Former UFC welterweight and middleweight champion Georges St-Pierre is rumored to be in serious training for a return to MMA. In a recent episode of the Anik & Florian Podcast, Kenny Florian shared that he heard from “a well-known coach” that St-Pierre is preparing for a fight against another UFC
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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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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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Custom-designed HVAC at Diaz Combat Sports may be the future of martial arts school design. The academy’s new, $5 million facility in Vancouver, Canada, includes a specially designed, $250,000 HVAC system to protect students, staff, families and visitors against the coronavirus. “The HVAC was already in the plans before COVID,”
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It’s a sad day for the grappling/MMA community today. News has just come out that Khabib Nurmagomedov’s father, Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, has sadly passed away due to coronavirus. Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov faced some severe health issues a while back. Khabib Nurmagomedov’s father was diagnosed with COVID-19 on the 20th of June. Today
Read moreA Neck Crank is a truly brutal submission as it relies on applying enough pressure to your opponent’s neck in order for them to feel as though their neck might break if they don’t tap, that’s why it’s not such a common submission in the UFC. While many chokes might
Read moreThe Kimura is one of the most common submission finishes in competitive BJJ and UFC statistics are not that much different. There’s even an entire system of techniques that branch off the Kimura, known collectively as the Kimura Trap System, that many BJJ competitors and even some UFC fighters have
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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
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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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Dana White spoke to Kevin Iole and confirmed that UFC 249 will most definitely be going ahead and fans will get to see Khabib Nurmagomedov take on Tony Ferguson in an entirely new venue. The location change is understandable as the event was originally schedule to take place in The
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