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After claiming a FFC title in his last bout of 2018, welterweight Ben Egli was looking to successfully defend it for the first time in his first bout of 2019 on April 19 against Joey Holt.
While the bout against Holt didn’t quite go the way Egli had envisioned, he was able to pick up the win with a second-round submission and put himself on a two-fight winning streak in the process.
“I got the result I wanted,” Egli told MMAWeekly.com. “Joey Holt was a very tough opponent. We knew he was wanting...
When it comes to his February victory over Ryan Reneau at Combate Americas 31 this past February, featherweight Adrian Guzman is happy to have gotten the win, but he feels like he didn’t have his best performance.
While Guzman was able to pick up a second round TKO and finish his fourth opponent in four fights, he always feels there is room for improvement.
“I was satisfied with the victory, but I felt like I could have done a lot better in there,” Guzman told MMAWeekly.com. “Right now the goal ...
Former UFC women’s flyweight champion Nicco Montano is one of four fighters facing a six month suspension from USADA for violating the UFC’s anti-doping policy.
USADA (United States Anti-Doping Agency) officials made the announcement on Tuesday.
Montano, Sean O’Malley, Augusto Mendes and Marvin Vettori all tested positive for trace elemnts of the banned substance Ostarine, which was ‘consistent with supplement contamination’.
“The trace amounts of ostarine found in each of the athlete’s samples ...
UFC on ESPN+ 8: Jacare vs. Hermansson
Date: April 27, 2019
Venue: BB&T Center
Location: Sunrise, Florida
UFC on ESPN+ 8 Fight Card
Main Card (9 p.m. ET on ESPN+)
Jacare Souza vs. Jack Hermansson
Greg Hardy vs. Dmitirii Smoliakov
Alex Oliveira vs. Mike Perry
Glover Teixeira vs. Ion Cutelaba
John Lineker vs. Cory Sandhagen
Roosevelt Roberts vs. Thomas Gifford
Prelims (7 p.m. ET on ESPN)
Ben Saunders vs. Takashi Sato
Andrei Arlovski vs. Augusto Sakai
Carla Esparza vs. L...
UFC president Dana White has made no secret of the fact that hes just as big a fan of boxing as he is of mixed martial arts. Hes also been forthright about saying that he promises to delve into the world of boxing promotion, as he thinks the current state of boxing is lacking the punch it needs to thrive.
White began his public comments about a foray into boxing promotion shortly after he helped Mayweather Promotions put on a blockbuster bout between Conor McGregor, the UFCs biggest star, and un...
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Donald Cowboy Cerrone had a very public split with his longtime team at Jackson-Wink MMA last year when he and coaches were at odds over his fight with Mike Platinum Perry, who was a relative newcomer to the team. Cerrone had been training at Jackson-Wink for a decade.
That broken relationship wasnt what caused him to build his own training compound outside of Albuquerque, N.M.
Cerrone has actually been ...