Guiness Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Rafael Dos Anjos (foot) pulls out of UFC 196 fight vs. Conor McGregor For the second time in seven months, a defending UFC champion has pulled out of a title fight against Conor McGregor.UFC lightweight titleholder Rafael dos Anjos (25-7) has withdrawn from a scheduled defense against McGregor in the main event of UFC 196 on March 5 with a foot injury, sources confirmed to ESPN. McGregor (19-2), the current featherweight champion, has not yet been pulled from the card. Sources said the UFC is looking at potential options to keep McGregor on the Las Vegas pay-per-view event. The Irishman was looking to make history against dos Anjos by becoming the first fighter to hold titles in multiple weight classes simultaneously. The situation is reminiscent of July 2015, when then-featherweight champion Jose Aldo withdrew from a defense against McGregor on less than two weeks notice with a rib injury. McGregor eventually fought Aldo at UFC 194 on Dec. 12, defeating the longtime champ via knockout in 13 seconds. One potential replacement for McGregor is recent lightweight title contender Donald Cerrone (29-7). Cerrone's manager, Josh Jones, told ESPN that Cerrone has already expressed interest. Cerrone, 32, lost to dos Anjos in December and just returned Sunday as a welterweight. According to Jones, Cerrone currently weighs approximately 174 pounds, but he would cut as much as possible to get the fight. The UFC also could consider Nate Diaz (18-10) of Stockton, California. Diaz is coming off a decision win against Michael Johnson in December, and McGregor's camp has expressed interest in facing him previously. UFC 196 will take place at MGM Grand Garden Arena. A female bantamweight title fight between Holly Holm and Miesha Tate is slotted as the co-main event. Quote Link to comment
Guiness Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 UFC Fight Night: Silva vs Bisping Feb 27 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty71S2y55XQ Quote Link to comment
erwin1112 Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Nate Diaz sucks!!! Quote Link to comment
Guiness Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 UFC Fight Night London Weigh in Silva vs. Bisping https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWN2-NKHKqc Fight is tomorrow Quote Link to comment
l3aky Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 bisping will be destroyed Quote Link to comment
Guiness Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Referee should have stopped the fight here. Bisping was clearly knocked out here with 1 second to go in the round and he let them continue the fight which led to a decision win over Silva https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eNk9TBzFec Quote Link to comment
GoyongDP Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Where do you watch UFC? La na sa abs contract eh. Quote Link to comment
limits888 Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Diaz.. and its not an upset.. Quote Link to comment
Guiness Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 (edited) UFC 196 Weigh ins Mcgregor vs. Diaz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAmU-HgNcAI Diaz tipped the scales at 169 lbs while Mcgregor weighed in at 168 lbs with lots more trash talking and the usual staredown. Edited March 5, 2016 by hahnz 1 Quote Link to comment
bughaw1 Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 I hope maganda ang laban. Quote Link to comment
Red_Flame Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 im rooting for Mcgregor and Tate...Kahit n interesting yung magiging rematch ni Holms at Rousey.... Quote Link to comment
bughaw1 Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 Pag manalo si diaz,iiyak nyan si dana white hahaha Quote Link to comment
Roman Rapido Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 Pag manalo si diaz,iiyak nyan si dana white hahaha Haha! Bakit mo naman nasabi? I think no-brainer talaga si Connor to win this one. Although hopefully it would be an exciting fight. Dapat toe to toe ang laban at wasakan talaga ng mukha.Wag na masyado mag aksaya ng panahon na mahabang sukatan pa. Let both loudmouths talk with their fists this time. Quote Link to comment
GoyongDP Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 Mukhang beefed up si Mcgregor compared with Diaz. Sana exciting! Hehe! Where do you watch ufc now that wala na rights sa balls? Sana may links dito bukas, badtrip tv5 eh. Quote Link to comment
