BARUERI, Brazil — Jose Aldo defended the UFC featherweight championship for the seventh straight time against Chad Mendes at UFC 179, and the Brazilian fighter hopes Conor McGregor gets the next shot at his belt.
“I hope he’s next because it would be a huge fight,” Aldo said during a Q&A session before UFC Fight Night 58 official weigh-ins in Barueri, Brazil, on Friday.
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Jon Jones expects the damning accusations against renowned comic Bill Cosby aren’t accurate — and he does not consider they’re. Cosby has been accused of sexual assault by at least 15 distinct girls. TMZ cameras caught Jones outside LAX and asked him what he thought of the allegations.”I do not believe Bill Cosby would do that,” the UFC light heavyweight champ said. “I have never met him, but from what I have seen he appears to be a class act. I kind of grew up respecting him as a black performer and that i actually expect that is not accurate.”Jones, not taking the dialogue quite seriously, additionally did an imitation of Cosby from his Jello advertisements and insinuated the “Cosby Show” star did not want to assault girls, because he was loaded.”he is Bill Cosby — he should not have to take it,” a laughing Jones said, making a giving-away-cash gesture with his hands. Netflix, TV Land and NBC have all cut ties with Cosby, foregoing prospective future jobs. The 77-year old has never been convicted nor even tried for any alleged offenses.
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There Is still hope for enthusiasts expecting to see former UFC light heavyweights Chael Sonnen and Wanderlei Silva hash out their differences through fight.
With each guy now and probably forever barred from competing in MMA in these United States, Silva expected to take the show traveling back home to Brazil.
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“It Is time for Brazil to take a lot of the titles back.”
As a Brazilian heading right into a UFC title fight, Fabricio Werdum would definitely desire to be more positive than his countryman, former middleweight champ Anderson Silva.
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The UFC hopes to do hold a MMA event in a soccer stadium in Brazil one day, but it won’t be the first promotion to do it.
Shooto Brazil 52 is expected to take place at the Joaquim Americo Guimaraes stadium, also known as Arena da Baixada, on Dec. 5. Shooto officials have yet to officially announce the deal, but G3 United, responsible for sponsorships and events at the stadium, already is advertising the MMA event on its official website.
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With news that Nate Diaz had ended his holdout to face Rafael dos Anjos at UFC on FOX 13, there were hopes that the former lightweight contender would be on better terms with UFC brass. According to Diaz’ manager, Mike Kogan, that doesn’t appear to be the case.
“No. F**k no. No. We’re not happy,” Kogan told Fight Hub.
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Luiz Cane was hoping to be re-signed by the UFC after a pair of wins in 2013, but his return to the cages in 2014 didn’t end well for the Brazilian light heavyweight. Fighting Alexandre Zaneti in the main event of Saturday night’s Brazilian Fighting Championship 4 in Sao Paulo, “Banha” suffered a first-round TKO. Zaneti, who won the vacant BRFC 205-pound championship, now holds a 10-2 MMA record with 10 stoppage victories.
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UFC’s Court McGee discusses his new job Hope361.com and much more.
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One of the UFC’s most intriguing lightweight contenders, Khabib Nurmagomedov, is now targeting a February return to action after tearing the meniscus in his right knee this past summer — but the road to Nurmagomedov’s rehabilitation has been more unusual than most.
After discovering that Nurmagomedov has been working through and paying for his own rehabilitation in Russia, UFC officials recently flew the Dagestani sambo champion out to Los Angeles to visit the same orthopedic physician who treated Georges St-Pierre and Conor McGregor for similarly problematic knee injuries, MMAFighting.com’s Ariel Helwani reported on Wednesday’s edition of UFC Tonight.
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Andrei Arlovski fought Antonio Silva during the darkest years of the former UFC heavyweight champion’s career. He was coming off quick knockout losses to Fedor Emelianenko and Brett Rogers, and many fans hoped that he’d just retire from the sport.
He kept going, and entered the Strikeforce cage against a big heavyweight in “Bigfoot.” He was still the betting favorite, but lost a unanimous decision. Months later, Arlovski joined the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix, but suffered another stoppage loss, to Sergei Kharitonov.
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