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Episodes
Friday Jul 28, 2017
Friday Jul 28, 2017
UFC 214 Anaheim overview – Volkan Oezdemir vs. Jimi Manuwa – Robbie Lawler vs. Donald Cerrone – Cris Cyborg vs.Tonya Evinger – Tyron Woodley vs. Damien Maia – Daniel Cormier vs. Jon Jones
Pittsburgh’s own Mark Cherico to be featured on Dana White’s Contender Series – Reactions to UFC Fight Night 116 announcement – the return of Luke Rockhold – Jon Jones vs. Brock Lesnar?
Thursday Jul 20, 2017
Thursday Jul 20, 2017
UFC on Fox 25 Preview
UFC on Fox 25 Preview
2:42 – UFC on Fox 25 Card Overview
5:24 – Damian Grabowski vs. Chase Sherman
10:16 – Ryan LaFlare vs. Alex Oliveira
17:09 – Jimmie Rivera vs. Thomas Almeida
30:27 – Patrick Cummins vs. Gian Villante
35:30 – Dennis Bermudez vs. Darren Elkins
42:21 – Chris Weidman vs. Kelvin Gastelum
54:57 – Brock rumors – will he return?
Monday Jul 17, 2017
Monday Jul 17, 2017
MayMacWorldTour Recap
MayMacWorldTour Recap
Episode Notes
7:03 – LA Conor predicts win inside 4 rounds
9:52 – LA Floyd talks about his legacy, how great he is
MayMacWorldTour Recap
14:35 – Toronto Conor does this mic work?
15:35 – Toronto Conor Crowd F The Mayweathers
21:11 – Toronto Conor 28 years old compared to Floyd
23:41 0 Toronto Conor His head is too small
24:56 – Toronto Conor you’re 40, dress your age, schoolbag
26:55 – Toronto Floyd the fans can’t fight for you
27:46 – Toronto Floyd being at the top for 21 years
28:25 – Toronto Floyd mocks Conor as quitter
37:58 – Toronto Floyd grabs flag Conor grabs schoolbag
MayMacWorldTour Recap
40:29 – NY Conor highlights
44:33 – NY Floyd highlights
47:26 – NY – Floyd quitter again
MayMacWorldTour Recap
50:13 – London Conor highlights
56:18 – London Floyd highlights
MayMacWorldTour Recap
1:09:21 – McGregor wants Khabib next (or Diaz trilogy)
1:12:08 – Mousasi signs with Bellator
1:18:00 – UFC Fight Night 116 Coming To Pittsburgh!!!!
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MayMacWorldTour Recap
Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor will square off in a boxing match that is expected to be the highest grossing sporting event in history.
Floyd Mayweather comes out of retirement and brings his undefeated 49-0 boxing record with him to square of against the brash, outspoken and fan favorite Conor McGregor. McGregor will be making his boxing debut. He has made an historic rise through the UFC, becoming the first ever fighter to hold belts in multiple weight classes at the same time.
What will happen when a young gun brings his elite level MMA striking to the ring against an aging boxing great? What will happen when youth and inexperience face off against wisdom and age? What will happen when two of combats sports all time greatest promoters put on the gloves to settle the score?
We will talk all this and much, much more, right here on MMA Fancast!
Monday Jul 10, 2017
Monday Jul 10, 2017
The UFC 213 Recap Dominates This Episode, Here’s the quick rundown:
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Amanda Nunes bails on defending her belt after making weight and being cleared by doctors to fight
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Justin Gaethje made a huge debut in the UFC
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McGregor-Mayweather press conferences have been set, what can we expect?
UFC 213 Recap – Amanda Nunes pulls out of fight the day of title defense
What should the fallout be?
UFC 213 Recap: Results
PPV Card
Robert Whittaker def. Yoel Romero via unanimous decision
Alistair Overeem def. Fabricio Werdum via majority decision
Curtis Blaydes def. Daniel Omielanczuk via unanimous decision (30-27 x3)
Anthony Pettis def. Jim Miller via unanimous decision (30-27 x3)
Rob Font def. Douglas Silva de Andrade via sub (guillotine) (R2, 4:36)
FS1 Undercard
Oleksiy Oliynyk def. Travis Browne via submission (RNC) (R2, 3:44)
Chad Laprise def. Brian Camozzi via third-round TKO (1:27)
Thiago Santos def. Gerald Meerschaert via second-round TKO (2:04)
Belal Muhammad def. Jordan Mein via unanimous decision (29-28 x2, 30-27)
Cody Stamann def. Terrion Ware via unanimous decision (30-27 x2, 29-28)
Trevin Giles def. James Bochnovic via second-round TKO (2:54)
Amazing fight on TUF 25 Finale – Justin Gaethje ko’s Michael Johnson
What lies ahead?
