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UFC Prague

UFC Prague weigh-in results: Headliners on point, two fighters miss weight

Tom Taylor - February 22, 2019

Tomorrow night, the UFC will touch down in the Czech Republic with the exciting UFC Prague card. This card will be topped by a light heavyweight contender bout between fearsome Pole Jan Blachowicz and Brazilian kamikaze Thiago Santos. The winner figures to fit right into the light heavyweight title picture.

Thiago Santos
UFC Prague

UFC Prague: More reasons to watch

Mike Straus - February 22, 2019

The Ultimate Fighting Championship will return to our screens this weekend with the exciting UFC Prague card. While this event in Prague, Czech Republic may not have any marquee names like Conor McGregor and Jon Jones, there are plenty of fun and interesting fights scattered throughout the evening’s 13-fight line up.

Mackenzie Dern
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Mackenzie Dern announces pregnancy

Tom Taylor - February 22, 2019

Fan favorite UFC flyweight contender Mackenzie Dern won’t be fighting for awhile. Early on Friday morning, Dern shared the exciting news that she is pregnant. See her announcement below:

Khabib Nurmagomedov
Javier Mendez

EXCLUSIVE | Javier Mendez finds contradictions in Khabib Nurmagomedov's NAC punishments

Drake Riggs - February 21, 2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkCDAmxmWGM It took the UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov a few months after his massive title defending win over Conor McGregor at UFC 229 to finally receive his fine and suspension from the Nevada Athletic Commission (NAC). Of course, the punishments came in response to the post-fight scuffle that ensued following the fight between both Nurmagomedov and McGregor’s camps.

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Amanda Nunes looking at two more fights before retirement

Drake Riggs - February 21, 2019

In 2019, it’s become very hard to deny Amanda Nunes of being the greatest female fighter of all time. The first and only dual-division women’s champion has beaten a who’s who throughout her career. That of which includes the two seemingly unbeatable fighters in former bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey and former featherweight champion Cris ‘Cyborg’ Justino. The list goes on, of course.

Georges St-Pierre, Nick Diaz
Nick Diaz

Nick Diaz trolls 'b***h' Georges St-Pierre after retirement

Thomas Taylor - February 21, 2019

Georges St-Pierre is now officially retired. As expected, the Canadian MMA legend announced the end of his fighting career at a Thursday morning press conference at the Bell Centre in Montreal., the very same arena he fought in so many times. In the wake of this news, many top fighters took to social media to offer Georges St-Pierre messages of respect and congratulations. Not everybody, however, has love for the former welterweight and middleweight champ.

Georges St-Pierre
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MMA stars pay tribute to retired Georges St-Pierre

Tom Taylor - February 21, 2019

Georges St-Pierre is officially retired. The former UFC welterweight and middleweight champion closed the curtains on his combat career at a Thursday morning press conference inside the Bell Center in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. As expected, the retirement of Georges St-Pierre generated lots of interesting reactions on social media — most notably some messages of congratulations and well-wishes from a host of his fellow fighters.

Israel Adesanya
Kelvin Gastelum

Israel Adesanya opens as betting favorite over Kelvin Gastelum

James Lynch - February 21, 2019

Israel Adesanya has opened as a slight betting favorite against Kelvin Gastelum for their interim middleweight title fight at UFC 236. Oddsmaker Nick Kalikas of BetDSI opened “Stylebender” as a -185 favorite (bet $185 to win $100) against Gastelum +155 (bet $100 to win $155) ahead of their clash on Apr. 13.

Georges St-Pierre, GSP
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Georges St-Pierre names the proudest moment of his MMA career

Tom Taylor - February 21, 2019

Speaking shortly after he officially announced his retirement from mixed martial arts at a Thursday morning press conference in Montreal, Georges St-Pierre opened up on the proudest moment of his career. His answer will likely to be surprising to some fans.

Georges St-Pierre, Khabib Nurmagomedov, UFC, GSP
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Georges St-Pierre explains why fight with "the best" Khabib Nurmagomedov didn't happen

Tom Taylor - February 21, 2019

Georges St-Pierre is now retired. The Canadian legend announced the end of his mixed martial arts career at a Thursday morning press conference at the Bell Center in Montreal, Quebec Canada. “There’s no tears. I’m very happy to do it,” St-Pierre said in the English portion of his retirement message. “In combat sports you should retire on top, that’s what I’m going to do. I’m happy I have the discipline to do it.”

