Currently on a three-fight win streak, Justin Gaethje feels his time to fight for a world title is now. And he has a pretty good case to get there, as his last four UFC wins have come via knockout, including his most recent destruction of Donald Cerrone. But, there’s another man who will likely be ahead of him when it comes time to give UFC Lightweight champion, Khabib Nurmagomedov, his next challenge, as Tony Ferguson is currently riding a ridiculous 12-fight win steak, going 15-1 so far in his UFC career.
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In what will no doubt come as disappointing news to Paige VanZant, who was hoping to capitalize on a strawweight opportunity later this year, it seems top ranked 115-pound contender, Michelle Waterson, is moving forward with her UFC Fight Night 161 main event this weekend on ESPN+ in Tampa, Florida.
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For those of you just joining us, news broke earlier this morning that former UFC strawweight champion, Joanna Jedrzejczyk, will be unable to make the 115-pound limit for her Michelle Waterson main event on ESPN+ this weekend in Tampa.
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Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) strawweight champion, Joanna Jedrzejczyk, informed the promotion — over a week ago — that she will be unable to make the 115-pound weight limit for her Michelle Waterson headliner this weekend in Tampa, according to Combate, and as of this writing, the “Karate Hottie” has refused to meet her at catch weight.
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Former kickboxing champion Tyrone Spong, who also racked up a pair of wins in mixed martial arts (MMA), was expected to make his return to boxing against former cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk on the DAZN network this weekend in Chicago.
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As far as current rivalries go, there hasn’t been anything bigger in mixed martial arts (MMA) than the one between current Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Lightweight champion, Khabib Nurmagomedov, and former champ-champ, Conor McGregor.
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A rematch against Conor McGregor is something Max Holloway had been wanting for some time now. But the current Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Featherweight champion’s fire to get that do-over has died down over the years.
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Anthony Johnson recently announced that he would make his much-anticipated return to mixed martial arts (MMA), this time as a Heavyweight. “Rumble” retired following his second loss to former UFC Light Heavyweight champion, Daniel Cormier, though it seems getting swole and the cannabis business wasn’t fulfilling the void fighting left behind. Johnson recently stated that it was Cormier and current 265-pound champion, Stipe Miocic, who motivated him to mount a comeback in the land of the big men. When he does return, Johnson will be a welcome sight in a division that is set to lose “DC” in the near future.
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After Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) failed to come to terms with Colby Covington to fight its Welterweight champion, Kamaru Usman, in UFC 244’s main event next month, the promotion turned to Jorge Masvidal and Nate Diaz. Indeed, the two men will headline the pay-per-view (PPV) card, which takes place inside Madison Square Garden in New York, N.Y., on Nov. 2, 2019, and the victor will walk away with the “baddest motherf*cker” belt worth a cool $50,000. Meanwhile, many have come out mocked the promotion for wasting its time and efforts on a ”little boys” belt.
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Robert Louis Pangilinan is a Filipino sports columnist, reporter and photographer. He is currently employed with Policefiles and Sportsmanila.net. sports beat: basketball, boxing, mma, billiards,marathon and baseball.
STUTTGART – Continuing to improve by leaps and bounds, Carlos Edriel Yulo joined elite company in placing 10th overall in the men’s all-around finals of the 49th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships at the Hans Martin Schleyer Halle here on Friday.
"Boxing is a sport. We allow each other to hit each other, but I'm not treating my opponent like my enemy. We're doing a job to entertain people." -Manny Pacquiao
By Alex P. Vidal WE have no idea if the wishes of Iloilo Governor Arthur "Toto" Defensor Jr. that the proposed Panay-Guimaras-Negros bridge project be specifically mentioned by President Duterte during his State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 22 was fulfilled.
“In sport, you only see the fighter, but it’s teamwork. Without a good team, you will never be the best. In boxing, you have to work with the best coach, the best lawyer, the best manager, the best doctor. Exactly the same principle applies in politics.” -Vitali Klitschko
By Alex P. Vidal
SENATOR Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao’s (62-7-2, 39 KOs) 12-round split decision win over hitherto WBA welterweight champion Keith “One Time” Thurman (29-1, 22 KOs) on July 20 in Las Vegas was considered to be more glorious and exciting compared to his victories over Lucas Martin Matthysse (TKO7) and Adrien Broner (UD12) combined.
NEW YORK - 1 Power: Thurman is clearly the bigger man and a better pure power puncher, thus his "One Time" moniker. The problem, however, has been his inability to sit down on his punches and finish opponents the more he has evolved as a boxer. Not counting fights that were stopped due to cuts or injury, Thurman hasn't recorded a true knockout since 2013.
