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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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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The UFC Fight Night 58 post-fight press conference is the last piece of business to take care of after the action is over in the Octagon, and we have the live video below at MMAFighting.com.
UFC officials will announce the winners of the Fight of the Night and the Performance of the Night bonuses, and winning fighters will meet the media after their fights.
The UFC Fight Night 58 post-fight press conference takes place about 30 minutes after the main event ends, meaning it will start around 1:30 a.m. ET. The video is above.
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Yoel Romero spent almost 30 extra seconds on his stool before the start of the third round against Tim Kennedy. The way Romero sees it he should have gotten five full minutes of rest.
Romero told MMA Fighting that he believes the punches Kennedy rocked him with in the second round of their UFC 178 fight were illegal. Kennedy was holding onto Romero’s glove, an illegal maneuver, with his left hand while he was punching Romero with his right. A .gif of the sequence surfaced after the fact online, but Romero had not commented on it until now.
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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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Welcome to episode 117 of the Promotional Malpractice Live Chat.
UFC on FOX 13 took place on Saturday. The Ultimate Fighter 20 Finale came and went on Friday of last week. Theywere big stories. I’m sure you have questions about them. I’ll answer as many as I can.
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Nick Diaz is back and talking truth as usual.
“In order to love fighting, I have to hate it,” Diaz says in this UFC 183 promo. “There’s no love in this.”
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On episode three of the Monday Morning Analyst, we review UFC on FOX 13, The Ultimate Fighter 20 Finale and WSOF 16. We also briefly discuss the big boxing weekend including Ishe Smith vs. Erislandy Lara, Amir Khan vs. Devon Alexander and Timothy Bradley vs. Diego Chaves.
Editor’s note: Portions of the video and audio lag due to poor Internet connectivity while recording. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
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UFC featherweight contender Conor McGregor seems a bit torn over the promotion’s decision to allow a retired professional wrestler with no competitive experience whatsoever to compete alongside him in the sport’s premier organization.
McGregor understands the appeal of wrangling the elusive and dreaded ‘casual fan,’ but would have preferred for 36-year-old CM Punk to first prove himself elsewhere.
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Rousimar Palhares added another quick submission to his record, but the fight once again ended with controversy.
The World Series of Fighting welterweight champion, who needed 90 seconds to tap Jon Fitch in the main event of WSOF 16 in Sacramento Calif., on Dec. 13, might have injured Fitch with his nasty submission, but feels he did everything by the book.
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The UFC on FOX 13 post-fight press conference is the last piece of business to take care of after the action is over in the Octagon, and we have the live video below at MMAFighting.com.
UFC president Dana White will announce the winners of the Fight of the Night and the Performance of the Night bonuses, and winning fighters will meet the media after their fights.
The UFC on FOX 13 post-fight press conference takes place about 30 minutes after the main event ends, meaning it will start around 11:15 p.m. ET. The video is above.
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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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The TUF 20 Finale post-fight press conference is the final bit of business to take good care of of after the activity is around in the Octagon, and we’ve got the live video below at MMAFighting.com.UFC officials will declare the winners of the Fight of the Night Time as well as the Performance of the Nighttime bonuses, and winning combatants will meet the media after their fights. The TUF 20 Ending post-fight press conference happens about half an hour following the main event endings, meaning it begins around 12:30 a.m. ET. The video is preceding.
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LAS VEGAS — Randa Markos has viewed war. She is seen homicide. She’s become the victim of maltreatment.
Markos has experienced the worst of life and made it out the other end undamaged. She might have just began training in MMA when she was 23 years old, but she is been a combatant as far back as she could recall.
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in the UFC on FOX 13 weigh-ins, all 24 combatants taking part in Saturday night’s UFC on FOX 13 fights will step in the scale Friday evening, and we’ll possess the live video here at MMAFighting.com. In the main occasion, Junior dos Santos and Stipe Miocic must create the heavyweight limit of 265 pounds. The UFC on FOX 13 weighin takes place at 5 p.m. ET in Sacramento, and the video is above. The UFC on FOX 13 weigh in results are below. Chief card (FOX at 8 p.m. ET)Junior dos Santos vs. Stipe MiocicRafael dos Anjos vs. Nate DiazAlistair Overeem vs. Stefan StruveGabriel Gonzaga vs. Matt MitrioneUndercard (FOX at 5 p.m. ET)John Moraga vs. Willie GatesClaudia Gadelha vs. Joanna JerdzejczykJoe Riggs vs. Ben SaundersJamie Varner vs. Drew DoberDerek Brunson vs. Ed HermanJoe Ellenberger vs. Bryan BarberenaUndercard (UFC Fight Pass at 3:30 p.m. ET)David Michaud vs. Garret WhiteleyHenry Cejudo vs. Dustin KimuraAnthony Birchak vs. Ian Entwistle
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LAS VEGAS — Ian McCall traveled to Brazil in November knowing he was under the elements. Ian still cut the pounds he wanted and successfully hit the flyweight 126-pound limit.
A few hours later, McCall was in the hospital with the illness in his blood. He needed to pull from his UFC Fight Night 56 co-main event fight with John Lineker in Uberlandia, Brazil. But it had been not by choice. If it were up to him, McCall said, he still would have fought.
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in the TUF 20 Ending weigh-ins, all 22 fighters taking part in Friday night’s TUF 20 Finale fights will step to the scale Thursday day, and we’ll possess the live video here at MMAFighting.com. In the primary occasion, Carla Esparza and Rose Namajunas must create the strawweight limitation of 115 pounds. The TUF 20 Ending weigh-in takes place at 7 p.m. ET at the Pearl in the Palms, and the video is above. The TUF 20 Ending weigh in results are below.
Chief card (FOX Sports 1 at 9 p.m. ET)Carla Esparza vs. Rose NamajunasJeremy Stephens vs. Charles OliveiraK.J. Noons vs. Daron CruickshankJoe Proctor vs. Yancy MedeirosJessica Penne vs. Randa MarkosUndercard (FOX Sports 1 at 7 p.m. ET)Felice Herrig vs. Lisa EllisBec Rawlings vs. Heather Jo ClarkJoanne Calderwood vs. Seo Hee HamTecia Torres vs. Angela MaganaUndercard (UFC Fight Pass at 6 p.m. ET)Aisling Daly vs. Alex ChambersEmily Kagan vs. Angela Hill
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The UFC-Reebok price is successful July 6, 2015, but some combatants have lost money due to the UFC uniform.
From July 2015 on, UFC combatants will not be permitted to bring their own patrons to the Octagon with them, on short pants or banners, and a few brands determined to step from the company now.
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One FC welterweight champion Ben Askren makes no bones about the fact he considers himself the world’s top 170-pounder.
And while he is not likely to get the chance to examine himself against the UFC’s greatest welterweights any time soon, among the most effective combatants outside the UFC at 170 is quite certain he is contractually clear to make this kind of fight.
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