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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While no announcement has been made yet, The Sports Network (TSN) in Canada sent out schedule revisions for January to television listings services on Friday which included extensive UFC coverage.
TSN, the country’s equivalent to ESPN, was the leading candidate to get the UFC contract, which had been held by Sportsnet, a rival sports network run by Rogers Cable, since the sport’s popularity explosion.
UFC officials would not confirm the deal at this time.
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PHOENIX — Nate Diaz’s return to the limelight got off into a rocky beginning, as the popular and frank UFC lightweight was a clearly absent existence from Wednesday’s UFC on FOX 13 open work outs occasion at Phoenix’s U.S. Airways Center.
among the four featured combatants to the Dec. 13 card, Diaz (17-9) was scheduled to appear at the buff occasion alongside headliners Junior dos Santos and Stipe Miocic, and coming competition, Rafael dos Anjos. All three other combatants revealed. Diaz was expected to as well, yet he never did.
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LAS VEGAS – UFC 181 was the 300th occasion in business history. It was likewise the very first in which a former professional wrestler with no MMA expertise got his own press conference.
Phil “CM Punk” Brooks was declared as the UFC’s latest signee on Saturday night. The Chicago native and former World Wrestling Entertainment winner, who had been extremely popular in wrestling groups, step down the WWE early in 2013.
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Invicta FC is down a poster girl.
Michelle Waterson, potentially the most widely used fighter in the business, was upset by youthful novice Herica Tiburcio by submission (arm-in guillotine) at 1:04 of the third round in the primary occasion of Invicta FC 10 on Friday night in Houston, Texas. Tiburcio, who’s only 21 years old, is the brand new Invicta women’s atomweight victor. The card aired live on UFC Fight Pass.
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As if Conor McGregor’s coming Jan. 18 fight against Dennis Siver did not already have high enough stakes, it seems the silver screen has now come calling the popular Irishman as well.
MMAFighting.com’s Ariel Helwani reported on Wednesday’s episode of ‘UFC Tonight’ that several film deals are “in the works” for the 26-year old, based on manager Addie Attar, but that McGregor is only going to focus his attention in the chances after he takes care of business against Siver.
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There are just two changes occurring concurrently now in the sport of Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
First, its popularity has exploded and continues to grow. There haven’t been more competitions at more age ranges as well as in more geographic places than there are now. YouTube is filled with grappling tutorials, opposition footage as well as documentaries regarding the sport. There are clothing lines and a complete market of small businesses making training equipment or another supplementary content. Jiujitsu is just as much a self defense artwork because it’s a lifestyle.
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It seems that Irishman Conor McGregor is in Brazil only to see a few of the sights.
On Thursday, MMA Junkie first reported the popular featherweight had been circled to confront Dennis Siver to get a Fight Night in Boston, Massachusetts. On Friday, the UFC made it official — McGregor and Siver will square off in a five-round main event in the TD Garden on Jan. 18.
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Like many, UFC president Dana White challenged the words of Joe Rogan, the organization ‘s longtime color commentator, when Rogan wondered whether racism is a portion of the rationale UFC light heavyweight champ Jon Jones is not more popular than he’s.
But White’s questions pertained to Jones’ degree of popularity, not the issues of racial reasons. White told UFC.com on Thursday that he believes the world’s top pound-for-pound fighter is plenty popular.
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On Monday, UFC color commentator Joe Rogan wondered aloud on his podcast whether the sport’s No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter, UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones, isn’t as popular as he could be due to racism among part of MMA’s fan base.
By Tuesday, Rogan’s comments gained traction and kicked up an online storm. As is usually the case, the debate varied from those who looked to have an honest discussion of racism in the sport to trolls who are always trying too hard to portray the worst fringes of the MMA subculture as if they were the norm to everything in between.
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