Author: Liam Whelan

No stranger to controversy himself, UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland has called out one of the Internet’s most divisive figures as a “con man.” Strickland took serious issue with social media influencer and alleged sex trafficker Andrew Tate when he appeared on the Full Send podcast. UFC Middleweight Champ Sean Strickland Blasts “Con Man” Andrew Tate Strickland took a break from verbally berating the hosts of the podcast to shine a light on his red-hot take on Andrew Tate, who is currently under house arrest after being indicted on charges of rape, human trafficking, and forming an organised crime…

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Former UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling wants the chance for revenge. He was dethroned by “Suga” Sean O’Malley, whose surging popularity saw him fast-tracked to the title, which he earned with a devastating second-round knockout win. Sterling recently took to his YouTube channel to declare that he deserves an immediate chance to recapture the title… if similar treatment is afforded to another recently deposed UFC champ, Israel Adesanya. UFC Bantamweight Aljamain Sterling DEMANDS Immediate Suga Sean Rematch Sterling’s ire seemed to stem from UFC president Dana White hinting that Adesanya might get a second chance at Strickland despite being…

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Legendary MMA coach Eric Nicksick was the mastermind behind Sean Strickland’s massive upset victory at UFC 293, which saw the middleweight dethrone Israel Adesanya. After the fight, Nicksick revealed on The MMA Hour, Adesanya told him: “you saved that man’s life.” “Izzy and I are cool. I have zero issues with this man, nothing but respect, nothing but respect for his team. It was nice to have a moment with him because all fight week long, you know how the tension is between teams and fights and fighters and this and that. How Eric Nicksick “Saved Sean Strickland’s Life”…

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Former interim UFC heavyweight champion Ciryl Gane delivered a major statement at UFC Paris a few weeks back when he dispatched Serghei Spivac with a thunderous second-round knockout on home soil. The Frenchman’s celebrations were short-lived, however, as he quickly found out that his home in Paris had been invaded and six figures’ worth of valuables stolen. UFC Heavyweight Ciryl Gane’s House Was Robbed… While He Was In the Octagon Gane recounted the incident on The MMA Hour. “It’s not only my country, I suppose you have this everywhere the world, but yeah, in my country, unfortunately, when you…

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Valentina Shevchenko failed to recapture her UFC flyweight title over the weekend, and “Bullet” Valentina blames one man. One of the judges at UFC Noche last week, Mike Bell, scored the final round of their fight 10-8 in favor of Shevchenko’s opponent, Alexa Grasso, declaring the fight a draw, and allowing Grasso to maintain her title. In response, Shevchenko appeared on The MMA Hour to put Bell on blast. Valentina Shevchenko SLAMS UFC Noche Judges “Emotions. As I said on Saturday, it’s kind of double. For one part, I’m very proud of what I did inside of the octagon.…

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One of the biggest upsets in UFC history took place this weekend. Israel “The Last Stylebender” Adesanya, arguably one of the finest champions the division has ever seen, lost his title for the second time, to Sean Strickland. While Adesanya enjoyed an immediate rematch after he lost his title to Alex Pereira, the Strickland beating was so one-sided that many fans are wondering if the Nigerian-Kiwi fighter deserves to fight for this old belt so soon. Does Israel Adesanya Deserve An Immediate Rematch After Losing UFC Middleweight Title? Matt Brown argued the point in a recent episode of The…

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UFC middleweight Chris “Action Man” Curtis is an old training partner and friend of the freshly crowned middleweight champ Sean Strickland. Curtis recently appeared on The MMA Hour to offer some insight as to how exactly Strickland dethroned one of the UFC’s finest strikers with a jab, a cross, and the iCarly guard. Chris Curtis Explains The Power Of UFC Champ Sean Strickland’s Unorthodox Style “If you watch Sean spar anybody, it goes very similar to that. I’ve seen him spar a bunch of people. You can get better fighting against Sean, but every time someone has their first…

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Chael Sonnen knows what it’s like to make a run at a major title. He did it in the UFC and Bellator before retiring to become an analyst. Following the massive upset dethroning of Israel Adesanya as UFC middleweight champion, Sonnen argued that the old champ deserves an immediate rematch against Sean Strickland, and that other elite fighters simply have not earned the opportunity. Chael Sonnen Dismisses Dricus Du Plessis UFC Title Hopes “[Khamzat] Chimaev vs. Paulo Costa [at UFC 294] just became a No. 1 contender’s match. It wasn’t originally. It was a No. 1 contender’s match for…

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Former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping does not have any faith in Israel “The Last Stylebender” Adesanya. At the very least, he was unimpressed by what he saw this weekend: Bisping took to his YouTube channel in the aftermath of Sean Strickland’s massive upset win over Adesanya at UFC 293 to explain why. “What is next? Now granted, Jared Cannonier was there as the backup fighter.He does have a win over Sean Strickland but the No. 1 contender right now is Dricus Du Plessis and I gotta be honest, if Dricus Du Plessis was there that night, if he…

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UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski has a very clear idea of what he wants from life. First it was the UFC featherweight title. Then it was the UFC lightweight title. His failure to capture the title in a razor-close decision loss to Islam Makhachev is just a blip on Volkanovski’s radar: he wants to return to the 155-pound division in spectacular fashion, but first he has business to attend to at 145 pounds. Alexander Volkanovski Lays Out Lightweight Title Rematch For UFC 300 When asked what’s next at the UFC 293 media day, he replied: “Obviously you’ve got the…

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