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Weidman rides home crowd for win over Gastelum
Former UFC champion Chris Weidman had the support of the home crowd at Nassau Coliseum to get his first win since May 2015, a submission over Kelvin Gastelum in the third round of their middleweight bout.
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Weidman defeats Gastelum via submission.
In front of a hometown crowd, Chris Weidman earns his first win since May 2015 with a third-round submission.
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Chris Weidman talks about what it meant to fight, and win, at Nassau Coliseum.
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Kelvin Gastelum, on his loss to Chris Weidman: "He caught me fair and square."
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UFC Fight Night
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Eryk Anders goes from the gridiron to the octagon.
Former Alabama linebacker Eryk Anders , who recorded a sack in the 2010 National Championship game, made his official UFC debut and successfully knocked out Rafael Natal in the first round.
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Oliveira KO's LaFlare with devastating uppercut.
UFC welterweight Alex Oliveira defeats Ryan LaFlare in the second round by knockout after landing a vicious uppercut to the face.
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Another New Yorker comes up short here at UFC Fight Night on Long Island. Featherweight Dennis Bermudez loses a split decision to Darren Elkins.
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Gian Villante looks and sounds stunned as he exits the octagon following a split decision loss to Patrick Cummins at UFC Fight Night. Villante opened a big cut on Cummins in the first round, but Cummins hung in there to make the fight close. Tough defeat for Villante, a Long Island native fighting in front of a home crowd.
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UFC announces former middleweight champion Luke Rockhold will face former WSOF champion David Branch at UFC Fight Night on Sept. 16, same night as boxing match between Gennady Golovkin and Carmelo Alvarez.
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UFC Fight Night
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Bantamweight Jimmie Rivera won his 20th fight in a row at UFC Fight Night at Nassau Coliseum, defeating Thomas Almeida. Decision was unanimous, but it was a very competitive fight.
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New York City native Lyman "Cyborg" Good loses a split decision to Eliseu Zaleski dos Santos of Brazil here at UFC Fight Night on Long Island. Entertaining fight, plenty of big blows landed on both sides.
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A very impressive UFC debut for middleweight Eryk Anders, who knocked out Rafael Natal in the first round here at Nassau Coliseum. Anders played linebacker at Alabama from 2006 to 2009.
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Brazilian welterweight Alex Oliveira celebrates after his second-round knockout of New York native Ryan LaFlare at UFC Fight Night on Long Island. The crowd was not pleased.
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Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor
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Malignaggi spars Conor: 'He's got some pop'
Paulie Malignaggi referred to his first session with Conor McGregor as "good work" after spending eight rounds in the ring with the UFC champ ahead of McGregor's Aug. 26 fight against Floyd Mayweather.
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McGregor planning a surprise element against Mayweather.
Paulie Malignaggi describes Conor McGregor's power in his left hand and how the UFC star's team is preparing to devise more weapons from a boxing standpoint.
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Malignaggi enjoyed the trash talking with Conor.
Paulie Malignaggi explains his sparring session with Conor McGregor and adjusting to the styles of a MMA fighter.
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How will boxing gloves affect McGregor's punching power?
Sport Science breaks down the difference between MMA and boxing gloves.
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Jon Jones' story isn't over yet.
As he preps for his fight at UFC 214, Jon Jones has a chance to change the narrative around his career.
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UFC Fight Night
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The first-ever UFC event on Long Island is tonight at Nassau Coliseum, and fans are already lined up to enter the building. The headline bout features Long Island native Chris Weidman, the former middleweight champ, against Kelvin Gastelum.
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Yes, there are tailgaters here at UFC Fight Night at Nassau Coliseum.
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Some of the swag on sale at UFC Fight Night at Nassau Coliseum.
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Alvarez: 'Very real chance' McGregor knocks out Mayweather
Eddie Alvarez knows better than most what it takes to face Conor McGregor, as the two fought at UFC 205 in New York last year. Alvarez provides a unique look at what Floyd Mayweather is up against in their upcoming boxing match in August.
