On June 12 at UFC 263, Demian Maia lost a decision to surging welterweight contender Belal Muhammad. Following the fight, UFC president Dana White indicated that it was “probably” Maia’s last fight. Maia, who turns 44-years old in November, isn’t ready to call it quits just yet. In a recent
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Upcoming UFC Lightweight Title contender Charles ‘do Bronx’ Oliveira has earned the third degree on his BJJ black belt. This comes just weeks before he goes for the UFC Lightweight Title against Michael Chandler at UFC 262. The title was previously held by the notorious and now-retired Khabib Nurmagamedov. The
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Following his dominant win over Justin Gaethje at UFC 254 in October 2020, UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov stunned fans worldwide by announcing his immediate retirement from MMA. Now three months later, Nurmagomedov is still officially the UFC champion, and UFC president Dana White has refused to close the door
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Bryce Mitchell showed exactly how legitimate his BJJ Black Belt as he extended his perfect record to 13-0 against Charles Rosa at UFC 249, spending nearly fourteen minutes dominating grappling exchanges and switching between Arm Triangle and Twister submission attempts relentlessly. This comes directly after Mitchell became only the second
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UFC 249 has been hit by Coronavirus again. After first being forced to cancel three events in a row, Dana White was adamant that the event would go ahead as originally planned, with the same main event that we have all been waiting for, Khabib Nurmagomedov v Tony Ferguson. Then
Read moreTriangle Chokes are among the most fundamental submissions in BJJ and because of this, have been incredibly prevalent all throughout the history of MMA and the UFC. The very first Triangle Choke happened all the way back at UFC 2 and came to us courtesy of Pancrase veteran Jason DeLucia
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After weeks of painful uncertainty for all fight fans around the world, UFC 249 has taken shape in record time after the event was booked for Florida on May 9th just a few days ago and already the full card has been announced. Originally, the card was set to feature
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It seems like only days ago, UFC 249 was set to finally give us the most long-awaited match in MMA history, Khabib Nurmagomedov v Tony Ferguson, but sadly that was not to be. The blockbuster match up has been made and subsequently fallen apart on four separate occasions over the
Read moreIt might surprise you to learn that D’arce Chokes are actually pretty rare in MMA, especially at the highest levels of the UFC. Despite being a staple of submission grappling and BJJ tournaments, it took over fourteen years for the first D’arce Choke finish in the UFC, whereas the first
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It turns out that there is one small glimmer of hope for BJJ fans around the world, Polaris 13 is still going ahead albeit with some adjustments to the card and absolutely no crowd. The promotion announced on Facebook that the main attraction of the card, the Polaris Absolute Grand
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