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Kevin Holland weighs up Jorge Masvidal fight following UFC Orlando loss: ‘He can get it next’

Kevin HollandOff the back of s fifth round stoppage loss to former title challenger, Stephen Thompson at UFC Orlando over the course of last weekend, Riverside striker, Kevin Holland has made a fight with another former title challenger, the faltering, Jorge Masvidal a placeholder on his radar – offering to share the Octagon with the Miami […]

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Off the back of s fifth round stoppage loss to former title challenger, Stephen Thompson at UFC Orlando over the course of last weekend, Riverside striker, Kevin Holland has made a fight with another former title challenger, the faltering, Jorge Masvidal a placeholder on his radar – offering to share the Octagon with the Miami native next. 

Holland, who slumped to his second consecutive loss in the main event of the promotion’s return to Orlando over the weekend, fractured his right hand in the opening round of his headliner with Simpsonville striker, Thompson. 

Suffering a one-sided third and fourth round against the striking talent, Holland urged his cornermen to take off his right glove when returning to his stool ahead of the fifth round, signalling the end to the fight as he dealt with multiple fractured metacarpals in his right hand. 

Kevin Holland offers to fight Jorge Masvidal next

While Thompson – who also suffered a fractured right hand in his victory over Holland, has been linked with a rematch against the #12 ranked contender, Masvidal next, Holland has made himself available for a fight with the American Top Team stalwart.

“I don’t sucker punch people, I punch suckers,” Kevin Holland said of Jorge Masvidal as he replied to a Twitter user. “He can get it next.” 

Also offering to score a rematch with Derek Brunson in a return to the middleweight limit, Holland poked fun at the division staple’s blonde hair to boot.

“Yes, yes, and yes,” Kevin Holland replied to Derek Brunson. “First good tweet you ever made – Also the type of guy to come back up a weight class and smack that blonde head around. I’d be doing it just for the fans tho….. like always.”

Holland had previously enjoyed a two-fight winning streak since his return to welterweight at the beginning of this year, stopping Alex Oliveira with strikes, before landing a D’Arce choke win over Tim Means at UFC Austin back in June.

6 Positives & 2 Negatives From UFC Orlando

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…

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Michael Bisping Publicly Addresses ‘Clickbait’ Kevin Holland Narrative

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,…

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Watch: Jack Black Cheers Stephen Thompson For UFC Orlando Win

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…

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Rafael Dos Anjos questions Conor McGregor’s new shredded physique: “He’s out of USADA. Why is he out of the (testing) pool?”

Rafael Dos Anjos Conor McGregor UFC OrlandoWith 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 […]

Rafael Dos Anjos Conor McGregor UFC Orlando

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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Kevin Holland Hits Back At Former Foe Derek Brunson After Post-Fight Taunts

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….

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