The former Olympic wrestler and MMA champion returns to competition Saturday in Milwaukee, on his 42nd birthday, thirteen months after a double lung transplant and a hospital stay that included, by his own count, four moments when his heart stopped.
MMATwelve fights, two former UFC champions in the main event, one top-ten middleweight fixture in the co-main, two missed weights on Friday morning, and one Sean Strickland at home taking notes.
MMAThe former two-division champion argued that a missed point deduction at UFC Baku cost his countryman a roster spot, called on other fighters to speak up on officiating, and pointed the criticism at the referee rather than the promotion.
MMABogdan Guskov jumps from UFC Belgrade to a five-round main event on 12 days’ notice, with Blachowicz left waiting on a new opponent and Ankalaev getting back in the cage for the first time since October.
MMAFourteen fights, one main-event injury, one 52-second submission that reshaped the lightweight queue, one Olympic gold medalist who delivered on a betting price no fighter had ever carried, and one Australian former champion who walked into a new weight class and left with a stoppage. Saturday told us more about the sport than the poster suggested.
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