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Twitch Streamer Live Streams UFC 218 by Pretending to Play It As a Game

A Twitch streamer broadcasted a live pay-per-view UFC match by pretending it was a video game he was playing. AJ Lester streamed the UFC 218 match between Max Holloway and Jose Aldo in its entirety LIVE on Twitch during UFC 218. Lester appeared in the corner of the Twitch stream which is a familiar place to see […]

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Three More Fights Added to UFC Fight Night 124 in St. Louis

The UFC is debuting in St. Louis on Jan 14th and they have added three new fights to an already great card. The UFC Fight Night 124 matchups include welterweights Zak Cummings (21-5 MMA, 6-2 UFC) vs. Thiago Alves (22-11 MMA, 14-8 UFC), lightweights Marco Polo Reyes (7-4 MMA, 3-1 UFC) vs. Matt Frevola (6-0 MMA, UFC), and lightweights James Krause (24-7 MMA, 5-3 UFC) […]

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Corpus Christi Police Cadets get Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Training

(Story via Corpus Christi Caller Times) The cadets’ journey Before cadets are accepted into the Corpus Christi Police Academy they are put through intensive testing. Of the nearly 700 applicants, only 21 were selected to the 76th police academy. The Caller-Times will follow the cadets’ training process as they compete with one another to be a certified […]

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Mackenzie Dern Almost Retired From Jiu Jitsu This Year

Mackenzie Dern was recently interviewed with Ariel Helwani on “The MMA Hour.” In the interview she opened up about her career plans in MMA and Jiu Jitsu. On the heals of a tough opening round loss at ADCC 2017 against  brown belt Elvira Karppinen, Dern (3-0) is lighed up to fight Mandy Polk (3-3) in a 125lb fight at LFA […]

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Mighty Mouse Breaks The UFC Title Defense Record

Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson is the greatest of all time. It’s that simple. After a submitting a very game fighter in Ray Borg with a spectacular arm bar, the fighter we all know as Mighty Mouse has secured his place in UFC history. Johnson (27-2-1) set a UFC record by eclipsing Anderson Silva for his 11th […]

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UFC 215 Demetrious Johnson vs. Ray Borg Canceled

EDMONTON, Alberta — As it turns out, Demetrious Johnson won’t have an opportunity to break Anderson Silva’s UFC title defense record this weekend. Johnson’s UFC 215 opponent, Ray Borg, was forced to withdraw from the fight on Thursday evening due to an illness. Obviously this cancels Saturday night’s main event but never fear! There is another great, main event […]

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Demian Maia Jokes About a Jiu Jitsu Match Against Conor McGregor

After watching Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather go toe to toe this last weekend (and rack up big $$$), Brazilian Jiu Jitsu blackbelt, Demian Maia would also like a crack at Conor McGregor in a BJJ match. Before some of you people go and get all technical, Demian Maia was just joking for the most part. McGregor lasted […]

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Jon Jones Popped Once Again for Anti-Doping Violation

On July 29th, a well placed head kick landed Jon Jones back in the top spot as the UFC’s Light Heavyweight champion. Jon Jones has been hard at work repairing his tarnished image and upon re-securing the UFC’s Light Heavyweight belt, things were really looking up for one of MMA’s brightest stars. Less than a […]

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Matt Hughes is Healing Up and Making Positive Progress

A friend of Matt Hughes gave the MMA and combat sports world a positive update on the former UFC welterweight champion, calling Matt Hughes’ recovery from a June collision “nothing short of a miracle.” “Less than two months ago I didn’t know if my best friend (Matt Hughes) was going to make it, and tonight […]

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Tyron Woodley: ‘I Think the Fans Don’t Respect Jiu Jitsu in Our Sport’

  UFC Champion, Tyron Woodley doesn’t believe fans of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fans appreciate Jiu Jitsu or wrestling. The 170-pound champion had this to say on Demian Maia and Jiu Jitsu in the sport of MMA. “I think for my legacy, it’s a big step but I think the fans don’t respect jiu-jitsu in our […]