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The MMA Genius
3y ago
UFC Fight Pass Prelims
Tim Elliot by Decision
Preliminaries
Matheus Nicolau by Decision
Marvin Vettori by KO/TKO
Myles Jury by KO/TKO
Khalil Rountree by Decision
Main Card
Neil Magny   ..read more
The MMA Genius
3y ago
The fight between Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather is official. The boxing match will occur on August 26th in Las Vegas and UFC President Dana White has revealed all the details.
Dana White told TMZ on Wednesday all the details of the superfight between the UFC's lightweight champion Conor McGregor and one of boxing's greatest Floyd Mayweather.
T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas
The T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas will be home to the most anticipated cross sports event ever, it is the largest arena in Las Vegas holding holding 20,000 people.
154 pounds
That's the weight that Floyd and Conor ..read more
The MMA Genius
3y ago
Fight Pass
Thibault Gouti by Submission
Chan-mi Jeon by Decision
Prelims
Zak Ottow by Submission
John Moraga by Submission
Luke Jumeau   ..read more
The MMA Genius
3y ago
UFC Fight Pass Prelims
Deiveson Figueiredo by Decision
Luan Chagas by Submission
Jamie Moyle by KO/TKO
Preliminaries
Iuri Alcantara by KO/TKO
Johnny Eduardo &nbs ..read more
The MMA Genius
3y ago
SUNDAY at 3PM BST, Main card starting at 6PM BST. The octagon returns to Sweden where their talisman Alexander Gustafsson looks to return to the top contender position as he takes on the grizzly veteran in Glover Texeira, expect a great fight there but also in the co-main event the two European 205lbs prospects will come together to decide a top 5 position in the division.
Fight Pass Prelims - 3PM
Marcin Held by Submission
Darren Till &n ..read more
The MMA Genius
3y ago
The huge fight that has been brewing for the last few months is drawing closer and closer. It has moved from just an idea, to rumours, to them two actually talking about the idea of fighting each other, to now where the negotiations are actually taking place
How the negotiations work
This is quite a complex deal to work out for several reasons. There a lot of people involved in this deal, a normal deal consists of the promoter and the two managers acting on behalf of the fighters. Due to the sport cross in this deal, there is Dana White (UFC President), Conor McGregor and his manageme ..read more
The MMA Genius
3y ago
It's the big one, UFC 211 on Saturday 13th in Dallas Texas in a highly anticipated card with a who's who of big names topped with two title fights in the co-main and main event. There are lots of divisions on show and the best hope to retain their spots as the hungry middle table guys look to make a name for themselves in this big spotlight on the prelims.
Preliminaries
James Vick by Decision
Jason Knight by KO/TKO
Eddie Alvarez  ..read more
The MMA Genius
3y ago
This is the raw brutality of weight cutting, the documentary produced by BBC3 on the Bellator fighter takes you from the start of the weight cut to the end of the fight and perfectly captures the difficulties that fighters have making weight.
This issue is largely caused by a lack of weight classes in MMA, therefore this is almost an exclusively MMA problem, in MMA the weight classes are every 10 or 15 pounds even 20 pounds and the heavyweight division being a range of 60 pounds. This leaves athletes cutting large amounts of weight to make the lowest division in order to be the biggest they p ..read more
The MMA Genius
3y ago
Caleb's Picks
Fight Pass
Andre Soukhamthath by KO/TKO
Paul Craig by Submission
Prelims
Mark Godbeer by KO/TKO
Luke Sanders by Decision
Mirsad Bektic ..read more
The MMA Genius
3y ago
Fight Pass Prelims
Dmitrii Smoliakov by KO/TKO
Joachim Christensen by Decision
Chase Sherman by KO/TKO (50/50)
Nina Ansaroff by Decision Side note: It's bullshit that this is the featured fight, both women are ..read more