Mayweather McGregor press conferences set
Tuesday, July 11
The Staples Center – Los Angeles, CA.
Wednesday, July 12
Sony Centre for the Performing Arts – Toronto, Canada
Thursday, July 13
Barclays Center – Brooklyn, N.Y.
Friday, July 14
The SSE Arena, Wembley – London
Dana White’s Contender Series starts Tuesday, July 11
Bellator 181 in Thackerville Oklahoma on Friday, July 14
Headlined by Derek Campos and Brandon Girtz in a lightweight clash
Valerie Latourneau making her Bellator debut
UFC Fight Night 113 in Glasgow Scotland, Sunday July 16
Pretty uneventful card
Headlined by Gunnar Nelson vs. Santiago Ponzinibbio
UFC on FOX 25 in Uniondale NY on Saturday, July 22
Chris Weidman vs. Kelvin Gastelum
Dennis Bermudez vs. Darren Elkins
Gian Villante vs. Patrick Cummins
Jimmie Rivera vs. Thomas Almeida
Ryan LaFlare vs. Alex Oliveira
Lyman Good vs. Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos
Frankie Perez vs. Chris Wade
Shane Burgos vs. Godofredo Pepey
Kyle Bochniak vs. Jeremy Kennedy
Christian Colombo vs. Damian Grabowski
Timothy Johnson vs. Junior Albini
Rafael Natal vs. Alessio Di Chirico
Brian Kelleher vs. Marlon Vera
UFC 213 Recap
Monday Jul 03, 2017
Monday Jul 03, 2017
McGregor-Mayweather Analysis is a lot of our discussion in this episode, but also:
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Bellator NYC – Feedback from our live coverage
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Is James Gallagher the poor man’s Conor McGregor
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Tons of McGregor-Mayweather analysis and discussion and quite a bit of disagreement
☐ Bellator NYC
• Chael Sonnen did to Wanderlei Silva exactly what I suspected. That was the one fight on the card that I pretty much nailed down in my pre-fight predictions during the Bellator NYC Special Edition MMA Fancast Podcast. It was hard for me to hear exactly what Chael said in regard to Fedor in the post-fight interview with Jimmy Smith in the ring, but it sounded to me like he was calling Fedor out. Does that mean that this fight will, or even should, happen? I would think not. McGregor-Mayweather Analysis
• I am curious to see what Wanderlei decides to do at this point. It was pretty clear to me that he is only a shell of the fighter that he once was and, after a four-year layoff, it is clear that his better days are behind him. That being said, he is still a draw for a promotion that is still heavily dependent on big draws as opposed to having world-class fighters headlining.
• Some people say they have grown tired of the whole “Chael” schtick. I will just come out now and say that I am not one of those people. Are there moments that I grow tired of some of the things that he says? Absolutely. At the same time, there are also moments that he comes up big and shows his genius. Case in point: (video of the sweet potato comment from the presser)
• For the amount of anger that Wanderlei showed at the presser and throughout the entire promotion of this fight, I did not see a fighter that was so eager to get his hands on Chael. Also of note, it was incredibly disappointing to see a complete lack of readiness to even come remotely close to anything that resembled takedown defense from Silva. It was as if he were in a boxing match and was completely taken by surprise that someone was going to shoot on his legs in an effort to secure a takedown.
• It is sometimes very difficult for me to tell when Chael is being sarcastic and sincere. He is sarcastic most of the time, at least it seems to me, that when he is being sincere I am waiting for the next line or how he is using the sincerity as a set-up.
• Neiman Gracie made the most of the opportunity to be on the PPV portion of the card with a very nice performance against Marfone.
• It will be interesting to see what lies ahead for Gracie. The welterweight division in Bellator is not the deepest division in the world and it begs the question of how many fights until he is in title contention.
• Matt Mitrione made a household name of himself with a legendary win against a legend. A double knockdown? Are you kidding me? The difference in the fight had little to do with anything except Mitrione’s shot knocking Fedor to his back and Fedor’s shot only knocking Mitrione to his butt, which then led to a race to get up and on top of the other first, which Meathead won.
