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Brock Lesnar Leaves Door Open For UFC Return

Former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar made his return to action after nearly five years away from the sport in the co-main event of July 9, 2016’s blockbuster UFC 200 from Las Vegas, Nevada, taking on top 10-ranked slugger Mark Hunt. Many had felt as if this was a dangerous challenge for Lesnar, but “The

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Former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar made his return to action after nearly five years away from the sport in the co-main event of July 9, 2016’s blockbuster UFC 200 from Las Vegas, Nevada, taking on top 10-ranked slugger Mark Hunt. Many had felt as if this was a dangerous challenge for Lesnar, but “The Beast” prevailed and took home a dominant decision victory. That victory was quickly plagued, however, as Lesnar was notified by USADA (United States Anti-Doping Agency) of a potential anti-doping violation.

Few details have been released regarding the test since, but Lesnar could be thrown back to the sidelines for two years if the situation doesn’t play out in his favor. With that being said, the former titleholder has decided to put his focus back on his professional wrestling career for the time being, although he did leave the door open for a potential return to the Octagon (Via TMZ):

“I’ve got a few challenges to overcome before I can get there. I don’t know. For right now, I’m gonna focus on my WWE career. I wanted to step back into the Octagon and avenge my loss against diverticulitis. Sunday (August 21, 2016) I’m facing Randy Orton at Summerslam and that’s really all that’s on my mind. To my fans that watch me in the Octagon, I thank them for their support. This has been a bumpy road. I’m gonna get through this alright. And there will be a day, maybe, that they’ll see me back in the Octagon.”

Lesnar holds a 6-3 professional MMA record which includes victories over Randy Couture, Shane Carwin, Frank Mir, and Hunt. Would you like to see the ex-heavyweight king once again return to the world’s largest mixed martial arts promotion?

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Anthony Johnson On Title Shot: Jon Jones Can Wait

No. 1-ranked UFC light heavyweight contender Anthony “Rumble” Johnson established himself as a legitimate title threat in the co-main event of last night’s (August 20, 2016) UFC 202 from Las Vegas, Nevada, bulldozing through No. 2-ranked Glover Teixeira in just 13 seconds. Although he admitted that he didn’t see it coming that fast, Johnson said

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No. 1-ranked UFC light heavyweight contender Anthony “Rumble” Johnson established himself as a legitimate title threat in the co-main event of last night’s (August 20, 2016) UFC 202 from Las Vegas, Nevada, bulldozing through No. 2-ranked Glover Teixeira in just 13 seconds. Although he admitted that he didn’t see it coming that fast, Johnson said in the aftermath of the bout that he had envisioned putting Teixeira away:

“Not 13 seconds, but I knew that I would knock him out eventually,” Johnson told MMAjunkie following the fight. “I had pictured it for a while now, and I told my coach this morning – I said, ‘If I’m going to knock Glover out, it’s going to be by uppercut,’ and it worked out.’

“I don’t really study fights too much. I might watch one or two rounds, and I can tell what a person likes to do. I just knew if I hit him with an uppercut, it would be lights out.”

With his latest win, “Rumble” should be in line for the next shot at 205-pound titleholder Daniel Cormier. Johnson and Cormier actually met once before in April 2015 for the vacant title in a bout that saw “Rumble” drop “DC” early on before Cormier locked in a fight ending rear-naked-choke. Now, however, Johnson feels as if he would get the better of Cormier:

“I’m just looking forward to it again; this is something that I’ve wanted for a long time,” Johnson said. “I only want to compete against the best, and so far since I’ve been back in the UFC, that’s what I’ve been doing. This is my second chance at a title, so I really want to go out and I want to dominate. Daniel, be said that when we’re in the cage it’s Daniel time, which is fine. It can be Daniel time. But at the end of the night, it’s going to be my time.

“Daniel took a hell of a shot, and he took it like a man. I was very surprised that he got back up because usually I hit you one time and you drop and you don’t get back up unless someone is helping you up, and Daniel got right back up and got moving. Hopefully I don’t get as frustrated next time and keep landing big shots on him and eventually put him out.”

One man that could potentially secure a title shot over Johnson would be former longtime divisional kingpin Jon “Bones” Jones, who was scheduled to face off with Cormier in the main event of July 9’s UFC 200. That fight fell through, however, after Jones was notified of a potential anti-doping violation. “Bones’” fighting future is currently unclear, but he did recently say that he expects ‘good news’.

