New champ Miesha Tate took a trip down to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department to pay a visit to the officer that was on stage during her weigh-in for UFC 196. The officer had a wandering eye so the champ decided to get some payback. Tate made the officer re-enact the incident out in public.
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Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones is in the news again and once again it comes on the heels of a run-in with the Albuquerque Police Department. Last week Jones driving a white Corvette was stopped by Albuquerque police and cited for drag racing having a modified exhaust having an illegible license plate being unable to maintain a traffic lane and exhibition driving. The stop was recorded by police via bodycam.
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Jon Jones was arrested on Tuesday after receiving five tickets -- including one for drag racing -- on Monday.
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UFC star Jon 'Bones' Jones was recently pulled over in Albuquerque, NM and subsequently given a number of tickets for drag racing, among other infractions. Albuquerque police released bodycam footage from the incident, in which Jones is seen -- at times -- cursing at the officer. "You are an absolute f---ing liar," Jones is heard and seen saying after the officer tells him he had seen Jones racing with a Cadillac. "You're f---ing with me for no reason." "You're f---ing picking this Corvette out for no reason and blaming me for s--- I didn't even do," Jones says to the officer." Jones will appear in court on April 5, and has said he will fight the citations.
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TMZ recently caught up with UFC fighter and current 'Dancing With The Stars' contestant Paige VanZant, and asked her whether or not she would ever move up in weight to fight the one and only Ronda Rousey. Unfortunately, VanZant said she wouldn't. But her decision makes plenty of sense considering Rousey has 20 pounds on her and way more experience in the ring.
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Conor McGregor wants Nate Diaz to enjoy the moment while it lasts.
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While the state of New York finally approved the legalization of the MMA after a 19-year ban a group of lawmakers spent their entire Tuesday debating the issue. According to WNYT reporter Dan Levy some assemblymen liked the idea of legalizing the sport while others hated it! Listen to some of the detractors comparisons of MMA.
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Stephen A. Smith and Skip Bayless have verbal sparring showdowns on their ESPN show 'First Take' almost every day, so it was only right that EA Sports made a 'UFC 2' simulation of the two going at it in the Octagon. Whoever came up with this idea is nothing short of a genius.
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News broke last week that the UFC was in talks with featherweight champion Conor McGregor and No. 5 ranked lightweight Nate Diaz to face off in the main event of UFC 200. The fight would be a rematch of their UFC 196 bout which Diaz won via second-round submission. Like that fight this one would also be contested at the welterweight limit of 170 pounds. Not surprisingly some fighters are unhappy about the rematch.
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If you’re wondering what’s next for UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor it doesn’t seem like it will be a featherweight title fight. According to MMAfighting the UFC is working on lining up a McGregor versus Nate Diaz welterweight rematch for the main event of UFC 200 in July.
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We know UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor loves to talk trash before and even during his fights. So when McGregor went in on Nate Diaz during the lead up to their fight at UFC 196 no one was surprised. McGregor’s attempt to clown Diaz for teaching kid’s jiu-jitsu classes fell flat for many especially former UFC welterweight champion and Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt Matt Serra.
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