Israel Adesanya joins the decision of its fellow professional athletes to stop in protest against a police shooting in Wisconsin earlier this week. The UFC middleweight champion said he praised NBA players for boycotting game in response to the shooting of Jacob Blake by a Kenosha police officer. During that …
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LAS VEGAS – Pedro Munhoz is thought to have been wronged against Frankie Edgar at UFC on ESPN 15. Munhoz (18-5 MMA, 8-5 UFC) suffered a split decision loss to Edgar (24-8-1 MMA, 18-8-1 UFC) in Saturday’s bantamweight headliner, which took place at UFC Apex and aired on ESPN. It …
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Frankie Edgar is no stranger to fights that go 25 minutes, and on Saturday he pulled himself back to .500 in them. Edgar (24-8-1 MMA, 18-8-1 UFC) moved to 5-5-1 in fights that went into the fifth round with a split decisive win over Pedro Munhoz (18-5 MMA, 8 -5 …
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The UFC at ESPN 15’s co-main event is off. After a positive COVID-19 test, Ovince Saint Preux was removed from his UFC on ESPN 15 co-main event fight against Alonzo Menifield, confirmed MMA Junkie with a person familiar with the situation. The light heavyweight fight will shift Sept. 5 and …
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UNCASVILLE, Conn. – At Bellator 244, Vadim Nemkov became the first Russian fighter to earn a lightweight heavyweight title from a promotion when he defeated Ryan Bader by TKO in second round. Minutes after leaving the cage on Friday, Nemkov (13-2 MMA, 5-0 BMMA) spoke to reporters huddled behind the …
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