Johnson doesn’t seem phased by Jones, however, as he said that the former champion can ‘wait’:

“Not at all – Daniel is beyond that, I’m beyond it,” Johnson said. “Daniel wants to fight me, and I want to fight him. As far as Jon, he can sit back and wait. That’s just what it is right now. That’s nothing against him, but that’s just what’s going to happen.

“Daniel said he wants to fight me. He said he’s not worried about Jon. We’re just not focused on it. For what? Until he’s back, what’s the point of even having a conversation about it?”

What do you make of the light heavyweight title picture?

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Glover Teixeira Compares Jon Jones To Lance Armstrong

Heading into his light heavyweight title fight with then champion Jon Jones at UFC 172 in April 2014, Brazilian slugger Glover Teixeira had won an incredible 20 straight fights including five straight inside of the Octagon, but he ended up proving to be no challenge to Jones, as he was dominated throughout their five round

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Heading into his light heavyweight title fight with then champion Jon Jones at UFC 172 in April 2014, Brazilian slugger Glover Teixeira had won an incredible 20 straight fights including five straight inside of the Octagon, but he ended up proving to be no challenge to Jones, as he was dominated throughout their five round bout. Now, Teixeira finds himself in yet another fight with a title shot possibly looming in the balance, as he’s set to meet fellow former title challenger Anthony Johnson in the co-main event of this weekend’s (August 20, 2016) UFC 202. This time, however, the winner won’t be headed towards a scrap with Jones.

Jones’ fighting future is currently unclear after he was pulled from his scheduled UFC 200 (July 9, 2016) headliner with reinging champion Daniel Cormier due to a potential anti-doping violation. UFC President Dana White recently said that things are looking up for Jones, who’s had quite the troubled past few years. Teixeira, speaking on the matter, said it’s ‘sad’ to see ‘the best fighter in history’ do these types of things:

“It’s hard to comment. Jon Jones is the best fighter in history,” Teixeira said, according to a translation from Bloody Elbow’s Lucas Rezende. “He could be doing what Usain Bolt is doing. He’s one of the best fighters ever, defeated everybody in the weight class and then does what he’s been doing for the past couple of years. It’s sad. We want a chance to fight the guy. To get in there and knock him out. But it’s part of the sport.”

Continuing on, the Brazilian said that he hopes Jones rebounds, but he also compared the former pound-for-pound king to controversial cyclist Lance Armstrong, who had a plethora of his titles stripped after being busted by USADA (United States Anti-Doping Agency):

“We never want anything bad to happen, especially to an athlete like Jon Jones,” Teixeira said. “I hope he can get back on track. I don’t think Jon Jones needed to take anything. He’s younger than everybody else. Plus, if he took something he shouldn’t, he should lose his title.

“He’s like Lance Armstrong, who won all those titles and then they took them away from him. So the question remains. Was he really a champion or could anybody have been the champion if they were taking what he was taking?”

Do you agree with Teixeira’s comments?

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Video: Watch Nick Diaz Duke It Out With USADA

With his 18-month suspension for marijuana (after it was reduced from a ridiculous five years) recently having expired, the buzz around popular veteran Nick Diaz’s return to the Octagon is building. Part of that return, however, is enrolling in the UFC’s drug testing partnership with USADA, which requires athletes to provide their whereabouts and schedules

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With his 18-month suspension for marijuana (after it was reduced from a ridiculous five years) recently having expired, the buzz around popular veteran Nick Diaz’s return to the Octagon is building.

Part of that return, however, is enrolling in the UFC’s drug testing partnership with USADA, which requires athletes to provide their whereabouts and schedules so they can be tested anywhere at any time. They make good on their word, too, often showing up at fighters’ homes early in the morning and, in the case of returning middleweight Tim Kennedy, pulled up to their door only to meet the barrel of a gun.

After multiple high-profile drug test failures of his own, Diaz found that out the hard way earlier today, when USADA contacted him for a random drug test. Apparently the elder Diaz brother had been out all night and wanted to get some sleep, but that would have resulted in a two-year suspension for avoiding a test according to the agent that contacted him.