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Eddie Alvarez joins us live in studio
Brett Okamoto and Arda Ocal discuss UFC Fight Night in Glasgow, Anderson Silva asking for Nick Diaz, the lack of buzz surrounding a good card at UFC 214 and more. Plus, special guest Eddie Alvarez joins us live in studio.
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Former UFC featherweight champion Germaine de Randamie will return to the Octagon on September 2 in Rotterdam, Holland, the promotion announced Thursday. She will face Marion Reneau in a bantamweight matchup. De Randamie was stripped of her UFC title last month as a result of not being willing to fight Cris 'Cyborg' Justino.
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How top MMA trainers would prepare Conor McGregor for Floyd Mayweather
How should MMA star Conor McGregor -- with no professional boxing fights on his résumé -- approach his bout with Floyd Mayweather? Brett Okamoto asked many top trainers for their strategy.
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Who is Floyd Mayweather?
There is an elite group of fighters who are reflections of the ethos in which they boxed. Floyd Mayweather is undoubtedly the best fighter of his generation and he got there based on pure talent and a larger-than-life personality.
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How Mayweather became the greatest of his generation.
Take a look back at Floyd Mayweather's journey from a promising amateur fighter to a perfect 49-0.
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Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor
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Has McGregor psyched out Mayweather?
ESPN's Steve Bunce shares his thoughts on Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather's recent World Press Tour.
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Full coverage: Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor
The Floyd Mayweather versus Conor McGregor boxing match is on. Here's all you need to know about the megafight between two of the biggest stars in combat sports.
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The best of Mayweather-McGregor world tour.
Four cities and three countries over four days. Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor traded verbal jabs from one city to the next.
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Benavidez: Johnson-UFC feud came down to 'both being stubborn'
Demetrious Johnson has shown displeasure with how the UFC tried to set his upcoming fight. Joseph Benavidez, the No. 2 flyweight in the division, understands the feeling.
The Undefeated
The racism of the Mayweather-McGregor tour has a long history in boxing
Among major sports, this one stands almost alone in using bigotry to sell tickets.
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Ponzinibbio KO's Nelson in swift, brutal fashion
Santiago Ponzinibbio knocked Gunnar Nelson out cold with a left hand along the fence in the first round Sunday for the biggest win of the Argentinian's career.
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A storm of KO's invade Glasgow.
Leslie Smith, Charlie Ward, Danny Roberts, Khalil Rountree, Paul Felder and Santiago Ponzinibbio contribute to stunning knockouts during UFC Fight Night in Glasgow, Scotland.
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UFC strawweight Cynthia Calvillo (6-0) picks up her third win in the last four months by defeating Joanne Calderwood (11-3) via unanimous decision at UFC Fight Night in Scotland. Calvillo has built up extraordinary momentum just four months into her UFC career. The 30-year-old fights out of Team Alpha Male in Sacramento.
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Calvillo slows down Calderwood in Scotland.
Cynthia Calvillo pulls off the upset in Glasgow, Scotland, and defeats hometown fighter Joanne Calderwood by unanimous decision during UFC Fight Night.
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UFC middleweight Jack Marshman (22-6) takes a hard fought decision win over Ryan James at UFC Fight Night. Marshman, of Wales, was actually outstruck by James, of Canada, according to Fightmetric, but landed the harder of the two.
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Mayweather-McGregor
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The Mayweather-McGregor world tour a spectacle ... and thankfully it's over
The Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor world tour was indeed entertaining but also extremely disturbing given some of the actions and words of the fighters.
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Are we going to go on validating the Mayweather-McGregor trash talk?
We all knew the buildup to the Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor fight would feature posturing and hyper-masculine aggression -- but it's quickly devolved into bigotry and misogyny. espnW's Sarah Spain asks: Are these people deserving of our admiration?
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Mayweather-McGregor world tour lived up to the hype.
Steve Bunce and Arash Markazi explain why the Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor world tour was everything we expected it to be.
