NSAC head explains why UFC had to co-promote MayMac
“The UFC is a co-promoter, because they’ll be paying Conor. … Otherwise it would have been a conflict of interest — an opponent paying the other opponent.”
MayMac Embedded, Episode 2: IMPOSSIBLE for me to lose
On Episode 2 of Mayweather vs. McGregor Embedded the hard work is done and the hard waiting begins.
Anthony Joshua: I’d do MMA, would probably lose
Anthony Joshua: “I like fighting, I’d do whatever. I’d probably get beaten. The only thing that they can’t do is submissions, but they can kick, elbow, whatever they want.”
Joe Cortez: McGregor learned boxing rules well
Joe Cortez: “The boxing fans will say, Mayweather should win, but you know what I say? Anyone who has a punch, has a puncher’s chance.”
Former McGregor sparring partner has theory on why Money wins
Chris Van Heerden: “We’ve seen over and over and over it doesn’t take much for these MMA fighters, once they get tagged on the jaw, to go down.”
Matt Hughes back on the mats
Matt Hughes friend Tony Zucca: “I leave for only five days and come back to his ass wanting (and able) to roll! Unbelievable!”
Trunks from McGregor’s first loss on EBay
“I just found them in my closet, and somehow I figured out that those were the trunks that I defeated McGregor in.”
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MMA enthusiast fights Powerlifter on street, kills him
You’ve seen so many videos like it – two guys square off, some martial arts technique is used, and someone ends up prone on the ground. It looks cool.
MayMac Embedded, Episode 1: Conor’s got a gun
On Episode 1 of Mayweather vs. McGregor Embedded, Las Vegas’s two biggest names gear up for their monumental showdown.
Edmonton mayor seeks new approach to combat sports regulation
Don Iveson: “I think we may need to look to local government for answers rather than asking the province to solve this problem for us.”
Stann leaves UFC for business opportunity with increased family time
“My new role as a COO will be very difficult but still afford me my weekends with my wife and three children.”
Cruz: How McGregor could win
Dominick Cruz: “Just put one little hand on you and just wing as hard as you can a three-punch combination if I’m Conor McGregor.”
McGregor: Mayweather will need Bruce Lee to beat me
Conor McGregor: He’d need to re-incarnate Bruce Lee, and that’s the only person he could bring in that that could mimic me, of what way I’m coming at him.”
McGregor: Boxing Pacquiao ‘wouldn’t be bad’
Conor McGregor: “Pacquiao wouldn’t be a bad one because he has a name.”
Zahabi using bitcoin, Net to get around bizarre Quebec grappling ban
Firas Zahabi: “I’m not allowed to hold events and give out prize money, but we are allowed to film and upload ourselves fighting online.”
GSP: I’m training to break or KO Bisping
GSP: “I’m gonna be more there to hurt guys and to go for the finish. To submit, to break. To go for the break. To go for the knockout or go for the break if I have a submission.”
Report of alleged fight fixing in China
The allegation is that Chinese fighters easily dispatching foreign challengers puts asses in seats, so the promotion is orchestrating works.
JDS rep: Test result too low to have diuretic effect
“We now have the official copy of Junior’s August 10 urine test. The level of hydrochlorothiazide listed on his USADA result was ‘low.'”
Bellator’s Njokuani: I wouldn’t want my kids to fight
Chidi Njokuani: “If I were to have a kid, if they were trying to get into fighting, I’d encourage them not to.”
