Новости за 23.05.2016

Michael Bisping has been working for a title shot -- and to be champion -- in the UFC for 10 years. The fact that Luke Rockhold is the man standing in his way just happens to be an added bonus.

"Dancing With The Stars" is doing wonders for Paige VanZant's career outside the Octagon.

Despite not fighting at UFC 200, UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor will reach something of another career milestone in July of this year. ESPN announced Monday 'The Notorious' would appear in ESPN The Magazine's 'Body Issue', an annual collection of photographs of famous athletes in either nude or semi-nude conditions.

While Stipe Miocic's knockout win over Fabricio Werdum at UFC 198 shocked many, it also inspired others. At least that was the case for UFC heavyweight Roy Nelson.

A bantamweight clash between Felipe Arantes and Jerrod Sanders is official for UFC Fight Night 90 on July 7, the promotion announced recently.

It looks like time does in fact heal all wounds.

Recently there has been much speculation about the possibility of Zuffa selling the UFC. In response Dana White has come out publicly denying any whole sale of the company but admitting that a partial sale of some stake may occur as the company tries to grow internationally. However fifteen years of White talking to the media about the operations of the UFC has left many in the MMA community speculating about a full sale and what the parameters of that might look like. Читать дальше...

The MMA Hour is back in your life. Below is a rundown of Monday's show:

Much has been said about Conor's humbleness in defeat after his loss to Nate Diaz but it is actually easy to be humble in defeat. That is what we as primates are programmed to do, give way to the better man and step the fuck aside. That is not to say there aren't bad losers but they tend to be crazy people like Phil Baroni or Josh Koscheck.

The next step for Stipe Miocic is likely a title defense against Alistair Overeem.

It’s not just that Bryan Barberena keeps getting dealt hot prospects in the UFC, it’s that he’s finding himself battling crazy circumstances, too. Since debuting against Jake Ellenberger’s brother, Joe, in Dec. 2014, Barberena is always the guy fighting the guy. He took on the undefeated Canadian Chad Laprise up in Quebec at UFC 186, and attemped to block out the partisan crowd in losing a decision.

He then fought Sage Northcutt, precious marketing cargo for the UFC who was being fast-tracked to super-stardom, in January. Читать дальше...

After his loss to Junior dos Santos at UFC Fight Night 86, Ben Rothwell lamented that the fight was a "strategically stupid" one for him to have accepted, considering how close Rothwell was to a UFC heavyweight title shot and the fact that dos Santos was coming off a loss.