route in taking a shot at Jones’ claims that he is now sober. The recognized UFC 205-pound champion posted the following:

UFC 197: Cormier vs. Jones II is scheduled to take place on Saturday, April 23, 2016. Make sure to visit MMANews.com on 4/23 for the best live UFC 197 round-by-round results coverage on the web!

Jones-Cormier Trade Verbal Jabs Yet Again, D.C. Insinuates “Bones” Isn’t Off Of Drugs

While many in the MMA community are focused on this weekend’s Anderson Silva vs. Michael Bisping fight and next weekend’s UFC 196 main event between Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz, UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Daniel Cormier and Jon Jones are reminding…

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While many in the MMA community are focused on this weekend’s Anderson Silva vs. Michael Bisping fight and next weekend’s UFC 196 main event between Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz, UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Daniel Cormier and Jon Jones are reminding fans about the upcoming rematch of one of the biggest grudge matches of 2015.

While the biggest grudge match of 2015 would have to be considered Conor McGregor vs. Jose Aldo, the Jones-Cormier showdown in January wasn’t far behind at all. In fact, when 2015 began, it seemed impossible to top the pre-fight tension shared between “Bones” Jones and D.C.

With 2016 still getting started, there are a host of grudge matches already scheduled, two of which will come and go within the next 8 days with UFC Fight Night: Silva vs. Bisping scheduled for this Saturday evening and UFC 196: McGregor vs. Diaz taking place next Saturday.

Having said that, Jones and Cormier are back at each other’s throats on social media, with each man taking shots at the other recently.

The latest round of pre-fight trash-talk began when the following post was made, with Jones mocking the fact that D.C. is referred to as the “undisputed” UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. Obviously this is in reference to the fact that Cormier won a vacant title that was only up for grabs because Jones was stripped of the title for his personal hit-and-run incident as opposed to losing a fight inside the Octagon.

While it took a few days to respond, Cormier acknowledged Jones’ social media meme in one post where he pointed out that his family showed him the photo as a way to explain his tardy response before ultimately firing back with a visual shot of his own.

Cormier took Jones’ crack about his championship status one-level further, as he went the personal route in taking a shot at Jones’ claims that he is now sober. The recognized UFC 205-pound champion posted the following:

UFC 197: Cormier vs. Jones II is scheduled to take place on Saturday, April 23, 2016. Make sure to visit MMANews.com on 4/23 for the best live UFC 197 round-by-round results coverage on the web!