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Boxing/MMA
Mayweather: 'My legacy is already set'
Floyd Mayweather had no desire to return to the ring -- until the opportunity to fight Conor McGregor arose. Now Mayweather says he has no interest in coming back after the Aug. 26 megafight.
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Okamoto: McGregor's confidence isn't fake.
Brett Okamoto describes why Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather can now focus on training after both fighters finished promoting their mega-fight.
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Five Rounds podcast: Mayweather-McGregor world tour recap
After Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather went at it in four different cities in four days, Brett Okamoto and Arda Ocal sit down to recap what went down.
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Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor promotional tour
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Scoring the Mayweather vs. McGregor news conferences
The four days of news conferences were the fights before the fight. How would judges score the verbal battle between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor? We have a winner.
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McGregor: I beat Floyd in trash-talk battle
Conor McGregor insisted he won the four-round trash-talking battle with Floyd Mayweather Jr after enjoying a raucous 29th birthday party at the London media event on Friday.
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The best of Mayweather-McGregor world tour.
Four cities and three countries over four days. Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor traded verbal jabs from one city to the next.
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Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor
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Mayweather-McGregor tour
McGregor calls bout with Mayweather 'half a fight.'
Conor McGregor is amazed that he is going to "quadruple" his net worth since Floyd Mayweather can only use his fists.
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Mayweather throws McGregor's signs to ground.
Floyd Mayweather is taunted by the fans in London as he takes down Conor McGregor's signs and takes his microphone.
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Mayweather, McGregor talk big about rematch.
Floyd Mayweather says he would beat Conor McGregor in the octagon, setting up the Irishman to challenge him.
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Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor world tour
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Five Rounds podcast: Mayweather-McGregor world tour recap
After Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather went at it in four different cities in four days, Brett Okamoto and Arda Ocal sit down to recap what went down.
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Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor
Best moments from Mayweather, McGregor in London.
The fourth tour stop between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor featured a head rub and a fake spank.
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Mayweather prods the London crowd.
With the people chanting against him, Floyd Mayweather decides to rile up the crowd even more.
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Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor tour
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Mayweather, McGregor talk big about rematch.
Floyd Mayweather says he would beat Conor McGregor in the octagon, setting up the Irishman to challenge him.
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McGregor: 'The world's about to be shook up.'
Conor McGregor says his boxing camp is focusing on sparring and he's looking forward to pulling off a massive upset on Floyd Mayweather.
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McGregor happy to 'quadruple my net worth.'
Conor McGregor describes how much he's enjoyed the crowds through the promotional tour for his fight against Floyd Mayweather, his fast rise to stardom and responding to boxing purists that hope he loses.
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Conor McGregor was fantastic in London, and better than Floyd Mayweather overall in the tour. Mayweather clung to basically three or four shticks, which felt very tired by the fourth stop. Tour as a whole had big swings and misses. It was fun, but I think EVERYONE, is happy it's concluded today.
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The calm after the storm in London.
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Mayweather-McGregor tour
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Conor McGregor on being accused of making racist comments: "If he feels disrespected he's an idiot and **** him as well. I think it's ****ing ridiculous. I don't understand it. I know who I am as a person. He's trying to sway something by disrespecting women."
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Conor McGregor: "I'm making history here. It will live long after I'm gone and I'm proud of that."
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Conor McGregor: "I smoked him tonight so it's 4-0, or 3-1 if you want to be generous. "
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Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor in London
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Floyd on wishing Conor happy birthday: "It's the least I can do before I f--- him up." Floyd's best line of the day!!
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Floyd up now and crowd chanting "who are ya" at him and "pay your taxes!!!"
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Floyd insults Conor's cheap watch and shows him his. $1.4 million he says of his own watch.
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Mayweather-McGregor tour
One more Mayweather-McGregor staredown.
For the fourth time in as many days, Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor jaw at each other in front of a raucous crowd.
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Mayweather-McGregor tour
McGregor pretends to spank Mayweather.
After greeting Floyd Mayweather in the ring before their London press conference, Conor McGregor pretends to spank Floyd when he turns his back.
