Friday Link Dump: Carlos Condit’s Title-Shot Promise Gets Nixed, Ronda...
(See more disturbing celebrity name-anagrams at PopHangover!) Dana White Nixes ‘Guaranteed’ Title Shot With Win for Carlos Condit, Says Fighters Need to Perform (MMAFighting) UFC 171′s Hector Lombard...
View ArticleUFC 171 Results: Johny Hendricks Becomes New Welterweight Champion With...
(I have nothing funny to say about this stare-down, so instead I’ll just link you to a half-assed photoshop of Dana White wearing Johny Hendricks’s beard. / Photo via Esther Lin/MMAFighting) UFC 171:...
View ArticleUFC 171 Results: Why Are We Talking About Everyone BUT Johny Hendricks?
(Photo via Getty) By Matt Saccaro At UFC 171, Johny Hendricks fought Robbie Lawler in what became an instant classic. The two men traded scores of punches, bled, and even smiled during their 25-minute...
View ArticleDefinitively Ranking the Top Five Welterweight Contenders Following UFC 171
(Pictured above: A semi-retired welterweight on a two fight losing streak who will not be featured in this column. Photo via Getty.) There’s been a lot of talk about who the next #1 welterweight...
View ArticleAnd Now He’s Fired: Jake Shields Cut by UFC Following Loss to Hector Lombard
(Jake’s drowsy-teenager defense was no match for the hard-hitting Cuban. / Photo via Getty) Jake Shields’s decision loss to Hector Lombard last month at UFC 171 was his first defeat in...
View ArticleWednesday Links: Travis Browne’s Anti-Wrestling Elbows, Details on TUF: Latin...
(“And after your opponent hits the ground, make sure you walk away with your arms raised, like you just performed the world’s greatest magic trick.” / Funny stuff from Mixed Martial Animations) A...
View ArticleHector Lombard vs. Dong Hyun Kim Booked for UFC Macau Show on August 23rd
(We’d like to formally retract that “Caribbean Jerk” comment. / Photo via @hectorlombard) As reported on yesterday’s edition of UFC Tonight, a high-profile welterweight bout between Hector Lombard and...
View ArticleUFC Booking Alert: Michael Bisping to Face Cung Le in August, Hector Lombard...
(We don’t regret choosing this image. / Photo via Getty) Michael Bisping has been booked to fight Cung Le on August 23rd, in the main event of a Fight Night card that takes place at the Cotai Arena in...
View ArticleTyron Woodley vs. Dong Hyun Kim Booked for UFC Macau, With Hector Lombard...
(What the hell? Why does Dana White look small next to a welterweight? I thought he was 7’4″, 560 pounds, and able to transform into a monster truck at will?? / Photo via Dana’s Instagram) Due to an...
View ArticleUh, Guys, You Might Want to Check Out What Hector Lombard’s New Nickname Is
(I can’t wait for the day when Bruce Buffer misreads this as Hector “Shower There” Lombard.) I like to consider myself something of an expert when it comes to MMA nicknames (I know, hold your...
View ArticleHector Lombard and Tyron Woodley Have A Slightly Different Understanding of...
(The same can be said about their understanding of the English language, it appears.) You guys, I don’t want to instigate anything, but it sounds like Tyron Woodley *might* just be ducking Hector...
View ArticleJosh Burkman Returns to the UFC (!), Will Face Hector Lombard at UFC 182
(I just realized something: In about five years, Bellator will probably try to hire Arianny. / Photo via MMAFightGirls) UFC president Dana White confirmed on Instagram today that welterweight veteran...
View ArticleUFC 182 Results: Jon Jones Earns Decision Win Against Daniel Cormier
(Daniel was expecting more trash talk, more mind games. Instead, Jon began whistling a melody so beautiful that Daniel felt his heart might fold in on itself. And for four-and-a-half minutes, all he...
View ArticleCutting Through The Bullsh*t: UFC 182 Edition
(Photo via Getty) By Alex Giardini After an abundance of trash talk, a pre-fight press conference brawl, asking pussies if they’re still there, technical breakdowns, and moving betting lines, Jon...
View ArticleUFC Booking Alert: Rory MacDonald vs. Hector Lombard at UFC 186
(Photo via Getty) Rory MacDonald‘s next fight will be against the resurgent Cuban judoka and former Bellator middleweight champ, Hector Lombard at UFC 186 in Montreal this April. The initial report...
View ArticleDillashaw vs. Barao 2, Rampage vs. Maldonado, Bisping vs. Dollaway Confirmed...
(Former UFC light-heavyweight champion. Undefeated in Bellator. High-score on the Pop-a-Shot. / Photo via Getty) It’s official: UFC 186 (April 25th, Montreal) will be headlined by a rematch between...
View ArticleICYMI: NSAC Reveals Anderson Silva Failed His UFC 183 Post-Fight Test As Well...
If you didn’t happen to catch last night’s NSAC hearing because you don’t even work part-time for an MMA blog and have a life, then boy did you miss out (not really). Set to a soothing soundtrack of...
View ArticleWatch Mark Hunt Walk-Off KO Frank Mir Like It Ain’t No Thang [VIDEO]
(That face you make when your power scares *you* more than anyone else.) Mark Hunt is a bad, bad man. Of the twelve victories he has collected as a professional mixed martial artist, approximately...
View ArticleWith Lyoto Machida Sidelined, Dan Henderson Booked Against Hector Lombard at...
(Jeez Hendo, we turn around for two seconds and you’re already back on the Cowboy Cerrone diet?!) Thanks to Lyoto Machida‘s shocking and untimely admission to using banned substances, Dan Henderson...
View ArticleUFC 199 Aftermath: And the Meek Shall Inherit the Earth…
(“Ehh budday, do you like apples?” (*holds tongue*) “Well go f*ck yourself, apple.” via Getty.) “If…you believe the son of God came down to earth 2,000 years ago, and he killed himself for our sins,...
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