Wonderboy beats Hands of Steel easily. Threw 231 strikes with 140 significant strikes.

Give Stephen another shot. He beat Tyrone Woodley for the welterweight belt n that first fight the judges said was a draw

McGregor finally brushes off the dust. Not sure why it took so long

MAIN CARD

• Dustin Poirier vs. Conor McGregor
• Dan Hooker vs. Michael Chandler
• Jessica Eye vs. Joanne Calderwood
• Matt Frevola vs. Ottman Azaitar
• Marina Rodriguez vs. Amanda Ribas

UNDERCARD

• Arman Tsarukyan vs. Nasrat Haqparast
• Brad Tavares vs. Antonio Carlos Junior
• Sara McMann vs. Julianna Pena
• Khalil Rountree vs. Marcin Prachnio
• Andrew Sanchez vs. Andre Muniz
• Nik Lentz vs. Movsar Evloev
• Amir Albazi vs. Zhalgas Zhumagulov
• Makhmud Muradov vs. Andrew Sanchez

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McGregor finally brushes off the dust. Not sure why it took so long

MAIN CARD

• Dustin Poirier vs. Conor McGregor

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Conor McGregor went into last year with the desire to fight at least three times before the calendar turned to 2021. Now, the former UFC double champion has even more ambitious goals: seven fights in the next 18 months, he said Thursday on Stephen A's World.

UFC 257: Poirier vs. McGregor 2
Saturday, Jan. 23, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Main card: 10 p.m. ET on ESPN+ PPV
Prelims: 8 p.m. ET on ESPN/ESPN+
Early prelims: 7 p.m. ET on ESPN/ESPN+

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UFC 257: Poirier vs. McGregor 2
Saturday, Jan. 23, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Main card: 10 p.m. ET on ESPN+ PPV
Prelims: 8 p.m. ET on ESPN/ESPN+
Early prelims: 7 p.m. ET on ESPN/ESPN+

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McGregor gets his arse kicked! I love it!

Strikers always leave that forward leg exposed. And Poirier played it perfectly, calf, knee, knee, calf... beautiful

UFC 258 tonight

Kamaru Usman vs. Gilbert Burns TITLE FIGHT

Maycee Barber vs. Alexa Grasso

Kelvin Gastelum vs. Ian Heinisch

Maki Pitolo vs. Julian Marquez

Ricky Simon vs. Brian Kelleher

UNDERCARD

• Rodolfo Vieira vs. Anthony Hernandez
• Belal Muhammad vs. Dhiego Lima
• Polyana Viana vs. Mallory Martin
• Andre Ewell vs. Chris Gutierrez
• Gabriel Green vs. Philip Rowe
• Gillian Robertson vs. Miranda Maverick

Wonderboy was going to fight Burns a few months ago but it got called off due to Burn injury, hopefully they give Steven another title shot against tonight winner. He got screwed in that title draw against Tyrone Woodley

Great fight night, 3 championships.

MAIN CARD

• Israel Adesanya vs. Jan Blachowicz TITLE FIGHT
• Amanda Nunes vs. Megan Anderson TITLE FIGHT
• Petr Yan vs. Aljamain Sterling TITLE FIGHT
• Islam Makhachev vs. Drew Dober
• Thiago Santos vs. Aleksandar Rakic

UNDERCARD

• Dominick Cruz vs. Casey Kenney
• Song Yadong vs. Kyler Phillips
• Joseph Benavidez vs. Askar Askarov
• Livinha Souza vs. Amanda Lemos
• Sean Brady vs. Jake Matthews
• Tim Elliott vs. Jordan Espinosa
• Kai Kara France vs. Rogerio Bontorin
• Carlos Ulberg vs. Kennedy Nzechukwu
• Uros Medic vs. Aalon Cruz
• Trevin Jones vs. Mario Bautista

hard to believe this guy is in the guy fighting tonight in 205 lb class... either way. Israel's last fight

Israel at weighin - brought a pizza with him

Never seen in pro MMA history, Aljamin Sterling wins the UFC title as Petr Yan was disqualified for a knee kick to the head while Sterling's knee was on the ground... Jan had destroyed Sterling for 3 of the 4 rounds to that point and Sterling was about to go down

LEON EDWARDSVS.BELAL MUHAMMAD

Misha Cirkunov vs. Ryan Spann

Dan Ige vs. Gavin Tucker

Davey Grant vs. Jonathan Martinez

Manel Kape vs. Matheus Nicolau

Eryk Anders vs. Darren Stewart


Preliminary Card
ESPN+, 5 p.m. ET
Angela Hill vs. Ashley Yoder

Charles Jourdain vs. Marcelo Rojo

Ray Rodriguez vs. Rani Yahya

Rafa Garcia vs. Nasrat Haqparast

J.J. Aldrich vs. Cortney Casey

Jinh Yu Frey def. Gloria de Paula
unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) - Round 3, 5:00
Matthew Semelsberger def. Jason Witt
knockout (punch) - Round 1, 0:16

Saturdays UFC Fight Night

DEREK BRUNSON (186) VS. KEVIN HOLLAND (183)

GREGOR GILLESPIE (155.5) VS. BRAD RIDDELL (155.5)

MONTSERRAT RUIZ (115) VS. CHEYANNE BUYS (116)

GUSTAVO LOPEZ (136) VS. ADRIAN YANEZ (135)

MAX GRIFFIN (170.5) VS. KENAN SONG (171)

TAI TUIVASA (264.5) VS. HARRY HUNSUCKER (249)

MARION RENEAU (136) VS. MACY CHIASSON (136)

LEONARDO SANTOS (155.5) VS. GRANT DAWSON (156)

TREVIN GILES (185.5) VS. ROMAN DOLIDZE (185)

MONTEL JACKSON (136) VS. JESSE STRADER (137.5: MISSED WEIGHT)

J.P. BUYS (126) VS. BRUNO SILVA (126)

Huge fight tonight, Miocic vs Ngannou, #2. Stipe whupped him in the first fight but he will be giving up about 30 lbs tonight. Ngannou swings from the upper rafters. I would not want to see one of those fists coming at my head

This is for the UFC Heavyweight belt

A pivotal welterweight showdown pitting Gilbert Burns against Stephen Thompson is on tap for UFC 264.

Stephen is a friend. Great guy.

• ROBERT WHITTAKER (185.5) VS. KELVIN GASTELUM (185)
• JEREMY STEPHENS (156) VS. DRAKKAR KLOSE (156)
• ANDREI ARLOVSKI (250.5) VS. CHASE SHERMAN (251)
• ABDUL RAZAK ALHASSAN (185.5) VS. JACOB MALKOUN (185.5)
• LUIS PENA (155) VS. ALEX MUNOZ (155.5)
• TRACY CORTEZ (126.5: MISSED WEIGHT) VS. JUSTINE KISH (125.5)
• ALEXANDER ROMANOV (264) VS. JUAN ESPINO (257)
• JESSICA PENNE (116) VS. LUPITA GODINEZ (116)
• GERALD MEERSCHAERT (185.5) VS. BARTOSZ FABINSKI (184.5)
• DAKOTA BUSH (155.5) VS. AUSTIN HUBBARD (156)
• TONY GRAVELY (135.5) VS. ANTHONY BIRCHAK (135.5)

3 title fights tonight!

MAIN CARD

• Kamaru Usman vs. Jorge Masvidal TITLE FIGHT
• Zhang Weili vs. Rose Namajunas TITLE FIGHT
• Valentina Shevchenko vs. Jessica Andrade TITLE FIGHT
• Uriah Hall vs. Chris Weidman
• Anthony Smith vs. Jim Crute

UNDERCARD

• Alex Oliveira vs. Randy Brown
• Dwight Grant vs. Stefan Sekulic
• Karl Roberson vs. Brendan Allen
• Pat Sabatini vs. Tristan Connelly
• Danaa Batgerel vs. Kevin Natividad
• Kazula Vargas vs. Zhu Rong
• Qileng Aori vs. Jeffrey Molina
• Na Liang vs. Ariane Carnelossi

omg, that was nasty. Chris Weidman demolished his leg on his first kick. Snapped it like a twig against Uriah Hall.

Chris is a great guy. Came down to Dallas many times to the Machados as they are brothers in laws. Wonderboy was in his corener tonight I think

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omg, that was nasty. Chris Weidman demolished his leg on his first kick. Snapped it like a twig against Uriah Hall.

Chris is a great guy. Came down to Dallas many times to the Machados as they are brothers in laws. Wonderboy was in his corener tonight I think

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I'm curious as to what anyone's opinion is on catch wrestling? I don't know a whole lot about it. The only 2 guys I can think of that I know used it to success in recent years are Sakuraba and Josh Barnett. Both of them were trained by Billy Robinson.

Is it just not as effective as other ways of fighting on the ground? Is it not practiced as much because it's not as popular as other forms of fighting? Could it be more effective if trained more heaviIy. I would assume their are probably a lot more well practiced jiu jitsu teachers than well practiced catch wrestling teachers in todays age.

Catch wrestling was formed mainly for show. Traveling carnivals used it and it became what we know see on TV as professional wrestling. A good MMA fighter that knows say, brown belt level BJJ would destroy most of the holds.

One good thing that came out of it was that in Japan, it was the early form of Shoot wrestling. Shoot wrestling started the early forms of submissions (tapouts) that became part of Japanese BJJ. (Kodokan) taught by the Gracie brothers and early Machados (Carlos Machado gave me my first belt in BJJ)

It got heated at the Floyd Mayweather-Logan Paul press conference after Jake Paul took Mayweather's hat.

(via @jakepaul) pic.twitter.com/47EXBWKcJo

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) May 6, 2021

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Catch wrestling was formed mainly for show. Traveling carnivals used it and it became what we know see on TV as professional wrestling. A good MMA fighter that knows say, brown belt level BJJ would destroy most of the holds.

One good thing that came out of it was that in Japan, it was the early form of Shoot wrestling. Shoot wrestling started the early forms of submissions (tapouts) that became part of Japanese BJJ. (Kodokan) taught by the Gracie brothers and early Machados (Carlos Machado gave me my first belt in BJJ)

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Then why did Sakuraba do so well against jiu jitsu and submission fighters? Was he using a mixture of catch wrestling and bjj? Or is he just the exception to the rule?

my friend Wonderboy. He beats Gilbert and he has a pretty clear path to Usman for another title fight.

TUF is back. Middlew and bantams

May weather toys with Paul and wins in 6 tonight.

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my friend Wonderboy. He beats Gilbert and he has a pretty clear path to Usman for another title fight.

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Ask when are you going to get me some signed gloves from Wonderboy?

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my friend Wonderboy. He beats Gilbert and he has a pretty clear path to Usman for another title fight.

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Ask when are you going to get me some signed gloves from Wonderboy?

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he said no problem, I just have to win one round from him...

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my friend Wonderboy. He beats Gilbert and he has a pretty clear path to Usman for another title fight.

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he said no problem, I just have to win one round from him...

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So you are saying I will never get signed gloves then? Haha

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my friend Wonderboy. He beats Gilbert and he has a pretty clear path to Usman for another title fight.

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he said no problem, I just have to win one round from him...

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So you are saying I will never get signed gloves then? Haha

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trying to talk him into a 10 second round....

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my friend Wonderboy. He beats Gilbert and he has a pretty clear path to Usman for another title fight.

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he said no problem, I just have to win one round from him...

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So you are saying I will never get signed gloves then? Haha

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trying to talk him into a 10 second round....

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You'll have to charge him and then just lay and pray and keep against fence. If he kicks you you may die.

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my friend Wonderboy. He beats Gilbert and he has a pretty clear path to Usman for another title fight.

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he said no problem, I just have to win one round from him...

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So you are saying I will never get signed gloves then? Haha

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trying to talk him into a 10 second round....

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You'll have to charge him and then just lay and pray and keep against fence. If he kicks you you may die.

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He is the nicest guy you will ever meet. His dad, on the other hand, is one bad SOB. 'Toughest man in South Carolina'... corners him at many fights as does Carlos Machado

Did he ever work with Longo? Thought he trained up there in NY at some time with Weidman and Serra?

Thompson is sometimes to nice it seems.

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Did he ever work with Longo? Thought he trained up there in NY at some time with Weidman and Serra?

Thompson is sometimes to nice it seems.

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Stephen Thompson's brother Tony Thompson is married to Chris Weidman's sister, making the two fighters brothers-in-law.

btw - Wiedmans leg break was one of the nastiest things I've ever seen in MMA