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Ricky Glenn appears to have reached a crossroads in his mixed martial arts career. Advertisement The Marshalltown, Iowa, native has lost consecutive bouts for the first time in his professional tenure, falling to Drew Dober and Christos Giagos via KO/TKO in his last two UFC appearances. Those defeats were also the first two knockout losses …

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The budding rivalry between Dricus Du Plessis and Israel Adesanya reached a boiling point following the South African’s triumph over Robert Whittaker at UFC 290 last summer. Advertisement In that moment, tensions flared when Adesanya entered the Octagon to confront Du Plessis, setting the stage for a future title bout between the two middleweights. Du …

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Eric Nicksick shares the story of how a thoughtful gesture from Francis Ngannou brought one of his coaches to tears @MMAFighting #UFC #MMA pic.twitter.com/9UR5dzj31g — Championship Rounds (@ChampRDS) August 10, 2024 Advertisement Xtreme Couture head coach Eric Nicksick recently revealed how a gesture from Francis Ngannou moved one of his other coaches to tears. Nicksick …

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Jose Mariscal was so embarrassed by missing weight for his clash against Damon Jackson on Saturday that he almost pulled out of the fight. Advertisement UFC on ESPN 61 allowed only one hour for fighters to weigh in instead of the usual two. Mariscal, who weighed in at 3.5 pounds over the featherweight limit, was …

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Dricus Du Plessis credits coach Morne Visser for the tip which helped him finish Robert Whittaker to earn a UFC middleweight title shot. Advertisement “Stillknocks” scored a second-round stoppage of Whittaker in their title eliminator matchup at UFC 290 in July 2023. The South African revealed that it was his coach’s plan to fight southpaw …

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Impa Kasanganay won’t dwell on his initial meeting with Joshua Silveira going into their upcoming clash next weekend. Advertisement Kasanganay and Silveira will headline PFL 8 in a light heavyweight semifinal matchup on Aug. 16 at the Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, Florida. The two previously met at last season’s final in November 2023, when …

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Israel Adesanya has benefitted from a much-needed recharge since his upset loss to Sean Strickland at UFC 293 last September. Advertisement “I’ve definitely evolved,” Adesanya told TMZ Sports. “And just taking my time to heal myself: mind, body and spirit. Patience has been my friend throughout this whole thing. I’m a very patient man, so …

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Alexander Volkanovski is expecting a return to form for Israel Adesanya at UFC 305. Advertisement “The Last Stylebender” will return to action on Saturday for the first time since relinquishing the middleweight strap to Sean Strickland in the UFC 293 headliner last September. It was perplexing effort from Adesanya, who was building a resume at …

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“The guy needs to be Joe Biden’d, he’s too old” Tom Aspinall says Stipe Miocic should pull out of his fight with Jon Jones Advertisement Watch Tom Aspinall’s Fight Lab: #UFC305 edition, with @AspinallMMA, @ugomonye & @AdamCatterall on TNT Sports 1 and discovery+ on Sunday at 5:30PM pic.twitter.com/OA99wzZWMw — UFC on TNT Sports (@ufcontnt) August …

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