This weekend saw UFC Fight Night 58: Lyoto Machida vs. C.B. Dollaway as well as the annual Grapple at the Garden event. I’ll break down both events for this week’s edition of the Monday Morning Analyst (MMA).
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All of the UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Saint Preux drug tests came back clean, according to the Brazilian MMA commission (CABMMA).
The event, which took place in Uberlandia on Nov. 8, was headlined by a light heavyweight bout between Mauricio Rua and Ovince Saint Preux. Saint Preux finished “Shogun” by knockout in just 34 seconds. Rua was initially supposed to face Jimi Manuwa in the headliner, but Manuwa broke his foot a week before and OSP moved up from the co-main event to take his place.
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Jon Jones and his old friends at the Nevada Athletic Commission (NAC) got reacquainted with one another on Tuesday. Two weeks out from Jones’ UFC 182 title challenge against Daniel Cormier, the UFC’s light heavyweight champion posted an Instagram video of himself undergoing a random drug test at the behest of the NAC.
“The Nevada State Athletic Commission just stopped by my house and hit me with that random,” Jones wrote. “Only thing I’m on is that #PHW pure hard work! They’re probably wondering how my chicken legs are so strong. I’ve had a few @muscletech products but that’s all legal :)”
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Though it wasn’t the news that MacDonald was hoping for, a week after letting the news sink in MacDonald told UFC Tonight that he won’t let it get him down.
“It’s all good,” MacDonald said. “I’m just gonna light up whoever is next. Like always.”
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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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MMAFighting.com’s Marc Raimondi recaps another busy weekend in MMA.
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When the UFC’s landmark, six-year deal with Reebok was announced two weeks ago, it was understood that top-tier stars would benefit.
Tuesday, Reebok announced that UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones and women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey had signed on to represent the brand.
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UFC on FOX 13 and The Ultimate Fighter 20 Finale offered a lot to like. There were standout performances, a new champion was crowned, fighters showed tremendous development, a prospect proved his worth and more. Yet, there were fights with ugly health consequences, an overstatement of success and more.
It’s time separate the good from the bad, the winners from the losers and the signal from the noise from the UFC weekend.
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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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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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PHOENIX, Ariz. — Claudia Gadelha and Joanna Jedrzejczyk shared more than a few harsh words throughout UFC on FOX 13’s fight week, and those feelings didn’t stop once the fight ended.
In a scene reminiscent of Paul Daley’s infamous sucker punch of Josh Koscheck, Gadelha whacked Jedrzejczyk with a right hook several seconds after the horn signaled the end of Saturday’s strawweight contender fight.
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A new UFC welterweight champion was crowned last weekend. The very first UFC strawweight champion was crowned Friday night. A murderer’s row of heavyweights is lined up for UFC on FOX 13 Saturday night.
And still I got more questions on CM Punk than other things. So let us jump right into things.
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LAS VEGAS — UFC heavyweight Shane Del Rosario expired nearly exactly one year ago on Dec. 9, 2013. His existence remains felt perpetually at his precious fitness center, Team Oyama in Irvine, Calif.
The plan’s patriarch, Colin Oyama, only talked with Del Rosario’s dad this week. And Carla Esparza said she thought of her former teammate frequently while she was in The Ultimate Fighter house on summer time, heading into her just-finished training camp.
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A few days removed from their emotionally charged dialogue, UFC heavyweight Brendan Schaub and commentator Joe Rogan each pulled away to their particular corners to reflect in the event.
Record an episode of Schaub’s podcast for FOX Sports earlier this week, Rogan was critical of the former’s recent first-round TKO loss to No. 3 heavyweight Travis Browne at UFC 181 on Dec. 6.
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Welcome to episode 116 of the Promotional Malpractice Live Chat.
Fairly a weekend in mixed martial arts, was not it? Top possibilities stood out at RFA 21 and Invicta 10, but the actual activity occurred at UFC 181.
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The UFC declared its groundbreaking clothing contract with Reebok last week also it left many in the MMA community with more questions than answers.
UFC president Dana White said through the press conference the combatants would receive every last cent in the uniform deal. But just how much cash will each combatant really get? And will the athletes be compensated enough to replace the loss of preceding in-cage clothing sponsorships?
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Welcome to episode 2 of The Monday Morning Analyst (MMA). This week I break down the results and famous fights in the weekend. We look at three occasions this time: Invicta 10, RFA 21 and UFC 181.
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LAS VEGAS — Josh Samman scored a sensational head kick knockout at UFC 181 of Eddie Gordon and discussed it with all the media Saturday night. He talked about visualizing winning, being extraordinarily calm during fight week, by what means the knockout blow was the hardest single strike he is ever thrown, what the really rough time from the Octagon was like and more.
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LAS VEGAS — TUF 19 victor Corey Anderson discusses his triumph over Justin Jones at UFC 181, this being his ‘last battle in the loft’, coaching with Frankie Edgar and Ricardo Almeida, his 18-week camp of groundwork, describes his ‘Beastin’ 25/8′ nickname and much more.
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LAS VEGAS – Before Travis Browne and Brendan Schaub were loosened on each other at UFC 181, there was some rather nasty words between camps circulating in the media.
Schaub criticized Browne for his move from Jackson Winkeljohn’s in Albuquerque to the Glendale Fight Club with Edmond Tarverdyan, and Tarverdyan replied in kind to The MMA Hour last week. Browne’s new trainer expressed his view of Schaub.
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