One Daniel Cormier comment about “dropping” Luke Rockhold during a training session spiraled into a Twitter attack on Jon Jones.
Cormier and Jones will meet to unify the UFC light heavyweight titles in July, a few weeks after Rockhold defends his middleweight belt vs. Chris Weidman.
Former Strikeforce champion Gilbert Melendez knows he let a lot of people down.
Melendez, an ex-UFC title contender, will return to action for the first time in over a year this July when he meets Edson Barboza at UFC on FOX 20. “El Nino” was suspen…
Former Strikeforce champion Gilbert Melendez knows he let a lot of people down.
Melendez, an ex-UFC title contender, will return to action for the first time in over a year this July when he meets Edson Barboza at UFC on FOX 20. “El Nino” was suspended after failing a post-fight drug test.
The fighter appeared on Monday’s edition of “The MMA Hour” but did not want to divulge into the failed test for the most part.
“I really don’t want to go down a rabbit hole or anything like that. I made a mistake that won’t happen again, and I’m not proud of it,” Melendez said (thanks to MMAFighting.com for the quotes). “If I’m doing my best to move on from it, and I’m hoping everyone else can, and it’s understandable if they can’t.
“But I just want to do everything in my power to prove that I am still a warrior and I’m a great fighter and just wanting to move forward, to be honest.”
The 34-year-old Melendez (22-5) has lost three of his last four, with two of them being split decision defeats at the hands of Benson Henderson and Anthony Pettis. Both of those fights were for the UFC lightweight championship.
The first episode of UFC 198: Embedded has been posted, and you can see it in the video below.
UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum lunches with Beto Richa, the governor of Parana, and trades jiu-jitsu pointers with former light heavyweight champion “Shogun” Rua.
Werdum’s opponent Stipe Miocic puts the finishing touches on his Ohio training camp, middleweight Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza hits the gym in Rio, and Vitor Belfort enjoys time at home in Florida.
Invicta FC featherweight champion Cris Cyborg arrives in Curitiba for a hometown bout and her UFC debut.
UFC 198 takes place this Saturday night from Brazil.
The first episode of UFC 198: Embedded has been posted, and you can see it in the video below.
UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum lunches with Beto Richa, the governor of Parana, and trades jiu-jitsu pointers with former light heavyweight champion “Shogun” Rua.
Werdum’s opponent Stipe Miocic puts the finishing touches on his Ohio training camp, middleweight Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza hits the gym in Rio, and Vitor Belfort enjoys time at home in Florida.
Invicta FC featherweight champion Cris Cyborg arrives in Curitiba for a hometown bout and her UFC debut.
UFC 198 takes place this Saturday night from Brazil.
As far as Kyoji Horiguchi is concerned, he is the No. 1 contender to UFC flyweight champion, Demetrious Johnson.
Horiguchi (17-2) scored his sixth Octagon victory in seven appearances this past weekend at UFC Fight Night 87, downing Neil Seery in th…
As far as Kyoji Horiguchi is concerned, he is the No. 1 contender to UFC flyweight champion, Demetrious Johnson.
Horiguchi (17-2) scored his sixth Octagon victory in seven appearances this past weekend at UFC Fight Night 87, downing Neil Seery in the Fight Pass main event. His lone UFC loss came last year to Johnson, as he suffered a fifth round submission defeat.
“I wish I could have a rematch against ‘DJ’ as soon as possible,” Horiguchi told MMAjunkie. “I wish I could have finished the fight fast. I really was surprised (I didn’t knock Seery out). I hit clean punches.”
After losing to “Mighty Mouse,” Horiguchi decided he needed a new camp to work with, leaving Japan for American Top Team in Florida.
“ATT is one of the best teams,” he said. “I’m having a good time.”