• Mitrione is such a down to earth guy, how can you not love him? He’s just a cool, personable guy and that was on display very clearly in the cage during the post-fight interview with Jimmy Smith. That said, what is on the horizon for him? Does he have a reasonable next fight? Roy Nelson?
• Scott Coker made a reference that there was going to be an upcoming announcement concerning the heavyweight division and that they were going to be focusing on it. With not current champion, is a 4-man tournament on the horizon?
• What is next for Fedor? Does he continue to fight? Does he go back to Russia to fight? I would like to see him discontinue his fighting career as I feel he can only tarnish his legacy and I would hate to see that happen.
• Brent Primus was loudly booed at MSG. Very unfortunate. There was nothing random or undeserving of his win. He caused the injury to Chandler that led to the fight being stopped. They guy scores a monumental upset and it is unfortunate for him that it was greeted by a chorus of boos.
• Speaking of that injury to Michael Chandler… wow! Ouch! I have not seen replays of the cause of the injury, but here is what I did see – very early in the fight, Primus threw a leg kick at Chandler to his thigh. At that point, Chandler started reaching repeatedly to his thigh. And things just went downhill for him from there. It was as if there was some type of nerve damage or something. To me, it looked as if he didn’t have feeling in his leg and that is why he kept turning over his ankle. Regardless, it was hard to watch – it reminded me of a horse with a broken leg trying to run.
☐ James Gallagher (Galla — hey) of Bellator, Poor man’s Conor McGregor
☐ Scott Coker to UFC: You’re putting Conor McGregor ‘in harm’s way’ in Floyd Mayweather fight – McGregor-Mayweather Analysis
As a fellow fight promoter, rival Scott Coker disagrees. According to Bellator’s CEO, there actually could be long-term repercussions that could affect the UFC’s biggest superstar.
“Obviously, it’s gonna be a big money maker for everybody and that’s why they’re doing it. But you’re putting your fighter in harm’s way, so what’s the long-term impact on that? I’m not sure. But I’ll tell you this: It’ll be a lot of fun to watch,” Coker told MMA Fighting. McGregor-Mayweather Analysis
☐ Conor McGregor is a ‘free agent’ for Mayweather fight sponsorships, not tied to Reebok – McGregor-Mayweather Analysis
☐ MayMac 10 city tour – McGregor-Mayweather Analysis
☐ McGregor tells Dana White that he wants Khabib after Mayweather fight – McGregor-Mayweather Analysis
☐ Preview of UFC International Fight Week
UFC 213 takes place Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass. The night before, The Ultimate Fighter 25 Finale takes place at T-Mobile Arena and airs on FS1 following early prelims on UFC Fight Pass.
But in the buildup to both events, “International Fight Week” will be in full swing around T-Mobile Arena on the south end of the Las Vegas Strip.
On Wednesday, fans can attend a live taping of FS1 weekly show “UFC Tonight,” as well as a live taping of FS1’s “TUF Talk.” Both events will take place at Park Theater at Monte Carlo, adjacent to T-Mobile Arena. The “UFC Tonight” taping will take place at noon PT local time. The “TUF Talk” taping begins at 7:30 p.m.
Also on Wednesday, fans can attend open workouts for fighters appearing on the TUF 25 Finale and UFC 213 cards. Doors open at 12:30 p.m., and the first fighter will work out at 1 p.m. The TUF 25 Finale is headlined by a lightweight fight between Michael Johnson and former WSOF champion Justin Gaethje. UFC 213 is headlined by a women’s bantamweight title fight between champ Amanda Nunes and Valentina Shevchenko. In the co-feature, Robert Whittaker meets Yoel Romero for the interim middleweight title.
Additionally, there will be a “Women of UFC” panel discussion at Park Theater at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday moderated by Megan Olivi. The panel will feature current strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk, upcoming featherweight title challenger Cristiana Justino, former bantamweight champion Miesha Tate, and current strawweight contenders Michelle Waterson and Paige VanZant. The show will make its way to UFC Fight Pass that day, as well.
