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Pearl Gonzalez Back On UFC 210 After Breast Implant Mixup

Pearl Gonzalez is back on UFC 210. New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC) officials had removed the debuting strawweight Gonzalez from her main card bout opposite Cynthia Calvillo at tomorrow night’s (April 8, 2017) UFC 210 from Buffalo because she has breast implants, but The Fight Network’s John Pollock was recently provided a statement by the commission

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Pearl Gonzalez is back on UFC 210.

New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC) officials had removed the debuting strawweight Gonzalez from her main card bout opposite Cynthia Calvillo at tomorrow night’s (April 8, 2017) UFC 210 from Buffalo because she has breast implants, but The Fight Network’s John Pollock was recently provided a statement by the commission clarifying that Gonzalez had been allowed back on after further considerations:

Here is a statement I was provided by the NYSAC regarding Pearl Gonzalez pic.twitter.com/AaY6OlBOgG

— John Pollock (@iamjohnpollock) April 7, 2017

It’s a somewhat surprising breath of fresh air for a card that badly needs it after the light heavyweight championship main event was nearly axed from the pay-per-view (PPV) after 205-pound champion Daniel Cormier nearly missed weight only to return in a matter of two minutes to weigh in right at the divisional title limit.

As for Gonzalez, the overarching opinion in the mixed martial arts community was that her removal was an extremely short-sighted one, especially considering she had been allowed to take part in all pre-fight media events, had passed all medicals, and had even weighed in at the strawweight non-title fight limit of 116 pounds.

Add that to the fact that women like Miesha Tate had already fought an MMA bout in the state while having breast implants, and there was really no legit reason to prevent Gonzalez from making her UFC debut.

So Gonzalez has thankfully gotten past the NYSAC’s holdups. Now all she has to do is deal with touted prospect Calvillo tomorrow night.

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NYSAC Bans Female Fighter From UFC 210 Because Of Breast Implants

If you thought today’s UFC 210 weigh-ins from Buffalo couldn’t get any weirder, well, they just did. After a strange scene where UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier weighed in at 206.2 pounds with only moments left to weigh in for his main event versus Anthony Johnson at tomorrow’s (April 8, 2017) UFC 210 from

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If you thought today’s UFC 210 weigh-ins from Buffalo couldn’t get any weirder, well, they just did.

After a strange scene where UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier weighed in at 206.2 pounds with only moments left to weigh in for his main event versus Anthony Johnson at tomorrow’s (April 8, 2017) UFC 210 from the KeyBank Center and somehow lost the weight in two minutes, the New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC) has actually taken a fighter off the card for a far more ridiculous reason.

Debuting women’s strawweight Pearl Gonzalez, who was set to meet Cynthia Calvillo on the main card and was allowed to weigh in and make weight, has been removed by the commission for having breast implants, something that apparently isn’t allowed for female fighters in the state of New York.

Gonzalez was reportedly informed she would not be able to take part in the bout after the weigh-ins, odd timing considering she was allowed to appear at all pre-fight media obligations and had passed all medicals. It’s even stranger considering female fighters, such as retired former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate, who took on Raquel Pennington in her final fight at last November’s UFC 205, have been allowed to compete with breast implants.

The UFC 210 main event avoided a narrow miss in New York, but the debut of Gonzalez didn’t and will have to wait until a later date and time.

It’s hard to imagine a scenario where they couldn’t have informed Gonzalez of this until she was done weighing in the day before the fight.

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Ronda Rousey Hires New Nutrition Coach – Is A UFC Return To Follow?

We’ve seen hardly any word from former UFC champ Ronda Rousey save for a canned statement and cryptic social media post in the months after her first-round TKO loss to current champion Amanda Nunes in the main event of December 30’s UFC 207 from Vegas. MMA’s formerly outspoken queen did sign on for a guest

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MMA’s formerly outspoken queen did sign on for a guest spot on NBC’s “Blindspot,” yet no official word about the future of her fighting career has been heard nor seen from her or anyone on her team. A bit of news that may suggest the superstar could be mulling another comeback to mixed martial arts surfaced this week, however, as Dan Garner Nutrition posted a welcoming post to Rousey on Instagram (via MMA Mania) last night.

Wanted to give a good welcoming post to Ronda Rousey who has just recently joined the team, and is all set for the comprehensive nutritional programming process with myself. Excited to have her on board and to accomplish some great things with her this year. Let’s go! #teamgarner #dangarnernutrition #rondarousey #rowdyrondarousey #ufc #mma #judo #olympian #nutrition #health #performance #athlete #letsgo

A post shared by Dan Garner (@dangarnernutrition) on Mar 28, 2017 at 12:22pm PDT

Garner expressed his understandable excitement at having Rousey and on his team, and hinted at big things in the remainder of 2017:

“Wanted to give a good welcoming post to Ronda Rousey who has just recently joined the team, and is all set for the comprehensive nutritional programming process with myself. Excited to have her on board and to accomplish some great things with her this year.”

Just what those “big things” are remains unclear, however, and with Rousey’s heavily blasted head trainer Edmond Tarverdyan being dubbed the villain for most of her rapid decline, Rousey’s nutrition hasn’t exactly been discussed as a main cause after she showed up to UFC 207 looking ripped and in shape but got run over anyway.

Still, it could signal that ‘Rowdy’s’ at least ready to continue her career after two significant setbacks, and that can only be good news for the UFC and MMA as a whole.

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Cynthia Calvillo vs. Pearl Gonzalez Added to UFC 210

UFC 210 in Buffalo, NY next month has a late addition to the card. Cynthia Calvillo, fresh off a win over TUF 23 finalist Amanda Cooper at UFC 209, will meet Pearl Gonzalez in a women’s strawweight bout. The UFC announced the match during the UFC Fight Night 107 broadcast Saturday evening live from London. […]