UFC Fight Night 133 performance bonus and highlights
Raoni Barcelos, Kurt Holobaugh, Niko Price, and Chad Mendes won $50,000 performance bonuses at UFC Fight Night 133, on Saturday, July 14, 2018 at CenturyLink Arena in Boise, Idaho.
Carmouche fought through sickness to get to the fight
Liz Carmouche: “My 2-year-old was really sick leading up to this. I was like, all right, I’ve been able to not get it. My wife, she was sick. I’m like, OK, they both got sick. I was fine. Then the last week it finally got me.”
Study on health issues caused by weight cutting in MMA
“These data support publicised reports of the harmful (and potentially fatal) effects of extreme weight cutting in MMA athletes and represent a call for action to governing bodies to safeguard the welfare of MMA athletes.”
New contract looms as Rountree crushes Saki but makes less than half as much
Bad news was Khalil Rountree’s purse was $38,000 in winning, while Gokhan Saki earned $85,000 in losing; good news maybe is the UFC will likely start negotiation on a new contract shortly.
Complete UFC Fight Night 133 results
UFC Fight Night 133 took place Saturday, July 14th from the CenturyLink Arena in Boise, Idaho. The event was headlined by a heavyweight bout between former champion and rising prospect Blagoy Ivanov.
Complete Bellator 203 results
Bellator 203 took place Saturday, July 14th from the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy. The event, which aired on tape delay in the United States on Paramount, was headlined by a featherweight title bout between Patricio Freire and Daniel Weichel.
UFC 133 odds
Odds for UFC Fight Night 133, also known as UFC Fight Night: dos Santos vs. Ivanov, also known as UFC Boise range from -275 to dead even.
Shogun: I deserve a shot at DC after beating Smith
‘Shogun’ Rua: ”I think Cormier is a great athlete, a complete fighter. Winning this fight I absolutely deserve this chance because of my history and my career in MMA.”
Complete Bellator 202 results
Bellator 202 takes place Friday, July 13th from the WinStar World Casino and Resort in| Thackerville, Oklahoma. The event is headlined by a women’s featherweight title fight beween Julia Budd and Talita Nogueira and air exclusively on the Paramount Network.
USA vs. Netherlands – No Boundary Fights
This article by Sean Gannon thanks some of the many people that worked so hard to make legal Muay Thai a reality in Massachusetts.
All fighters make weight for UFC Fight Night 133
The early, official UFC Fight Night 133 fighter weigh-ins stream at 11:00 a.m. ET, from the UFC host hotel, courtesy of MMAjunkie.
Bellator 202 weigh-ins results and highlights
Bellator 202: Budd vs. Nogueira will take place on Friday, July 13, 2018, at the WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma; in the main event, featherweight champion Julia Budd will make her second title defense, vs. Talita Nogueira.
JDS: What did I learn from USADA suspension? Nothing
Junior Dos Santos: “They asked me, ‘What have you learned from that?’ Nothing. I was doing everything right. I was doing everything the best I could.”
JDS ‘almost certain’ Brock won’t be clean
JDS: “He adds nothing to the sport. He’s a guy that cheats. The only benefit he brings is that people really like watching him, that big guy.”
Mendes: What I pulled from my 2-year suspension
Chad Mendes: “If I could pull anything from this, is just really pay attention to what I’m putting on my body, putting in my body. It’s tough. As fighters, I’ve done it a lot, just take a supplement without reading everything on the back.”
Attorney notes ‘Precipitous decline’ in union cards following Smith release
Lucas Middlebrook: “There was no other choice but for Leslie to file this charge, in order to show the rest of the fighters what they did is illegal.”
Marcel Adur aims to fight for Brave’s inaugural flyweight title
Marcel Adur: “All I care about is fighting for that inaugural championship whenever Brave decides to release it for us. I know that this weight class is focused by the promotion to grow in the coming days.”
Cast of TUF 28: Heavy Hitters revealed
The 28th season of The Ultimate Fighter will be coached by UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker vs. top contender Kelvin Gastelum; it will feature male heavyweights and at last, women’s featherweights.
Cormier: I felt faster without brutal weight cut
Daniel Cormier: “I felt faster at heavyweight, and then just not having to do that weight cut, it makes such a big deal, man. That weight cut can really, really — it can really brutalize you.”
ONE star aided rescue of Thai children trapped in cave
Pongsiri Mitsatit: “When we are given the ability to help others who are in dire need, we must do everything we can. It doesn’t matter whether we are rich or poor, we do what we can.”
