According to a report from MMAFighting.com’s Ariel Helwani, a welterweight bout between former lightweight title challenger Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone and Leon Edwards is being targeted to main event UFC Fight Night 132, which is set for June 23, 2018 in Singapore. Earlier this year, Cerrone got back to his winning ways by scoring a first-round […]
According to a report from MMAFighting.com’s Ariel Helwani, a welterweight bout between former lightweight title challenger Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone and Leon Edwards is being targeted to main event UFC Fight Night 132, which is set for June 23, 2018 in Singapore.
Earlier this year, Cerrone got back to his winning ways by scoring a first-round stoppage victory over Yancy Medeiros in Austin, Texas. Prior to that, he had suffered a three-fight losing streak, dropping fights to Jorge Masvidal, Robbie Lawler and Darren Till.
Edwards, meanwhile, is riding a five-fight UFC winning streak that includes two stoppage victories. He’s picked up wins over the likes of Dominic Waters, Albert Tumenov, Vincente Luque, Bryan Barberena and Peter Sobotta during that stretch.
A bout between former longtime featherweight champion Jose Aldo and surging contender Jeremy Stephens has also been discussed for this event, but it has not yet been made official.
Stay tuned to LowKickMMA for more news regarding UFC Fight Night 132 as it becomes available.
It looks like Jessica Eye will be continuing her run as a UFC Women’s Flyweight contender at the upcoming UFC Singapore (UFC Fight Night 132) this summer. Ariel Helwani of MMAFighting.com was the first to report the news that UFC is targeting a m…
It looks like Jessica Eye will be continuing her run as a UFC Women’s Flyweight contender at the upcoming UFC Singapore (UFC Fight Night 132) this summer. Ariel Helwani of MMAFighting.com was the first to report the news that UFC is targeting a match between Eye and Jessica-Rose Clark for the show in Singapore. “Evil” […]
With an improbable three straight losses, Holly Holm never needed a victory more than when she met Bethe Correia in the main event of today’s (Sat., June 17, 2017) UFC Fight Night 111 from the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore. And she got just that. Holm used her trademark kickboxing to find an opening on […]
With an improbable three straight losses, Holly Holm never needed a victory more than when she met Bethe Correia in the main event of today’s (Sat., June 17, 2017) UFC Fight Night 111 from the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.
And she got just that.
Holm used her trademark kickboxing to find an opening on a clowning Correia in the third round, absolutely melting her with a picturesque question mark kick that left no need for the follow-up shots Holm landed on an obviously out-of-it “Pitbull.”
It was the kind of statement Holm needed to make in a fight she was supposed to win, and it should instantly reinsert her back into a women’s bantamweight title picture that’s struggling for contenders. Watch the video highlights of Holm’s huge head kick KO courtesy of ESPN here:
Today’s (Sat., June 17, 2017) UFC Fight Night 111 is in the boooks from the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore. In the main event, former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm got back into the win column with a brutal head kick knockout over Bethe Correia. In the co-headliner, rising heavyweight Marcin Tybura outlasted former […]
Today’s (Sat., June 17, 2017) UFC Fight Night 111 is in the boooks from the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.
In the main event, former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm got back into the win column with a brutal head kick knockout over Bethe Correia.
In the co-headliner, rising heavyweight Marcin Tybura outlasted former champion Andrei Arlovski. Watch the event’s post-fight press conference video here:
UFC Singapore got MMA fans up bright and early Saturday morning, at least for those of us in North America. The event turned out to be a mixed bag with a solid preliminary card, three main card fights going to decision, and a stunning head kick KO in the main event care of former UFC […]
UFC Singapore got MMA fans up bright and early Saturday morning, at least for those of us in North America. The event turned out to be a mixed bag with a solid preliminary card, three main card fights going to decision, and a stunning head kick KO in the main event care of former UFC […]
Rafael dos Anjos is all set to make his welterweight debut, and he may already have a fight lined up after his upcoming bout with Tarec Saffiedine passes. ‘RDA’s’ last Octagon appearance saw him suffer a first round knockout loss to Eddie Alvarez in which he dropped his then-lightweight title. The Brazilian later revealed that
Rafael dos Anjos is all set to make his welterweight debut, and he may already have a fight lined up after his upcoming bout with Tarec Saffiedine passes.
‘RDA’s’ last Octagon appearance saw him suffer a first round knockout loss to Eddie Alvarez in which he dropped his then-lightweight title. The Brazilian later revealed that he planned to move up to the 170-pound weight class, as the cut to 155 pounds lately has been too strenuous.
UFC welterweight Colby Covington had campaigned for some time to welcome dos Anjos to the welterweight division, but he was instead granted a bout with No. 7-ranked Dong Hyun Kim while ‘RDA’ was booked against Saffiedine. Dos Anjos and Covington may not be competing against each other this time around, but they will be on the same card from the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore on June 17th.
During a recent press conference to promote the event in Singapore, Covington spoke on his attempts to welcome dos Anjos to welterweight and noted that he is happy with the fight he wound up getting as it brings him one step closer to the UFC title (quotes via MMA Fighting):
“I got a bigger fight, a better fight,” Covington said. “So, he’s scared. He knows he’s scared, so this is the next best option. A tougher opponent, a guy that’s going to get me closer to the title. I’m the most feared guy in the game right now. I scare the ink out of pens.”
The former lightweight champ got the opportunity to respond to Covington’s claims, and said that he believed ‘Chaos’ was a Bellator fighter when he saw him throwing shots at him on social media, and had no idea who he was:
“I have nothing to say,” dos Anjos said. “I’m a former lightweight champion. I thought this gentleman was a Bellator fighter when he was attacking me on social media. I didn’t know who he was. And I think this kind of new generation of MMA fighters, they’re trying to get attention by talking.”
Covington would interrupt dos Anjos and claim that the Brazilian is just mad because the United States Anti Doping Agency (USADA) changed the game for him:
“USADA changed the game for him,” Covington said. “So he’s just mad.”
Dos Anjos then called out the ‘new generation’ for trying to be too much like Conor McGregor and get recognition off of their ability to smack talk on the mic. He prefers to be known for his work inside of the Octagon:
“This new generation is trying,” dos Anjos continued. “I think there’s only one Conor McGregor. You’ve got to be yourself. You can’t try to copy somebody else. Just be yourself.”
“I didn’t even know who this guy (Covington) was before he [started talking trash],” dos Anjos said. “People know who he is because he’s talking trash, and I don’t think that’s the way to get people to know you. I prefer to show my skills in Octagon.”
Dos Anjos then called out the ‘new generation’ for trying to be too much like Conor McGregor and get recognition off of their ability to smack talk on the mic. He prefers to be known for his work inside of the Octagon: