At least Daniel Cormier seems to have rebounded from his title loss to UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones in good spirits.
A former heavyweight and always unabashed foodie, Cormier appeared shirtless to croon over his love for cake and Popeyes Chicken in video skit for the 2015 World MMA Awards, parodying Meghan Trainor’s popular song, ‘All About That Bass.’ Catch the amusing video below.
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The ongoing argument over the next welterweight title shot. The continuing fallout from the UFC’s signing of CM Punk. The class-action lawsuit against the UFC filed by veteran fighters. Oh, and what to make of Saturday night’s main event between Lyoto Machida and C.B. Dollaway.
There is no lack of discussion points in the mixed martial arts world as we barrel toward the holiday season, so let’s jump right into another edition of Fightweets.
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UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis has fought only three times in the last two years, including his title defense against Gilbert Melendez at UFC 181 on Dec. 6.
Not that Pettis likes taking time off. A series of injuries and circumstances have led to his relative inactivity, a fact that Pettis bemoaned leading up to UFC 181. Pettis has made it know he wants to stay active going forward. In fact, Pettis’s manager Mike Roberts told UFC Tonight’s Ariel Helwani that if the champ has it his way, he’ll fight three times in 2015.
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We hand out our 2014 MMA Hour awards.
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On Monday’s episode of The MMA Hour, we’ll hand out our 2014 year-end awards. Below is a rundown of the show:
1:00 p.m. ET — MMAFighting.com’s Marc Raimondi will recap another busy weekend in MMA.
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Does former UFC welterweight champion Johny Hendricks deserve an immediate trilogy fight against the man who lifted his title by the slimmest of margins at UFC 181, Robbie Lawler? Or should the UFC move forward with its original plan to give Rory MacDonald the next title shot?
Those are the questions upon which the entire welterweight division will hinge in 2015 (Okay, and also whether former champion Georges St-Pierre returns).
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PHOENIX, Ariz. — If Friday saw the crowning of the UFC’s first female strawweight champion, Saturday may have seen the crowning of the division’s first title contender.
Polish striker Joanna Jedrzejczyk showcased exceptional takedown defense and aggression to capture a split decision over heavy favorite and presumed number-one contender Claudia Gadelha on the preliminary card at UFC on FOX 13. Afterward, at UFC on FOX 13’s post-fight press conference, UFC President Dana White alluded to Jedrzejczyk being the first test for 115-pound champion Carla Esparza.
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LAS VEGAS – Gilbert Melendez revealed Anthony Pettis no panic within their UFC lightweight title fight on Saturday night. Melendez pressed forward for most of the fight and won the initial round.
But he walked right into a huge right hand early in the 2nd round. Before you can blink, Pettis caught Melendez in a guillotine choke and became the first person ever to submit the former Strikeforce champ.
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Akira Corassani is going to be trying to find an improved result in his home country this time aroiund.
Corassani, a Sweden native, will meet Sam Sicilia at UFC on FOX 14 on Jan. 24 in Stockholm, the UFC declared Thursday. The card is expected to attract upwards of 30,000 individuals to Tele2 Arena. Corassani is coming off a knockout loss to Max Holloway in Sweden back in October.
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Expert lightweight Anthony Njokuani has verbally agreed to some multi-fight deal with Legacy FC following his recent release in the UFC, Legacy FC owner Mick Maynard supported to MMAFighting.com on Wednesday.
A 34-year old former kickboxer, Njokuani (16-9, 1 NC) had been a mainstay in the WEC/UFC 155-pound division ever since his 2009 introduction, fighting 15 times and scoring memorable KO/TKO triumphs over Chris Horodecki, Edward Faaloloto and Roger Bowling, amongst others.
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“Ruthless” Robbie Lawler is definitely known as among MMA’s most clear-cut individuals, whether that is his fighting fashion in the Octagon or with his talking style exterior.
So the 32-year old American Top Team Combatant is not fearful to essentially say “I told you so” about the livelihood revival which has him on the verge of a title.