Georges St-Pierre
UFC

BREAKING | Georges St-Pierre officially announces his retirement from MMA

Tom Taylor - February 21, 2019

As expected, Georges St-Pierre has announced his retirement from mixed martial arts. The former UFC middleweight and welterweight champion made this announcement at a press conference inside the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec Canada. Georges St-Pierre officially announces his retirement.

Rose Namajunas, UFC 237
UFC 237

Report | UFC 237 moved from Curitiba to Rio de Janeiro

Tom Taylor - February 21, 2019

UFC 237, scheduled for May 11, will no longer be occurring in Curitiba, per a report from Combate. Due to a scheduling issue with the Curitiba football team Club Athletico Paranaense, the card will now go down in Rio de Janeiro on the same night.

Diego Ferreira
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EXCLUSIVE | At UFC Prague Diego Ferreira knows he has to go for the finish

Cole Shelton - February 21, 2019

Diego Ferreira is looking to continue his win streak and work his way up the UFC lightweight rankings. Ferreira is coming off of a second-round TKO win over Kyle Nelson at UFC 231 and will now be taking on Rustam Khabilov at UFC Prague. There is no question Khabilov will be a tougher test for Ferreira, but the Brazilian is confident he has what it takes to end Khabilov’s six-fight winning streak.

Tyron Woodley, UFC on ESPN 9
Tyron Woodley

Tyron Woodley responds to potential GSP retirement with interesting invitation

Tom Taylor - February 21, 2019

Reigning UFC welterweight champ Tyron Woodley has been chasing a fight with former welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre for years. Unfortunately for him, it now sounds as though St-Pierre is hanging up the gloves for good. The Canadian legend is expected to announce his retirement from mixed martial arts at a press conference in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, this very morning. Tyron Woodley, of course, is disappointed that he’ll likely never have the chance to test his mettle against the man many fans consider the greatest fighter of all time. That being said, he’s got an interesting solution.

UFC Phoenix

UFC Phoenix draws best Fight Night numbers in three years

Drake Riggs - February 20, 2019

The UFC recently held their very first main card to air on ESPN with UFC Phoenix on February 17. In the main event, we witnessed the return of the former two-time heavyweight king Cain Velasquez as he took on the modern day terror, Francis “The Predator” Ngannou.

Jared-Cannonier, UFC Copenhagen
Jared Cannonier

EXCLUSIVE | 'Honored' Jared Cannonier says he will 'knock out' Anderson Silva

Cole Shelton - February 20, 2019

Anderson Silva has his next fight booked as he will return to Brazil to take on Jared Cannonier at UFC 237. “I never thought it was going to happen, I got the call today, but hell, the UFC has already announced it so I assume Silva has agreed to it as well,” Cannonier said to BJPENN.com. “Right now it is just verbally agreed to. I think Silva is going to take it.”

Georges St-Pierre
Khabib Nurmagomedov

Georges St-Pierre acknowledges Khabib Nurmagomedov callout, promises answers tomorrow

Thomas Taylor - February 20, 2019

On Wednesday morning, reports surfaced that former UFC welterweight and middleweight champ Georges St-Pierre plans to formally announce his retirement from MMA at a press conference in Montreal on Thursday morning. It is alleged that St-Pierre is retiring because his desired fight with Khabib Nurmagomedov could not be made a reality. Shortly after this news surfaced, Khabib Nurmagomedov took to Instagram to urge Georges St-Pierre to reconsider his retirement plans.

Tony Ferguson, Max Holloway
Tony Ferguson

Report | Officials are working on an interim lightweight title fight between Tony Ferguson and Max Holloway for UFC 236

Tom Taylor - February 20, 2019

UFC 226 could get a whole lot better in the coming days. According to a report from BJPenn.com’s Chris Taylor, an interim lightweight title fight between former interim champion Tony Ferguson and reigning featherweight champion Max Holloway is potentially headed to the card. https://twitter.com/ctaylor_96/status/1098314181705695232 “I was just told from sources (the same that were involved in my pinned tweet) that an interim lightweight title fight between Max Holloway and Tony Ferguson is “being worked on” by officials for #UFC236” – Chris Taylor on Twitter.