Nevertheless, it's a justifiable decision to make and has great commercial appeal. I use the word "tournament" loosely here, because the UFC doesn't do "tournaments. Poirier as a non-title fight, and book Tony Ferguson vs. Michael Chandler as a non-title fight, with the understanding that the two winners will face off for the title.
Poirier fight for a title, and calling Ferguson vs. Chandler a No. It's more or less the same, right? But this would be a different way to promote basically the same thing, depending on what narrative the UFC wants to create. I don't find this one likely, since McGregor and the UFC have already more or less committed to the Poirier matchup although, contracts have not been signed -- but it is worth mentioning.
Earlier this year, McGregor badly wanted to fight Gaethje. And on Saturday, Gaethje said he's ready to jump right back into camp and fight in the near future. And despite Gaethje's loss to Nurmagomedov on Saturday, no one is saying he's not as good as advertised. He then defended the belt in two of the greatest title matches in UFC history, stopping Rory MacDonald in the final round and winning a split decision over Carlos Condit.
Former Division I All-American wrestler Tyron Woodley became just the second man to stop Robbie Lawler with strikes, knocking out the champion and winning the belt at just of the first round on July 30, at UFC He then fought Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson to a majority draw in an epic fight at MSG at UFC , won the rematch via majority decision and then stuffed every takedown attempt by Demian Maia en route to a unanimous decision victory.
Usman controlled Woodley on top and with body shots, and the judges scored the bout, , , Mark La Monica is the deputy sports editor for cross-media at Newsday. He also covers mixed martial arts. Real Estate Technology Cars Columns. By Mark La Monica mark. Print Share fb Share Tweet Email. Francis Ngannou has one of the most remarkable journeys to the UFC. Growing up in Cameroon, he faced an incredible amount of adversity before getting to the UFC.
He worked in sand mines, had multiple failed escapes to Europe, and did not start training in MMA until he was 25 years old. Now, he is the heavyweight champion of the world. His power was and is widely known to be his most useful weapon, but in this fight he showed more. He put his takedown defense and kickboxing on display in a world-class performance.
Gane showed the world that he is ready for the big stage, putting on an incredible performance against Lewis. Gane and Ngannou are now set to face off for the undisputed UFC heavyweight championship. Coming into the fight with a five-fight win streak and being 42 years of age, Teixeira understood that this was most likely his final chance at UFC gold. And the man delivered. Teixeira delivered an incredible performance, proving again that his durability and crafty skill set could be a difficult matchup against even the best in the world.
The win is considered to be one of the more inspirational wins in UFC history. His striking seems almost immediately adaptable to almost any opponent he has faced including the likes of Anderson Silva. He made his promotional debut with the UFC in and by he was the interim champ, and finally the undisputed champ when he beat Robert Whittaker at UFC Adesanya defended his belt for the third time when he was challenged by Marvin Vettori.
Now, Adesanay is almost guaranteed to face Whittaker in a rematch in the early part of The year-old has either knocked out his opponents or ground out a victory and won by decision. His only loss was early in his MMA career in in his second pro-fight.
Since he has proven to be one of the most well-rounded welterweights since the days of Georges St-Pierre. For his fifth title defense, Usman rematched against Colby Covington.
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