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Zain Bando
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Bio:Zain Bando is a freelance journalist, covering MMA since 2019. He has been an avid follower of MMA since 2006, remembering the great rivalries such as Liddell-Ortiz, Hughes-GSP, and, of course, Hughes-Penn. When Bando is not watching MMA, he is likely traveling, watching sports, or with friends. He is a 2022 graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and completed graduate school at Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism in Sept. 2023 with a focus in Sports Media.
Posts by Zain Bando:
Conor McGregor calls out ‘wannabe’ featherweight champ Ilia Topuria
Posted by: Zain Bando | Dec 10, 2024 at 9:06 pm
Dustin Poirier intrigued with Ilia Topuria’s potential move to lightweight
Posted by: Zain Bando | Dec 10, 2024 at 7:46 pm
Alexander Volkanovski picks UFC 310 co-main event: “Shavkat’s got some serious ground work”
Posted by: Zain Bando | Dec 07, 2024 at 3:07 pm
Ian Garry vows to win title eliminator, smash Colby Covington: ‘I would dog walk him’
Posted by: Zain Bando | Dec 06, 2024 at 4:55 pm
Ian Garry gets added boost with former UFC champ in corner for co-main event
Posted by: Zain Bando | Dec 03, 2024 at 7:10 pm
Chael Sonnen claims UFC title shot for Kai Asakura is “right”
Posted by: Zain Bando | Dec 03, 2024 at 5:16 pm
Dana White plans to make ‘big announcements’ regarding boxing future
Posted by: Zain Bando | Sep 19, 2024 at 9:49 pm
Dana White calls Donald Trump ‘the most resilient human being’ he’s ever met
Posted by: Zain Bando | Sep 01, 2024 at 3:55 pm
UFC Sphere ticket prices reach near-unaffordable levels
Posted by: Zain Bando | Jul 30, 2024 at 7:36 pm
UFC CEO Dana White calls himself ‘not political’ in CNN interview
Posted by: Zain Bando | Jul 30, 2024 at 6:51 pm
Ilia Topuria calls out Joe Rogan: “UFC never offered me this fight”
Posted by: Zain Bando | May 01, 2024 at 8:31 pm
Michael Bisping taking Alexandre Pantoja to retain flyweight title: “He’s a nasty bastard”
Posted by: Zain Bando | May 01, 2024 at 4:16 pm
Jake Paul reacts after Anthony Joshua KO’s Francis Ngannou
Posted by: Zain Bando | Mar 08, 2024 at 5:56 pm
OKTAGON’s Akonne Wanliss ready to ‘cook up a storm’ in Tipsport Gamechanger
Posted by: Zain Bando | Feb 29, 2024 at 5:22 pm
Jamahal Hill unconcerned about his layoff ahead of UFC 300: “I am who I am. I do what I do.”
Posted by: Zain Bando | Feb 19, 2024 at 7:00 pm
David Zawada to face OKTAGON MMA foe: “I know Hojat”
Posted by: Zain Bando | Feb 09, 2024 at 9:08 am
GSP says “Conor McGregor effect” changed MMA
Posted by: Zain Bando | Feb 03, 2024 at 11:43 am
Sean O’Malley says he “doesn’t care to think” about UFC 300
Posted by: Zain Bando | Jan 26, 2024 at 6:56 pm
Jamahal Hill wants “biggest money fight” upon UFC return
Posted by: Zain Bando | Jan 26, 2024 at 3:57 pm
OKTAGON’s Matěj Peňáz says “direct offer to UFC” is goal
Posted by: Zain Bando | Jan 25, 2024 at 7:10 pm
Ariel Helwani responds to Dana White’s “total bulls**t” claims about UFC Saudi Arabia postponement
Posted by: Zain Bando | Jan 23, 2024 at 5:58 pm
Dricus du Plessis vs. Israel Adesanya grudge match odds revealed
Posted by: Zain Bando | Jan 23, 2024 at 5:24 pm
Michael Bisping says Strickland vs. Du Plessis is ‘very personal’
Posted by: Zain Bando | Jan 17, 2024 at 7:24 pm
Oscar De La Hoya reacts to Dana White’s fighter pay stance: “All I can say or do is laugh”
Posted by: Zain Bando | Jan 17, 2024 at 5:57 pm
Dana White says Irish boxer engrained his love for fighting: “I started through working for Peter Welch for free”
Posted by: Zain Bando | Jan 09, 2024 at 8:26 pm
Dana White sings high praise for Power Slap: “We’re building another new combat sport”
Posted by: Zain Bando | Jan 04, 2024 at 11:40 am
Dana White gives TV deal update: “That’s when you’re going to see people making big moves”
Posted by: Zain Bando | Jan 02, 2024 at 4:06 pm
Eddie Hearn recalls meeting UFC CEO Dana White for the first time: “A little bit in awe”
Posted by: Zain Bando | Dec 20, 2023 at 7:08 pm