Odds: Nurmagomedov -165; McGregor +155 It’s cliché to say it, but it truly feels as if McGregor never left. A sea of McGregor fans flooded into the Park MGM on Thursday, for his first prefight news conference in the UFC since November 2016. The superstar Irishman showed up about 25 minutes late. His tardiness prompted Nurmagomedov to exit […]
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Ahead of UFC 229 the MMA world is buzzing. Conor McGregor vs Khabib Nurmagomedov is everything fight fans want in a match-up of two superpowers. UFC 229 may break records and with this kind of card, it’s easy to see how this could be the most watched UFC event in the promotion’s history. Check out this […]
When news broke that that Tony Ferguson was out of the UFC 223 title fight against Khabib Nurmagomedov “The Eagle” thought it was some kind of April Fool’s joke. As it turns out it was not. Ferguson injured his knee, requiring surgery and was off the much anticipated UFC 223 card. By now we know that an always game Max Holloway […]
If you are anything like me, you were SUPER disappointed to hear the news that Tony Ferguson was out of his UFC 223 fight with Khabib Nurmagomedov. As it turns out Ferguson injured his knee and it will require surgery. This struck a major blow to what was an amazing UFC 223 card. That major blow was quickly […]
MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani annunced that unnamed sources have confirmed a much anticipated Tony Ferguson vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov matchup. The fight will take place at UFC 223 in Brooklyn at the Barclays Center on April 7th. Russian news outlet TASS first reported the fight though at the time, no location was mentioned. News on this is still […]
After Khabib Nurmagomedov dominated a top fighter in Edson Barboza at UFC 219, it didn’t take long for the war of words to heat up with ‘The Notorious’ one Conor McGregor. Shortly after a lopsided win, McGregor did what McGregor does and took to Twitter calling Khabib’s performance ‘dog sh-t’. He also suggested that if Khabib wanted a fight, he should […]