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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With Dominick Cruz suffering another injury, it could have been good news for Raphael Assuncao. However, the Brazilian bantamweight is also out with an injury.
Assuncao, who was hoping to fight for the UFC title after scoring seven straight wins as a bantamweight, but saw Cruz eventually taking his place against T.J. Dillashaw, won’t be able to return to the Octagon due to a broken ankle.
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Dominick Cruz has suffered another knee injury.
The former UFC bantamweight champion, who was sidelined for years after suffering consecutive knee injuries, has now suffered an ACL injury in his right knee.
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In the space of two years, former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton Jackson has aired his grievances against the UFC and Bellator, left both promotions and is still somehow an employee of each.
The news of ‘Rampage’ leaving Bellator MMA and re-signing with the UFC was announced Saturday during FOX Sports’ telecast of UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Dollaway.
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Carla Esparza’s 2014 may have felt long, but it also has to feel good.
The former Invicta strawweight championship not only matriculated to the UFC by being the top-seeded cast member on The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 20, she won the show and in the process, became the first-ever UFC women’s strawweight champion when she defeated Rose Namajunas at the TUF 20 Finale.
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BARUERI, Brazil — Former UFC bantamweight champion Renan Barao returned to the win column with a submission victory over Mitch Gagnon, but the fight lasted longer than many expected.
Gagnon, who entered the bout in a four-fight winning streak, was able to survive after getting knocked down in the first round, and won the second round on two of the three judges’ scorecards, but ended up submitted by the Brazilian 135-pounder in the third.
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BARUERI, Brazil — Lyoto Machida made quick work of C.B. Dollaway at UFC Fight Night 58 in Brazil, and he wants to be back in action as soon as possible.
The former UFC light heavyweight, who dispatched Dollaway with a kick to the body in 62 seconds in the main event in Barueri, Brazil, wants to stay active, and a bout with Luke Rockhold, who called him out on Twitter right after the finish, is on his radar.
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UFC 173 aired Saturday night on FOX Sports 1. The problem was it happened during UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Dollaway from Barueri, Brazil.
Before former UFC bantamweight champion Renan Barao’s co-main event matchup with Mitch Gagnon, the channel aired the intro to the UFC 173 pay-per-view event, which took place on May 24. Barao fell to T.J. Dillashaw in the headliner of that card.
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There wasn’t a fight of the night at UFC Fight Night 58, but four fighters earned Performance of the Night bonuses Saturday night.
Former UFC champion Lyoto Machida was honored for his first-round TKO of C.B. Dollaway in the main event, while Renan Barao earned his bonus for his submission win over Mitch Gagnon in the co-main event.
Erick Silva and Vitor Miranda were the other two fighters to earn $50,000. Silva put Mike Rhodes to sleep with a first-round technical submission victory, and Miranda defeated Jake Collier via first-round TKO.
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What looked to be a mismatch on paper ended up playing out that way in reality, as former champ Lyoto Machida capped off the UFC’s final show of 2014 by dusting C.B. Dollaway with a gunshot of a body kick early in the first round of UFC Fight Night 58’s main event. Check out what the pros had to say about Machida’s brilliant performance, plus all the rest of Saturday’s nuggets from the FOX Sports 1 main card.
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BARUERI, Brazil — Dominick Cruz talks to reporters before UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Dollaway weigh-ins about his pending UFC bantamweight title fight with T.J. Dillashaw, what changed while he was out for nearly three years with injuries and his opinion on the UFC’s controversial signing of former WWE star CM Punk.
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Former NBA center Darko Milicic made his kickboxing debut Thursday night in Serbia. The 7-footer, who was the second overall draft pick in 2003, lost to Radovan Radojcic in the second round of their exhibition fight via doctor’s stoppage after suffering a cut on his left leg.
“The next time, it will be better,” Milicic said [translated by The Detroit News]. “I’m invincible.”
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Dustin Poirier’s featherweight days are over.
The former 145-pound contender confirmed to MMAFighting.com that he has decided to resume his fighting career as a lightweight.
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UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo and former UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz will answer questions from the fans during the UFC Fight Night 58 Q&A on Friday morning. The session is scheduled for 11:45 a.m. ET.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil — Lyoto Machida faces C.B. Dollaway Saturday night in the main event of UFC Fight Night 58 in Barueri, Brazil, and he’s targets the top of the division next. In an exclusive interview, the former UFC light heavyweight champion broke down his match-up with Dollaway, how he expects to win on Dec. 20, why he called out Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza and much more.
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On Thursday, Brazilian outlet Globo reported that a bout between former UFC light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans and Glover Teixeira has been verbally agreed upon for the main event of UFC Fight Night 61 on Feb. 22 in Porto Allegre, Brazil.
However, Teixeira’s manager, Jorge Guimaraes, has called the report premature. Guimaraes says that Teixeira, who was medically suspended after his UFC 179 loss to Phil Davis, has yet to be cleared to return to competition by Brazil’s athletic commission.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Anderson Silva could be the latest UFC star to sign a sponsorship deal with Reebok, but he won’t do it just for the money.
The former UFC middleweight kingpin, who was sponsored by Nike in the past, told the media during a press conference in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday that he’s in negotiations with Reebok, who recently signed a deal with the UFC.
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“It’s cool. He’s gonna come in, get his ass whooped and be gone.”
Go ahead and add UFC welterweight Matt Brown to the glass half empty crowd on the promotion signing professional wrestler CM Punk.
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Tuesday afternoon, current UFC fighter Cung Le, as well as former UFC fighters Jon Fitch and Nate Quarry, filed a class action lawsuit against ZUFFA LLC, the parent company of the UFC, in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
Following a press conference to formally announce the lawsuit, the UFC released the following statement:
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World Series of Fighting welterweight Jon Fitch lost out on the title Saturday night, but he might be missing the use of his right leg for a few months.
The former UFC contender was caught in a first-round kneebar by leglock master Rousimar Palhares Dec. 13 at WSOF 16.
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