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The World Tour
Mayweather-McGregor
Boxing
Scoring the Mayweather vs. McGregor news conferences
The four days of news conferences were the fights before the fight. How would judges score the verbal battle between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor? We have a winner.
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Mayweather-McGregor tour takes a turn.
After a delayed start, the news conference in Brooklyn between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor struck a chord different than the previous two.
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Paolantonio calls Mayweather/McGregor spectacle 'off the charts.'
Sal Paolantonio recaps a wild media event in Brooklyn with Conor McGregor walking out with a fur coat and Floyd Mayweather tossing money in the air.
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Mayweather, McGregor stare off as crowd chants 'pay your taxes.'
As the third news conference kicks off in Brooklyn, Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor go toe-to-toe and the partisan crowd cheers to Mayweather "pay your taxes."
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Mayweather-McGregor
The business of the fight
Boxing
How much money will Mayweather-McGregor make?
Will Floyd Mayweather's fight against Conor McGregor make more money than his bout with Manny Pacquiao in 2015? Darren Rovell breaks down all angles of the projected finances.
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Face value ticket prices for Mayweather-McGregor: $500, $1,500, $2,500, $3,500, $5,000, $7,500 & $10,000.
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Price for Mayweather-McGregor PPV confirmed as $99.95 for HD.
MAYWEATHER VS. MCGREGOR
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13,165 people came to see Floyd-Conor press conference today in Brooklyn.
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Mayweather makes it rain on McGregor.
Floyd Mayweather goes into his backpack and grabs a stack of cash and throws dollar bills into the air that land on the stage.
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Conor says it takes three seconds to put a man to sleep in that hold in MMA but he could sleep Floyd in two seconds. He's on a roll.
Mayweather: I'm the biggest name in MMA and boxing.
Floyd Mayweather talks to Sal Paolantonio about throwing money at Conor McGregor, making reference to his gentleman's club in Las Vegas, and why the news conferences have created such a large draw.
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Face value ticket prices for Mayweather-McGregor: $500, $1,500, $2,500, $3,500, $5,000, $7,500 & $10,000.
White: Mayweather-McGregor is 'biggest fight of all-time.'
Dana White is confident about the global impact for the Mayweather-McGregor fight because their press conferences have garnered so much attention.
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Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe on boxing fans being mad at fight: "People are intrigued about the Kardashians. How can you be mad at anyone for that?"
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Floyd throws money into the air. Conor: "They're all ones." He was right.
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Floyd Mayweather is the underdog yet again for the third straight press conference.
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McGregor's coach fires warning to Mayweather
Conor McGregor's UFC coach John Kavanagh has warned Floyd Mayweather the Irishman's boxing skills are improving all the time.
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Mayweather, McGregor fuel drama in 2nd news conference.
Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor hype their megafight and relentlessly needle each other in the second news conference of their world tour.
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Floyd gets Irish flag, Conor grabs Floyd's backpack.
Floyd Mayweather tricks a fan into throwing him an Irish flag. Instead of giving it to Conor McGregor, he drapes it over his shoulders. McGregor responds by doing a search of Mayweather's money-filled backpack.
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McGregor: 'You're crazy' if you think Mayweather stands a chance.
Conor McGregor calls out all the doubters saying, "one shot is all it takes me. I bounce heads off the canvas."
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Ranking all MMA divisions
Check out MMA writer Brett Okamoto's rankings within each division.
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Eddie Alvarez joins us live in studio
Brett Okamoto and Arda Ocal discuss UFC Fight Night in Glasgow, Anderson Silva asking for Nick Diaz, the lack of buzz surrounding a good card at UFC 214 and more. Plus, special guest Eddie Alvarez joins us live in studio.
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Imagining the perfect female MMA fighter
What would the perfect female MMA fighter look like? Our experts voted on fighters who best represent top attributes to craft their own version.
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Imagining the perfect male MMA fighter
What would the perfect male MMA fighter look like? Our experts voted on fighters who best represent top attributes to craft their own version.
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Current and all-time UFC champions
All the UFC champions in each weight division, male and female.
