A fight that many looked at as possibly the biggest MMA fight of 2016 looks like it is going to have to wait. According to multiple reports including MMAFighting Rafael dos Anjos has been forced to withdraw from his UFC 196 main event bout against Conor McGregor due to injury. The injury being reported is a broken foot.
If you tuned into Saturday’s Anderson Silva–Michael Bisping matchup at UFC Fight Night 84 in London as the scores were being read you would have been excused if you thought Silva was the clear-cut winner. Bisping’s face was a mask of blood. There were open cuts above and below Bisping’s right eye and a third gash on the bridge of his nose. He looked bad. However when the scores were read Bisping was declared the victor by unanimous decision winning the fight three rounds to two.
There comes a time when every athlete has to walk away. For MMA great Anderson Silva, that time has arrived.
Nate Diaz went on a wild outburst during a press conference for his upcoming bout with Conor McGregor at UFC 196 on March 5. The two fighters spent the better part of the 25-minute press conference bantering back and forth and the only time things took a somewhat ugly turn was when Diaz said all fighters are on steroids. McGregor took great exception to that.
UFC president Dana White announced on Tuesday night that Nate Diaz would replace Rafael dos Anjos at UFC 196. Find out why he made the wrong decision.
On the cusp of a likely third and final match against 135-pound champion Dominick Cruz, Urijah Faber was called a "dinosaur" by former pupil T.J. Dillashaw.
With yet another champ pulling out of a clash against Conor McGregor, it's time for the UFC to call on a guy who is guaranteed to show up: Nate Diaz.
The third fight between Ken Shamrock and Royce Gracie really didn’t clear anything up. The first time these two met was in the earliest days of MMA at UFC 1. In that fight Gracie forced Shamrock to submit to a rear-naked-choke less than one minute into the fight. In the rematch at UFC 5 the two fought to a draw after 36 minutes. The results of those two fights which took place more than 20 years ago have never sat well with Shamrock and that’s why he always pined for a third fight against Gracie. After Friday night it’s safe to suspect Shamrock will want a fourth fight.
Friday night’s showdown between Kimbo Slice and Dada 5000 at Bellator 149 might have been the most hilarious fight of all time. What was supposed to be an amazing fight (basically a pick’em going in) many are already calling the worst ever. Just to sum things up this is how most of the fight went: