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Why Team Adesanya would prefer Stipe over 'someone like' Jon Jones
Adesanya’s head trainer, Eugene Bareman: “I believe me and Israel are in a certain place where we don’t have to give a person of Jon’s nature the opportunity that Israel can bestow upon him. That’s why I suggested, and this isn’t set in stone or anything, but if we were going to do a super fight we would much rather do it against Stipe. A good dude, a nice guy. A stand up guy. Let’s do it against him, let’s not give someone like Jon Jones an opportunity. That’s just how my team operates.” h/t MMA Mania • Watch The Ariel Helwani Show (3:39:43)
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Joanna Jedrzejczyk reports foot is not broken
“It’s good news. Both feet are very swollen but it’s good. I’m happy it’s not broken. I don’t need surgery. I will be back faster so I can fight faster. ... I was really surprised. All the exams they did before when they touched the foot, they said 'oh it’s broken, it’s fractured' but in the end when after I was at the ER yesterday morning, they came and told me that it was not broken. I was like really? We were all really surprised. But it was good news. It was a good message. I need to rest, get better and I can be back to training sooner than later. ... After the fourth round, I decided to not kick anymore but in the fifth I did. I’m a warrior. I was like if it’s broken, what worse can happen? It’s going to be broken in three or four pieces, they’re going to put it back together in one piece. ... I wouldn’t have signed this agreement for the fight with Michelle Waterson if my next fight wasn’t going to be for the belt. My next is going to be for the belt. If they make me wait, I will wait." h/t MMA Fighting
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Aspen Ladd to appeal 16-second loss to GDR
#2 ranked women's bantamweight Germaine de Randamie dropped #4 ranked Aspen Ladd in the main event of UFC on ESPN+ 13 on 7/13 in Sacramento, CA, and referee Herb Dean stopped it in just 16 seconds. That tied GDR with Ronda Rousey for fastest T/KO in division history, moved her to 3rd place for most stoppages in division history (3), and earned a title shot vs. champ champ Amanda Nunes at UFC 245 on 12/14. Ladd appealed the decision, seeking to have it changed to a No Contest; the first available hearing is tomorrow. Ordinarily, an official's decision can be overturned only in the case of collusion, a math error in scoring, or an official's lack of knowledge. "I think he stopped it too soon" does not rise to that level, even remotely; Dean's job is in no small part to protect fighters from their gallant selves. h/t ESPN
Rumble aims to drop to 205, fight Jon Jones
Anthony Johnson fought at 170, 185, 205, heavyweight, 205, and then retired 2.5 years ago, and got HUGE. Now he wants to return to 205, if ... “I’m gonna wait until ... when I lose about 10 more pounds, 235. I wanna see how my body feels and then if it feels good, then I’m going to probably make 205. ... We’ll make it happen if I get low enough. We’ll fight at 205. That’s a fight I wanted. I think Jon wanted that fight too, before everything happened. That situation, which, it’s over with, it’s in the past. When we see each other there’s no animosity between each other. We show each other love, you know what I mean? But that was a fight, that’s why I went up to 205. That’s the guy I want and then you know, when I get my heart broken, I have to fight DC, it’s not as motivating. The fire wasn’t in me to fight DC but I fought him, kind of fought him, you know what I’m saying, but it wasn’t the same drive.” h/t MMA Fighting • Watch Below the Belt (0:56)
Cain Velasquez describes Dana White's reaction to move to WWE
“We ended up talking on the phone. He just supported me 100 percent. It was just a good, respectful talk that we had. He thanked me for everything that I did. I thanked him and the company for everything that they did. He just gave me his full blessing. He said, ‘This is awesome, what you’re doing. Go ahead, you have my full consent to go ahead and do what you want to do.'” h/t MMA Junkie
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