On Saturday night, the MMA leader returned for its latest Fight Night event, UFC Orlando. December is here, Christmas is approaching, and what’s more traditionally festive than blood, punches, chokes, and knockouts? Okay, quit…
On Saturday night, the MMA leader returned for its latest Fight Night event, UFC Orlando. December is here, Christmas is approaching, and what’s more traditionally festive than blood, punches, chokes, and knockouts? Okay, quite a lot of things, but there’s never a bad month for fights. This past weekend, the sport’s premier promotion kicked off its three-card December schedule…
Michael Bisping is setting the record straight about his Kevin Holland take. Bisping was cageside calling the fights at UFC Orlando, which was capped off with an instant classic between Stephen Thompson and Kevin Holland. Start to finish, the card deli…
Michael Bisping is setting the record straight about his Kevin Holland take. Bisping was cageside calling the fights at UFC Orlando, which was capped off with an instant classic between Stephen Thompson and Kevin Holland. Start to finish, the card delivered nonstop action, but the main event saw all three commentators going nuts with excitement,…
Jack Black was unable to accompany Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson in his UFC Orlando main event walkout, but he was still watching closely. Thompson has been a mainstay in the UFC’s welterweight division for a while, having derived his …
Jack Black was unable to accompany Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson in his UFC Orlando main event walkout, but he was still watching closely. Thompson has been a mainstay in the UFC’s welterweight division for a while, having derived his nickname from the song of the same name by Tenacious D, a band headed by Black. Ahead…
With photos of Conor McGregor‘s shredded physique circulating the internet, Rafael Dos Anjos took the time to give his opinion on them and may have implied that ‘The Notorious’ could be on PEDs. Rafael Dos Anjos returned to the winner’s circle after his fantastic performance at UFC Orlando. He faced wild brawler Bryan Barberena and […]
With photos of Conor McGregor‘s shredded physique circulating the internet, Rafael Dos Anjos took the time to give his opinion on them and may have implied that ‘The Notorious’ could be on PEDs.
Rafael Dos Anjos returned to the winner’s circle after his fantastic performance at UFC Orlando. He faced wild brawler Bryan Barberena and ensured he would not be baited into the wild slugfests that Barberena is widely known for.
RDA secured a submission victory over Barberena in round two via rear naked choke. After the fight, the legend hopped on the microphone and called out none other than Conor McGregor. The two were supposed to fight way back in March of 2016, but a tragic injury forced RDA out of the scrap and was why Nate Diaz took his place to face ‘The Notorious’.
Rafael Dos Anjos speaks on Conor McGregor’s questionable new physique
During the post-fight press conference, RDA shared his thoughts about desiring a fight with McGregor, questioned his new physique, and objected to him being out of the USADA testing pool.
“Look at my resume; I’ve fought everybody. I think I’ve earned this fight. I will not ask UFC for extra crazy paydays, I just wanna have that fight. July works perfect for me, we’ll see what happens.” Dos Anjos said, (h/t via BJ PENN.com).
“He’s out of USADA. Why is he out of the pool?” RDA continued. “It looks like, his body looks so different. I’ve given him some time to get clear.”
RDA confirmed that if the two did fight, it would surely be at welterweight. While everybody would relish a fight with ‘The Notorious’, you could make a very compelling case as to why Dos Anjos deserves it. He’s fought every and anybody that the UFC saw fit to put in his path. He’s faced them fearlessly and never complained about his strength in the competition he’s been pitted against.
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UFC welterweight Kevin Holland engaged in a ‘Fight of the Year’ contender at UFC Orlando, but one former foe wasn’t impressed. Holland faced former UFC welterweight title challenger Stephen Thompson in the UFC Orlando main event on Sa…
UFC welterweight Kevin Holland engaged in a ‘Fight of the Year’ contender at UFC Orlando, but one former foe wasn’t impressed. Holland faced former UFC welterweight title challenger Stephen Thompson in the UFC Orlando main event on Saturday. Despite a back-and-forth battle for as long as the fight lasted, Thompson took home the TKO victory….
UFC middleweight prospect Roman Dolidze wants the most hyped contender in all of MMA next, Khamzat Chimaev, following a dominant stoppage victory over no. 8 ranked Jack Hermansson last night at UFC Orlando. Dolidze put on the performance of his career against Hermansson; once taken down in the opening round, he threatened Hermansson with a […]
UFC middleweight prospect Roman Dolidze wants the most hyped contender in all of MMA next, Khamzat Chimaev, following a dominant stoppage victory over no. 8 ranked Jack Hermansson last night at UFC Orlando.
Dolidze put on the performance of his career against Hermansson; once taken down in the opening round, he threatened Hermansson with a guillotine choke, before securing a beautiful armbar sweep not long thereafter.
In round two, Dolidze would end up on his back again, only to attempt another armbar, later transitioning to an inverted triangle.
Next he’d lock up a reverse calf slicer, flattening Hermansson out on the mat as he pounded away en route to a TKO victory at 4:06 of round two.
The 34 year old Georgian talent took an opportunity to call out undefeated Khamzat Chimaev in his post-fight interview:
“I think if he will not do (fight) anymore at 170 (lbs), and he will be 185, he will need some ranked opponent. And I think it’s a good opportunity for him to go in top 10, and for me (it’s a) good opportunity for me to fight with a name like him one more time. I know this guy, he’s a good person and I also respect him like a fighter. That’s why I want to fight him, (he’s) like one of the best names in the game.
Dolidze continued: “He is very good wrestler, high level, but I’m also a very good, high level athlete.”
Roman Dolidze is now 12-1 as a professional with this victory, and he’s now on a four-fight win streak with three finishes.
Of those three finishes, the first two came via KO against Kyle Daukaus and Phil Hawes, before picking up this TKO victory last night, all three of which earned him Performance of the Night awards.
With this win, Dolidze should find himself inside the top 10 of the UFC’s middleweight division this coming week.
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