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Like Conor Mcgregor, Holly Holm Also Wants To Hold Two Ufc Titles At Once

... but because I had that [bantamweight] belt and I let it go. I want it back.”. Holm famously beat Ronda Rousey, who was undefeated at the time, for the bantamweight championship in November 2015. Instead of waiting for a big-money rematch, however, the 35-year-old chose to defend her belt the following March at UFC 196, where she lost via submission to Miesha Tate. While her determination to defend the belt on her own timetable earned her accolades from UFC’s top brass ( Dana White said Holm “went out like a gangster”), it may not have been in Holm’s best interest. Holm followed that loss with another in July when she lost by unanimous decision to Valentina Shevchenko. Holm “shattered” her thumb in the five-round bout, according to her manager Lenny Fresquez , and had to have surgery to repair it. [ Holm has no regrets about not waiting around for Ronda Rousey rematch ]. Today, Holm says she “feels good” as she trains to end her ...

Ex-michigan State Wrestler Bobby Nash To Make Ufc Debut Saturday

... High wrestler, will make his UFC debut Saturday as part of UFC on Fox 23 headlined by the Valentina Shevchenko vs. Julianna Pena fight. At the Pepsi Center in Denver, Nash, who has an 8-1 record in MMA competition, will face Li Jingliang of China (11-4 MMA, 3-2 UFC) in a welterweight bout on the preliminary card that will air on Fox Sports 1. Welterweights are 156-170 pounds. This is the first of Nash’s four-fight deal with UFC. “I look at it this way, I’m 26 years old and guys don’t peak until their 30 s,” Nash told Michigan Grappler. “My striking is great; my wrestling is great, but I’m nowhere near where I’m going to be in a year. Imagine where I’m going to be in two years. One thing I do know; I’m going to have that UFC title in two years.”. Bobby Nash. (Photo: Matthew Mitchell, MSU Athletics). Nash posted a 48-42 record in four seasons wrestling at MSU in 2010-14. His senior season he ...

Marcos Rogerio De Lima Needs Half A Round To Tear Through Jeremy Kimball

... but that strategy proved to have its limitations. Midway through the round Kimball slipped while attempting to evade de Lima, and de Lima pounced on him immediately, clipping him behind the ear as he attempted to rise to his feet, and then hammering him with a torrent of hard right hands as Kimball turtled up against the fence. After giving Kimball a chance to respond, referee Adam Martinez was eventually forced to step in and stop the fight, giving de Lima the TKO win. “I came early to Denver,” de Lima said “I knew it was going to be tough at altitude and I’m glad I came early to get ready. I didn’t know much about my opponent because it was switched late, so I watched some video on him and saw there were some things I could do. I saw that he keeps his hands down, so I was looking to take advantage of that and attack. Next, I would like a rematch with Gadzhimurad Antigulov to avenge my loss.”. The victory gets de Lima back in the win column for the first time since his submission loss to Antigulov in November. Kimball’s loss ...

Alex Caceres Vs. Jason Knight

... time from Knight, and Caceres is bouncing around. A lot of kicks early from the TUF vet. Good head movement from Caceres, too. A nice little exchange, and Caceres with a wicked grin. Now he engages a combination, and Knight took the brunt of the second shot. Knight surges forward winging bombs, and now he has Caceres on the fence. Caceres rolls out and nearly trips  over himself as he does. Left hand from Knight. Leg kick from Caceres lands, just as Knight was winding up for an overhand right. Looks like a tiny cut has formed on Knight's head. A combo from Caceres, and Knight just waits it out and lands a solid right counter. Very no-nonsense. Now Knight lifts Caceres off the canvas and slams him down, and goes for a choke at the end.doesn't have time! But he may have taken the round because of it. MMA Fighting scores R 1 for Knight, 10-9. Round 2: Caceres rolls in, all movement and mojo. Knight has been steady in that pocket, and he is attacking that mirage at every turn. A knee to the body from Caceres, and a left hand now. He's keeping that chin ...

Ex-ufc-champ Anderson Silva Talks Dreams Of Action Movie Stardom, Netflix Show, Hollywood Auditions

... dream of doing this (boxing) fight against Roy Jones Jr., I’ve always had a dream of being an action movie actor. I’ve been studying that for a few years, and now things are happening. I have a team of fantastic people working with me, helping with that project, and I’m studying a lot, we’ll see what will happen.”. Silva’s (33-8 MMA, 16-4 UFC) creative aspirations had to be put on hold briefly as he prepares to face Derek Brunson (16-4 MMA, 7-2 UFC) at UFC 208, which takes place Feb. 11 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N. Y. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FS 1 and UFC Fight Pass. But even as he takes a break to prepare for the fight, Silva says he’s still constantly writing down ideas for the yet-to-be-named Netflix show that, according to him, will have nothing to do with fighting. Citing Academy Award winners like Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman and Sidney Poitier, as well as nominee Will Smith, as ...

