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After starting off his career fighting in his native Canada, heavyweight Tanner Boser has spent the past couple years fighting overseas in countries like Australia, Russia, and the United Arab Emirates.
While fighting abroad has come with some adjustments, Boser is happy overall with the opportunity to fight around the world.
“I like experiencing other cultures,” Boser told MMAWeekly.com. “I like fighting abroad. I take pride in it. I just enjoy being able to see the world in my own capacity. I’...
Following a loss to Curtis Blaydes in his most recent fight in March, heavyweight contender Justin Willis has been released from his contract in the UFC.
UFC officials confirmed the news on Friday following an initial report from TSN in Canada.
Willis went 4-1 with the UFC over five fights including a unanimous decision victory against former interim title contender Mark Hunt last year. He then lost a lopsided fight to Blaydes in March and now he has been released from his contract with the prom...
Former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor is on the mend after suffering an injury to his left hand recently in training.
McGregor released a photo on his Instagram account showing his left thumb wrapped in a cast with his hand and arm also wrapped up with bandages.
While he didn’t detail the extent of the injury, McGregor is anxiously awaiting the cast to come off so he can get back to work in the gym.
“Intense training and sparring sessions, I will always push it to the limits,” McGregor...
Former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley wants to get back in the Octagon as quickly as possible and work toward getting his belt back, but it looks like that wont happen until at least August. That is Woodleys timetable, if he can get cleared to return.
Woodley lost the UFC welterweight belt to Kamaru Usman at UFC 235 in early March. He had been scheduled to headline the upcoming UFC on ESPN 3 fight card opposite Robbie Lawler on June 29 in Minneapolis, Minn. That bout was sidelined, howe...
When it comes to his win over Jerrod Jennings at War in the Cage to kick off his 2019 in March, featherweight prospect Solo Hatley Jr. is pleased with the victory, but feels that he could have done better.
Though he was able to pick up his third finish in five victories, Hatley was hoping to have closed out Jennings sooner than he did in the fight.
“It kind of went how I figured it would go,” Hatley told MMAWeekly.com. “I’m kind of disappointed (I finished him) in the third (round) and not the f...