Bellator’s president announced on Tuesday that Cyborg has signed what the promotion termed as the “largest contract in women’s MMA history.” Cyborg became a free agent after the UFC opted not to re-sign her following the expiration of her previous deal, ending (perhaps permanently) a rather tumultuous relationship between the two sides.
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Henry Cejudo is at it again.
Following Weili Zhang’s career-defining title win over Jessica Andrade at UFC Fight Night 157 in Shenzhen, China, Cejudo has ordered the newly-crowned women’s strawweight champion to ‘bend the knee to Triple C’.
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Back in 2017, Khabib Nurmagomedov’s father and longtime mentor, Abdulmanap, suggested that his son would retire at the age of 30. And yet, despite now being a few weeks shy of his 31st birthday, it appears the UFC lightweight champion has no intention to retire anytime soon.
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Frankie Edgar has always had his eye on a prize fight with UFC megastar Conor McGregor and, after the Irishman politely called him out in a recent interview with ESPN, ‘The Answer’ is more hopeful than ever about a showdown with the former two-division champion.
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Former UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos doesn’t want to waste any time on his way back to another title shot. After getting knocked out by Francis Ngannou in only 71 seconds back in June, ‘Cigano’ is hoping he can get a rematch against the ‘Predator’—one that would put him back in title contention.
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Khabib Nurmagomedov is just 30 years old, not young compared to some of the young bucks coming up in the UFC these days but certainly not old. But with his goal of winning the UFC lightweight title achieved and money now being a question of being ‘dirty rich’ or ‘filthy rich’, might the Dagestani fighter dip out on his MMA career early to enjoy his earnings and full faculties?
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The Swedish fighter suggested his fourth-round submission loss to Anthony Smith would be his last fight, but Gustafsson admits he may have jumped the gun. “It came quite fast,” he told MMA Viking. “I was home for a couple days, and I had itching in my hands and wanted to get back and train... “I just want to train and get into shape. Let’s see how it goes.”
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What the hell is going on with BJ Penn?
The Hawaiian fan favorite went from former two division UFC champion to owner of the biggest losing streak in the history of the UFC (at 7 in a row). His life outside seems like a mess too. The mother of his children accused him of physical and sexual abuse. Police are investigating a claim that he threatened to murder his neighbor with a machete over some sort of gate dispute. And now he’s gotten himself into his second violent bar fight of the year.
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