Like the saying goes; “right place, right time”. And that’s exactly where Bobby Green finds himself right now. After an undisclosed injury, Bobby Green replaces Dariush against the red hot Islam Makhachev. The fight originally with Beneil Dariush was thought of as one final push for the Dagestani to be thrown into legit title chatter. […]
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UFC 271: Toyota Center, Houston: Winning “ugly” is still a win, and sometimes that’s what’s called for. Is it egregious to say that Robert Whittaker regained the UFC Middleweight strap? No; but it’s big a stretch. It was close at times, but not that close. But with the unanimous decision win, Israel Adesanya‘s lapping the […]
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Alexandra Palace, London: Talk about a “home field” decision. While it’s not as bad as a “black eye” as boxing has seen, the 115-113 (2x), 113-115 scorecards raise eyebrows. It wasn’t a fight that Daniel Jacobs needed, the Brooklynite is a fight anyone, anywhere type. So he flew around the planet to face John Ryder […]
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Michelob Ultra Arena, Mandalay Bay; Vegas: For more than 900-days, the one-time welterweight champion, Keith Thurman has dealt with injuries and surgeries. Well; he had himself an impressive return against the stepping up Mario Barrios. Minus any noticeable ring-rust in a white-wash unanimous decision 117-111, 118-110 2x. So is Thurman for real or was this […]
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UFC Vegas 47: UFC Apex, Las Vegas: For five-rounds Sean Strickland did somethings really well. His takedown defense was on point, stuffing eight attempts from Jack Hermansson. “Tarzan” had his left jab working solidly as well. He paced himself almost to the point of being too measured. At least until the last few seconds of […]
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In the almost words of Bruce Buffer, “it’s almost time”. Time for The “Notorious” One to return to the octagon. Recovered from his broken leg, rehabbed, Conor McGregor has been posting how “swole” he looks recently. Now the question is, who gets Conor next. Silverback ? @TheNotoriousMMA pic.twitter.com/etNguhm2a9 — McGregor Sports (@McGregor_ent) February 1, 2022 […]
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With what’s hopefully the last blast of winter, and the Beijing games about to start; it’s time to think about warmer times ahead. And with that, the thought of what’s the best Olympic Boxing Team put together. Yes; there are a plethora of all-time greats that got put onto the map in the Games. However; […]
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Bellator 273: Footprint Center, Phoenix: After saying this week he was done with light heavyweight, the former double-champ Ryan Bader returned to defend his heavyweight strap. And after a grueling five-round affair with Valentin Moldavsky; Bader rights the ship. Although he himself knows his “war” with TeamFedor is far from over. After taking all three-scorecards […]
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It’s not odd for fighters to sometimes call in some extra support to prep for a fight. But with a strap on the line at UFC 274, the title fighters get help from some pretty big sources. To get acclimated to time, weather, and to avoid any possible travel restrictions Jiri Prochazka has decided to […]
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Contracts, contracts, contracts. If it wasn’t for those pesky things you’d have to wonder how many fighters would actually fight those they said they wanted to. Spence – Crawford turned boxing fans into wack-a-moles, now lightweight issues have come into existence. After George Kambosos ripped the titles from Teofimo Lopez, it was expected he’d look […]
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We might not yet have Spence-Crawford, or Fury-Usyk; but boxing fans do have a fight that real fans of the sport have called for for quite some time. A mega women’s fight official as Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano not only clash on April 30th at Madison Square Garden, but the ladies headline the night. […]
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There’s lots of places where being a fly on the wall might be fun. In a UFC management meeting as they discuss the heavyweights just jumped onto that list. The UFC’s heavy mess is no one’s fault; except their own. Whether or not cooler heads prevail now, they will have a few less shekels in […]
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If it was the WBC, they’d just throw a “new madeup secondary, third, or fourth title” around someone’s waist. But the IBF has put the ball now in the fighter’s courts. But who jumps at offer first? Make no mistake though, they’d like to just put a belt on Filip Hrgovic. But they’re having problems […]
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UFC 270: Honda Center, Anaheim California: Was the fight between Francis Ngannou and Ciryl Gane what people expected? Not necessarily. You could probably count on one hand, and have three-fingers left, the number of people that thought wrestling would be the difference. Especially from “The Predator”. And it ending in a unanimous decision in his […]
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