On Thursday, fans can attend a “UFC Legends” panel discussion at Park Theater. Doors open at 2:30 p.m. PT and the session starts at 3 p.m. with participants yet to be announced. At 4 p.m., the ceremonial weigh-ins for the TUF 25 Finale take place at Park Theater. And at 7:30 p.m., also at Park Theater, the UFC’s 2017 Hall of Fame induction ceremony will take place. The free ticketed event will open its doors at 6:30 p.m.
On Friday, fans can attend autograph sessions with more than a dozen fighters and fight personalities in the lobby of T-Mobile Arena. Between 9-11 a.m. PT, fans can meet Joseph Benavidez, Misha Cirkunov, Tony Ferguson, Cody Garbrandt, Jedrzejczyk, Anthony Johnson, Julianna Pena, Stephen Thompson, James Vick, Waterson, and Octagon Girls Luciana Andrade, Chrissy Blair and Vanessa Hanson.
From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., the UFC’s “Fan Experience” will take place in Toshiba Plaza outside T-Mobile Arena. Additionally, doors open for the UFC 213 ceremonial weigh-ins at 1 p.m. at Park Theater and the first fighter will step on the scale at 2 p.m. Immediately after, the TUF 25 Finale kicks off at 3 p.m. inside T-Mobile Arena.
On Saturday, there are more than two dozen additional autograph and meet-and-greet opportunities in the T-Mobile Arena Lobby. From 9-10:30 a.m. PT, fans can meet UFC Hall of Famers Urijah Faber and Tito Ortiz, heavyweight champ Stipe Miocic, Ferguson, Claudia Gadelha, Kevin Lee, Raquel Pennington, Dustin Poirier and Tate. Additionally, Octagon Girls Red Dela Cruz and Brooklyn Wren will be on hand, as will play-by-play voice Jon Anik and Olivi.
From 10:30 a.m. to noon, fans can meet UFC Hall of Famers Don Frye, Forrest Griffin, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and Bas Rutten, featherweight champ Max Holloway, Jorge Masvidal, Rose Namajunas, Francis Ngannou, Vick and Waterson, plus Octagon Girls Arianny Celeste, Brittney Palmer and Jamillette Gaxiola.
The UFC Fan Experience also will take place Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. in Toshiba Plaza leading into UFC 213, which starts at 3:30 p.m. inside T-Mobile Arena. At 10 p.m. PT, the UFC’s official after-party for UFC 213 will take place at Hakkasan inside MGM Grand Las Vegas. McGregor-Mayweather Analysis
The TUF 25 Finale lineup includes:
MAIN CARD (FS1, 9 p.m. ET)
Michael Johnson vs. Justin Gaethje
TBA vs. TBA – TUF 25 final
Marc Diakiese vs. Drakkar Klose
Steve Bosse vs. Jared Cannonier
Brad Tavares vs. Elias Theodorou
Marcel Fortuna vs. Jordan Johnson
PRELIMINARY CARD (FS1, 7 p.m. ET)
Angela Hill vs. Ashley Yoder
C.B. Dollaway vs. Ed Herman
Jessica Eye vs. Aspen Ladd
PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 6 p.m. ET)
Teruto Ishihara vs. Gray Maynard
Juliana Lima vs. Tecia Torres
The UFC 213 lineup includes:
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)
Champ Amanda Nunes vs. Valentina Shevchenko – for women’s bantamweight title
Yoel Romero vs. Robert Whittaker – for interim middleweight title
Curtis Blaydes vs. Daniel Omielanczuk
Alistair Overeem vs. Fabricio Werdum
Jim Miller vs. Anthony Pettis
PRELIMINARY CARD (FS1, 8 p.m. ET)
Travis Browne vs. Aleksei Oleinik
Brian Camozzi vs. Chad Laprise
Gerald Meerschaert vs. Thiago “Marreta” Santos
Jordan Mein vs. Belal Muhammad
PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 6:30 p.m. ET)
Rob Font vs. Douglas Silva de Andrade
Cody Stamann vs. Terrion Ware
James Bochnovic vs. Trevin Giles
McGregor-Mayweather Analysis
Saturday Jun 24, 2017
Saturday Jun 24, 2017
Bellator NYC Podcast
We talks all things Bellator NYC Podcast during our time with you. Also included in this podcast are:
13:59 – Exclusive Octagon 24/7 Interview with Bellator President Scott Coker
24:35 – Exlusive Octagon 24/7 Interview with Fedor Emelianenko’s Bellator NYC opponent, Heavyweight Matt Mitrione
41:40 – Bellator 180 and Bellator NYC Fight analysis and predictions
The entire podcast – Jim Sahara Mooney acting old
Bellator NYC Podcast – Bellator NYC is a mixed martial arts event scheduled for June 24th, 2017 at world famous Madison Square Garden. This is the second PPV card in the history of the MMA promotion. Bellator’s plans are to build their PPV branding and have a regular schedule of PPV events.