Ufc Career On Hold Indefinitely, Next Fight Will Be Against Floyd Mayweather

... fight with Mayweather will be the first “billion-dollar” fight in combat sports and obviously would like to command more than a $15 M-$25 M purse. For the record, when it comes to the A-side, Mc Gregor believes that would be him while Mayweather is the “scared side.”. “He’s the scared side, let’s be honest,” Mc Gregor said. “He’s not trying to have a real fight. He needs rules to protect him. I don’t need rules. So he can say he’s this and he’s that, but in reality, he’s scared [expletive]-less. If I decide to just fight him straight-up – look, [expletive] the UFC, [expletive] MMA, [expletive] boxing, [expletive] sports fighting. Let’s just say we fight. It’d be the easiest fight ever.”. Nevertheless, if the fight were to come to fruition, it would be a boxing match. The Irishman knows he’d enter the fight as a massive underdog but that has given him immense motivation for the fight. “The sound of laughter and the sound of doubt ...

Jason Gonzalez Leaves J.c. Cottrell With Regret After First-round D'arce Choke

... 0-2 UFC) with a well-timed uppercut early in the first, Gonzalez (11-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC) reversed Cottrell’s attempts to turn the fight into a grappling match and nabbed a D’Arce choke to force the submission at the 3:54 mark of Round 1. The lightweight bout opened up the preliminary card of today’s UFC on FOX 23 event at Pepsi Center in Denver. It streamed on UFC Fight Pass ahead of additional prelims on FS 1 and a main card on FOX. UFC on FOX 23 play-by-play and live results. Gonzalez got off to a quick start in this fight thanks to his kicking game, which he put on display early. After cracking Cottrell to the body and head, he deftly avoided a Cottrell attack and countered with a sharp uppercut that sent Cottrell reeling backward. Cottrell managed to halt the onslaught with a takedown, then spent the next few minutes attacking from top position as Gonzalez worked to defend. But after Gonzalez scrambled up from bottom near the final minute of the fight, he ...

Ufc Champ Joanna Jedrzejczyk Denies Rumors Of Michelle Waterson Fight, Says 'karate Hottie' Not Next

... because I was super busy for the last three days and I saw the information. I even called (UFC matchmaker) Sean (Shelby) last night and I was like, ‘What’s going on?’ But no, I’m not going to fight Michelle Waterson yet, not on (211).”. Jedrzejczyk, No. 1 in the latest USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA women’s strawweight rankings , is coming off her fourth consecutive successful title defense. She defeated her countrymate, Karolina Kowalkiewicz, by unanimous decision at UFC 205 in November, extending her undefeated record to 13-0. Waterson, meanwhile, made waves in her most recent octagon appearance when she returned from a more than 17-month layoff to quickly submit Paige Van Zant in the UFC on FOX 22 headliner in December. Although “The Karate Hottie” is a former Invicta FC atomweight champion and is unbeaten in two UFC appearances, Jedrzejczyk doesn’t think she’s the top contender in the weight class. Who Jedrzejczyk could fight instead is unknown, but the champion claims it’s unlikely to be Waterson. “I’m still waiting for the date and the name of my opponent,” Jedrzejczyk said. ...

Mcgregor Can Grow Ufc Even More

... mark his farewell to the sport by taking on Mexican Henry Briones. The 38-year-old has become a key figure in British MMA and is one of the pioneers of the sport alongside the likes of UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping. Many have likened Irishman Mc Gregor's impact to that of retired boxer Floyd Mayweather, and Pickett thinks his sport will only benefit from the Dubliner's exploits in and outside the cage. He said: "It's not what he can do; it's what he's done for the sport. He's helped the sport grow massively over the past two years and there's only a few characters out there who have attracted an audience outside of its initial fan base, and Conor Mc Gregor has managed to do that. "I think he's great for the sport. So as long he's still around and still fighting, then he will help the sport grow even more.". Pickett believes mixed martial arts (MMA) has overtaken boxing as the world's premier combat sport. He added: "To be honest, I think MMA is the No. 1 combat sport in the world and has surpassed boxing. "It's more of a spectator's sport. The thing that goes wrong in boxing is the best ...