Check out the wild scene courtesy of Bloody Elbow right here:

Diaz then said he gave the agent his room number in a SnapChat post, noting he was ready to do a drug test. He also said he wasn’t on steroids, but did have some weed he would smoke with the agent:

Diaz then gave in to the requirements of the testing protocol, posting another video with what appeared to be the testing agent in his hotel:

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Joe Rogan: Who Knows What Wacky S*** Jon Jones Was Taking

Former undisputed light-heavyweight champion Jon Jones found himself in a spot of bother again before UFC 200. After serving a suspension that saw him stripped of the 205-pound title, Jones’ return at UFC 197 was lacklustre. There was no question about the decision win over Ovince St-Preux, but Jones did not look the same. Was

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Former undisputed light-heavyweight champion Jon Jones found himself in a spot of bother again before UFC 200. After serving a suspension that saw him stripped of the 205-pound title, Jones’ return at UFC 197 was lacklustre. There was no question about the decision win over Ovince St-Preux, but Jones did not look the same. Was it ring rust? Daniel Cormier believed the best Jon Jones had been and gone, and pointed out the impact of all the partying. The failed drug test for cocaine, his infamous New Mexico hit-and-run that lost him the title, and the self-confessed Marijuana addiction were now apparently a thing of the past.

Then came the shocking news of Jones’ failed drug test. USADA had found a banned substance in a June 16 random dope screen, once again putting the troubled ‘Bones’ in the sin bin. The interim champion held a press conference after being pulled from UFC 200 on just three days notice. Protesting his innocence in an emotion-fuelled interview, Jones claimed he had no knowledge of the banned substance. At this point nobody knew what USADA had found.

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The Big Reveal

It wasn’t too long before we learned that Clomiphene was the banned substance in Jon Jones’ system. The anti-estrogen typically used after a steroid cycle is not allowed in or out of competition. Ironically this same substance was found in both of Brock Lesnar’s failed UFC 200 drug tests. ‘Bones’ remained quiet as he was removed from the official light-heavyweight and P4P rankings. Until yesterday.

Claiming he had some ‘good news’ for his legion of followers, Jones has led many to believe he’s making some progress with the USADA testers. Perhaps it was a tainted supplement after all, there are numerous recent cases that can attest to the real possibility of this happening. Both Tim Means and Yoel Romero had recent suspensions overturned following similar circumstance.

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Joe Rogan on Jon Jones

During a recent episode of his popular podcast, UFC commentator Joe Rogan gave his opinion on Jon Jones. Bearing in mind this was filmed before the Jones message to his fans about ‘good news,’ it still raises some interesting questions and points for debate.

“I don’t know if there’s anything wrong with doing blow, I don’t think it’s a positive drug, but some people enjoy it. Some people enjoy drinking, I enjoy drinking, ad I don’t think that’s a positive drug. But (cocaine) is not something you are supposed to be doing three weeks outside of a world title fight. You’re out doing blow just 21 days before, that’s crazy.”

“If you ask his coaches they’ll tell you he surrounds himself with the wrong people. Jon is an extremely talented guy. Maybe one of the most talented guys to ever compete in the sport. When the chips are down he gets through things, he overcomes adversity.”

“Isn’t there also the issues that fighters have impulse control problems? There are direct correlations between head impacts and impulse control. It can’t be good to get kicked in the head, or punched in the face, any kind of impact causes your brain to get jostled.”

“The stuff he tested positive for, anti-estrogen, that’s not even beneficial. The only time its beneficial is when you’re coming off steroids, but he didn’t test positive for steroids before. It could have been a tainted supplement, who knows what wacky shit he was taking. I don’t know.”

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Brock Lesnar’s NSAC Hearing Set For August 23

Former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar made his triumphant return to fighting last month at July 9’s UFC 200 from Las Vegas, Nevada. After nearly five years away from the sport, Lesnar came in and essentially dominated a top 10 heavyweight in Mark Hunt, although the victory has since been plagued after Lesnar was notified

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Former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar made his triumphant return to fighting last month at July 9’s UFC 200 from Las Vegas, Nevada. After nearly five years away from the sport, Lesnar came in and essentially dominated a top 10 heavyweight in Mark Hunt, although the victory has since been plagued after Lesnar was notified by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) of a potential anti-doping violation regarding two of his drug tests.

Little has been made clear regarding the details of the situation, but according to a report from MMAJunkie, “The Beast” is set to go before the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) on August 23, 2016 in Las Vegas where a temporary suspension request will be heard.

Lesnar wasn’t the only big name to be notified of a potential anti-doping violation regarding UFC 200, as former light heavyweight champion and former pound-for-pound king Jon “Bones” Jones was also popped by USADA. Jones, unlike Lesnar, was unable to compete at the landmark event, as he was pulled from his scheduled main event rematch with reigning 205-pound titleholder Daniel Cormier just days before the fight was slated to take place. It appears as if Jones’ case has been delayed. Both Lesnar and Jones tested positive for estrogen blockers.

Do you see either man receiving a significant punishment?

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