Headling the card is a grudge match years in the making. Chael Sonnen and Wanderlei Silva have continuously verbally, and sometime physically, sparred through their time in the UFC and on The Ultimate Fighters, as opposing coaches. Their battle at the end of the airing of TUF was scrapped due to both fighters having issues with drug testing prior to their bout. Years later, they are ready to settle the score and put an end to this saga.
In the co-main, the legendary Fedor Emelianenko will be battling Matt Mitrione in a battle that is sure to produce fireworks. Fedor is widely regarded as the greatest heavyweight fighter in MMA history and Mitrione is an athletic, skillful and intelligent fighter who will be looking to use Fedor’s legend to boost his own.
This stacked card features three title fights in bouts that Bellator is hoping to boost their brand and their impact on the MMA landscape. By combining skilled veterans of MMA that are well known and respected and having their own young, talented stable of fighters, Bellator is closing the distance between their promotion and the worldwide leader of MMA, the Ultimate Fighting Championship, or UFC. Bellator NYC Podcast
Monday Jun 19, 2017
Monday Jun 19, 2017
McGregor vs. Mayweather is happening
McGregor vs. Mayweather
We preview Bellator 180 – we will be live all week with coverage on octagon247.com!
Also on the show:
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Tim Hague in ICU with brain injury – Our thoughts and prayers go out to Tim and his family as Tim fights for his life
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Matt Hughes Involved In Car Accident Involving Train – There are conflicting reports at this time, however, it seems that Matt has been stabilized, although he is still not awake.
The UFC legend has “no broken bones or internal injuries,” Hughes’ sister Beth Hughes Ulrici wrote in an official statement from his family.
“He has some minor lacerations and bruising and is currently being weaned from his ventilator,” the statement read. “He is not yet awake and not responding as we would like to see but we see the fight in him.”
Hughes, 43, was seriously injured when he drove a pickup truck onto train tracks in front of a train Friday morning in Raymond, Ill., per Illinois State Police. The train struck the passenger side of his truck. He was airlifted to HSHS St. John’s Hospital in Springfield, Ill.
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UFC Fight Night 111 Results: Holly Holm Knocks Out Bethe Correia to Lead Card
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Covington dominates Dong Yong Kim – calls out Woodley
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Arlovski loses his 5th straight
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Mayweather/McGregor is reality
McGregor vs. Mayweather
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Will McGregor return to the UFC?
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Bellator 180 preview
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| Bellator 180 Main Card (PPV) | |||||||
| Light Heavyweight | Chael Sonnen | vs. | Wanderlei Silva | ||||
| Heavyweight | Fedor Emelianenko | vs. | Matt Mitrione | ||||
| Lightweight | Michael Chandler (c) | vs. | Brent Primus | ||||
| Welterweight | Douglas Lima (c) | vs. | Lorenz Larkin | ||||
| Lightweight | Aaron Pico | vs. | Zach Freeman | ||||
| Bellator 180 Card (Spike TV) | |||||||
| Light Heavyweight | Phil Davis (c) | vs. | Ryan Bader | ||||
| Featherweight | James Gallagher | vs. | Chinzo Machida | ||||
| Welterweight | Neiman Gracie | vs. | Dave Marfone | ||||
| Women’s Flyweight | Heather Hardy | vs. | Alice Yauger | ||||
| Bellator 180 Preliminary Card (Bellator.com) | |||||||
| Welterweight | Ryan Couture | vs. | Haim Gozali | ||||
| Lightweight | Jerome Mickle | vs. | Anthony Giacchina | ||||
| Catchweight (168 lbs) | John Salgado | vs. | Hugh McKenna | ||||
| Catchweight (130 lbs) | Matt Rizzo | vs. | Sergio da Silva | ||||
| Lightweight | Bradley Desir | vs. | Nate Grebb | ||||
Monday May 08, 2017
Monday May 08, 2017
UFC Fight Rumors
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Frank Shamrock on UFC sale to WME-IMG: ‘Perfect time to get out‘
“Hundred percent. You know, the discord is coming, the regulation is coming, the government oversight is coming. So yeah, that’s the time to get out. The brand’s had a great run, it’s built up. The girl’s beautiful globally, no one knows what it’s really like. Perfect time to get out. I mean, I applaud their business. They’re great business men. I knew they would be super successful with it, but at the same time, I want to be respected at work, I want to be cared for, I want my values to be acknowledged.” UFC Fight Rumors
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Conor McGregor Jr. born with massive Instagram following
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Dana White shoots down Anderson Silva’s interim belt demands
Anderson Silva wants to fight Yoel Romero for the UFC interim middleweight title. Dana White isn’t having any of that.
