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UFC 189: Conor McGregor Among Bonus Winners
By FCF Staff
Conor McGregor is taking home the interim featherweight title after UFC 189, as well as an extra $50,000 in bonus money.
McGregor battled back from several takedowns and the punishing top game of Chad Mendes in the… Read More
Report: Doctor Says Jose Aldo’s Ribs Were Fractured, Following New Comments From Dana White
By FCF Staff
Despite the insistence of the UFC and Dana White that Jose Aldo’s ribs were just bruised, a Brazilian physician who diagnosed the featherweight champ personally, disagrees.
After news of Aldo’s injury surfaced a couple of weeks ago,… Read More
UFC 189: Watch The Weigh-Ins Live Beginning at 7 PM/ET
By FCF Staff
UFC 189 is set to take place tomorrow night in Las Vegas, in what will likely be one of the promotion’s biggest events to date. The card’s weigh-ins get underway today at 7:00 PM/ET, and you… Read More
UFC 189: Conor McGregor Says He Had a “Feeling” Jose Aldo Would Withdraw, “I Saw Him Break”
By FCF Staff
Conor McGregor will fight Chad Mendes for the interim featherweight belt at UFC 189, and not the champion Jose Aldo, and the brash fighter says he’s not surprised.
Aldo recently withdrew from this Saturday’s event, after injuring… Read More
Report: Dana White Believes Jose Aldo Would Have Earned “Close to Four Million” at UFC 189
By FCF Staff
Everyone understood that Jose Aldo was losing out on a very significant pay day when he was forced to pull out of UFC 189, and now Dana White has revealed just how big.
The featherweight champ elected… Read More
Report: Dana White Claims Conor McGregor Proposed $3 Million Dollar Bet
By FCF Staff
Conor McGregor has repeatedly made headlines by making brash statements, but they don’t compare to what UFC President Dana White says the featherweight recently proposed.
White appeared on “The Jim Rome Show” on Tuesday, and of course,… Read More
UFC 189: Mike Swick Outlines Advantages of Training in “The Land of Muay Thai”
By FCF Staff
Mike Swick will return to the cage for the first time since 2012 this weekend at UFC 189, and veteran says he’s a new-and-improved fighter, thanks to his new camp in Phuket, Thailand.
The 36 year-old is… Read More
Conor McGregor Says He’d Box Floyd Mayweather on “Conan”
By FCF Staff
Conor McGregor appeared on “Conan” recently to discuss his upcoming fight with Chad Mendes, and the featherweight also talked about boxing star, Floyd Mayweather.
While discussing Mayweather, McGregor said he would “certainly box” the undefeated pugilist if… Read More
Daniel Cormier Talks Jose Aldo, Champ’s Rib Injury: “You Can’t Walk, You Can’t Breathe”
By FCF Staff
Although some fans and observers believe Jose Aldo should have fought Conor McGregor at UFC 189, despite of his rib injury, it sounds like Daniel Cormier isn’t one of them.
On Tuesday, the UFC announced that Aldo… Read More
Report: Jose Aldo Releases Statement, Pictures of Champ’s Medical Exams
By FCF Staff
Since the news broke last week that Jose Aldo had injured his ribs, the UFC’s featherweight champ hadn’t spoken publicly about the situation, until today.
On Tuesday, it was announced that Aldo has withdrawn from his July… Read More
Report: Conor McGregor’s Still Predicting First Round, KO Win at UFC 189
By FCF Staff
Although Conor McGregor is facing a different opponent now at UFC 189, and one who many believe poses different challenges than Jose Aldo, “Notorious” is sticking to his previous prediction.
Before Aldo withdrew from the July 11th… Read More
UFC Returning to Dublin, Ireland in October
By FCF Staff
Not long after the Ultimate Fighting Championship confirmed that Ireland’s Conor McGregor will no longer fight Jose Aldo, July 11th, the promotion announced an October 24th show for Dublin. The upcoming event will be hosted by the… Read More
Report: Jose Aldo’s Training Session Postponed
By FCF Staff
Yesterday, Jose Aldo’s teammate reported that the injured featherweight was going to train today and evaluate his condition, but according to a new report, that isn’t going to happen.
Aldo continues to recover from a rib injury… Read More
Report: Conor McGregor is Predicting Jose Aldo “Will be Done” in Four Minutes
By FCF Staff
It remains to be seen if the injured Jose Aldo will in fact still fight Conor McGregor on July 11th, but if he does, the latter is predicting he’ll stop the featherweight champ, and do so pretty… Read More
Report: Jose Aldo’s Teammate Says Champ Will Train Tuesday And Determine Status
By FCF Staff
According to one of Jose Aldo’s training partners, the UFC featherweight champ plans to train on Tueday and will assess his condition.
Currently, Aldo is still booked to fight Conor McGregor on July 11th at UFC 189,… Read More
Report: Jose Aldo’s Ribs Are Fractured According to Brazilian Doctors
By FCF Staff
Although Jose Aldo is currently still booked to fight Conor McGregor at UFC 189, it looks as though there are conflicting opinions on the extent of the featherweight champ’s rib injury.
Earlier in the week it was… Read More
UFC FN 66: Frankie Edgar Says Latest Win Should Lock up Title Shot
By FCF Staff
Frankie Edgar outscored one of the UFC’s most accomplished fighters on Saturday, and in doing so, “The Answer” says he deserves to fight the promotion’s featherweight champ next.
Edgar fought Urijah Faber at UFC Fight Night 66… Read More
UFC FN 63: Watch The Weigh-Ins Live Beginning at 12 PM/ET
By FCF Staff
UFC Fight Night 63 will take place tomorrow afternoon in Fairfax, Virginia, and you can watch the card’s weigh-ins, right here, beginning at 12 PM/ET.
In Saturday’s headliner, Chad Mendes will take on fellow featherweight contender… Read More
UFC FN 63: Ricardo Lamas Says Winner of Tomorrow’s Headliner “Deserves a Title Shot”
By FCF Staff
Ricardo Lamas will take on Chad Mendes at UFC Fight Night 63 tomorrow, and although both men are coming off recent losses to featherweight champ Jose Aldo, he contends the winner should get another crack at the… Read More
Report: Jose Aldo Says It’s His “Right” to Complain About Pay
By FCF Staff
Jose Aldo could be headed for the biggest pay day of his career, when he fights Conor McGregor at UFC 189, but the featherweight champion continues to speak out about the issue of fighter compensation.
Aldo has… Read More