Guiness Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 (edited) i'm fairly surprised and impressed that Mcgregor on maybe a week's notice took another fight and moved up two weight classes just so Diaz has no excuses in trying to make weight which was originally at 155. Gotta give Mcgregor props after preparing for a fighter for months and then having to change his whole fight preparation in 2 weeks for another fighter. After UFC 196 this upcoming heavyweight fight between Mark Hunt and Frank Mir is next March 20, 2016Brisbane Edited March 5, 2016 by hahnz Quote Link to comment
Guiness Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 (edited) UFC #Unstoppable Press Conference was aired yesterday where Dana White announced the upcoming fights from April until July The Ultimate Fighter Series will be these two women as coaches which airs on April 20 This fight between Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs Claudia Gadelha will be on July 8 at the Ultimate Fighter 23 Finale Here are some highlights from the press conference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etHQVvlBvFM There were some really funny and intense staredowns between the fighters Like Joanna Jędrzejczyk and Claudia Gadelha, Jones and Cormier, Rockhold & Weidman among others. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__OBIFm-tYg Edited March 5, 2016 by hahnz 1 Quote Link to comment
Guiness Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 Haha! Bakit mo naman nasabi? I think no-brainer talaga si Connor to win this one. Although hopefully it would be an exciting fight. Dapat toe to toe ang laban at wasakan talaga ng mukha.Wag na masyado mag aksaya ng panahon na mahabang sukatan pa. Let both loudmouths talk with their fists this time. I think what he meant that Dana White would suddenly frown is because Mcgregor is pulling in the crowd and is a great hype machine for the UFC to rake in more money. If he loses to Diaz it would be like how Rousey lost, he needs that face for the UFC in order to make people want to come and watch the fights. He used to have that with Jon Jones, so after he got suspended for that MVA, he looked to Ronda to hype up the fights, but after she lost to Holm he is now looking to Mcgregor to do that. God forbid, Mcgregor loses, it would get people to lose interest with no one to create the drama. But Jones is coming back in April so it would be interesting who the UFC would like to put up as their face for the company Quote Link to comment
gwapingsz1 Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 It's been a long time coming for Miesha Tate. Too bad Holm was not able to defend her title at least once. Quote Link to comment
theluffy99 Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 Puro upsets! Stockton motherf#&ker! Quote Link to comment
gwapingsz1 Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 Dana White must be furious to see his poster boy tapping out. Quote Link to comment
Guiness Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 (edited) for the Tate fight. Before she loses to Rousey again. let her hold onto the belt for a while and have Rousey fight Holm since they were supposed to get a rematch anyway. And the winner of that fight will fight Tate for the championship. or also give Tate a fight to defend the title with another fighter other than Rousey or Holm. Holm was exposed in this fight with her ground defense being a weakness. She was able to stuff the Miesha takedowns before that 5th round. She was actually winning and would have won if she just stuck to the sidekicks and keeping Tate at a distance. as for the Mcgregor fight. i don't know if Mcgregor went in there thinking that Diaz would just roll over and lose to him. He did win the 1st round and could have finished Nate off. But one thing i noticed is, Diaz can take a punch. He was the one who was cut above the eye and bleeding, he still stuck in there. Diaz got heart. He definitely would fight to the last second. Once he got a clean left shot to Mcgregor and seeing Mcgregor go wobbly I knew that Mcgregor was in trouble. Mcgregor shouldn't have gone in there and traded blows, bad strategy. Diaz's punch rocked him hard. I don't think he expected that Diaz punches that hard seeing Mcgregor trading shots with him from the get go. That Diaz punch clearly rocked him and threw him off his balance. Saw the replay over and over and i saw Mcgregor step back and try to knock the cobwebs out from the punch but Nate followed it up and didn't give him a chance to recover. Edited March 6, 2016 by hahnz Quote Link to comment
Guiness Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 anyway, the post fight press conference is starting in a couple of minutes. will check on what the fighters side of what happened Quote Link to comment
chinitogwapo Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 Jon jones and the axe murderer Quote Link to comment
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