UFC Fight Rumors
“We will not do an interim title. No. It won’t happen,” White said (transcription via MMAjunkie). “Bisping’s ready, willing and able to fight the actual No. 1 contender, who is Yoel Romero. Anderson Silva’s ranked No. 7 right now. … Anderson’s mad. I didn’t pull Kelvin Gastelum out. Kelvin Gastelum smoked weed, and now he got busted, and we’ve done everything we could to make another fight for Anderson. So it’s nothing we did.”
“Every time for the last however many years, dealing with Anderson is always interesting,” White said. “Obviously, he wants an interim title – obviously, we’re not going to do an interim title. He’s definitely coming out publicly (with his demands). You know my philosophy on that: If you ever say the ‘R’ word, you should probably do it, anyway. If you’re considering retirement, you should probably do it.”
There is no word yet if Anderson is off UFC 212, which is scheduled for June 3rd in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. We understand that Silva declined fights against both Luke Rockhold and Vitor Belfort, names that are believed to be on the table to replace Gastelum are Ovince Saint Preux and Mauricio Rua. UFC Fight Rumors
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White: We just lost Conor vs Floyd date to Canelo vs GGG
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GSP has Instagram that he could be fighting at MSG on Tues May 2
Expected MSG card is November. UFC Fight Rumors.
Then he left Instagram video on Friday, May 5th saying,“Mr. Bisping, I cleared my entire schedule to get ready for training camp after the summer. So I can fight you any time after October. You pick the date. Let’s get it on.”
Jump back to last month, Bisping said:“Long story short, it looks like GSP is trying to push for a later date. I heard rumors of that a while ago from Ariel Helwani. I heard that they wanted September/October and that’s what the UFC told me as well. But I’m just throwing it out there right now, if he wants to wait until September or October, then he can go find himself another opponent, buddy. Because I call the shots. Without sounding like an a—hole, it’s my belt. I’m the champion and I’m not willing to sit around until September or October.” UFC Fight Rumors.
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Al Iaquinta acting crazy
“The stories he’s telling are not true,” a UFC official stated off the record. “The premise for his whole beef is not accurate, and I think he’s trying to justify the fact that he thinks he should still get bonuses.”
It has been confirmed by MMA Junkie from UFC officials that the bout was the first of a three-fight stretch for Iaquinta in which he’s not eligible to receive a $50,000 fight-night award. The order is a result of three incidents, which Iaquinta has previously discussed.
First, he destroyed a hotel room at MGM Grand in Las Vegas following a UFC 183 win over Joe Lauzon. In his next appearance, he cussed on national TV while addressing a belligerent crowd following a controversial split-decision win over Jorge Masvidal.
The final straw was no-showing a 2015 UFC fighter summit in Las Vegas. Iaquinta insisted he gave the company fair warning that he would not be attending, but UFC officials said that was not the case.
“His story about the summit, the part that he left out was that he never called us to tell us he didn’t get on the plane,” the UFC official told MMAjunkie. “He never called us to tell us not to send a car to the airport to pick him up. We had all these arrangements for the hotel. All these things were arranged, and he never bothered to call us to tell us he wasn’t coming, which I think would make anyone mad.
“We sent a car to the airport to pick him up, and he wasn’t there. He never called us to say, ‘I’m not coming.’ Not calling us, not telling us that he wasn’t going to show up, having to send a car to the airport to pick him up, literally, and him not being there – how immature is that? To not call and say, ‘I didn’t make the flight. I’m not coming.’ It’s immature.”
