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The Best Part of UFC on ESPN 5 Will Be Colby Covington Losing
Colby Covington is so disliked, whenever he opens the door to his home, his own pets flee in disgust, never to return.
Colby Covington is so disliked, whenever he opens the door to his home, his own pets flee in disgust, never to return.
Usually these Contender Series shows have fighters hugging and huffing and puffing to a decision, but last night they were murdering each other.
Randy Couture and Chuck Liddell have made the most of their retirement from the Octagon life. For example, they're starring in bad movies.
Cris Cyborg fought out the last fight on her UFC contract at UFC 240, but it's unclear if she'll sign a new contract with the organization.
There was a time when Junior dos Santos was the champ, or hovering at the top of the heavyweight division. But though those times are gone, he's still nice.
Joe Benavidez may have punched his ticket for getting the next shot at double-champ Henry Cejudo, and Aljamain Sterling is cool with that.
Francis Ngannou pounded former champ Junior dos Santos senseless in a little more than a minute, likely earning a title shot - but against whom?
Joe Benavidez deserves all the good fortune that comes his way, but I'm not sure there's any fortune to be had in the flyweight division.
Drew Dober will never win a belt, nor fight for one, but he's good for a scrap and for blitzing and destroying lesser opponents.
The UFC was pretty hype about the flyweight division when they introduced it, but now, not so much, and every new fight in the division is a gift.
Amanda Nunes took some time to find her groove in the Octagon, but once she did, she started clearing out all the big names.
Once upon a time, there was a fighter from Hawaiia who capitivated us with his in-cage heroics. But time and substance abuse have changed things.
Junior dos Santos was the champ once upon a time. Francis Ngannou once challenged for the belt. I predict one of them will fight for the belt again soon.
I was ready to write the Korean Zombie off as a casualty of time and long layoffs, but the man is still slaying it in the cage.
So many fight events last night, and of them all, Bellator 223 had the least amount of thrills. Which is fine, because few people saw Gegard Mousasi lose.
Sean O'Malley got dinged for a failed drug test a while back, but he's still got trace amounts of drugs in his system and he's not Jon Jones.
Hey, let's all freak out over the business decisions of a man who helped make the business he runs into a multi-billion dollar enterprise.
The Bare Knuckle Fighting Championships held tryouts at a gym in Tampa, FL. Yes, there were would-be fighters who didn't know what they were doing.
Darrion Caldwell has now lost twice to Kyoji Horiguchi, with the last "L" resulting in a loss of his belt. It's safe to say Caldwell is upset.
We had an MMA star when the Korean Zombie thrilled us back in 2013, but the South Korean military stole from us his best cagefighting years.
Lyoto Machida was looking grim a few years ago, but his Bellator afterlife has served him well - Chael Sonnon, not so much.
Sometime when I fighter plays the role of "unlikeable dirtbag", fans get invested in watching him because they want to see him fail. Then there's Dillon Danis.
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