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Ultimate Fighting Championship women’s featherweight queen Cris Cyborg joined “The Jim Rome Show” Thursday to talk about Ronda Rousey and how she feels the reason they never fought was because the former UFC star was afraid of her.
Ultimate Fighting Championship bantamweight king T.J. Dillashaw has been very vocal about 125-pound ace Demetrious Johnson. In Dillashaw’s opinion, “Mighty Mouse” has been avoiding him since early 2017, when UFC President Dana White started to talk about the potential superfight.
Most of the mixed martial arts world nodded its collective head in approval after the Ultimate Fighting Championship announced that James Vick would be replacing Al Iaquinta against Justin Gaethje at UFC Fight Night 135.
Bellator MMA’s women flyweight title will be on the line Friday when champion Ilima-Lei Macfarlane faces Colombia’s Alejandra Lara in the Bellator 201 main event in Temecula, California.
Last Friday, former Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida made a surprising switch from the UFC to Bellator MMA.
John Kavanagh, who is the long-time head coach of former Ultimate Fighting Championship featherweight and lightweight champion Conor McGregor, has weighed in on who he believes his star pupil should face in his return to the Octagon.
One of the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s most active fighters in Donald Cerrone has stated he would like to continue fighting for at least another five years, despite his recent struggles inside the Octagon.
Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight Justin Gaethje will now fight James Vick, who stepped in for originally-scheduled opponent Al Iaquinta, UFC officials confirmed.
Timothy “Desert Storm” Bradley Jr., the former two-division world titleholder best known for his controversial 2012 split decision win over Manny Pacquiao, agreed to a new multiyear contract extension with ESPN to continue serving as a boxing analyst for Top Rank on ESPN, alongside Joe Tessitore and Mark Kriegel.
ESPN will air the first ever boxing event held at the brand-new Ocean Resort Casino, a state of the art resort property set to open June 28 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.