“It was a chronic injury, and since it was a chronic injury and not something that happened while training or fighting for us, the insurance denied it,” a UFC official told MMAjunkie. “There were also a number of alternatives that could have been done that would have been covered, but Al insisted on using a specific surgeon back east. The UFC paid tens of thousands of dollars to cover that out of our pocket without any obligation to do so since it was a chronic injury, which means it happened over years and years and years.
“Mr. Iaquinta never once called the medical team or (UFC President) Dana (White) to say thank you. Instead, he talks about how he had to beg for it, which is not true. … We agreed to do it. We paid for it. The entire medical team assisted through his surgeon getting this done and getting it paid, and Al never once called anyone to thank them. Instead he goes out on the Internet and says he had to beg for it, which is absolutely, 100 percent false. That’s a lie.”
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UFC 211
UFC 211 Fight Card
Main Card (10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT on Pay-Per-View)
Stipe Miocic (c)(16-2) vs. Junior dos Santos (18-4) – For UFC heavyweight championship
Joanna Jędrzejczyk (c)(13-0) vs. Jéssica Andrade (16-5) – For UFC women’s strawweight championship
Demian Maia (24-6) vs. Jorge Masvidal (32-11)
Frankie Edgar (21-5-1) vs. Yair Rodriguez (10-1)
Henry Cejudo (10-2) vs. Sergio Pettis (15-2)
Prelims (8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT on FX)
Eddie Alvarez (28-5) vs. Dustin Poirier (21-5)
Chas Skelly (17-2) vs. Jason Knight (16-2)
Krzysztof Jotko (19-1) vs. David Branch (20-3)
Marco Polo Reyes (7-3) vs. James Vick (10-1)
Prelims (6 p.m. ET / 3 p.m. PT on UFC Fight Pass)
Jessica Aguilar (19-5) vs. Cortney Casey (6-4)
Jared Gordon (12-1) vs. Michel Quinones (8-1)
Gabriel Benítez (19-6) vs. Enrique Barzola (13-3-1)
Chase Sherman (9-3) vs. Rashad Coulter (8-1)
Joachim Christensen (14-4) vs. Gadzhimurad Antigulov (19-4)
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Boxing has stepped up in the absence of MMA the past 2 weekends
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Will Conor Floyd really happen?
Monday May 01, 2017
Monday May 01, 2017
MMA Fight Cards: Previews
Schedule: Nothing this weekend. Nothing next weekend.
- Upcoming MMA Fight Cards
- Next for: UFC 211 May 13th
- Next for: Bellator 179 May 19th (Fri)
The boss talks: Dana White about: UFC Minute
- Ronda Rousey
- The Middleweight picture
Have gloves, will travel. UFC’s upcoming dates/sites. Going Global!
- Dallas TX May 13th
- Stockholm Sweden May 28th
- Rio de Janeiro June 3rd
- Auckland, New Zealand June 10th
- Kallang, Singapore June 17th
- Oklahoma City June 25th
- Las Vegas July 7th-8th
- Glasgow, Scotland July 16th
- US dates to finish July
- Netherlands Sept 2, Edmonton Sept. 9th, Poland Oct 21st
MMA Fight Cards
UFC 211 Fight Card
Main Card (10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT on Pay-Per-View)
- Stipe Miocic (c)(16-2) vs. Junior dos Santos (18-4)*
- Joanna Jędrzejczyk (c)(13-0) vs. Jéssica Andrade (16-5)**
- Demian Maia (24-6) vs. Jorge Masvidal (32-11)
- Frankie Edgar (21-5-1) vs. Yair Rodriguez (10-1)
- Henry Cejudo (10-2) vs. Sergio Pettis (15-2)
Prelims (8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT on FX)
- Eddie Alvarez (28-5) vs. Dustin Poirier (21-5)
- Chas Skelly (17-2) vs. Jason Knight (16-2)
