(SEE ALSO: Sean Shelby’s Shoes: What’s Next For Robert Whittaker After UFC Wins ESPN 14?) Darren Till experienced his first setback as a middleweight on Saturday when he came up short against former champion Robert Whittaker in the UFC main event on ESPN 14. Till (18-3-1 MMA, 6-3-1 UFC) produced …
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ABU DHABI – Darren Till thanked Israel Adesanya for her kind words after her UFC loss on ESPN 14 and said she hopes to fight the champion in the future. Until he lost a unanimous decision to Robert Whittaker in Saturday’s main event, which took place at the Flash Forum …
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ABU DHABI – UFC Senior Vice President David Shaw revealed that the talks would take place at home in Las Vegas following Dan Hardy’s mid-air bang on referee Herb Dean and the subsequent exchange between the couple after the victory. by Francisco Trinaldo’s TKO about Jai Herbert in the UFC …
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Mauricio Rua left no doubt that he is superior to Antonio Rogerio Nogueira on Saturday when he made it 3-0 over his longtime UFC rival on ESPN 14. After “Shogun” posted victories in the first two meetings in 2005 and 2015, Rua (27-11-1 MMA, 11-9-1 UFC) did a clean sweep …
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ABU DHABI – Robert Whittaker was elated after his UFC in ESPN 14 victory. In his first fight since losing his title to reigning UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya last October, Whittaker (21-5 MMA, 12-3 UFC) joked, laughed, and smiled during the post-press conference. Saturday night fight. Jokes aside, Whittaker …
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