The ‘Countdown to UFC 181′ takes a closer look at the approaching UFC 181 occasion this Saturday night in the Mandalay Bay Events Center in vegas, Nev.In the main event, Johny Hendricks defends his UFC welterweight title in a rematch against Robbie Lawler. Anthony Pettis will attempt to keep his UFC title in the co-main event against Gilbert Melendez.
Anthony Pettis vs. Gilbert Melendez
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LAS VEGAS – UFC women’s bantamweight champ Ronda Rousey has mastered the skill of the staredown.
Rousey, that has prepared using the Diaz brothers, can mean-mug with the best of them, which was on display within an extreme staredown between Rousey and her next competition, Cat Zingano, at last week’s “The Time is Now” press event.
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The Thugjitsu age has come into a close.
Yves Edwards, among the very respected fighters in the UFC, is calling it quits. The 17-year MMA expert declared his retirement Sunday night on Facebook. Edwards, 38, is winless in his last five fights and is coming off a entry loss to Akbarh Arreola at UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. Swanson on Nov. 22.
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LAS VEGAS – Conor McGregor’s lover Q & A in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil the week of UFC 179 will long be remembered as a dynamic matter.
The supporters, followers of UFC featherweight champ Jose Aldo, make McGregor understand they do not value McGregor’s caustic remarks towards both Aldo and the remaining office.
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Grappling expert Fabricio Werdum knocked out K1 champ Mark Hunt to win the UFC interim heavyweight title in Mexico at UFC 180 on Nov. 15, and the flying knee that stopped the fight was one of “Vai Cavalo’s” secret weapons for Hunt.
“Everything was planned and trained,” Werdum told MMAFighting.com. “Master Rafael Cordeiro instructed me go that one day. I asked him ‘master, can I do this in the fight?’ And he explained ‘you must do it in the fight.’
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