At UFC 264, Conor McGregor lost his rubber match with Dustin Poirier after suffering a gruesome leg break. But minutes before McGregor snapped his shin in half, he attacked a guillotine choke that proved to be a pivotal point in the fight. That guillotine — both McGregor’s attempt to apply
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In the main event of UFC 264, Dustin Poirier won his rubber match with Conor McGregor after McGregor suffered a broken leg late in the first round. Immediately following the fight, tempers flared as McGregor — seated against the cage as his leg was tended to — continued to berate
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Some feuds will simply never die. That seems to be the case with Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz, who went back and forth on Twitter on Wednesday, reminding fans of the rivalry that began in 2016. McGregor started things innocently enough, suggesting that his rumored trilogy fight with Dustin Poirier
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For what feels like the hundredth time, (now former) UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov has officially retired from MMA. Naturally, Conor McGregor couldn’t let him do that without speaking up. On Thursday, Nurmagomedov confirmed what he has been saying since his October 2020 win over Justin Gaethje: he is officially
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UFC 257 was a blockbuster event. In the main event, Dustin Poirier avenged a 2014 loss to Conor McGregor, defeating him by TKO midway through the second round. And in the night’s co-main event, Michael Chandler had a spectacular UFC debut, knocking out Dan Hooker in the first round. What’s
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On Saturday, January 22, Conor McGregor will return from a year away from the Octagon to square off with Dustin Poirier in the main event of UFC 257. The fight is a rematch of their 2014 match-up which saw McGregor win by first-round knockout. In the co-main event, former Bellator
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UFC On ESPN 12 marks the ninth consecutive UFC event to take place without a crowd and the promotion is really getting into the swing of things now, especially with the first four Fight Island events right around the corner now. They’ve had to make use of an incredibly strict
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’s official, Khabib Nurmagomedov v Tony Ferguson is the most cursed fight in history. First, the pair were booked to fight all the way back in 2015 before Nurmagomedov had to withdraw due to an injury suffered in the lead up to the fight. When the fight was rescheduled for
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The final line-up for the latest SubStars event has been announced and it is already in the early running for most-stacked event of the year.
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