- Krzysztof Jotko (19-1) vs. David Branch (20-3)
- Marco Polo Reyes (7-3) vs. James Vick (10-1)
Prelims (6 p.m. ET / 3 p.m. PT on UFC Fight Pass)
- Jessica Aguilar (19-5) vs. Cortney Casey (6-4)
- Jared Gordon (12-1) vs. Michel Quinones (8-1)
- Gabriel Benítez (19-6) vs. Enrique Barzola (13-3-1)
- Chase Sherman (9-3) vs. Dmitry Poberezhets (24-5-1)
*For UFC heavyweight championship
**For UFC women’s strawweight championship
MMA Fight Cards
UFC 212 Aldo vs. Holloway
Date: June 3, 2017
Venue: Jeunesse Arena
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
UFC 212 Fight Card
- Jose Aldo (c)(26-2) vs. Max Holloway (ic)(17-3)*
- Anderson Silva (34-8, 1NC) vs. TBA
- Cláudia Gadelha (14-2) vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz (10-1)
- Raphael Assuncao (24-5) vs. Marlon Moraes (18-4-1)
- Johnny Eduardo (28-10) vs. Matthew Lopez (9-1)
- Antonio Carlos Junior (8-2, 1NC) vs. Eric Spicely (10-2)
- Marco Beltran (8-5) vs. Deiveson Alcantara (11-0)
- Erick Silva (19-7, 1NC) vs. Yancy Medeiros (13-4, 1NC)
- Paulo Borrachinha(9-0) vs. Oluwale Bamgbose (6-2)
- Leonardo Santos (16-3-1) vs. Olivier Aubin-Mercier (9-2)
- Viviane Pereira (12-0) vs. Jamie Moyle (4-1)
- Luan Chagas (14-2-1) vs. Jim Wallhead (29-10)
*For UFC featherweight unification championship
MMA Fight Cards
Bellator 179: Daley vs. MacDonald Main Card:
Welterweight Main Event: Paul Daley (39-14-2) vs. Rory MacDonald (18-4)
Welterweight Feature Bout: Michael Page (12-0) vs. Derek Anderson (14-3)
Light Heavyweight Feature Bout: Liam McGeary (12-1) vs. Linton Vassell (17-5)
Heavyweight Feature Bout: Cheick Kongo (26-10-2) vs. Augusto Sakai (9-0-1)
Preliminary Card:
Lightweight Preliminary Bout: Jay Dods (6-0) vs. Alfie Davis (6-1)
Heavyweight Preliminary Bout: Rob Beech (4-1) vs. Stav Economou (17-5)
Flyweight Preliminary Bout: Jamie Powell (6-1) vs. Amir Albazi (8-0)
Welterweight Preliminary Bout: Umer Kayani (4-3) vs. Nathan Jones (10-5)
Welterweight Preliminary Bout: Dan Vinni (14-14) vs. Alex Lohore (10-1)
Middleweight Preliminary Bout: Liam Etebar (6-1) vs. Rafal Cejra Cejrowski (2-0)
Catchweight Preliminary Bout (150 lbs.): Jeremy Petley (10-8) vs. Chase Morton (6-3)
Middleweight Preliminary Bout: Marcin Prostko (4-5) vs. Mike Shipman (9-1)
Bantamweight Preliminary Bout: Salih Kulucan (4-5) vs. Diego Barbosa (3-0)
Wednesday Apr 26, 2017
Wednesday Apr 26, 2017
Bellator 178 Review
Bellator 178 review – Octagon 24/7 and MMA Fancast were live and in person in Uncasville, CT for Bellator 178. We spend this podcast answering the questions about covering a major event like this for our first time.
Complete Bellator 178 Review – Results:
Ilima-Lei Macfarlane vs. Jessica Middleton — Macfarlane sub (armbar) 2:15 R1.
Ryan Quinn vs. Saad Awad — Awad UD 30-27 X3.
A.J. McKee vs. Dominic Mazzotta — McKee KO 1:15 R1.
Nick Alley vs. Kastroit Xhema — Xhema KO 3:19 R1.
Don Shainis vs. Mak Kelleher — Shainis UD (30-27, 29-28 X2).
Regivaldo Carvalho vs. Jason Perrin — Carvalho sub (guillotine) 2:04 R3.
Kemran Lachinov vs. Sam Watford — Lachinov SD (30-26 X2, 28-29).
John Lopez vs. Remo Cardarelli — Cardarelli UD (30-27, 29-28 X2).
Chris Foster vs. Shane Manley — Foster def. Manley (SD).
Thomas English vs. Blair Tugman — Tugman sub (bar arm choke) 4:54 R3.
Jordan Young vs. Tim Caron — Young sub (d’arce) 3:55 R1.
Ed Ruth vs. David Mundell — Ruth TKO 3:13 R2.
Tyrell Fortune vs. Branko Busick — Fortune UD 29-27 X3.
Billy Giovanella vs. Joshua Ricci — Giovanella def. Ricci.