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The Thugjitsu age has come into a close.
Yves Edwards, among the very respected fighters in the UFC, is calling it quits. The 17-year MMA expert declared his retirement Sunday night on Facebook. Edwards, 38, is winless in his last five fights and is coming off a entry loss to Akbarh Arreola at UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. Swanson on Nov. 22.
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LAS VEGAS – Conor McGregor’s lover Q & A in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil the week of UFC 179 will long be remembered as a dynamic matter.
The supporters, followers of UFC featherweight champ Jose Aldo, make McGregor understand they do not value McGregor’s caustic remarks towards both Aldo and the remaining office.
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Wanderlei Silva is at it again with a different video smashing the UFC. Now, his monologue was mainly about his declaration the UFC threatened to sue him if he appeared at a Bellator lover occasion earlier this month.
Silva was advertised for an autograph signing the week of Bellator 131 in San Diego, which went head to head with UFC 180. “The Axe Murderer” said he was guaranteed $10,000 for two hours of signing. Several days before, he received an e-mail in the UFC telling him that the organization would take legal action if he went forward using the occasion, Silva said.
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With news that UFC middleweight Vitor Belfort had passed the first of assumably several random drug tests, the No. 1 competitor seems happy to be moving forward without testosterone replacement treatment (TRT).
“It was better for me (the ending of TRT) because I made a boring treatment that has been troubling me, and today I am more powerful, lighter and quicker,” Belfort told SporTv (via Bloody Elbow). “So, for Belfort, it was amazing. Does not matter what my blood says, nor the effect of the blood test. What issues is what’s in my head.”
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MMA Fighting has the UFC Fight Night 57 results for the Edgar vs. Swanson event at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas on Saturday night
In the main event, Frankie Edgar will square off against Cub Swanson in a key featherweight contest. Bobby Green faces Edson Barboza in the co-main event.
Check out the UFC Fight Night 57 results below.
Main card (FOX Sports 1 at 10 p.m. ET)
Frankie Edgar vs. Cub Swanson
Bobby Green vs. Edson Barboza
Brad Pickett vs. Chico camus
Jared Rosholt vs. Oleksiy Oliynyk
Joseph Benavidez vs. Dustin Ortiz
Matt Wiman vs. Isaac Vallie-Flagg
Undercard (FOX Sports 1 at 8 p.m. ET)
Ruslan Magomedov vs. Josh Copeland
Luke Barnatt vs. Roger Narvaez
James Vick vs. Nick Hein
Yves Edwards vs. Akbarh Arreola
Undercard (UFC Fight Pass at 7 p.m. ET)
Paige VanZant vs. Kailin Curran
Juan Manuel Puig vs. Doo Ho Choi
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For all of the talk of the UFC featherweight division and its seemingly uncrowned (media) king Conor McGregor, there’s surprisingly little of it coming from or headed towards Frankie Edgar. The top featherweight contender and former lightweight champion has one of the most important fights for the division’s future on Saturday when he takes on Cub Swanson at UFC Fight Night 57 in Austin, Texas. Yet, most of the talk is centered on Swanson or McGregor or simply other top contenders.
As far as Edgar is concerned, there’s no sense in being worried in things over which he has no control.
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The most anticipated superfight in mixed martial arts history went down on a cold Monday night in Las Vegas… kinda.
Fresh from appearances at the UFC’s ‘The Time is Now’ press conference, light heavyweight champ Jon Jones and former middleweight great Anderson Silva collided in a two-hour long sparring session at UFC headquarters, and afterwards both men were all smiles as Silva sung the praises of this “f*cking crazy guy.”
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Veteran Yves Edwards discusses Saturday’s fight against Akbarh Arreola at UFN 57.
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SAN DIEGO — The finish seemed so strange.
There was Michael Chandler, in the fourth round of his Bellator lightweight title fight against Will Brooks, waving his hands and moving away from his opponent after an awkward scramble.
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